Bonnie Anna Herring was born at 10:11 pm on January 20, 2007. She was due on Valentine's Day, but Tara had to be induced early after developing cholestasis (a pregnancy-related liver condition that can cause an increase in still-birth if the baby isn't delivered before 37 weeks gestation). It was sort of a rough pregnancy from the very beginning, but of course worth every second (have you seen her?). After confirming cholestasis, her doctor decided to schedule induction to begin January 23... but after the fetal monitoring wasn't looking exactly how the doctors wanted, they decided to induce after her appointment on the 19th. We had thought that may happen (they had almost done it the previous appointment), so we had our bags packed and with us, the carseat ready, and a key under our doormat so someone could get in to take care of our dogs. Induction was by no means pleasant, but Tara progressed well... until time to push. After nearly 3 hours of pushing, Tara ended up with an emergency c-section (she was definitely ready for pushing to be over) because of her and Bonnie's irregular heart rhythms. "Little" Bonnie was 3 weeks and 4 days ahead of schedule and still weighed in at 7 lb. 0 oz. and measured 20 inches long (lucky for us, easy stats to remember) and had a full head of hair. We consider her to be our little miracle baby after doctors told us we may never be able to have children due to Jake's cancer, and she has been an absolute blessing. She is named "Bonnie" after Tara's mom and "Anna" after Jake's grandma.
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