He’s here!!!
On Monday June 18, 2012, I had an appointment with my OB. As we walked into the office that day, we had no idea that we would be at the hospital that night. My doctor felt it was best to admit me. My blood pressure was high, and as a diabetic, I am a higher risk for pre-eclempsia. After a lot of testing, they found out that I was doing well. My higher blood pressures were because of my swollen extremeties…. Oh boy. Literally.
Dr. Smith had scheduled a c-section for Friday June 22nd, which so happens to be my father’s birthday. But with my current status, my OB felt that waiting until the end of the week for a c-section would be ridiculous, I would go in ASAP. There was no need to wait. GULP! June 20th at 7:45am was when it was all going down. Christopher was coming!
Fast forward a few hours… Surgery started at 7:59am and by 8:07am he was here! Weighing 8lbs. 7ozs. and 19.5 inches long, our boy had made it. We were parents!
Jack and I both had tons of tears as we heard his strong scream after delivery. The boy has some lungs! The typical tests were performed as they closed me up… They discovered that because of the c-section and being a bit early (37.5), that he had more fluid in his lungs than they wanted to see. Because of this, I was not able to see him right away. Thus we missed the usual “first family photo” in the OR. Sad face. They rolled him over in his oxygen hood and I got to see him before they wheeled him to the NICU. He was our little astronaut.
While in recovery the cord blood kit was sent off for storage. Despite having Christopher in the NICU, the knowledge of his cord blood and cord tissue in route made things better. His cord blood could save not only his life, but the lives of any future siblings, and possibly his mother. (Much thanks to all that donated to the cord blood registry. Christopher owes you a beer, at least…) http://www.cordblood.com/?mtag=CPXV&gclid=CLfynvaU7bACFQYKKgodi1jRwQ
After some rest and updates from my parents and Jack, I got to hold my son for the first time. It was roughly 8pm and it could not have come soon enough!
Christopher spent the first night in the NICU. As sad as that sounds, we had one more night to rest before the crazy sleepless nights began… And did they begin. Upon his return to us the next morning, we could not take our hands off of the little guy. In fact, he fell asleep in my arms the first night with us, and I did not let go. He woke up in my arms the next morning. BEST THING EVER!
On Friday, we learned that he had a bit of jaundice. He is A+ and so am I. I also had jaundice as an infant. He was put on a Bili Light for the evening… He went from an astronaut to E.T. He was only on the Bili Light for the night. The kid has a good immune system. Despite his dramatic start, he fought back from each dilemma quickly. He missed us.
On Saturday, we were released back into the real world. His outfit? A Guns n’ Roses onesie. Thanks Auntie Tatum! He is our sweet child o’ mine. We were all happy to be home as a family after a week of hospital hoop-la. Phew!
We had a rough week, but every second brought us closer. We love visitors… We hope you can come see us soon. The Crancer family is truly in business now… Watch for more frequent posts. Let the party of our lives begin… Yeehaw!
Have you met Christopher yet? He’s a keeper.
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