He's Here!

I'm sure most readers of this blog have heard already, but Bennett Henry Bredford made his entry into the world on Wednesday at 10:20pm.  He weighed in at 4 lbs, 4 ounces and is 17" long.

There's plenty that can be told about why he came early and how he's doing, but I'm too tired to think!  The short answer is that due to late decels noticed during NSTs that led to a few hours of continuous monitoring and ultimately the decision for him to be delivered (c-section). 

Thursday afternoon he had his first surgery which went very well.  However the anesthesiologist commented that little Bennett has the most wires attached to him of any baby here at the hospital!  Not sure that's a claim to fame that we want.  But they keep telling us that he's looking good- so we're going with that.

All grandparents have now had a chance to meet him.  Grampa and Nana (Jerry and Liz) came by Thursday night.  Mimi (Carolyn) came this morning and Grandma and Grandpa Tedford drove up and arrived this afternoon.  Uncle Andrew and Aunt Gentry will be by at some point tomorrow.

I'll try to get some more thorough updates posted as they do help me wrap my brain around everything.  Plus they're a nice record of everything we've gone though.  However, my brain is mush.  I don't think I was ever able to fall asleep on Wednesday night.  I did sleep a bit last night but had to get up a few times to pump- really no different than if we were at home and I had to get up to feed him.