Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Growing like a weed
Look how much he has grown already!! The one on the left was taken his first night home (2 days old) and the left one was taken tonight (3 weeks old).
Pictures
A few pictures... catching up. These are all on Facebook, so sorry if it is a repeat for you!!
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| Being weighed shortly after birth. |
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| This is my favorite picture. This was the first time I held him and he looked up at me. |
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| First time holding him. |
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| Proud papa |
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| First night home |
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| First night in the bassinet. It was the same bassinet I used when I was a baby. |
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| Going for a car ride |
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| He LOVES his swing |
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| Sitting with Grandpa Gary |
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| He loves his daddy |
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| Bathtime |
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| Done with bathtime!! |
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Two week old Peyton
Peyton had his two week appointment today. He is 8 lbs. 1 oz. and 21 1/2 inches long. (That's one pound and two and a half inches bigger than when he was born!)
We have had lots of fun in the past two weeks. At three days old, he had a blood test for biliruben. He came back a little high, but not high enough to be put under lights. They had him re-tested for it at five days old and it came back pretty low.
He was also circumcised at five days old. I was so surprised how well he did with it. He never cried during the whole thing. I was in the room until they strapped his legs to the table. Then I realized that I wasn't going to make it through and left. Shawn said that they gave him a little bit of sugar water and he LOVED it! I was so proud of him for being so good during it.
In the hospital he had his first hearing screening and he failed in his left ear. They had us come back on Monday (at 11 days old) to re-test him, where he failed in his left ear again. They are giving us one more week to see if any fluid clears out of it before we get him tested again. If he doesn't pass on Monday, we will go in for diagnostic tests to see what's going on there.
Shawn got to stay home with us for the first week after he was born. It was fun to have him around and it was nice to have the help!
Since then, we have just been hanging out at home. He loves to be cuddled and hates when we set him down. I am getting good at doing things like eating one-handed :) Shawn and I are both so in love with this kid. We both can't believe how much of an addition he is to our lives.
About Peyton at two weeks:
- He loves: to swing, sitting with mom and dad, to suck on his hand, to eat and to be sang to.
- He hates: Bathtime and being set down for too long.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Peyton Michael Johnson
I started having contractions Tuesday night at 6:30. They were pretty strong, and when Shawn and I started timing them, they were about 15 minutes apart. We sat there for several hours timing them and they started getting closer together. Just after midnight, the contractions were about six minutes apart so we decided to head to the hospital. We went in and they measured and said I was only about 1 1/2 centimeters dilated. Within an hour my contractions were about 3-4 minutes apart, but I still hadn't dilated any more than I was already at. So, they decided I was in very early labor, gave me a morphine shot and sent me home. (I was so out of it, that I barely even remember the drive home that night).
The morphine helped me to get some sleep even with the contractions going on that night. The morphine shot helped slow them down and made it so that there really wasn't the sharpness in them. I woke up the yesterday morning and the contractions were getting stronger. They continued to get stronger and stronger throughout the day. By about 3:00 they were about 20 minutes apart. We kept timing them until they were five minutes apart and then headed back to the hospital just after 6 p.m. last night.
When we got here, they checked and I was only dilated two centimeters. The contractions were incredibly strong at this point and I could barely breathe through them and was crying when they hit their peaks. They said that if I didn't have any change in dilation within an hour, that I was still in early labor and that I should head home. After an hour I still hadn't changed. They decided to give us another hour and I still hadn't changed. They said they wanted to send me home. Shawn told the nurse that he wanted to talk to the OB doctor before they sent us home, but he was in a C-section. We decided to wait for him to get done to talk to him before we went home. Meanwhile they gave me more morphine and Percocet to help with the pain (FYI, it doesn't help :)
We waited for two hours for the doctor. When he got in, they decided to check me one more time. I was at 3 1/2!! They said that they could finally admit me. Shortly after eleven I got my epidural, which was the best feeling in the world.
At 12:30 my water broke on it's own, which was a strange feeling since I already had my epidural and didn't realize that it had happened.
At 1:00 they checked me again and I was dilated to a seven. Then at 2:30 I was at nine.
At 3:30 I was finally dilated to a ten. They decided to let me rest for an hour at a ten, letting the baby come down a little on his own before I started to push.
At 4:25, they had me start pushing. I pushed three times with the nurse before they called the doctor in. The doctor came in and I was ready to push again. He was just putting on his gloves when I pushed and Peyton was born. He came so fast that the doctor was still putting his gloves on. He tried to push him to stop him from coming out while he finished putting his gloves on and getting ready. Shawn joked with him that he made the best one-handed catch ever.
Peyton was born at 4:48 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2011. He weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. and was 19 inches long. He really is the most beautiful baby I've ever seen, but I may be a little biased :)
After he was born, they called in the respiratory team because they were concerned with his heart-rate and breathing which were a little slow. They said it was probably just a result of the Morphine they gave me earlier in the night. Turns out he was fine and everything looked good.
He has hair, which was a surprise to both Shawn and I. We were so sure that he would be bald. I was able to feed him four times today and he did so good. Shawn has been so good with him all day. He really loves to be held by his dad.
I think he is absolutely perfect in every way, but again that may be my bias coming through! 34 1/2 hours of labor and he was worth every second.
I was going to upload several photos, but when I went to pull them off my camera I realized that I had packed the wrong chord several weeks ago when I put my bag together. I have a few that were taken by my friend Ashley from work and one that I took with my phone that I will upload now. I will post a bunch more tomorrow!
The morphine helped me to get some sleep even with the contractions going on that night. The morphine shot helped slow them down and made it so that there really wasn't the sharpness in them. I woke up the yesterday morning and the contractions were getting stronger. They continued to get stronger and stronger throughout the day. By about 3:00 they were about 20 minutes apart. We kept timing them until they were five minutes apart and then headed back to the hospital just after 6 p.m. last night.
When we got here, they checked and I was only dilated two centimeters. The contractions were incredibly strong at this point and I could barely breathe through them and was crying when they hit their peaks. They said that if I didn't have any change in dilation within an hour, that I was still in early labor and that I should head home. After an hour I still hadn't changed. They decided to give us another hour and I still hadn't changed. They said they wanted to send me home. Shawn told the nurse that he wanted to talk to the OB doctor before they sent us home, but he was in a C-section. We decided to wait for him to get done to talk to him before we went home. Meanwhile they gave me more morphine and Percocet to help with the pain (FYI, it doesn't help :)
We waited for two hours for the doctor. When he got in, they decided to check me one more time. I was at 3 1/2!! They said that they could finally admit me. Shortly after eleven I got my epidural, which was the best feeling in the world.
At 12:30 my water broke on it's own, which was a strange feeling since I already had my epidural and didn't realize that it had happened.
At 1:00 they checked me again and I was dilated to a seven. Then at 2:30 I was at nine.
At 3:30 I was finally dilated to a ten. They decided to let me rest for an hour at a ten, letting the baby come down a little on his own before I started to push.
At 4:25, they had me start pushing. I pushed three times with the nurse before they called the doctor in. The doctor came in and I was ready to push again. He was just putting on his gloves when I pushed and Peyton was born. He came so fast that the doctor was still putting his gloves on. He tried to push him to stop him from coming out while he finished putting his gloves on and getting ready. Shawn joked with him that he made the best one-handed catch ever.
Peyton was born at 4:48 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2011. He weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. and was 19 inches long. He really is the most beautiful baby I've ever seen, but I may be a little biased :)
After he was born, they called in the respiratory team because they were concerned with his heart-rate and breathing which were a little slow. They said it was probably just a result of the Morphine they gave me earlier in the night. Turns out he was fine and everything looked good.
He has hair, which was a surprise to both Shawn and I. We were so sure that he would be bald. I was able to feed him four times today and he did so good. Shawn has been so good with him all day. He really loves to be held by his dad.
I think he is absolutely perfect in every way, but again that may be my bias coming through! 34 1/2 hours of labor and he was worth every second.
I was going to upload several photos, but when I went to pull them off my camera I realized that I had packed the wrong chord several weeks ago when I put my bag together. I have a few that were taken by my friend Ashley from work and one that I took with my phone that I will upload now. I will post a bunch more tomorrow!
Peyton Michael Johnson
Born Feb. 3, 2011, 4:48 a.m.
7 lbs. 1 oz, 19 inches
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