We are finally home! And our family of five is now a family of six!!
Our littlest prince was born on Jan. 14th at 12:56 PM. He was big for his gestational age. He was 7 lbs even (they rounded up just a tad
) and 19 and 1/2 inches long. He has big dark gray-blue eyes and wavy brown hair. I know I am biased, but he is most adorable (if I do say so myself)!
He spent a bit of time in the NICU (feeding issues) but after having his stomach suctioned out again on day 2, he turned into a little piggy and was promptly released. My antibodies did cross over and his platelet count is low, however, his levels are not in any sort of a danger zone. As long as things continue on their current course (his counts have gone up a bit each day), he will be 110% as soon as my antibodies leave his system and it looks like he is in absolutely no danger from them while they are there (prayers and good thoughts on that count would be MOST appreciated). Also, as long as I am requesting those, a few that his biliruben levels go down would be much appreciated as well. If his levels have gone up at all (he has his an appointment tomorrow afternoon) he will have to do light therapy. Not a big deal, I just hate the thought of him having to have his little heels poked anymore. Since Monday, he has had a heel stick at least once a day (and twice on some days).
But all of those minor issues aside, he is a very sweet, calm baby who loves to cuddle and is doing very well! He is happy and healthy and we are all so happy that we were finally able to come home. I was hoping to be "outta there" come Tuesday...which stretched to Wednesday (the initial time we were told we would likely be released) and then that turned into this (Thursday) morning. When release time came and went and we were still waiting on test results, I got VERY antsy.
Lucky for them (I mean us
), we were finally allowed to leave late this afternoon right before dinner.
As far as I go...thanks to an epidural that NEVER QUIT
having the baby was a painless breeze...until I tore a muscle in my mid back
by lugging my dead weight of a lower body around. Seriously, I was still numb enough to do surgery on five hours AFTER delivery! I was unable to walk until EIGHT hours after delivery. To say the epidural was effective is putting it mildly.
All of that being true, I ended up being in no pain from the actual birth/recovery but being out of commission from my back injury.
Only I could pull that off!
My OB said I was "definitely unique".
So...I am not allowed to lift anything more then the baby for the next month along with a few other restrictions due to the other pregnancy complications.
Didn't they get the memo that I was ready to be off of restrictions?! On a more serious note, my platelet level has now stabilized (it's still way low, but has not dropped in four days and in fact, seems to be "trending upward"). As long as my platelets continue their slow climb and I learn to hold my horses a bit longer on the get up and dance, clean out the garage, move the couch and mountain climb list...I should be good to go.
So...long babble short, mom is doing well too.
We arrived home to a house filled with yummy Panera Bread soups and sandwiches thanks for some dear friends. We grabbed some food, plunked in a family movie and all of us curled up on the couches and watched/napped the evening away. It was a great first night at home as a family of six.
Please click on the link below for a slide show of our newest dear son!
http://s108.photobucket.com/albums/n14/jaycns/LTN08/Little Prince/?action=view¤t=aecbcc70.pbw
And of course, two pictures for a sneak peek!!
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