Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Isaac is here!

Baby Isaac came yesterday at 8:50 a.m. He weighed a remarkable 7lb 4 oz at 35 weeks gestation, and he's doing well. He was on an oxygen hood for half a day or so but is breathing room air now. He has a IV for feeding, and the main problem for now is that I was on magnesium sulfate for almost a week prior to birth to keep him in there. He is having trouble getting it out of his system now, and he can't be fed until that is clear.

I just miss him now- it was only him and me here in the hospital room for 9 days, and now we are separated. I can see him as much as I want, but I have to be back in my room for all the post-op care etc. and it's just not enough. We don't really have a great idea about when he will be able to go home, but we are hoping for early next week.

3 comments:

Jenny, the Bloggess said...

Your mom sent me pictures and he is so, so beautiful! But, good night nurse, you had to go through one heck of a terrible ordeal to get him!

I was going to write a little announcement on one of my blogs about it but then I thought you might not want me to?

I can't wait to see him in person. You should have had him in the medical center so I could come over and coo at him everyday at lunch. :)

Jen said...

Congrats on the birth of Isaac. You did good Mommy! Can't wait to see pictures of your newest bundle of joy.

Jen

Mama said...

Jenny - sure, you can mention him if you want to. Can't wait until he can meet everyone!