Welcome Rory Patrick Mann!

Early in the morning on November 24th 2010 (today) we had our first (ha) little boy, we named him Rory Patrick Mann. He was 7lbs. 14 oz. and measured 20 inches long. Mom did a great job and labored through the early morning after we arrived at the hospital at about midnight (around the same time the Ohio State students were jumping into Mirror Lake on OSU's campus for "Beat Michigan Week"). Luckily we weren't delivering at OSUMC, where they were treating aforementioned students for drunk-o-thermia. While things progressed well, eventually around 3:45 things leveled out. Tracy had a lot of back pain (indicative of the baby facing or presenting in a less-than ideal way). After 2 hours of pushing, only during contractions, I was able to convince her to try to labor some on her hands and knees to attempt to get the baby to turn (thanks Bradley). When she turned, her water broke within about 5 minutes, and within 10 minutes Rory was crowning! They called doc and he only had time to get gloves on before Tracy couldn't hold off pushing any longer. Rory came out a little blue, doc said (afterwards) that he had the cord around his neck and he had a knot in his cord! He still pinken-ed up nicely and had apgar scores of 7-9. Mom and Rory did great, but only because we had so many prayers! Enjoy some pictures.

Hospital:

Grady Memorial Hospital, Delaware, OH Rm 458

Taya (proud big sister!), and Grammy

Big sister with her new special toy!

Big Boy!

Dad-O and Mom-O