After a week in the NICU, we were more than excited to get our baby girl home. Janie had her last round of anitbitics around 3:00AM on Monday June 27th so when we got there that morning, her IV was out! It was so great to hold her and not have to worry about her IV. Here is Mike waking her up so we can get her changed and head home.
After some last minute instructions from the nurse and the doctor, Janie was discharged! Here we are ready to go!
We strapped her into her car seat and headed home. I thought she looked hilarious in her seat. Check it out -
She's just so floppy...the shoulder straps took over! It was even more fun when we got her home to start see what things she might like in the house. Mike put her in the crib and she just looked tiny -
One of the highlights of coming home was getting to introduce Janie to her cousins, Miriam and Maggie. Janie was taken to the NICU so quickly after she was born that Miriam and Maggie were not able to hold her. I was so sad about that! Both girls waited somewhat patiently for a week, but then were our welcoming committee when we got home. It was adoreable!
A long overdue blogpost! Janie was born on June 20th at 6:17 in the morning. She weighed 8lbs, 2oz and was 19 inches long. I was in labor for just over 13 hours, so it was a long night for us! Below are a few pictures of us right after Janie was born.
I think she's giving Mike the stink-eye in this photos :-)
Unfortunately we didn't get to spend much time with her before she was taken to the NICU. Janie was born with a fever and some respiratory distress. She was struggling to transition from being in my belly to being out. In addition, her blood work showed that she was fighting an infection. This can most likely be attributed to me being positive for the Group B Strep bacteria. I received antibiotics during labor, but Janie still managed to get something. So...off to the NICU she went...
Needless to say, it was a difficult day. We went from the adrenaline high of having a baby to the reality of having a baby that we couldn't hold. After a few more tests, the doctors decided that she needed to stay in the NICU for 7 days so she could receive the full round of antibiotics for her infection. We tried to keep it all in perspective - there are babies in the NICU that have much more serious issues then Janie did, but it was still difficult for us to watched.
We did manage to get this video in her NICU room before we went home. Sorry I'm not talking loud enough, but you get the idea...
This has been a quick post, but I wanted to get something up. More to come!
