Week 1

Wesley was born on a Tuesday - February the 8th. I woke up leaking. It took me a while to wrap my head around what was going on, and then I told Ben. We called into work, leisurely packed for the hospital. Picked up breakfast. Went to the doctor's office where they examined me, and sent me to the hospital.

We went to the hospital, were admitted to Labor and Delivery, met our awesome nurse Betsy, and after 7.5 hours of labor, had Wesley at 6:47 PM. He was 19 inches long, and 7 pounds 10 ounces.

The two days we spent in the hospital were nice, the food was good, the staff took care of us, and Wesley slept and slept. Lots of people came to visit, and on Thursday we went home.

Friday Wesley had a doctors appointment, there I was told he would have to be on a bililight machine until the red blood cells from my body were flushed from his. This defines our first week. Constant contact with the machine unless he was being fed or changed. Sometimes we cheated and held him without the light. Once a day a nurse would come and weigh him, and prick his heel and take a vial of blood.

Wesley does NOT LIKE being changed, naked, or having his heel stuck. Having this happen everyday was not a good start to life, and hopefully he will think life is grand from now on because all of that is not happening.

Other than being hooked up to the light, poked, and prodded, Wesley enjoys having a snuggle with mom or dad. Dad is a better snuggler because he walks around sometimes.