For those that don't already know... the new baby is here! After a long morning of uncertainty & waiting, he came out in a mad rush. Melissa went from almost no progression after a few hours to being fully ready with the baby's head right there in less than 10 minutes. The nurse had the doctor paged and called for the delivery setup, but the baby's heart rate was down and staying down and she was having a hard time even finding it, so she decided they couldn't wait for the doctor. She called for the charge nurse, and the 2 of them delivered the baby in about 3 pushes. It was fast. As predicted, he is small. Turns out, that is exactly why the doctor wanted us to come in and deliver today. According to the ultrasound 3 weeks ago he weighed 5 lbs. 11 oz., 2 weeks ago he weighed 5 lbs. 15 oz., but yesterday he weighed 5 lbs. 4 oz., so he had actually lost weight (the doctor didn't tell Melissa this so as not to worry her more than necessary).
Well here are the details:
1:35 p.m.
5 lbs. 1 oz.
18.5" long
All in all he is doing well, we're just trying to keep his blood sugars up.
More pictures to come later.
5 comments:
Congrats! He is so tiney and cute! Glad it went well, thats crazy it happened so fast! Atleast you didnt have to have a c-section! Cant wait to meet him in person!! :)
Oh!! What a cute little guy! He looks pretty happy and content. I can't wait to see him in person!
Oh my gosh!!!! He is so freaking cute. I LUV HIM!!! I hope he's not to small for me to hold and love tomorrow I can't wait, your a lucky set of mama and daddy and BIG BROTHER:) Congratulations!
Hey, what's his middle name?
Wendy,
His full name is Benjamin Lee Kelley.
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