Our Newest Family Member

Declan Morgan O'Berry

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

3:06pm

7lbs. 8oz 19 1/4in.

So, here is the story of how Declan came into the world.

My water started leaking at about 3:00am, but we didn't leave for the hospital until about 5:20am. I wanted to start timing my contractions at home, since they hadn't started when my water was leaking and I wanted to be sure it was time. We called my parents and my dad came over to watch Corin when we headed for the hospital. I was 4cm dilated when we got to the hospital. When I was 5cm dilated I decided to get my epideral. I'm a whimp when it comes to pain. The pain was uncomfortable and different than with Corin, so I decided not to wait any longer for my epideral. Labor about 11 1/2hrs, but with an epideral I didn't feel much of it until at the very end when it was time to push. I pushed for 20min and Declan was here! Great for me that pushing was only 2omin, however it wasn't so great for Declan. It didn't give him enough time to get the fluid pushed out of his lungs, so he had to go to the NICU for about 2hrs to make sure everything was alright and to "dry" out. Apparently, grutting isn't a good sign when they come out and he wasn't crying loudly at all. He did great in there, his oxygen level was at 98.

Declan has the cutest chunky cheeks! So many of the hospital staff commented on them.

Declan is a fairly noisy sleeper. The nurses were always checking on him as to what kind of noises he was making since he was grutting at birth.

He loves to be in blankets, he seems to get cold easily or at least doesn't like to be cold, his little lip quivers. One night he was having a rough night and we couldn't figure out what was wrong, but once he got another blanket wrapped around him and calmed down he feel right asleep.

Having a cold wipe on his bum seems to be far worse than his circumcision surgery.

Corin loves his Declan and to point to all his facial features. He wants to hold Declan on his own without help. He is trying his hardest to be gentle and soft. Corin asks about Declan throughout the day, especially if he can't see him and will also tell you what Declan is doing, which the common answer is sleeping.