Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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!

3 comments:

Cynthia said...

congratulations! so scary. Praise the Lord he is doing better now.

Jen E. said...

hi! this is one of your GF girls (jenleephotography) from the Gymbo site. Just had to say what fabulous pictures you have. he is so handsome!! Congrats to you, hubby, and big sister!!

p.s. how in the world do you look so amazing after just having had surgery/baby???! beautiful! :)

Jennifer Groves said...

Congratulations!! I've been checking out your blog on a regular basis and I'm so happy to see an update! He's precious! What a SCARY delivery! I am so relieved that he is ok. God works in amazing ways...things probably could have gotten way worse had you not had a c-section. You all look so happy! :)