6 Week Update

Porter is now 6 weeks old! He has started smiling, however, he has not had much to smile about starting about 4 days ago. He started crying when nursing and getting very upset. It seemed like he was having problems with all parts of his poor little digestive system. I suspect he either has developed a milk allergy or lactose intolerance. Long story short, I'm not completely sure what the problem is, but both milk based formula and breast milk makes him very sick and unhappy. I have started feeding him soy formula and have had good results so far. I'm still trying to keep my milk supply up just in case we can get to the bottom of this with the doctor next week and can resume nursing. Otherwise, he seems to be a healthy happy baby, and his little smile can melt his mommy and daddy's hearts! Here's a picture of that precious smile!

Newborn Photos

Porter got his pictures taken yesterday. After he was fed, he was a very good boy for the camera.

Not much has changed since my last post except that he is starting to hold gazes and look at faces more. I'm sure there are other subtle changes that we don't recognize because we see him everyday. All in all, things are still going very well!

Bath Time!

God has truly blessed our family. Porter is such a good baby and in good health. We had our two week check-up yesterday. He now weighs 7 lbs, 8 oz, so he's gaining weight at a very good rate. So good that the pediatrician blessed our decision to start feeding one formula bottle per day and let him sleep up to 5 hours without waking him up at night. This should give me more flexibility and hopefully a little more sleep at night! He slept almost 5 hours last night, so I'm very encouraged (and rested)!

I took some precious pictures today of bath time. He looked so sweet!

Porter Is One Week Old!!

It has certainly been an eventful week! I was crazy to think that I could post on the same day that I delivered... ha ha! I could have posted sooner, but I came down with a nasty stomach virus after returning home from the hospital. It was awful being sick with a newborn, but I had wonderful help from my mom and Laramie.

The delivery went very smoothly. The induction really got me going and I was in active labor only for about 7 hours (I think... it's all a little fuzzy)! He was born at 2:44 pm on Wednesday, 7/8/09, and weighed 6 lbs, 14 oz, and measured 20.5 inches long.

Our first night home from the hospital was very hard, but he's been a perfect angel since. He really is a good baby! He fusses very little and sleeps and feeds very well.

Here is a link to some pictures of the delivery:

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=13e7a6ue.4kcbhg96&x=0&y=-liwt7i&localeid=en_US

Here are some pictures taken this morning:

7-8-9

Tomorrow is the day... Baby Porter will be born on 7/8/09! We are going into the hospital this evening at 8:00 for an induction, so unless something very unexpected happens, Porter will be born sometime tomorrow. Laramie will have his computer with him at the hospital, so hopefully I'll have a minute to post a picture sometime late tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Porter Will Be Here Soon!!!

Just one week until my due date! I went to the doctor yesterday and he doesn't think that I will go early, but he also doesn't want me to go past my due date because of the narrowness of my frame. In his technical words, he doesn't want me to have a "big ole' honkin baby." We are scheduled to be induced next Thursday, July 9th. I'm very anxious, so I would be very happy if I go into labor before then, but it is kind of nice to have a few last moments of quiet!

Here's one last belly picture, taken today at 39 weeks. It's funny, I don't think my belly has grown a lot in the past few weeks, but it has gotten a lot tighter.

Great News!

I can't believe I've let so much time pass since my last update! I've had lots of good news since my last post and failed to share it with everyone. First of all, we found out that the cysts on the baby's brain were never there to begin with. A normal part of the brain was misdiagnosed by the sonographer as being choroid plexus cysts. We were so relieved! Also, we just found out today that the baby finally flipped and is positioned perfectly for birth! We were starting to worry that the doctor would have to manually flip him.

Today I am 37 weeks and 4 days, meaning that I just have a little over 2 weeks until my due date! A combination of excitement to meet out baby and becoming more and more uncomfortable is making me ready to give birth beyond belief! I suppose it could happen any day now at this point, but I have a feeling that I will make it all the way to my due date of July 9th. My doctor will allow elective induction, so I'm thinking that I will decide to induce labor on or around my due date if I haven't gone into labor by then.

We had an ultrasound today to see the position of the baby, so we got a new picture. Also, the sonographer estimated that baby Porter weighs around 6 lbs, 6 oz. That means that he will be a little over 7 lbs when born. I'm very excited that he will be well within the range of normal, but on the small side! Here's today's picture... doesn't he look a little angry? I think he's ready to get out of there!