Young Master Wesley is in a milk induced coma and Young Miss Ellie has gone to her Nana’s, so at last, I have a chance to sit down and talk! Whew!
We had quite an experience at the hospital last week. If you frequent my blog, you’ll know I expected to be back on Wednesday. I didn’t get home until Friday. Everything went fine with me. CSections seem to be fairly routine now; I was in and out of surgery in an hour. Unfortunately for Wesley, sometimes when babies are born via CSection, they can have a few breathing problems. It became apparent on Monday that he was breathing to fast and he was having a lot of problems breastfeeding. He couldn’t latch on properly and he wasn’t breathing well when he did. They took him to the nursery for a little observation late Monday and he didn’t make it back to our room until Thursday. At first they thought he had pneumonia (talk about panic inducing!) but it wound up that he had extra fluid in his lungs from not being born the normal way. Something about those last few pushes out the birth canal squeeze all that extra fluid out of babies and since he wasn’t pushed at all, it stayed in his lungs. But he was a trooper and is doing fine now. Talk about scary though!
He is such a sweet baby. He loves to cuddle, which is lucky, don’t you just want to squeeze those cheeks?? He is eating much, much better. It took some work and patience for both of us, but now he loves the boobies! And he’s sleeping better than I am 
Ellie loves him, but she’s having a few jealousy issues. We are all working hard to reassure her of our love. It doesn’t help that I can’t hold her yet. Girlfriend weighs about 35 pounds and I can’t lift anything heavier than the baby yet. It makes us both sad.
Thanks to lots of extra time in the hospital (they let us stay on even though I was discharged Wednesday, I can’t wait to see our bill) I did wind up reading some. I read quite a few magazines, but I also had the hubby bring Kristin Lavransdatter to me. I’ve finished the first book and am well into the second. I continue to be surprised by how readable and accessible this text is. I wish I could translate the original text some myself, because I find myself wondering how it compares. It is such a fascinating book too. I think I’ll go read some now, while my brief respite lasts! Or poor Dracula, which I haven’t read in over a week!
One more big shock last week; thanks to the extended stay in the hospital, my husband actually picked up, and almost finished, a book. He only reads magazines, and not even those that often. It wasn’t a small book either, but one that is probably over 300 pages. I haven’t read it yet. But he read World War Z by Max Brooks and really seemed to enjoy it! I was so proud, proud of both my boys! LOL
Scary! Glad everything is going well now!
Wow! Glad young Wesley's doing fine now! Must've been very scary!
I'm glad everything is sailing along with young Master Wesley! But yes, I can imagine that it was very scary there for a bit. And wow re: hubby's reading!
B. and I were channel flipping this weekend and all of a sudden he said, "Oh, I read that book! That was a great book" Referring to the movie version of The Hiding Place. I glowed. lol
Oh My God!!! I'm in phucking love! He is soooo cute! Congrats! Sorry things were kind of traumatic for you, glad everything was OK.
Oh my! That sounds frightening. I'm glad everything is ok.
Oh, Heather! I'm so, so happy for you and your family. What a sweet little guy you have there. And, I suppose I'm a little partial to the name since it's so darned close to mine!
I, too, had a CSection (after 3 hours of pushing and an episiotomy and babe crowning and getting stuck!!) oh, 24 years ago. CSection babes tend to have all sorts of problems. Mine had jaundice for 5 days, but I had minor complications, too, so we had a lovely rest in hospital together. I'm so glad your little guy is ok and you're home snuggling in together. Ellie has a few months of adjustment, but it sounds like you're all going to be just fine. She's at a good age and will be fine with all your love and reassurance.
Enjoy every single moment! And kiss that little babe for me. Oh, how I love newborns. Congrats!!!
What a good lookin' baby boy! Congrats!
I'm not even going to tell you how long my eldest had jealousy issues. Waaaaay too long. I hope Ellie adjusts quickly.
So glad everything turned out okay. My experiences were both very much like Les's – 3 hours of pushing, both times, but for different reasons. Both of mine were a tad jaundiced. Fluid in the lungs sounds much more frightening. So glad that part's over!!!
he is beautiful!!!
Hooray for all of your triumphs this past week!!!
Congrats, Mom, you made a beautiful baby, no doubt about it. I'm sure it was all scary for a bit but I'm glad all is well.
Oh my goodness…he is one incredibly beautiful baby! So glad to hear all turned out well…though I understand the fear and worry you went through along the way. Congrats!
I'm a little late—but Congratulations!!!! He is a sweetie! And you are even keeping up with KL–you're too good!
I'm so late but big, huge congratulations to you guys! Wesley is so adorable. You must promise to post more pics. I hope you are doing well and that Ellie is getting used to having a baby brother. Congrats again!
Glad to hear all is well now. He is such a cutie!!
Awwww!!!!
SO adorable!
Give her a smooch from me -
Kaza Kingsley
Author of the Erec Rex series
He is lovely. Congrats to the both of you.
Good on your husband for nearly finishing a book!
Congratulations on your new little bundle of joy!! 3 kids, all C-sections here. I feel your pain!! But it's all worth it in the end!
I just finished World War Z myself! Kind of ironic!
What a cutie! The more I hear about KL, the higher it moves up the TBR list.
What an absolutely beautiful baby boy!
I'm thrilled that you're both doing okay.
cjh
Thank you everybody!!! It's so great to know so many of you care
He's gorgeous! Congratulations.
Pingback: secured credit cards fast
Pingback: very bad credit personal loans for none homeowers