And it has begun

44 hours 1st time, 36 second

Congrats both of you

We hit a few complications. If she laid on her right side his heart stopped (almost). They tried to induce and it made his heart race. The labor was long and hard and they were minutes away from calling for a c section but we made it. 22 hours total. We are all exhausted but have a beautiful baby boy to add to the family. He was 6 lbs 13 ozs and 19.5 inches long.

Momma did great and I couldn't be prouder. Will get pics up later.

Congrats! Glad he (and the rest of you) made it through OK.

And here he is. He is a sleepy little guy and is being fussy about eating so far. First thing this morning he spit up on my shoulder while I was half asleep.

Yay! Congrats!

Awesome little guy.

In reply to rebelgtp:

Glad to hear all is well. Best of luck to everybody.

Well both momma and baby are still up at the hospital

The baby has fairly bad jaundice do to bruising he suffered from the delivery complications. On top of that he is not eating very well and that is just making the whole thing worse. This is making them want to keep him up there to keep an eye on him. Tiff is technically discharged however she is still in a room up there to be able to try and keep feeding the baby. So I am home alone with the dogs who are freaking out because we have been gone so much the last few days.

My mom has been a god send here the last few days, she has run tons of errands for us, helped me get the house clean for when Tiff comes home, she even filled our fridge and freezer with groceries. Today she told me she would like me to go take a look at a 2005 Chrysler 300 Touring AWD one of the local dealers has on sale. She would trade in grandpa's old van and it would give her a better baby hauling car than her truck.

Tiff's parents on the other hand were driving us both crazy. Last night Tiff told her to stop snooping around her hospital room and her mom made some smart ass remark about slapping Tiff. I responded if she did she would get worse in return. She left after that and Tiff was happy about that. Last thing I need is family drama when I am already worried about getting my wife and child home.

Little guy was doing better eating today but still not quite to where he should be. When he gets cranky get out the ear plugs I swear a couple times he was louder than my Charger at full throttle. Oh and today he seemed to discover my beard, he kept petting it and grabbing hold of it as I was holding him. Tonight the nurse suggested bringing home a couple of the babies blankets to show the dogs so they could get used to his smell. I swear they had their noses buried in those blankets for a solid 10 minutes.

Anyway sorry about the slight rant it has been a long couple days.

Hang in there. We had a very similar experience with our latest guy. He just got off the home billibed today.

Support your wife as much as possible a baby that won't feed well will wreck havoc with her mental well being. Glad you have support. Get to know the signs of post partym depression and also know what help is available from your work/insurance. I've had to send my wife to therapy before.

Let me know if you need any suggestions. I've been through the tough jaundice and labor thing twice. It will get better.

Good luck with the beard, it took nearly two years for mine to quit yanking on my beard.

Congratulations! It's the best thing I've ever done...

In reply to Fueled by Caffeine:

Thanks man. Yeah it's a bit tough at the moment. So far I have done everything I could to try and get things ready here at the house for her return. Finished a few things that needed done and all. Our dogs have been freaking out because we have been home so little. I woke up to both of them sleeping on the bed with me.

I have done a little research into the post partym depression signs but I must admit I need to look into it again. Tiff is holding in there strong the nurses said they have never have seen anyone so patient with breast feeding as Tiff is. It's going to be tough going back to work in a few days.

rebelgtp wrote: In reply to Fueled by Caffeine: Thanks man. Yeah it's a bit tough at the moment. So far I have done everything I could to try and get things ready here at the house for her return. Finished a few things that needed done and all. Our dogs have been freaking out because we have been home so little. I woke up to both of them sleeping on the bed with me. I have done a little research into the post partym depression signs but I must admit I need to look into it again. Tiff is holding in there strong the nurses said they have never have seen anyone so patient with breast feeding as Tiff is. It's going to be tough going back to work in a few days.

Hang in there. Be supporting and it'll be ok. I've been helping out my wife by feeding the third one some supplemental breast milk through a syringe and S&S tube.

It will get better. Just hang in there. Surround her with support when she comes home. Friends and Family are the best medicine sometimes.

We also finally found out the reason for the long labors and jaundice and feeding issues and water breaking before contractions start. Apparently, My wife has a blood type that doesn't like the play nice with my blood type. Here's an article on it. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19483446 I found that little items like this that helped make the feeding issues "not her fault" made her feel better.

Thanks for the info man. Yeah I am trying to help her as much as I can. My biggest setback is I was never around babies much so I kinda fumble around and not always the quickest on some things.

I have gotten faster at getting a diaper on him though lol. I really just can't wait to get them both home. I have a strong dislike of hospitals and I think being up here just adds to my anxiety. I do have to say nurses have been wonderful for the most part and venting a bit here helps as well.

Yes the nurses are wonderful. If the hospital has a lactation consultant, use that service as much as possible.

If your wife dosne't have many friends who have kids, I suggest joining a MOMS club or Leleche league. Though the leleche people can get crazy militant and that can be turn off. It is highly dependent on the local group. We went to one in South Carolina that was screaming crazy and one in CT that was fairly normal.

One more thing. It's a proven fact that babies can't die from crying for a little bit. Don't be afraid to just put him down for a minute if things are getting stressful. Sometimes I still have to remind my wife of that fact.

To our surprise and shock they let us bring the little guy home tonight. We still have lab work and exams he has to go back for tomorrow but at least he is home.

Awesome. Let the sleep deprivation begin