My life is VERY good right now.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Monday, April 06, 2009
My Baby
After a few months of worry and being especially nervous for the last week of that, Adele was born on April 2nd.
Not only was she born, but she surprised everyone at how ready she was to be born. NICU was there, ready to hook her up to oxygen, an I.V. and put in a feeding tube. When we got to the NICU, the head of the department looked at her and told the nurses to put the oxygen away. She was crying quite healthily. She ate on the first try like she had gone half a day without food. She still had to have the I.V. but that was just to give her antibodies to fight off a potential infection, which she doesn't have (it is apparently standard to do when a baby is left in the womb after a rupture). No one can believe that she is only 34 weeks. There are still a few more tests to do over the next couple days, just to make sure she is still doing well.
She's perfect.
If I wasn't a man, I might have cried when I first saw her. But since I am a man, I didn't. I will admit that my eyes got a little wet though.
She weighed 5 lbs 6 oz.
10 minutes after being born.
Meeting her sister for the first time.
Things couldn't have gone better. Now I get to wake up every few hours in the middle of the night to a screaming baby and I couldn't be happier.
Not only was she born, but she surprised everyone at how ready she was to be born. NICU was there, ready to hook her up to oxygen, an I.V. and put in a feeding tube. When we got to the NICU, the head of the department looked at her and told the nurses to put the oxygen away. She was crying quite healthily. She ate on the first try like she had gone half a day without food. She still had to have the I.V. but that was just to give her antibodies to fight off a potential infection, which she doesn't have (it is apparently standard to do when a baby is left in the womb after a rupture). No one can believe that she is only 34 weeks. There are still a few more tests to do over the next couple days, just to make sure she is still doing well.
She's perfect.
If I wasn't a man, I might have cried when I first saw her. But since I am a man, I didn't. I will admit that my eyes got a little wet though.
She weighed 5 lbs 6 oz.
10 minutes after being born.
Meeting her sister for the first time.Things couldn't have gone better. Now I get to wake up every few hours in the middle of the night to a screaming baby and I couldn't be happier.
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