Jonah's Birth Story... written by Mommy

November 4, 2004

Last Monday I was sent to L & D for an NST because of protien in the urine

and bp of 130/80.... all was fine at the moment.

Monday I went in again for my weekly appt... this time my BP was 150/80...

more protien... and I was having semi regular contractions.

My OB wanted Jonah born that day.. and not wait until his scheduled C Section

on 11/4/04.

I was originally supposed to have Jonah at the West Boca Birth Pavillion...

(omg... the place is AWESOME).. but the OR was booked.. so I was scheduled at

Memorial West Medical Center.

The Maternity ward was okay compared to WEst Boca... had I not seen West

Boca... I would have thought Memorial West was great.. LOL

Anyhow.. all my nurses were very kind and did thier best to preserve whatever

modesty and dignity I had left....

My Anest Dr was AWESOME.... walked me step by step thru the spinal... and we

did it first try with very minimal discomfort.

The actual C Section was borderline fun... my OB was having a blast...

cracking jokes and chatting with everyone as if we were at a cocktail party..

LOL

Jonah did swallow ALOT of fluid.. ( remember.. I had 2x as much) and did

require ALOT of suction and some supplemental o2 for a few hours... but all was

fine.

He has a 'special " penis.. sorta bulbus and almost looks as if it was circ'd??

Anyhow... I am holding off on the circ for now... and will be consulting with

a Ped Urologist. His uretha looks okay per the regular Ped...

Breast feeding hasn't been working out so well... I am having a hard time

with him latching on... my breasts are 3x the size of his head...

We keep trying... but end up with a bottle.

Jonah is a snacker... eating about an ounce every hour....

Well.. Now I am about to fall over tired.. ..

Here are the pictures on our webpage....

K in Ft Lauderdale

mommy to:

Noah - officially 2!

Jonah - b. 11/1/04 - 6lbs 7 oz - 19.5 inches long

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