Friday, November 21, 2008
Coming Home!
After a 3 weeks stay in the NICU James Dexter finally got to come home! We loved all the nurses at Trinity and thank them for everything they did for us and our son...but I have to say, I hope we don't have to have their services again!
Getting ready to go home:
Getting ready to get out:
One Proud Papa!
Tired boy on his first car ride home!
Finally Home!!! I think I can see a little bit of a grin on him!
Cutie in his little preemie outfit.
Now it's time to meet the cats!
Hmmmm....wonder what they are thinking?
Time to investigate.
Overall they do very well with him. They will sniff at him when he is asleep but as soon as he moves or starts crying they leave.
Getting ready to go home:
Getting ready to get out:
One Proud Papa!
Tired boy on his first car ride home!
Finally Home!!! I think I can see a little bit of a grin on him!
Cutie in his little preemie outfit.
Now it's time to meet the cats!
Hmmmm....wonder what they are thinking?
Time to investigate.
Overall they do very well with him. They will sniff at him when he is asleep but as soon as he moves or starts crying they leave.
James Dexter's stay in the NICU
Since he was born so early of course he had to stay in the NICU for a while, 3 weeks actually. It was tough coming home without him and even tougher having to ask permission to hold your own baby. He seemed so healthy to us, especially compared to some of the other babies in there with him, so we were extremely thankful for that. All the nurses fell in love with him from day one. He even made a friend while he was there...his name was Janari and he was born the same day James Dexter was although he was only 27 weeks gestation. Maybe one day these boys will meet up in the future...you never know!
Here are some shots of his NICU stay:
Daddy giving him some attention.
James Dexter had a little surprise for Daddy!
Laying with all those nasty mean wires connected to him.
Holding Mommy's pinky.
Holding onto Daddy's finger.
Love the faces...that is why the nurses loved him so much because he was so expressive!
Look at all that hair!
Sweetness.
I waited a long time to pinch his little butt cheeks but since he didn't have any because he was so small I had to settle for pinching the diaper!
Here are some shots of his NICU stay:
Daddy giving him some attention.
James Dexter had a little surprise for Daddy!
Laying with all those nasty mean wires connected to him.
Holding Mommy's pinky.
Holding onto Daddy's finger.
Love the faces...that is why the nurses loved him so much because he was so expressive!
Look at all that hair!
Sweetness.
I waited a long time to pinch his little butt cheeks but since he didn't have any because he was so small I had to settle for pinching the diaper!
Delivery Time!
This is what 4 days of complete bed rest, on magnesium sulfate and no shower look like during a contraction. I think I had my epidural shortly after this was taken...maybe it was already in...heck, I can't remember much because the magnesium makes you feel really out of touch with reality. This is not pretty folks...
This was of course right after he was born...little bit cone headed but he came out screaming and with great color.
Our very first family photo!
This was of course right after he was born...little bit cone headed but he came out screaming and with great color.
Our very first family photo!
Lots to Update About!
Okay, so we haven't blogged in quite some time...as most of you all know the baby is already here, came 8 weeks early. I went into labor on Sunday (but didn't really know it, I thought I had just over done it cleaning the house...we went to dinner and movie that night, all the while I was miserable!) and went to work Monday morning still not feeling "right". I called my doctor and they told me to come in to be on the safe side and turns out I was already 4 cm and his water was about to break.
Since I was only 32 weeks they wanted to stop labor as long as they could. I was given steroids to help mature little man's lungs for when he arrived and I was put on total bed rest, which means no getting up to do ANYTHING and started on magnesium sulfate to stop my contractions. This stuff makes you feel like pure crap. They had to keep upping my dose to get the contractions to stop but it was making me violently ill. So they backed off on the amount of magnesium and everything seemed to be looking good. No contractions...low level of mag...so they decided to take me off the mag and see how I would do. I did great all day until I got woken up in the middle of the night by the nurse asking if I was feeling "that"? I said what is "that"? Apparently I was contracting again but was sleeping so hard I didn't feel it. Back on the mag I went and we finally got it all leveled out.
The nurse was talking to us about what would happen now...I would go upstairs to the maternity ward to wait out at least 2 more weeks then see what happens. We were asking all kinds of questions about "what happens when..." or "what if...." and finally after about a 30 min question session she said "Any other questions?" and I looked up and said "Uh yeah, I think my water just broke." And she said "Are you serious?" and I said "Uh, yeah, very." So we were taken to the delivery room and everything happened so fast from there...I had my epidural and waited it out until I was ready to push. I had no energy to push from getting no rest the previous 4 days but it took about 20 pushes and he was here!
James Dexter Weibelt was born on 10/09/08 at 2:11 pm weighing in at a whooping 4 lb 5 oz and 19.25 in long. A head full of dark hair like both of us when we were born!
This was right after he was born.
This was a couple of days old.
Such a tiny boy.
I will be posting some more pictures in a little better order here shortly! :)
Since I was only 32 weeks they wanted to stop labor as long as they could. I was given steroids to help mature little man's lungs for when he arrived and I was put on total bed rest, which means no getting up to do ANYTHING and started on magnesium sulfate to stop my contractions. This stuff makes you feel like pure crap. They had to keep upping my dose to get the contractions to stop but it was making me violently ill. So they backed off on the amount of magnesium and everything seemed to be looking good. No contractions...low level of mag...so they decided to take me off the mag and see how I would do. I did great all day until I got woken up in the middle of the night by the nurse asking if I was feeling "that"? I said what is "that"? Apparently I was contracting again but was sleeping so hard I didn't feel it. Back on the mag I went and we finally got it all leveled out.
The nurse was talking to us about what would happen now...I would go upstairs to the maternity ward to wait out at least 2 more weeks then see what happens. We were asking all kinds of questions about "what happens when..." or "what if...." and finally after about a 30 min question session she said "Any other questions?" and I looked up and said "Uh yeah, I think my water just broke." And she said "Are you serious?" and I said "Uh, yeah, very." So we were taken to the delivery room and everything happened so fast from there...I had my epidural and waited it out until I was ready to push. I had no energy to push from getting no rest the previous 4 days but it took about 20 pushes and he was here!
James Dexter Weibelt was born on 10/09/08 at 2:11 pm weighing in at a whooping 4 lb 5 oz and 19.25 in long. A head full of dark hair like both of us when we were born!
This was right after he was born.
This was a couple of days old.
Such a tiny boy.
I will be posting some more pictures in a little better order here shortly! :)
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