Hey Guys. I know I haven't been around much but I have been viewing the board from time to time. It's been very crazy trying to get ready for this
little one. He is finally here though. His name is Brian Vincent and he was 8 pounds 11 ounces. Pretty big since my girls were all under 8 pounds. He was
born at 1:51am on November 4th. It was a very tough delivery for me though. The umbilical cord was on the side of the baby instead of in the front so it was
harder for him to get through. Even though I had an epidural, my doctor had induced me first and I felt the labor pains like I have never felt them before. I
was in total agony and pushing for 2 hours before he finally came out. When he did come out, the cord was wrapped around his neck and the doctor pulled it off
really fast. I don't think it had been that way for long though because it wasn't very tight and the doctor was able to unwrap it pretty easily.
After he came out the nurses started working on him and he wasn't crying. I got nervous but my doctor kept telling me it was alright. I kept wondering
though why he wasn't crying. Finally he did cry but the nurses wrapped him up and said they had to take him to ICU for some oxygen. They told me the
doctors would come down later and give me an update on him. They didn't though because they were so busy that night. My husband went up later on and they
told him the baby had been in respiratory distress probably due to the traumatic birth. They wanted to keep him there to take some tests. He was breathing on
his own though. The next day I found out the baby would probably be staying in the NICU for several days because of several different things. They wanted to
test for infection through blood tests, they had found an air pocket in his lung but said it was very small and would go away on it's own. They also said
his blood sugar was low. He also wasn't feeding very well. Well I decided to come home from the hospital on Wednesday because since the baby wasn't
coming home with me Thursday, I wanted to rest in my own house and be ready for him. I've been going to visit him and tonight they told us he is absolutely
fine and we can take him home tomorrow. I am so excited. Today when I went to see him he looked so sad. My husband commented that he's sad because he
wants to come home! LOL I'm excited to start on this baby journey after 11 years. It will be strange but my girls will help me and are very excited for
their little brother to come home. Well that's it for now. I will try to post more but I see the board has been very slow. I hope everyone is doing
well. 
Linda
