After some unforeseen delays and waiting around, Liam was born this afternoon at 2:00 on the nose, Pacific time of course. He was born with a lusty cry, much to everyone’s delight. And that lusty cry continued as they carted him off to the table (seen at right) to clean and examine.
He was small… IS small. 4 pounds, 15 ounces. :blink 18 1/2 inches long. And some BIG feet. So I know he’ll grow like a weed from here on out, just like his big brother. But oh so tiny right now. Which is another reason why the lusty cry was music to our ears.
He hasn’t had any trouble breathing so far, and it’s been a good six and a half hours since he was born. He scored 9 and 9 on his Apgar scores as well, so he is just nearly perfect! What am I saying?! He *is* perfect!
Our c-section was bumped back due to an emergency c-section that had to get in before us. They’ve had a LOT of c/s’s today, apparently. But the surgery couldn’t have gone better and was over, start to finish, in 30 minutes. Wow!
I’ve been doing great since, feeling pretty good (despite the expected soreness, etc). But this isn’t really about me now, is it? Naw, even *I* dont’ want to talk about myself. Because little Liam is the STAR.
Harry and my parents have been by to visit already and you see we got some pictures of the two together. He was overwhelmed, understandably, at first. Very nervous of the whole situation. Worried a bit, too, about me and the baby.
But he loves holding him and has a bazillion questions about him already. And I? Am so proud I could bust. Because I was finally able to give my son a sibling. And I absolutely can’t get enough of seeing both of them together!
Right now, we’re settling into the evening together. Breastfeeding might be a bit of an issue for a day or two. He’s just SO small and isn’t opening his mouth real wide. We’ve given him a little formula, simply because his blood sugar levels are so important with him being so small and a bit on the early side. But I’m getting a breastpump brought to me so I can at least give him mine, if not directly from the breast right off. I imagine in a day or so when he’s more with it, we’ll give it a good go. :)
He’s just the sweetest thing ever. He hardly ever cries, only during diaper changes so far. Of course, I know that’s pretty standard with newborns. He snuffles around and opens his eyes quite a bit already. I could hold him for an eternity I think.
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