Brendan James. Born 7/9/2009

sammyjo83 · #1 July 21st, 2009, 11:29 AM

Sorry it has taken so long to post this but I have been so busy with visiting Brendan in the NICU and trying to catch up on homework.
My dh and I were getting ready to go to bed the night of the 8th, when one thing led to another and we ended up dtd. No, big deal, right? Well afterwards I ended up having contractions, which normally happens. But this time I had a ton of pressure and something didn't feel right. I laid down for about an hour and downed like 2 bottles of water and they still didn't slow down. So we decided to head to L&D. Better to be safe than sorry. When we showed up to L&D even the nurse didn't think it was going to be a big deal and thought I was probably only going to be a couple of cm because I was only 34 wks. Come to find out, I was already dialated to 7cm when I got there. At that point there wasn't much they could do to stop the labor. The labor went relatively quickly and smoothly. I only had to push about 4 times and I have no tears or rips. Brendan James was born at 10:13 am on July 9th, weighing 6 lbs 3 oz and he was 19 in long.
Brendan was transferred to a hospital in Reno to be in the NICU due to premature lungs. I was discharged that night about 8 pm so that I could be with my baby. We have been there ever since and are just waiting to get home. Here are some pictures of my little guy. He was just a few hours old.

#2 July 21st, 2009, 11:46 AM

Oh wow! Congrats on your new baby, and I hope things get better asap so you can bring him home =D

smilanatu · #3 July 21st, 2009, 12:44 PM

He's gorgeous! Hope you get to take him home soon!

Mom2BellaandMac · #4 July 21st, 2009, 01:29 PM

He is beautiful CONGRATS hope all goes smoothly and you can have your little guy home soon

binz1031 · #5 July 21st, 2009, 04:21 PM

Wow... what a story... hope you can bring him home soon.. did they give you a date of when they think he'll be ready to come home?

JulieMc · #6 July 21st, 2009, 04:23 PM

Aww, how cute.

Congrats, and thanks for sharing your story. Sounds like a pretty good weight for 34 weeks.

hotjai21 · #7 July 21st, 2009, 04:26 PM

Hoping he comes home soon!!

nicosnano · #8 July 21st, 2009, 09:01 PM

What a sweetie!

lilmiss_33 · #9 July 22nd, 2009, 02:56 PM

How precious

Congratulations!

sammyjo83 · #10 July 23rd, 2009, 12:27 AM

Thank you ladies! No word on when we can come home. At this point it is literally up to him. His lungs are great, we're just for him to be able to eat an entire bottle consistantly. It's quite frustrating, really. But he's getting ther.

~ Ada ~ · #11 July 23rd, 2009, 05:43 AM

Congrats on the fast labor, sounds like you did most of it at home and got to the hospital just in time to have your little boy, welcome Baby Brendan!

c'est_la_vie · #12 July 23rd, 2009, 10:00 AM

He is so handsome! What a fast delivery!

Congrats!!

mommyto3monkeys · #13 July 27th, 2009, 08:43 AM

Wow things happened so fast for you. Congrats again. I hope he is home soon with you.

girlsrus · #14 August 2nd, 2009, 11:50 AM

Congrats, I hope you get to bring you little man home soon.

Sariedakota · #15 September 3rd, 2009, 10:05 AM

Hi, I'm lurking from Dec DDC.. congrats on your little baby boy!! Sounds like you had a farely simple labor.. hope Brenden is doing great and is home safe and sound with his family! Congrats again!!