Porter is here!

Its been eight days since his arrival, so I feel a little lame that I am just now writing a blog about it all, but honestly I haven't even thought about blogging until today. This little guy has been keeping us pretty busy.

Porter was born on his due date, after I woke up with mild contractions about 2 am. I won't go into all the details of my labor, but if you want to read a lengthy post about it let me know and I can direct you to one I've already written. As you may already know, I did have an unmedicated child birth. I've been called a lot of things (like a crazy woman) for doing so, but I have to say its one of the best experiences I have had in my life. Not that by any means it was easy or fun, but I am so glad we prepared and did things the way we did.

Porter was born February 12 at 10:32 am. He was 8 pounds 6 oz and 19 1/2 inches - my midwife had estimated him a little over 8 pounds but I was still surprised he weighed that much - he just doesn't look like it. He has way more hair than we thought he would (at my last ultrasound we were able to see a little hair coming off the nape of his neck) and is just beautiful. Of course I have to say that, but seriously, he is.

Porter left the hospital a bit jaundiced and it got worse the next day, so we had to get a bili-blanket, which is a fiber optic light you put on his back that helps pull the bilirubin out of his liver. We had a stressful few days, going to get blood draws everyday (his poor heels!) and trying to power feed to help flush out his system. He is looking a lot better now and we are done with the daily trips to the hospital.

I'll upload some more pictures later (most likely more than you care to see) but for now here is one.