Creed Ryder McClendon

What a day!! Creed was born at 4:16 on 8/25/08 and weighed in at 7 lbs 12 ozs. He was 19.25" long. Mom and baby are doing good and are in full recovery (dad is ok too).

The details: Our delivery got pushed back to 3:30, and in the end, this ended up being a good thing. The doctor told me that from first incision to the time Creed is born typically takes about 7 mins. So the doctors came and got me and off I went, dressed in scrubs, cameras in tow. About 30 mins into the delivery, there was still no baby. There were some minor complications with the c-section at first and then our beautiful baby boy was born. Creed had some lung issues in that he couldnt get all the junk out of his chest, so Creed and I went to the nursery so the nurses could monitor him. About 25 mins later, a nurse came in and said, "Dad, you need to come back to the O.R." OK, now I am starting to freak a little. Ginger was having some other complications and almost had to have a hysterectomy, but luckily it all worked out in the end, and Mom is now doing awesome. She is still being watched very closely by the docs and she's not out of the woods yet, but doing much better. Its almost noon on Tuesday and mom and baby are both doing well.

Thank you for all of the support and prayers.