Today Tavan is one week old! He had his first doctors appointment today complete with a circumcision....poor little guy :( He is doing well though. He only lost .3 oz (probably because his tummy was empty because of the procedure) and has grown an inch since birth! Doctor said that he is healthy and seems pretty happy. Tavan is a pretty easy going baby. He wakes up every 2 1/2-3 hours to eat then goes back to sleep shortly after. He doesn't cry much and loves to cuddle (which is a plus for me). My labor was pretty easy i think......I went in on Tuesday the 10th with contractions every 7 min apart at first then they got down to every 5 min...when i got to the hospital they hooked me up to the moniter and kept me there for what seemed like forever. I wasnt really progressing fast enough for them to keep me but they worried about sending me home because Rangely is a 45 min. drive from Vernal. After they released me my doctor ordered an amniocentesis ( removal of amniotic fluid) to see if Tavan's lungs were developed enough because he wanted to induce. The test came back that Tavans lungs were well enough developed and that i was ready to be induced the only problem was during that time the hospital had to give the room on reserve for me to someone who was actually in labor. We had a room available on the 12th so we went in and the Doctor broke my water at 8:30 which started labor for awhile but then it slowed again so they started pitocin. While i was first on the pitocin my nurse (that was in training....and training all by herself) couldn't figure out why my IV pump wasn't working properly so she was messing around with the hoses when she pulled the one out of the pump and the Pitocin came FLOWING...like rushing... into me..well needless to say....OUCH...my body had a pretty good, fast and painful reaction. Once she realized (well Ricky and my mom pointed it out to her) what was happening she stopped the pitocin and wouldn't start it until i got my epidural. Once i had my epidural i felt nothing other than numb. I couldn't move my left leg for awhile and had to have Ricky help me reposition every now and then. Once i had my epidural things began to pick up and around 5:30 they called the DR to let him know it was getting close and he better start making his way here and well by 5:40 they were calling him and telling him to "run". Dr Griffith made it in time and entered the room huffing and puffing and after 3 contractions and about 9 pushes our little bundle of joy arrived at 5: 53pm on November 12th!! Tavan came out, cried for like 5 seconds then went to sleep....and slept for quite awhile. apparently he had a long day :D after that we were moved to a postpartum room and stayed for about a day and half before we were released. Ricky and I are so lucky to have Tavan in our lives and love spending every minute we can with him.
sleeping in my swing from Grandpa Varley
Ricky and his two cuddle buddies...Tavan (who looks very uncomfortable) and Kenai (Kenai is great with Tavan!)
Tavan had his 2 week old appointment yesterday. He has gained weight and now weighs 7 lbs. 5 oz. The doctor was impressed because he said usually they like to have the babies back to their birth weight by now but Tavan had gained and never really lost any weight since birth. :D WE also got the proofs from the photographer that did his newborn pictures.....so cute!!! i love them! here is a few of my favorites!
