Bernd & Jodi

Owen Bernd was born this morning at 4:47 am.  He weighs 7 lbs. 10 oz. and measures 20 inches long.  He has big feet and hands and lots of hair!  Owen came right on his due date and now shares a birthday with his Uncle Dale.

They induced me last night around 9:30 because I was running a high fever and they were concerned about the baby.  They gave us the option of treating my fever and monitoring me and baby overnight or inducing me.  The on call doctor recommended inducing because they hadn’t been able to figure out where the infection was in me so they didn’t know if the baby was in danger or not.  So we made the decision to get the baby out of harms way.

Owen was wisked away to the level 2 nursery at the hospital shortly after he was born so that they could run tests, monitor him, and give him some medicine.  He had a little bit of a fever when he was born as well as rapid breathing.  But by late morning he was doing lots better.  They are keeping close watch on him in the nursery so we haven’t been able to see or hold him much.  But we are so grateful for the care that he is getting.  All of his nurses love him!

We are so excited to welcome this new addition to our family.  We love him so much and can’t wait to spend more time with him.  We appreciate all of the visits, phone calls, text messages, and e-mails from all of our family and friends today.  We appreciate all of your love, prayers and support!

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