Announcing Parker Allan Isenhower
June 19th, 2008 by admin
Parker Allan Isenhower from Kyle Isenhower on Vimeo.
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The Lord is my deliverer- no really
June 10th, 2008 by mommy
Yay! Parker is here and I couldn’t have asked for a more delightful baby! He is just perfect from his head to his toes. June 2nd we induced and it didn’t take much to get me going with the contractions. He was ready. At one point the pitocin was at level 6, but for most of the time, it was down to a 2. (The doctor said they can put it up to a 32 level.) Mom and dad were with us for most of the morning, during the epidural contractions. Labor was just heavenly once I got that. They prayed with us and dad just happened to open his Bible to Psalm 108. It says, “the Lord is my deliverer… and deliverance by man is in vain.” These words would soon prove to be prophetic as we starting pushing around 1:00 with the nurse. As we heard Parker’s heart rate fill the room, it suddenly got slower and slower. The nurse looked scared as she called for the doctor, and kept turning me from side to side to find the heart beat. The doctor got there really fast, and said, “we’ve got to get this baby out now.” My contractions were coming too close together and waere stressing Parker’s heart. During the next 30 min of pushing, my oxygen mask came undone on one side, so kyle had to hold it on me. The controls on the bed I was in only worked on one side, so that caused delay several times. The suction cup the doctor was using to pull Parker’s head out wasn’t working, and she commented, “she’s really doing this on her own, I’m not doing anything, get me another suction cup.” I couldn’t think of it at the time, but I now know it was the Lord who literally delivered Parker. Even the doctor admitted she what she was doing wasn’t working. There was talk of the NICU for Parker, meconium in the amniotic fluid, and the nurse saying, “i was really petrified for a minute there.” All during this 30 minutes of ultimate stress for Kyle and I because we knew there was nothing we could do. He really was in the Lord’s hand.
Once Parker came out, I couldn’t look. Well, that’s a lie. I took a quick peek like you do in a scary movie when a gross part comes up. So I missed this part, but Kyle tells me that he hadn’t cried yet, and the doctor says, “suction.” and then repeats herself. Someone had stepped on the stupid cord and it had come unplugged. But Parker did start crying on his own, before they got the suction running. Once again, a sign that he was delivered by the Lord, not man. When they cleaned him and put him in my arms, they were already saying how healthy he was, and that they probably would just take him to transition for a few hours to check him out. Parker was so alert and just stared into my eyes as I held him. What a beautiful package the Lord has entrusted us to take care of. I need to always remember who is in control, and find my comfort in that fact.
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Parker’s Room
May 10th, 2008 by admin
Parker’s Room
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There are only 3 weeks left until I’m supposed to be here. Mom and Dad have my room all ready for me. I can’t wait to get to use my room, and mess it up. It looks way too clean right now.
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Mom & “baby”
April 16th, 2008 by admin
Mom & "baby"
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A stand in for Parker at baby and me class.
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