William James Malueg is here!

William James Malueg arrived on Saturday 3/27/10 at 10:32 am. He weighed 7lbs 13oz and was 20 3/4 inches long. We are so thrilled that he has joined our family! He was born via c-section and it's a good thing that I had already decided to have a c-section. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck 4 times and the doctor had a hard time delivering him. A natural delivery would have been impossible. He got off to a rough start and was not breathing or moving when he was born. His heart rate was also very low. They gave him an Apgar score of 2. It was extremely scary for me to be laying on the operating table and not hearing my baby cry. After a few minutes, he finally started to cry a bit. He is now 3 days old and is doing wonderfully! He is nursing like a champ and the only time he cries is when we change his diaper or touch him with cold hands. Hannah thinks he is pretty awesome! She can't keep her hands off of him and she seems truly excited about being a big sister. Tomorrow we will go home from the hospital and the real fun will begin :)

Here are some pictures...

Pre-surgery

He's here!

More to come later!

Check out these FABULOUS earrings!!!

My sister just made THESE awesome earrings and added them to her etsy shop! She really needs to stop tempting me to spend more money...I have a baby coming in 9 days. Geez Katherine!

So things may be moving along faster than I thought...

...or maybe not. I've been having contractions for the past 2 days straight (although I know they aren't true labor contractions) and I finally called the doctor this morning since they just aren't going away. She had me come in for monitoring and a non-stress test. I'm 1cm dilated, which isn't that big of a deal, but I'm 70% effaced already. She gave me a prescription to try and stop the contractions, but if I do go into labor they aren't going to do anything to stop it. I'm going back to the doctor for another check on Friday and we'll see if I've progressed any since then. If I'm dilated more, I may end up on bed rest for a few weeks. All of this to say that the baby could come at any time, or he/she may be happy to keep cooking another few weeks. We shall see!