Brennan came into the world on Saturday June 25th at 10:44am. He weighed 9 pounds 6 ounces.

 

Everyone wants to know the basics so I will fill in some of the details here i.e. how is he sleeping, how is he eating, etc.

 

First the labor and delivery. Jess went to her OB on Thursday June 23rd for a schedule appointment. She was due on June 20th so we were hoping he would tell us to head over to the hospital right away and have the baby but no such luck. We found out she was 4 cm's dialated and would probably have the baby any day but he schedule an induction for Monday June 27th just in case.

On Friday at about 10:00pm Jess was feeling some discomfort and wanted to go to the hospital to get checked out. She wasn't having any labor pains per se but "lightening bolts" passing through her yoo hoo. So we called Jen Alger and she came to watch Sarah while we made what we assumed would be a quick trip to the hospital. I brought her delivery bag just in case.

We got there and the OB on call finally checked her out at 1:30am. She was already 6cm's dilated and they weren't going to send her home. She was checked in and told the OB would break her water to get the process moving along.

Jess requested an epidural and the bonehead, I mean anesthesiologist, gave her one at 3am. The dumbass used the wrong needle and nearly crippled her.

The OB popped her water at 3:30am. The labor pains were soon to follow but much to Jess' dismay the idiot who administered the epidural had screwed up and only one side of her was frozen. The baby was causing some back labor and she was in a lot of pain. They didn't want to give her another epidural because she was too far along. After a few hours of her writhing in pain the dumbass came back and "topped her up", meaning he gave the epidural a little extra shot to help with the pain, but that didn't really work either.

Finally the time came to push. She started at 8:30 and tried to get the baby to come out. He was facing the up instead of down and wouldn't drop. After 2 hours of pushing I wanted the OB to come in and do something because Jess had no energy left to push. Just as he walked through the door the baby crowned and was born at 10:44.

 

Eating. Brennan started eating 4 ounces of formula or breast milk after just a few days. He eats every three hours (beginning of one feeding to the beginning of the next). He lost some weight in the first 24 hours, as all babies will, but quickly regained it because of his appetite. The issue with him is that he falls asleep after the first 2 hours and nothing, and I mean nothing, will wake this kid up. We tried stripping him down, putting a cold cloth on his face, turning on all the lights, etc and if he doesn't want to eat there is nothing we can do. Usually he will wait a bit and eat the rest but this is not the preferred course of action at 4 in the morning!

 

Sleeping. He is a newborn so all he does is sleep. He sleeps well at night between feedings and is awake in the morning and evening. We hope he will be a good sleeper like Sarah (she sleeps from 9pm to 9am!) but it isn't likely that lightening will strike twice.

 

Jess is doing fine and we are adapting to the new addition. Getting into the swing of things this time around is easier but life is more challenging with a 2 year old and a newborn.  So far Brennan has been to a few restaurants, a drive-in, the mall, a water park and Wal Mart a few times. As long as he is in his car seat he is happy.

 

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