It's hard to believe Aiden is a month old already. Click the picture below to view some highlights of Aiden's first month.
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| Aiden's 1st Month |
One Month Old
3 weeks already?
Not much to update. Aiden's definitely more awake and active during the day (and night). It's hard to believe our little man is three weeks old already!
just chillin'
Aiden and Sammy are learning to tolerate one another, although Sammy's not a fan of the swing (neither is Aiden, yet)
Aiden loves sleeping on Daddy's chest
little tiny feet
the swaddle blanket is no match for Aiden
Aiden's hair right after a bath
crazy hair
Mom, I'm gonna grab that camera if you don't stop taking my picture!
I'm three weeks old today!!
2 weeks old!
Aiden had his two week pediatrician appointment today. It went very well! The doctor feels his jaundice is clearing up, and he is gaining weight slowly but surely. He now weighs 6 lbs. 11 oz. (down one ounce from birth) and is 20 inches long. Aiden has been eating round the clock, so we're sure his weight will catch up shortly!
Aunt Lisa finally gets to hold Aiden
Uncle Brian meets Aiden
Daddy is thrilled to have someone to watch the History Channel with!
Milk drunk
Sasha playing second Mommy to Aiden
Aiden's opinion of his first bath
"I'm not so sure about this swing, Mommy"
1 week old
2 weeks old
Aiden's Birth Story
Aiden James was born on February 28, 2008 at 5:40 p.m. via c-section. He weighted 6 pounds 12 ounces and was 19 ½ inches long.
Jim and I were at our last childbirth class on Wednesday night. During class I thought I had coughed and peed a little, because I felt a little wet. When we had a break, I went to the bathroom. As I was walking to the bathroom, I told Jim that I really must have peed myself. When I went to the bathroom, I peed a lot, and had some blood. I thought that my water had broken, because when I stopped urinating fluid continued to come out. We went back to class and told our instructor that we were going to labor and delivery. When we got there, I sat on the bed at triage waiting for the nurse to come in. When she came in I got up, and discovered that where I was sitting was soaked with blood. My water had not broken; I was bleeding. The nurse immediately got me hooked up to monitors, and the baby’s heartbeat was fine. I was having contractions, many of which I felt.
My doctor came in and examined me and told me that I was only fingertip dilated. He felt that the blood was due to either placenta previa or a placenta abruption. He performed an ultrasound, but wanted to wait until morning to have a more thorough ultrasound done. I was admitted to the hospital and moved to a room. The ultrasound was supposed to be first thing the next morning. The doctor told me that based on the results of the ultrasound, he’d either be inducing me, or delivering my baby via a c-section. He said that either way, baby’s arrival was eminent. Because I might be delivering via c-section, I was told I wouldn’t be able to eat or drink after midnight. Not what a pregnant girl wants to here! A nice nurse bought me lots of snacks, and I ate right up until midnight. We called Lisa, who was planning on coming down to help with the dogs, and she arrived early the next morning to help out. She stayed with us at the hospital while we waited to find out how our baby would be delivered.
We had the ultrasound around 11 a.m. the next morning. The ultrasound tech wasn’t sure if it was placenta previa or not, so she had another tech look. They also did a transvaginal ultrasound. The techs concluded that it was placenta previa, which mean that my baby would be delivered via c-section. My c-section was scheduled for 5 p.m. We waited around all day for 5 p.m. to roll around. I was prepped throughout the afternoon, but time seemed to go so slowly. Finally, at 5 p.m. Jim and I were taken down to the operating room to prep me for surgery.
Jim wasn’t allowed to come in until I was already numbed and prepared entirely for surgery. He waited outside for a good twenty minutes while they prepped me. The needle in the spine was not fun, especially without Jim’s hand to hold onto (although a nice nurse let me hold her hand). My legs and butt immediately started going numb, and the doctors and nurses had to help me lay down on the bed. As the medicine took effect my blood pressure dropped significantly making me sick. Of course, since I hadn’t eaten anything since midnight the night before, dry heaving was not fun.
Once I was 100% prepped for surgery, Jim was brought in. I was very much out of it and don’t remember too much except for feeling a lot of tugging and pulling on my belly. At 5:40 Dr. Morey picked Aiden up over the sheet and said “hi mom.” At this point, Aiden wasn’t crying. He was very blue. We also did not know if he was a boy or a girl. The nurses and pediatrician took Aiden aside to clean him up, and he began crying, which was the sweetest sound in the world. About two minutes after he was born, Jim asked Dr. Morey if he was a boy or a girl (Jim thought he saw boy parts, but wasn’t sure). Dr. Morey said “looks like a boy to me.” Jim and I both cried. Then, the pediatrician bought Aiden over to us and said that he needed to go to the Special Care Nursery because he was having some difficulty breathing. After that, I was given a sedative, and Jim says that I actually fell asleep and was snoring while they stitched me up.
When I woke up, I was being wheeled into recovery. Jim and the doctor informed me that I had lost a lot of blood-25% of my total blood volume. At that point, I didn’t care. I just wanted to see Aiden. I sat in recovery for about an hour with Jim and Lisa, and sipped some juice. Once they felt I was stable enough, they wheeled me to my room. Meanwhile, Jim was able to go to the Special Care Nursery and snap a few pictures of Aiden. A very nice nurse even let Lisa sneak in to see Aiden (visitation was limited to parents and grandparents. After Jim and Lisa visited Aiden, they came back to my room with pictures of him. Aiden was on oxygen because he was having some problems breathing when he was born. He was grunting a lot. He was also on an intravenous feed.
Throughout my first night in the hospital, a very nice nurse named Joy would check on Aiden prior to checking on me. She gave me updates almost eveyr hour. My favorite update was at about 4 a.m. when she told us that Aiden had been taken off the oxygen tent!
The next morning I was able to get out of bed and be wheeled to the Special Care Nursery to meet Aiden for the first time. It was so wonderful to be able to hold him! He was so tiny and had so many wires and tubes attached.
Aiden had to stay in the Special Care Nursery for five days for various reasons. He was jaundiced, had a high sodium level, and was having difficulty gaining weight. Luckily, even though I was released the day before Aiden, I was able to stay in the hospital so that I could still nurse him and be near him. Finally, on Tuesday, Aiden was able to come home!
Aiden James Knapp
Aiden James Knapp was born four weeks early on February 28, 2008 at 5:40 p.m. via C-section. He weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long.
Due to several complications from being early, Aiden spent five days in the Special Care Nursery. He came home on March 4. We are thrilled to have our entire family home, and are focusing our efforts on getting Aiden to eat and gain some weight! We will post a full birth story once time allows......
Mom and Dad waiting to meet Aiden
Laura's last belly shot-35.5 weeks
Introducing Aiden James Knapp
proud new grandparents
Grandmom Harrington
Grandpop Knapp
Aiden snuggling with Daddy
Aiden snuggling with Mommy
Yay! Aiden finally gets to go home!!!
ready for his first car ride
Geez Mom, stop taking pictures and take me home already!!
Sasha checks out Aiden
As you can see, Sasha quickly adjusted to having Aiden around
Bad thing happen in threes....
They say that bad things happen in threes. I really hope that this is true right now. It has not been a good week for Mommy Knapp!
First, on Sunday, while watching the Giants beat the Pats and eating a bowl of ice cream, I cracked a tooth. On ice cream (and it wasn't chunky ice cream with nuts, just plain mint ice cream!). Since I am not in pain, and my gums are so swollen from the pregnancy, my dentist wants to wait to fix my tooth until after Baby Knapp makes his/her debut. So, as long as my tooth doesn't break any further (I'll have to steer clear of the ice cream!) or hurt, all should be ok.
Next, I've been having some coughing spells and difficulty catching my breath. I thought that a lot of this was attributed to my pregnancy, since the baby is pushing my lungs up. But since my cough has hung around for about two weeks and lots of people at school have been coming down with nasty things, I thought it best to see the doctor. Turns out, I have a mild case of bronchitis (did I mention that about five other teachers at school also have this?). The doctor said it's very mild, and that I can continue working. She did prescribe some meds for me that have already improved things. It's definitely a good thing that I took the advice and insistence of my husband and went to the doctor!
Finally, last night Jim and I had the scare of our lives. Right before leaving for our childbirth class, I found that I was spotting. I have not spotted at all throughout my pregnancy, so this obviously concerned both of us. I have to hand it to Jim-he was so cool and calm about things (while I was freaking out). We called the doctor, who said to go to labor and delivery if it continued. We decided to go to our childbirth class, since it was in the hospital. I had more spotting prior to class. We talked to the nurse teaching our class (who is wonderful-I hope she's on duty when Baby Knapp comes!). She insisted that we go to L & D and even walked us over there! At this point, I was really freaking out, and Jim was still cool as a cucumber (thank goodness!). The whole time this was happening, I was feeling very little movement, which also contributed to my anxiousness. Usually after dinner, the baby is doing acrobatics in my uterus! We got checked in, and they hooked me up to all sorts of monitors. Baby Knapp had a very strong heartbeat, and I was not having contractions. Baby Knapp was moving all around, and when Jim would talk to my belly, the baby's heartrate would go up! The nurses there were wonderful. However, they weren't able to give me a reason for the spotting. They said it could be any number of things. If I continue to have more symptoms, I will either be seeing my doctor or going back to the hospital. Please say a prayer that Baby Knapp stays put for a few more weeks. While we are all anxious to meet him/her, we want to wait at least four more weeks until I'm full term!
And now for some good news-JIM FINALLY FINISHED HIS DEGREE!!!! WOOHOO!!!!! I'm so proud of him, and we are both glad to be done with school (for now at least) so that we can focus on our family!
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