We are proud to announce the birth of our new son, yet to be named, yesterday at 8:08 am. He weighed 8lbs 14 oz and is 20 inches long. We had a little bit of a scare initially in that he was holding his breath for a minute or so and turned blue on the warmer in the OR. I could tell something was wrong because he wasn't crying and two nurses came to help the nurse practitioner who was working on the baby. His heart rate dropped but quickly recovered when they gave him some bag/mask ventilation. Once I could see he was pinking up I was able to relax, but it seemed like it took forever to hear him cry.
Once he was in the transition nursery, he had a couple of low blood sugars & the nursery RN had to supplement him with some formula to get his sugars up while I was in the recovery room. After that initial feeding I was able to nurse him and his sugars steadily improved after that. We haven't had any problems since! He is a healthy, happy baby and very mellow.
We are still stuggling with a name but should be ready to finalize it soon. Keep checking back!
Look at those chubby cheeks & double chin!! What a sweet boy we have!
