Special Christmas Eve Delivery

Well you may have noticed that I haven't updated the blog in awhile and there is a very good reason for that.  We had a special delivery at 6:02pm on Christmas Eve weighing in at 9lbs 2oz and 54cm long.  Gian-Michael couldn't wait to make his arrival.

There wasn't much exciting about my labor.  At 3am I had one of my many bathroom breaks and noticed the show.  I didn't really feel any labor pains but I had a feeling that Saturday was going to be the day.  At around 8am I noticed a constant menstrual pain and I was pretty nauseous but it still wasn't major contractions.  I called the birthing centre to see if I should be concerned, but they didn't think it was labor and left it in my hands.  At 10am, Bella and I took a shower to get ready for the day and that's when the nausea got really bad.  As soon as I got out of the shower I started to dry heave.  I decided at that point, that we would drop Bella off with my brother in law and we would head to the hospital.  They assessed me and I was approx 4 - 5cm and I was going to be admitted.  I got the epidural right away (around 11:30) and we spent the day waiting for me to hit 10cm.  We watched a lot of Christmas cartoons since there wasn't much else for us to do.  I did get a little sick and a lot of hot flashes closer to the time but other than that my labor was uneventful.  At around 5:30pm the Dr came in, I started pushing and approx. 15 pushes later, there was our beautiful baby boy.

He did have a low glucose count when he was born so he spent the next 12hrs being poked in the foot with a needle to recheck it.  It ended up being fine after the first 2 tests but it was a little scary and it was really hard to hear him cry every time they tested him.  We were discharged the very next night and even managed a short Christmas visit with some of my family.  They did find his jaundice numbers were a little higher than normal, so Monday we took him for yet another poke.  They said that even though the number was slightly higher, it was no reason for concern. 

I took him yesterday for his first appt (at a walk in clinic b/c my Dr is on vacation) and he suggested we go back to the hospital emergency because he took one look at Gian-Michael and said he was yellow.  So off to the hospital we went.  After very many hours, the tests came back and again the numbers were higher but still nothing to worry about.  We are keeping an eye on him but all the other symptoms we were told to watch for are non existent.  He eats well, and is already past his birth weight.  He is up all night and sleeps all day (which hopefully will reverse soon...I really miss my sleep.)  And he has no issues in the bathroom department.  I am going to take him next week to see my family Dr and see what he thinks.  We were advised to keep him near a window to get some UV light that way so hopefully that will help a little. 

So now we are just enjoying our time with our family.  Hubby is home this week and next and has been a great help.  He takes both kids in the morning so I can get a few hours of sleep because I am not getting any at night.  I am really hoping by next week we get Gian-Michael on a schedule where sleeping is done at night.  I am breastfeeding so it is on demand, which means no control on sleep.  During the day he eats every 3 - 4hrs and it is usually me having to wake him.  When he is awake, he is so alert.  He is already trying to see everything around him and trying to lift his head.  Sometimes when I look at him, I forget he is only a few days old.  He is already the same size Bella was at around 2 months old, since she was 7lbs 7oz when she was born.  I leave you now with a few pics of our new family member:)