Sorry for keeping you all in suspense!
Well, the short story....Baby Brandon Allen Lastname arrived weds 2/20 at 1:03 pm via scheduled c-section. He was exactly 7 pounds, and 19 1/4 inches long. SO tiny compared to Amanda (who was 9pds 10oz and 21 inches!) Amanda is doing really well and loving being a big sister. She has not shown the slightest bit of being jealous yet, and really the only issue we have had was me being in the hospital and gone a few days. (which was probably harder on me than her!) I am still surprised at how tiny he seems to me, and how it is possible to love both of these little people so much at the same time.
And of course...some pictures for you!
You can see the picture in his crib here that Amanda made for him in her "Big Sister" class the hospital had.
The very proud big sister! And yes, she has more makeup on than a street walker here, thanks to my mom for letting her get all gussied up before coming to the hospital
Please ignore my red shiny face here...that hospital room was SO hot and the temperature controls were very crazy. It was either freezing cold or 85 degrees
One more for good measure:
The longer story:
It has been a wild few days. I am recovering much easier than I did with Amanda from the c-section (and my recovery with her was pretty easy) BUT, he was way up under my rib cage and they had a hard time getting him out so my ribs are still sore from them pushing on me. It took 2 Drs to get him to move down, basically pouncing on me on the table! Also, it took 3 tries for the epidural so my back is giving me some problems. (thursday and friday were really awful, they had to inject me with some pain meds and muscle relaxers because the pills did
nothing.) The incision is the least of my issues really. He had jaundice too, so they made us stay an extra day under the lights and we got released Sunday afternoon. We have then had to go for checks the past 2 days and his levels are finally normal today.
Girl talk coming up here for you Aaron

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I am attempting to breastfeed again, and doing much better than before. I got nothing with Amanda, and this time I am at least starting to produce a bit. We are supplementing some and I am pumping to increase supply, but I think I will be able to at least BF for a short time this time. And truthfully ANY amount of time I am able to BF is a success in my book. Especially with my surgery coming up, I wont be able to do it very long anyways.
Thanks for looking...I am sure I will share more later. I got a new camera and have yet to load the software on my computer so these pics are from my sisters camera. I need to get mine off of my camera at some point!