Neal Hendrix Betz

Hendrix decided to come into the world at the most interesting time. Mommy was sick with an upper respiratory thing. Vanessa had spent the day and night before throwing up. Zane started running a temperature the night before and Daddy started coughing in much the same way Mommy had started feeling yucky. I kept Vanessa and Zane downstairs to sleep and so I could keep an eye on them. I woke a couple times in the night with the feeling of strong contractions. I begged God to have Hendrix hold out a little longer so I could manage a c-section.

By 7:30am I started noticing a more consistent pattern. By 8, I was definitely having contractions 5 minutes apart. We told Daddy and started preparing to leave for the hospital. Soon after we got to the hospital, contractions picked up to about 2 and a half minutes apart. His heart rate dropped a few times but he bounced back and we waited for about 6 hours after I had eaten a Pillsbury Cinnamon Roll to enter the OR.

Neal Hendrix Betz arrived at 3:02pm. As soon as his head was pulled into the light, we heard his screaming. He has a strong cry. He weighed 6 pounds and 14 ounces and measured 20 inches in length. Our biggest baby.