Wow, it's been a really long time...

It's been quite some time since I've posted anything, I want to start doing this again because I think it'll be good to keep track o all the stuff that's bees going on... So I'll start with the start of one of the best days ever!

We were watching TV Friday night, and at 2am (on the 23rd) we decided to turn the TV off and try to get some sleep. Kyle fell asleep right away, as he usually does, but I stayed awake. At 2:10 I got my first contraction, they kept coming every 5 minutes. At 3am they were still coming every 5 minutes and they weren't too bad so I didn't want to wake
Kyle up just yet. So to keep my mind off the pain I went and made some juice, cleaned the kitchen and straitened the living room. I went back to bed at 3:30. Tried to get some sleep but couldn't, I ended up standing and swaying back and forth because the contractions were getting worse. At 4am I woke Kyle up to say that I was no longer
comfortable at home and he needed to call his mom to take us to the hospital. Cheri got to our house at 4:10 and we got to the PLC at 4:20. I went to triage, they hooked me up to the monitors, and a doctor came and checked me. She said I was 3 1/2 and 80%, and that we could either go home and wait it out or we could go walk around the hospital for a while, and get some breakfast. We chose to walk, the nurse told us to come back at 7. The cafeteria wasn't open yet so we walked around till 5:30 then went and ate. Walked a little more, then when I was in too much pain to want anymore we went back, and that
just so happened to be at 7:00! So we got checked in to our L&D room. I tried to sleep but couldn't, so I had a shower, Kyle went and got a red bull for himself. I was in the shower for about 30 minutes, it really helped with the pain. Then I went to lie in bed, and tried to sleep. Kyle was able to sleep a bit, but I couldn't. I think it was between 10-11 that I asked for the epidural. After the anesthesia doctor came and worked his magic I was able to sleep for a bit. The doctor broke my water because it didn't on its own. I kept falling asleep, but the nurse would come in the room every 15 minutes and it would wake me up. The nurse that I had shift was over at 3:00pm so I got a new one, they were both very nice. But it was around this time that Brayden's heart rate kept dropping and wasn't coming back up very fast, the nurses had me move around a lot to try and get it back up,
it worked for a while then I would have to move again, finally we got a good spot on my back that I could stay in. I started to feel the need to push, called the nurse in, she checked me, and I had a bit of cervix left so she had me push a little to try and get it out of the way, which I did. They told me I was a pushing superstar. She noticed some brown in the fluid and thought he might have pooped and could have swallowed some of it. And they were worried about his heart rate so they felt they needed to get him out quick so they used a vacuum. And it kept slipping so they ended up using forceps. After just 10 minutes of pushing Brayden was out. He didn’t breath right away, they took him to the table and sucked out his lungs then he started breathing okay. Because he didn't breath right away and the muck he needed to go to the NICU, Kyle went with him. After I was sewn up they wheeled my bed to the NICU and I got to see him for a bit. I went to my room after a bit. Then dad came to the hospital and we went to see Brayden, there were a bunch of nurses around him they said they think he had a seizer. They told me later that they were going to transfer him to the foothills hospital, and I would be transferred too.
Brayden was transferred at about 2 am, and I was transferred around 3 am. They did an ultrasound, it showed that there was some swelling, but no blood on the brain, so that's good. Just swelling of the skin, but that’s expected when they use a vacuum. The EEG showed some activity on the left side and that could have been the cause of the “seizer”, but just in case we have to give him some anti-seizure meds. He had a spinal tap done to check for infections, it came back with nothing wrong. He was taken off the antibiotics after the results came back (on the 26th).
We got to bring Brayden home on January 29th. My mom came and stayed with us for a week. It was really nice having her around, she was a big help.
3 weeks+
Goes to bed between 10-11, wakes up around 2 or 3, back to sleep till 5 or 6, up again around 9. Naps around noon for a hour, then cat naps through the day.
March 1st, 6 week check up, 10lbs, everything looks good.
5-6 weeks, started smiling and laughing.
He went for his 2 month shots, March 23rd, he is 11lbs 12 oz. 22 ¾ inches. They gave him 3 shots, 2 in one leg and 1 in the other, the first one was a surprise, he didn’t really react to it, the 2nd and 3rd were bad, he started screaming. The nurse had a bell to distract him, then he was fine. He slept in the car for a bit (on the way to see the neurologist). He was a little fussy in the evening, we had a bath, I think that helped.
We went to see a neurologist on March 23, Dr. Periur, she said that we can start weining Brayden off the phena (anti-seizure meds) . So for the next week we would give him 1ml in the AM and 1.6 in the PM. Then the next week it would be 1 and 1. Then nothing in the morning and 1 ml in the PM. And then finally nothing. Awesome! We will take Brayden to have another EEG, we are just waiting for the place to call and tell us when our appointment will be. And in either June or July we will go back to see Dr. Periur just for a check up. She also suggested that we take Brayden to a head shape clinic at the children’s hospital, he has been favoring his left side and has a bit of a flat spot. We are trying to get him to sleep on his right side to kinda even it out a little, we'll see how that goes. He will go see our family doctor for his 3 month check up in 2 weeks and we'll see what she says. Who knows, maybe it'll be fixed by then.
9 weeks old, found his fingers, they sure are tasty. Started laughing a lot more and smiles most of the time.
April 15th, 11 weeks, holds his head up really well. He loves it when Kyle throws it in the air and bounces him in the couch or a pillow. It makes him laugh out loud, and it helps soothe him while I get ready to feed him.
He loves bath time, he’s been bathing with me most of the time, we all had a shower together, I think he liked it. It just made him too slippery, so we might not do that again for a while.
11 weeks, rolls from his back to his side.
13 weeks, 3 month check up, 13lbs, 24.5 inches.
April 21 - rolled from his back to his stomach! (on the couch)
May 16th, rolled from his back to his stomach, on his mat, on the floor, May 17, rolled over again in his crib.
He loves his jolly jumper, he really likes to stair at the dog, kicks like crazy while on his mat.
May 10, mixed some pablum in with his formula before he went to bed to see if it would fill him up more so he would sleep longer, it didn’t really help much. But he really likes it.
May 25th, 4 month shots. 14lbs 13oz. 25 inches. Hated getting shots, duh, cried a bit, gave him some Tylenol, slept a little extra. He’s on just formula now, he just always wanted to eat and I didn’t feel like he was getting enough. Its fine, he likes the cheap stuff, 1kg container of the wall-mart brand, parents choice, is $12.97 (May).
June 23rd, 5 Months old! I took him to the health clinic to see how big my little man it. 16lbs 2oz. 25 inches tall. He rolls over all the time now. We cant put him down with out him rolling onto his tummy. He hasn’t quite mastered the rolling back onto his back yet, he does it, just not very often. While on his tummy he holds his head up and will sometimes push his butt in the air. And kick like he’s wanting to crawl away.