Jameson Tyler Vieke was born Monday, November 7, 2011 at 6:34 pm weighing 10 pounds 5 ounces and 22 inches long. I cannot believe that it has already been 2 weeks since he was born! I have so much to update on already, so I guess I should start at the beginning.
We went to the hospital on Sunday night for an induction after a dinner with the family at Buca di Beppo. We arrived at the hospital and got all checked in and snuggled up and ready for the evening. I was started on Cervadil to help me dilate and start some contractions. Needless to say I was too excited to sleep and then the pain kicked in and I was unable to sleep anyway. Plus anytime I would finally get comfortable the baby would come off the monitor and the nurse would have to come back in and readjust. I was started on Pitocin around 6:00 am and was dilated to about 3-4cm. By 7:30 I was ready for the epidural (OUCH!) and not much after that I was fully dilated.
The epidural was great and definitely made things much much better. By noon I was ready to go, but Jameson's head was as far down as it could be so the doctor wanted to let me labor for a little while longer to help push him down without me having to do all the pushing. I was pushing by 4 and 2 and a half hours later we had baby Jameson!
The NICU had to be present because sometime between having my water broken and the time I started pushing he had a bowel movement and that put him at risk for swallowing some of that fluid or being depressed at birth (not vigorously crying). Luckily, I knew the NICU doctor from work and when Jameson came out he needed very little intervention. He also had a giant knot in his cord! Dr. Webber said it probably happened in the 8-12th week of pregnancy and if you remember, he was bouncing around on ultrasound at 11 weeks so it is not surprising that he got all tangled up. I could not believe my ears when they put that guy on the scale and told me he was 10pounds 5 ounces! I was already bawling, but when I heard that number I just lost it. Not long after that Jameson and I were reunited and he was just so beautiful and I was so overwhelmed and I couldn't stop kissing his sweet little face. It was a great experience and I don't think things could have gone more smoothly!
Of course then we were flooded with eager friends and family waiting to meet the baby. It was so fun getting to show him off to everyone and to see the look on everyone's face when I told them how big he was. After a few hours I watched Jameson get his first bath and then we were wheeled up to the postpartum unit where we stayed for the next couple of days before going home.
Needless to say we feel incredibly blessed to have been given such a sweet little baby boy. I know I am biased but he is practically perfect in every way and I love each day seeing the changes in him and trying to learn who he is. Life at home is great. We've made a few adventures out into the world so that I don't get too stir crazy, but it is amazing how quickly you run out of time to get things accomplished when you are feeding a baby every few hours. Jameson is doing great nursing and I try to keep him on a three hour feeding schedule during the day and of course at night he is allowed to sleep as long as he wants!! Some nights that is only 2 hours and others it is 6 hours. Luckily it is usually about every 4-5 hours at night and after those first few nights he has been pretty consist and we haven't had those every 2 hour wake-up calls.
Tomorrow we have a pediatrician appointment and I am anxious to see how much he weighs. I know there is probably much more to update on, but my time is limited! I hope to get back to you sooner next time. And hopefully I can upload some pics too, or just check facebook! Jake and I are going to do a little newborn photo session tonight too if the baby cooperates so hopefully some precious pics are to follow!
