Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
He's here!
brand new Noah from erin and Vimeo.
Noah Scott has arrived! He was born Friday at 1:44 pm, was 19.5 inches long and we think he weighed about 6 lbs. 12 oz. They had originally weighed him in at 6 lbs. 5 oz., but by that night he weighed in at 6 lbs. 12 oz. - so they think the original weight was wrong. Go figure. Anyway - we arrived at the hospital about 6:30 a.m. for the induction. The pitosin was flowing by about 7:30 with me at a 3 and 75% effaced. Dr Rost had two other deliveries in progress that morning so he didn't break my water until maybe12:30 - 1:00. By that time - I was about a 5. Of course once they broke my water, things started to move. I was a 7 after about 30 minutes and then all of the sudden was complete and ready to deliver. So they quickly set things up and after about 3 contractions, he was here!
We spent the next two days in the hospital, which I can hardly stand, but turned out to be a good thing for Noah. Pretty much right off I suspected he had reflux. He wasn't eating especially well and was spitting up quite a bit and made a little whiny noise literally constantly from the moment he was born. He just didn't seem content to me. So after lavaging his stomach (sucking everything out of it) and trying everything else to try to make the kid eat and not spit up everywhere, plus a night from hell (he screamed for 5 hours straight), they finally did an upper GI and sure enough, he has reflux! So they put him on Reglan, and he's doing much better already.
Now that his issues are resolved, Noah is proving to be a GREAT baby. I don't want to jinx my apparent good fortune, but he is very laid back and such a good sleeper. I had to wake him up last night after 7 hours and make him eat. I doubt that will continue, but I'll take what I can get! When he's not asleep he's more than happy to just sit back and calmly observe his surroundings, even with Drew and Addison's epic battles going on all around him.
Drew and Addie are excited to have him here, although Drew's been running a fever and hasn't been able to get very close. Addie thinks he's a doll and doesn't realize she needs to be at least a little gentle with him, but she'll get it eventually, hopefully before she rips off one of his arms!
Anyway - here's some pictures of the little guy, finally.
Also - here's a link to the always fabulous hopital pictures of Noah:
The obligatory profile shot
Waiting...
He's here!
After his bath
Going home
Glad to be home
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