Sebastian James was born at 10:24 pm on 10/25/06. He weighed 6 pounds 4 ounces and was 19 inches long.
To make a very long story short, he ended up very dehydrated and lost a lot of weight very quickly, since he was early and didn't have the suck-reflex that he should have, on top of my breast milk not being in. We left the hospital with him weighing 5 pounds 11 ounces, and less than 48 hours later, on Monday, October 30th, he weighed 4 pounds 13 ounces. He was admitted into the NICU, and was treated there until the following thursday. I stayed with him in the pediatric unit at the hospital until Saturday, 11-4, and we came home.
Since then, he's been doing wonderfully.
He's growing--he weighed in at 6 pounds 6.5 ounces on Monday the 13th (wow, yesterday...I'm losing my days! That seemed like ages ago!)
I'm so incredibly happy...here's a copy/paste from my Livejournal (
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So tired, but so worth it.
I'm wanting to write a letter to Sebastian, but I can't wrap my brain around it right now. His baby book has a space for a letter from me and Eli, and I know I'm going to get long winded and emotional while I write it. Seeing how it's 5 am and I have yet to sleep, I'm going to wait until I'm more rested (there's no such thing as well rested any more) to write to him.
I can say this though: I never, ever thought being a mother was this amazing and consuming. I have never ever felt this kind of love before...it's different than how I love Eli. It is indescribable...I understand now how heartbreaking and uplifting parenthood can and will be. I know I haven't experienced it yet, not to the fullest...but my God, I'm so lucky. We are so lucky, Eli and I, to have this amazing tiny little life handed over to us by God himself.
We have an incredible support system around us...from roommates and friends to family and great doctors. I don't know if there will ever be a way we can thank everyone for all the help they've given us so far, but if we were to try, I'm sure it would take a lifetime. The addage is true: it takes a village to raise a child.I love motherhood so far, no matter how draining. I never knew I could be so in love with this tiny little person.
(On a side note: FFXII is like crack cocaine.)