Newborn Pics

Update

Ok, I have to do a bullet point post for all the little updates.  With one big horrible update at the end.

*baby is great! He sleeps beautifully and he only cries if he needs something.  If he cries it is food, diaper, or pacifer and then he is done crying.  The only thing with him is he is not gaining the weight he should.  I don't think I am producing enough breastmilk.  If he is not up to his birth weight by Friday I am suppose to supplement formula for two feedings a day.  I really don't want to do this...I don't want to start with formula, but he needs the weight gain for brain development.  So no weight gain by Friday equals 2 feedings a day with formula :(

*According to tracking...I should be receiving my llbean package UPS today!  Here is what I ordered:

I got the large one with red trim and my name embroidered on it.

 

 

*I hate waiting on UPS...I stare out the window all the time.

 

*I just pulled reese puff muffins out of the oven...I can't can't wait for them to cool a little so I can eat them!

 

 

*Thanksgiving is next week!  What????

 

*Costco opened today.  I got my membership last week.  It will probably be a zoo so I will wait until after Thanksgiving to go.

 

*Ok and finally something pretty bad happened last week.  My dad came over to visit with the baby.  As we were sitting in the living room I hear a loud crash from downstairs.  The crashing sound didn't stop.  I went to see what it was...it was my 95 lb dog seizuring on the basement floor!  (we leave the basement door open all day...my dog roams around, but he spends most of his time in the basement...he loves it down there)  He kept seizuring and seizuring.  All four legs were stiff and his face was distorted and he was shaking.  It lasted awhile.  It finally slowed down, but not all the way , and he tried to walk up the stairs to us.  He made it 3 stairs and then fell off the stairs sideways.  He got back up, but was shaky and walked upstairs and seized on my kitchen floor again.  He then walked to the door and we left him out.  He peed outside and then seized again.  My dad was trying to pick him up to put him in the truck to go to the vets but he has a bad back and I am on a 10lb weight limit for my c-section.  He kept trying but it was hard with 95lbs of dead weight that was shaky.  He had to set him down once to get a better hold and the dog started walking and then fell over on his side.  He then was able to pick him up and put him in the truck and he was taken to the vets....I called my husband and had just gotten off of work so he went to the vets so my dad could come back to my house.  The dog had one more seizure at the vets.  He had blood drawn and everything was normal with that??? They have no idea why this happened.  He is now on anti-seizure medicine for the rest of his life!!!!  It is crazy expensive too!  The worst thing is I don't know why it happened?  We also have 3 viles of medicine for instant relief for a seizure, but they are only good untl the 23rd.  This was so scary.  What would I of done if my dad wasn't here?

 

Also, we have a friend who has a yellow lab and he is also on anti-seizure medicine, but he still has a seizure once a year or so anyways??????????????????????????

 

So scary!

 

 

Birth Story

Birth Story at the end

 

 

 He is my child...he loves warm baths...still does

 Hearing test

 Proud Uncle #1

 Proud Uncle #2

Ok...so I went into the dr on Monday October 15...my blood pressure was a little high...I then came back on that Wednesday for a pre-scheduled NST..again my pressure was high.  It was high enough they wanted to do a 24hr urine test and labs...I went back on Thursday (24hrs) to turn the urine in and I was then put on bed rest.  I was on bed rest from Thursday until Monday which was my next dr appointment.  (October 22nd) I went to my regular appointment and my pressure was even higher. I was then sent immediately to a specialist.  I drove straight to the specialist and he sent me straight to the hospital.  He told me I had to be monitored with a possibility of delivery if my pressure didn't go down.  I seriously thought I would just go to the hospital to be monitored and sent home so I only called my husband.

So I arrived at the hospital at 2pm on Monday the 22nd.  Shortly after that I found out I had to deliver...we were trying the natural route.  I was not dilated at all so I got medicine to get soft and started to dilate.  The plan for after that was to induced.  BUT, as time moved on, I got worse and worse.  I had seizure pads on my bed and lots of different meds in my IV.  At about 2 in the morning I got really bad high blood pressure that my doctor was called in.  We then made the decision for a c-section.  I had to have my epidural laying down because they won't let me even sit up for that.  I was then rushed to the or and my baby was born at 2:49am.  The entire time..he was fine...I was the issue.

I then went to recovery and then back to my LD room.  After awhile, I got my first post partum room.  There I found out that they were not sure when I would be able to go home.  I was first placed in a double room but without a room mate.  A couple of days later another new mother was going to be moved into that room so I then went to a single room.  I had too because of my condition...I was suppose to stay calm and I was monitored ALOT.  I ended up staying in the hospital until Sunday October 28th.

My baby was good the whole time.  The only thing with him is he lost 11% of his birth weight, then maintained, and now VERY slowly is gaining it back.  He doesn't like to eat too much and he loves to sleep.  In my next post I will talk about my first week home.

Early Surprise!

 

I got a 2 week early surprise!  He is here!  I am soooo happy!  More pics and birth story to come. (btw-he was born October 23rd)