Wednesday, August 19, 2009

By the numbers

Circumference of full-term belly: 41.5 inches
Pounds gained during pregnancy: 27
Calories required to gain 27 pounds: 94,500
Date of labor induction: 8-18-09
Time to get from 1 cm to 4 cm with ballon catheter: 5 seconds!
Pages of book Choosing Civility read during labor: 165
Bags of fentanyl administered via epidural during labor: 1
Number of pushes: 3
Time of delivery: 4:45 p.m.
Total time in labor: 8.25 hours
Baby's weight: 7 pounds, 11 ounces
Baby's height: 19 inches
Time from baby's birth until settling on a name for him: 6.5 hours (it's official: Adam Gregory Brinton!)
Days that Eric had to take off work for the delivery: 0
Pictures taken of Adam in his first day of life: 75
Adam's cuteness, quantified: 100%
Is there anything better than a new baby? What a wonderful day it's been to get to know this angelic little being. Welcome, Adam: we love you!

15 comments:

Kim said...

Umm, my belly circumference is . . . not . . .that much different.

Congrats! (said sobbing into my green salad)

Can't wait to meet him!

Jen Howick said...

Congrats Brintons! I came on here specifically to find out if there was a baby update and there was! You look like a million bucks after giving birth, wow! ;) I was just asking Liz and Karen on Sunday if there was any baby news that they knew of...

Timani said...

Congratulations Amy & Eric, Adam is darling. Nothing is better than a new baby!

You are always so creative in your posts!

The Short Family said...

Congrats. He is adorable!

liz said...

And once again, you make the rest of us look like morons -- no way could I have written this clever a post the day after having a baby! Congratulations. He is perfect.

Corrine said...

He is SO beautiful!! Looking these makes me want another one... Alyvia is only 4 weeks. hehe... Are short labors the BEST!! Congrats, you definitely make cute baby boys!!

Ashley Dickman said...

holy cow your pregnancy went fast... for me at least thousands of miles away! he is beautiful... i could have picked him out of all the babies and known that he was yours! he looks like your other boys! i'm glad that everything went so well! i can't believe you are a mother to 4 boys!!!! (actually I can!) You look great! take care of yourself!

Joey/Denny/Emma said...

Yippee, another bouncing baby Brinton boy! Congratulations to your wonderful family.

Erin said...

What wonderful news!! And I'm shocked that you so coherently penned your latest post, with having a newborn and all! Adam is an adorable baby and is lucky to have such a good family. Keep us updated!

Ali said...

Hooray! Does it get easier every time? You look great as always. Miss you!

Anne-Marie said...

Congrats!! He is absolutely adorable- cant believe you have FOUR boys now!! Love all the facts- glad you and baby are doing well!! :)

Sarah said...

CONGRATS!! He is BEAUTIFUL!!

The Hathorns said...

Hooray more pictures! He looks very familiar (i.e. adorable, cute, delightful).
We are so happy and excited!!

Brittany said...

Congratulations, Amy! I've been thinking about you for the last week and wondering if you had your baby yet. When I finally got on your blog today, I was so happy to read the good news. Good luck with your new baby!

Erica said...

Amy!!!! Congrats on the beautiful baby boy! He is adorable and it sounds like everything went so smoothly! I just love little babies!!! Congrats!!!