Sunday, February 8, 2009

Brady, Brady, Brady,,,

I know you all have been waiting for more pics and more info on the birth,, so here it is:-)
The birth went very well, and very fast! My mom made it to our house at 10pm on Wednesday, the 28th, and I was waking them up a little past midnight with contractions, telling them that we need to go to the hospital. We arrived and were checked in about 1:30am, at that point I was dilated to a 1. By 5am, I was dilated to a 4 or 5, and was on my way to receive a wonderful epidural! (Hats off to those who go natural, but I will be ever-so-grateful to whoever created the epidural!) After the "happy drugs" it went even faster, by 8am, I was a 7-8, by noon I was a 10, pushing by 12:15pm, and had a Brady at 1:28pm! I had a very good delivery, smooth, and easy for the most part:-)
We brought home our little Brady on Saturday morning,, I was a bit tired to say the least! We had to go to the Dr. on Sunday so they could check his level for Jaundice. When we left the hospital, his level was a 13, and by Sunday it had gone to a 16. We then had to get this little UV blanket that he had to have on his back, against his skin, 24/7. Let me tell you how fun that was! Brady was a trooper, and it didn't seem to even phase him,, however, trying to feed and burp him with that cord coming out the bottom of his clothes was not an easy task! We had to keep him on the blanket until Tuesday. By his Friday's Dr. appt. he was all clear!! Yay!!! We didn't realize how "yellow" he was until we started looking at the pics we had taken. He now has a beautiful olive skin,, just like his daddy:-) Who, by the way, he looks JUST LIKE!

Enjoy!

Getting ready to leave the hospital....

First time in the car seat...

Precious...

Our best friends Brian & Holly came all the way from Chattanooga to see us and Brady...

Brian

Liam

Mercy stands guard...

Our little glow worm with the UV blanket...

Glow little glow worm, glimmer, glimmer....

Kisses...

First sponge bath...

Little boy blue...

Kisses from Grammy...

Brady and Mommy

Kisses, kisses...

and more kisses:-)