Harpers Here
Hiya all..I just was dropping in to share the news that Miss Harper Ann is here. She was born friday, Aug 1. She was 7 lbs even and 19 1/2 inches long. Shes a beautiful girl. Well, I am her mom so I am supposed to say that. She is a great sleeper..wakes 2 times a night. *knocks on wood. Her first day and a half of life for her was drama. She went to NICU, and no one would tell me what was going on. Remember the whole, you might have gestational diabetes, no you dont, well maybe you are borderline scenario that I blogged about several weeks ago? Well, it came back to bite us in the butt. Harpers sugars were so off..that it made her respiration really high. Hers was in the high 70s, low 80s. According to the ped, her respiration should have been in the 30s. So once they got that all fixed..they finally told me what was her issues. And let me room with her the next day. Then another ped came in to tell us..that Harper was born with a hole at the base of her spine but right over her butt..and they felt it wasnt anything emergent, they would like for her to get an ultrasound on it in a few weeks to see if it is spina bifida related. Yea...just the things you need to tell a new mom to freak her out, right? Well, we took her to our pediatrician and he checked out the hole and he said that it is some kind of dimple, and that he feels it does not warrant an ultrasound or any attention because he can see the "bottom" so its not a complete hole. *wipes brow. But to me...she is perfect. I can not tell you how much I am in love with this little girl. oh yea..
How the HELL do you go into the hospital one weight..have a csection..and come out weighing more than when you had a human baby in you? Go figure. So soon the battle of poundage will be on...Me verses it...and Im kicking butt!
