Welcome to the World

He's here!!!  Jacob was born yesterday, September 10th and 9:10 AM (9/10 at 9:10!).  He weighed 7 lbs and was 21 3/4 inches long (just a little longer than his brother was).  He came into the world quicker than expected: all Angie needed to get going was the "ripening" medication.  The contractions got going quickly later that night around 2 AM.  Around 7 AM we moved to the delivery room and Angie quickly progressed to being ready to deliver.  5 or 6 pushes later, Jacob was out!  He was ready to be in the world and had a great start!

Jacob scored 9 and 9 on his Apgar, so he looked very healthy and strong.  Here he is right after birth with his proud parents!

Happy Momma

Proud Daddy

New Addition

 After we had our few minutes of snuggling with Jacob, he made his trip down to the NICU to get stabilized and started on prostaglandin (which is a medication used to keep his ductus open - which allows him to be stable until surgery).  They then proceeded to do a cardiac echo.  During the echo he stopped breathing due to apnea caused by a side effect of the prostaglandin (they just had to jostle him to keep breathing), so as a precaution, they intubated him (put him on a ventilator) so that he would be able to breathe without worrying of apnea bothering him.  So he then got settled in the NICU.

Our Little Boy

Well, Jacob is a fighter!  He did so well once he got settled down, that they took him off the ventilator after a few hours!  All of his stats are looking good, his O2 saturation levels importantly are good as well.  Hopefully we'll find out something when surgery will happen today.  I'll leave you with a picture from last night, after the ventilator was removed!

Happier Boy