Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek
Whew - has it ever been a crazy last day or so! Our precious little baby was born on New Year's Day at 2:52AM. We arrived at the hospital at 1:15AM. I started getting a backache around 10PM, but because I could talk through the pain, I didn't think anything of it. Then I started getting really shakey. We had friends over for New Year's Eve.
Here is Princess with her noise makers.
The Prince had fun playing the Wii with our friends!
My little Knight says, Cheese!
Me with AB's Mom. We ended up calling her back about a half hour after they went home after New Year.
I had never had to make the decison to go to the hospital before. I had been induced with everybody up until this point. By the time we arrived at the hospital, it was obvious that I was in Labor.
Our little guy was born less than two hours after we arrived at the hospital! (Man! I look a little bit out of it!) This was actually about 3 hours after he was born. He had some breathing issues that cleared up after some oxygen, but they had to keep him to observe him for 3 hours. My nurses would not let me go with him, but DadOf4 got to go. Those were a really, llloooonnnnggg 3 hours.
The Knight with our baby!
The Prince with our baby! (DadOf4's parents are on the computer screen. We were talking to them with the webcam. Mom and Dad - I'm gonna set you up with one of these in March.)
Princess with our baby!
DadOf4 with our baby!
Happy New Year baby!
MomOf4 and DadOf4 with the baby!
Our precious baby is now in the NICU. I tested positive for Strep B and he arrived so fast they did not have time to get 2 rounds of antibiotics in me before he was born. We are still waiting to hear if he is positive or not. His body was producing lots of white blood cells so they are erring on the side of caution and taking him to the NICU for antibiotics. We should know this morning if he has Strep B or not. If he does, he will have to stay in the hospital for at least 10 days. If he does not we will get to go home as planned. Time will tell.(P.S. I would really appreciate any comments you could leave today. Looking for distractions while I wait to go back to the NICU....)
12 comments:
Oh wow! Congratulations! How wonderful - a New Year's baby.
I hope he's not sick with strep B and that you get to go home with him soon.
Have a stellar New Year!
I'm jumping up and down! What a New Year!
So beautiful.
Praying that everything is okay and that you can all go home soon!
Congratulations! I hope everything goes perfectly. Happy New Year indeed!
Just got home from Cincinnati and saw that you had your baby! He is BEAUTIFUL!!! I am praying for you all! I hope it isn't GBS. (((HUGS)))
I know I have already said it, but I will again! Congrats!!! I am praying he gets out of the NICU quickly.
Love to your whole family from mine!
What a wonderful way to start the year!
Congratulations, and take care of yourself.
What and exciting birthday! The pictures are wonderful and I hope all goes well.
I guess you need to change your blog name, huh?
WOOHOO!!!!!!!!! congrats.. a new years baby how very cool and what a cutie...
Happy New Years
Congrats on baby #4! What a great way to start off the year. Praying that the baby gets to come home soon~
Oh I'm so sorry that I'm seeing this so late, but want to wish you a huge congratulations! And I hope that everything is ok with the baby - can't wait to see more pictures! :)
Hi,
I'm an academic physician (formerly at Harvard and Stanford) who found your blog while looking for the best health writers. I think your writing is great! I would like to feature you in the Parenting Community on Wellsphere, a top 10 health website that has well over 2 million visitors monthly.
If you would like to learn more, just drop me an email to Dr.Rutledge@wellsphere.com
Post a Comment