Welcome Kyle!

Well, it's been a crazy couple weeks! My water broke at work on 4/29/09, I went to the hospital and they verified it was amniotic fluid and they said I would be in the hospital until I had the baby. It was a pretty scary experience, I got steriod shots to help the baby's lungs develop. They said 75% of women go into labor within 72 hours of their water breaking. I made it one week. On May 6 the baby's heart rate dropped periodically and when they did an US they found he was in an unusual position. His "hand" (it turned out to be his foot) was over his head (he was head down) and the umbilical cord was next to his "hand". The doctors felt this was a bad position due to the posibility of cord compression and recommended a c-section. So I decided to go with the surgery and Kyle was born at 9: 56 that night. He had his foot up by his head. He weighed 3 lbs 14 oz and was 16 and 3/4 inches long. He was able to breathe on his own and had good color. He was crying vigorously (I took this as a good sign.) The surgery went much better than the first for me and I recovered much quicker. After a couple hours Kyle started to show signs of labored breathing and they put him on a c-pap machine. He was only on the c-pap for one day. I was glad, it was hard to see him with it on because his face swelled so much he couldn't even open his eyes. He had IV fluids for a couple days and he needed to be under lamps for a couple days due to jaundice. He has tried breast feeding twice a day to practice, he's done really well overall. I am so happy with how well he is doing. I got sent home from the hospital on saturday the 9th. I think it was very hard on Bryson, I sure did miss him. It's great to be home, but it is also difficult to juggle everything. I try to be at the hospital form Kyle from 9am to 4pm and then I come home to put Bryson to bed and then I go back to the hospital to "feed" Kyle at 9 pm. I am lucky because I am producing alot of milk for Kyle, he is eating through a naso-gastic tube, we practice breast feeding twice a day.