I was having more cramping, swelling, and it had even become hard to breath. I tried taking a breathing treatment and that did not do anything. So first thing Monday morning I called the doctor because it was even harder for me to breath and the swelling had gotten worse over night. They wanted me to come in to the office, but by the time I got there my doctor was called away for an emergency surgery so I was sent yet again to L&D. By this time Mimi and Poppa were on their way just in case. I was just down right miserable and ready for everything to be over!!!! My BP finally stabilized some what so and I was not really having any contractions and the baby looked good so I was sent home on bed rest until my next OB appointment on Wednesday July 28th. When Mimi, Becca and I got to the doctors office that morning Dr Reidy came into the room and first thing told us that she had some good news...we were going to be having a baby first thing in the morning!!!! I was soooooooooo grateful. After leaving the doctor's office Mimi, Becca and I spent the rest of the afternoon trying to finish up any last minute things, as well as getting pre-registered and blood work done. Poppa managed to make it in that evening and Grammy and Grandaddy made plans to be there by lunch time after Sean was born. I don't think any of us really slept well that night. I know I woke up about every hour until a little after 3 and decided that there was no since in trying to go back to sleep just in time for the alarm to go off. So I got up and took a long shower and got ready for the big day!!! We made it to the hospital a little before 5 and they had us in the OR about 6:40. The only problems we had during the surgery was some initial trouble with the placement of my spinal. After everything was ready to go Sean Daniel made his first appearance at 7:14 on Thursday July 29, 2010. He was even crying before he was completely out. I could tell behind JD's mask he was grinning from ear to ear and I just started crying I was so happy!!!! During recovery I found out that there had been so many babies born that week that they had to open up the overflow mother/baby wing and there was not even a room for us. So they took me back to triage until about 11:30. We finally got them to bring Sean to be about 10 am when we found out that it was going to take even longer for them to get the room ready for us. When we got into the room we found out that it was the very last room available. Grammy and Grandaddy made it there just as they were taking us to the room. Everything went very well over the next few days. Then on Saturday morning Dr. Reidy found out that they had discharged so many that they were going to shut down the wing we were on so she suggested that if we wanted to since all was going well we could just get ready and go home so we wouldn't have to pack up and move to a different room, and then pack up for discharge the next day. So that's what we did!!! Our first 2 weeks has been great. Sean is doing very well and getting back closer to his birth weight and the jaundice is slowly going away, and I'm not hurting much anymore. I even managed to go to Baby's R Us to pick up a few things, then met JD for lunch, and then went to Sean's 2 week check up yesterday all by myself. Needless to say we are staying in today because Mommy is TIRED!!! Becca is doing great with him. She has to show everyone her little brother, and loves to "Help" with him in any way we let her. She has not been acting out toward him, but just not wanting to listen/obey us as much. I think things are starting to get a little better, we just have to make sure that we each give her a little more one on one time right now. Other than that we are ALL doing well with this adjustment. Below you will find a slide show of about 40 something pictures of Sean's first 2 weeks (they are in no particular order). Enjoy!!! 
Friday, August 13, 2010
Sean Daniel's First 2 Weeks
Well it has been an interesting month in the Johnson house. It all started with our first trip to L&D on Tuesday July 19th due to some severe cramping. Then when I went for my next OB appointment on July 21st my BP was up even more than it had been in previous weeks accompanied by an increase in the amount of protein in my urine. So Dr Reidy sent me for some blood work and a 24 hour urine collection to see if it was preeclampsia. Well it turned out that the amount of protein in my urine was only about 20 points below the criteria for preeclampsia, and my blood work looked OK. But starting on Sunday July 25th I was having more cramping, swelling, and it had even become hard to breath. I tried taking a breathing treatment and that did not do anything. So first thing Monday morning I called the doctor because it was even harder for me to breath and the swelling had gotten worse over night. They wanted me to come in to the office, but by the time I got there my doctor was called away for an emergency surgery so I was sent yet again to L&D. By this time Mimi and Poppa were on their way just in case. I was just down right miserable and ready for everything to be over!!!! My BP finally stabilized some what so and I was not really having any contractions and the baby looked good so I was sent home on bed rest until my next OB appointment on Wednesday July 28th. When Mimi, Becca and I got to the doctors office that morning Dr Reidy came into the room and first thing told us that she had some good news...we were going to be having a baby first thing in the morning!!!! I was soooooooooo grateful. After leaving the doctor's office Mimi, Becca and I spent the rest of the afternoon trying to finish up any last minute things, as well as getting pre-registered and blood work done. Poppa managed to make it in that evening and Grammy and Grandaddy made plans to be there by lunch time after Sean was born. I don't think any of us really slept well that night. I know I woke up about every hour until a little after 3 and decided that there was no since in trying to go back to sleep just in time for the alarm to go off. So I got up and took a long shower and got ready for the big day!!! We made it to the hospital a little before 5 and they had us in the OR about 6:40. The only problems we had during the surgery was some initial trouble with the placement of my spinal. After everything was ready to go Sean Daniel made his first appearance at 7:14 on Thursday July 29, 2010. He was even crying before he was completely out. I could tell behind JD's mask he was grinning from ear to ear and I just started crying I was so happy!!!! During recovery I found out that there had been so many babies born that week that they had to open up the overflow mother/baby wing and there was not even a room for us. So they took me back to triage until about 11:30. We finally got them to bring Sean to be about 10 am when we found out that it was going to take even longer for them to get the room ready for us. When we got into the room we found out that it was the very last room available. Grammy and Grandaddy made it there just as they were taking us to the room. Everything went very well over the next few days. Then on Saturday morning Dr. Reidy found out that they had discharged so many that they were going to shut down the wing we were on so she suggested that if we wanted to since all was going well we could just get ready and go home so we wouldn't have to pack up and move to a different room, and then pack up for discharge the next day. So that's what we did!!! Our first 2 weeks has been great. Sean is doing very well and getting back closer to his birth weight and the jaundice is slowly going away, and I'm not hurting much anymore. I even managed to go to Baby's R Us to pick up a few things, then met JD for lunch, and then went to Sean's 2 week check up yesterday all by myself. Needless to say we are staying in today because Mommy is TIRED!!! Becca is doing great with him. She has to show everyone her little brother, and loves to "Help" with him in any way we let her. She has not been acting out toward him, but just not wanting to listen/obey us as much. I think things are starting to get a little better, we just have to make sure that we each give her a little more one on one time right now. Other than that we are ALL doing well with this adjustment. Below you will find a slide show of about 40 something pictures of Sean's first 2 weeks (they are in no particular order). Enjoy!!!
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