Welcome Welcome!!

We would like to introduce you to our little sweet angel:

Jefferson Daniel Warwood

This little guy was fortunate to be born on 11-12-13.  It just so happens to also be my Grandpa Tuckett's 80th birthday that day too!  Jefferson weighed in at 7lbs 13.6oz and was 20.5" long.  Being bigger and longer than Stella was, labor was easy and recovery has been even easier.  

    After all the drama and worry over, if I'd make it to the hospital in time, it is so nice to finally have all that anxiety over with so we can now focus on keeping him strong and healthy!  I am so grateful everything went as planned.  I hate uncertainty and it was so nice to be able to walk calmly into the hospital, get my antibiotics running (I was group B positive), after the 4th poke, and then pitocen going after 4 hours, and then really begin the labor process. I walked into the hospital having been dilated to a 5cm for 3 weeks.  Contractions were irregular but strong and made me have to stop what I was doing and breathe through it.  For having a low tolerance for pain I was able to handle contractions till I was 7+cm.  I got the epidural, and after the 2nd try it kicked in and worked on my left side.  Contractions suck with out pain meds.  I felt them on my right side after my water was broken and it was unbelievable how much it hurt.  I honestly do not know how people deliver babies without pain meds.  The anestithioligist came and did a quick change literally 2 minutes before I started to push.  Thank heavens for pain meds and for that to work, like a charm!  

Jefferson slid right out and went right to the team of Pedatricians and resuscitation specialist hands.  They worked on him quickly and wrapped him up and took him to the intermediate nicu.  I didn't get to hold him for several hours afterwords, but I was prepared for that.  I was able to go in and see him and hold him just before he was taken again to get an echo done in his heart.  

   They found another small hole between the bottom two chambers of his heart, but they expected it to go away within 24-48 hours.  He also was having trouble with his lungs and was out on oxygen.  About an hour later his oxygen levels were not improving so they took him to the NICU.  It was there I was able to finally feed him and snuggle with my sweet baby boy.  Between his oxygen levels and low glucose, he was being watched over very closely.  

   He is being well taken care of and I am so grateful for all of the amazing Drs, residents and nurses at the U that have taken such great care for my little angel.