Little Sister had her baby this am. Forgot what time she told me. He is early. He was due May 23. He is 4 weeks and 3 days early. For a preemie he is very good size. 6lb 6oz, 19½inches long. Her son Ethan was 20 inches at birth. Mine were about that size also. Apparently last night she had contractions and they tried their damndest to stop them, gave her the steroids to make babys lungs complete. Sent her home. Water broke. She had a cesarian. Apparently new baby wanted out. He broke her water with his fingernail. We can giggle now, as they are both ok. Called grandma and littlest sister. Trying to find oldest. We aren't sure the exact date of when they are supposed to be out of the military and home to VA. I will find her though. Celebrations today! I can't believe I forgot to ask her the baby's name. Well, she's not picking up her phone, I'll try to get it later. In my relief over her and baby being ok, I forgot. Silly me.
Ok, now that blogger is, hopefully, back I can publish this damn thing and edit it too.
New baby's name is Peyton Isaac. I did get a hold of oldest sister. They will be back to the states in may. Her husband will not be deployed again. He is home (the base in Germany) from Baghdad safely. That alone is another celebration. Relieved and thankful. Ok talked to little sister's hubby. She glossed over a bit. When they went back to the hospital, they had to choose. They gave a percentage chance for both mommy and baby to live, in having a natural birth. They gave baby 70%-80% chance with a c-section. To us, the choice is obvious. My sister is pretty much guaranteed to live and baby gets better percent chance than natural. Little sister is 21, her husband is 20. His first baby, her second. They got married last april. Their anniversary is in 3 days. I talked to him and could tell he was pretty shaken up having to make that choice. I'm glad everything is well, if it hadn't the poor thing would have been blaming himself for a long time. Baby Peyton was 'born' with his cord wrapped around his neck twice. They took care of that quickly. He has not needed to be hooked up to anything, nor given oxygen. He had a small blood sugar issue which was corrected right away. I hope little sister was out of it enough to not really remember the choices they presented her with. All is well now. Will see her tomorrow. Got a hold of everyone I was supposed to. She will be getting many phone calls.
Oldest sister is going out tonight. She's going to have margaritas. Now that her husband is no longer deployed and won't be, she has someone else to help her take care of their child. For all intents and purposes she has been alone since his birth. Her husband had no choice in this, he was deployed many times. Being an MP, that's just one of the responsiblities that comes with that choice. Brandon, my nephew, recognized his daddy when he came home. He had only been with him a handful of times and not for long. I was worried for them. I will be so relieved when they land in VA, here in the states. He's not officially released yet, and they can extend his stay. He's been deployed for most of the 3 years they have been stationed in Germany. Anyway, oldest needs to get out. Staying home with my kids isn't easy, but I still can make the choice to go out without them once in a while. Now, she can too. Wonderful news all around today. Today is a day for celebrations. |