Janie Eileen

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!