The nurses came in and informed me that I needed to feed Brantley, and then they needed to take him. So, we learned about feeding, for a couple of minutes afterwards our families came in to see him. Then they took Brantley and Trent to the nursery. Brantley had low blood sugar, and they had to feed him a bottle of half sugar water and formula. We then had to put him under the heat lamp for a while. Then they would recheck his blood sugar in 2 hours, and if it was good then he wouldn't need an IV. In 2 hours his sugar was awesome, and he was good to go.
Due to my high blood pressure before labor, during labor, and after labor I had to be on magnesium during and after delivery. So, I could not get out of bed for a full 24 hours after Brantley's birth. I was pretty limited on what I could do with Brantley,and Trent really stepped up! I would have never thought he would be such an awesome Daddy. I knew he would be great, but I had no idea how great!
Brantley's arrival could not be a boring arrival, and the problems started Friday and continued during our stay in the hospital. Brantley was not wanting to eat, and that had us worried. He also started showing the symptoms of jaundice. Saturday morning we had hoped to get to come home, and they ran some final test on Brantley. The test found that he had jaundice and would need to stay another day or two. We were worried because they could have discharged me, and made Brantley stay. Dr. Hermann wanted to do more blood pressure test on me, and let me stay in the hospital. The other scary thing that happened is Brantley stopped eating. Saturday night around 9 Trent and I both got very worried, and stressed. We really didn't want to start on formula, but he had gone over 14 hours without eating. Then around 12:30 they brought him in, and he ate like a champ. He has been eating just fine ever since. Thank goodness. Sunday morning all doctors came to see us, and we got to go home sometime afternoon. :-) There is no better news then you get to go home WITH your baby!
My first picture, picture with my son!
Brantley and his favorite baby nurse, Amanda!
A happy family ready to go home!
Brantley's first car ride!
Brantley and I posing in front of the decorations my mother-in-law put up to welcome us home!
Brantley in his crib for the first time.
The first night home was a difficult night. We were shocked because he had been SO good in the hospital. Every single nurse said he was one of the best babies ever, and the best baby in the nursery. It has been much better ever since. He is a pretty good sleeper, and is an awesome baby!
We went to the pediatrician on Monday, and Brantley is down to 5 pounds 15 ounces, and we have to focus on getting his weight back up. He has been nursing much better, and I feel that he should be gaining weight for sure now. His jaundice is much better, as well.
I love being a Mommy and Trenton sure does love being a Daddy. We love our boy and cant believe he is already a week old!
Here are some pictures of baby Brantley at one week! He is so squimy it is hard to get good pictures!
BIG Yawn!
How long he is.
Bright eyes
Tired of taking pictures
Sitting with Daddy!
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