These photos were taken moments after birth!
On January 7, 2009 Lance Richmond Ludvigson joined our family! He weighed 5 lbs 14 oz and was 18 inches long.
Many of you might not know that for the last 20 weeks of our pregnancy our little Lance had been watched over very carefully by many great doctors. During our routine 20 week ultrasound our little guy was diagnosed with echogenic bowel, which means brightness in the bowel. This gave us a little scare! There were many possibilities as to what this could mean. It meant he could be born with cystic fibrosis, down syndrome, a blocked bowel, or some sort of chromosome disorder. Every 4 weeks we saw a maternal fetal medicine doctor for ultrasounds, dopplers, and non stress test. Every visit they would tell us that everything with our baby looked fine that there seems to be no real concerns, but they still wanted to keep close tabs on the baby. Towards the last few weeks of pregnancy the baby's growth was watched closely and the last 3 weeks of pregnancy the doctor discovered that Lance was not growing. I wanted so badly to have this baby VBAC so they let me go as long as I could. Finally about 6 days before our due date they really insisted on getting the baby here because of this growth. With that news and a lot of tears on my part knowing that I would not have this baby vaginally we went in on the Jan. 7th for another c-section (3rd one!!) Lance was born with his blood sugar level at 17 when 40-50 is normal. That right there showed us that he was not getting the nutrients he needed. He was on an IV for 4 days to help maintain his sugar levels. Finally the night before we were to go home he was able to maintain his sugar levels on his own. It was a happy day for us! Lance was in the level 2 nursery the whole time during our 5 day stay in the hospital. We became really good friends with all the nurses and loved them all for taking such great care of our little guy.
Sorry this took me so long to post. I have spent my spare time sleeping instead of playing on the computer. being a mother of 3 under 3 1/2 is all time consuming!
11 comments:
I love that third picture of Lance, it is so sweet! We're so glad that he's here and doing so well! (and hopefully not spitting up all over himself too often!)
oh.....sweet, sweet baby! I wish I could see him everyday. I love him so much. Cuddle him once for me :)
Congrats! I have been anxiously awaiting pictures of the new little guy. He is adorable and I am so glad everything is ok!
He is just SO precious! I've been so excited to hear about him! I'm glad everything ended up good! 3 kids are hard, I can't imagine how hard it would be having them all so young! You must be supermom! But, they're worth the work, aren't they.
He is so adorable! I hope everything is OK now. It is hard having a baby in the hospital longer than normal. Congratulations!
Congratulations! Im glad you are both doing well. What fun to have so many boys.
He is BEAUTIFUL!!! I am so excited he is doing well. We are in town and want to come see you. I'll give you a call.
Your little guy is darling! I hope everything is going well.
What an adorable picture (that last one with his arms folded!)
I need to see that boy again! Me and Jenny (ricks) were just talking about you and the babuh. I felt lame I hadn't seen you lately. Love you guys!! XOXO
Yeah I finally get to see some pictures.!! I am so glad that he's doing well. Newborns are so sweet. You are such a good mom. Congrats~
I've been waiting anxiously for you to post. When you were so close on New Years Eve, I knew it wouldn't be long. I'm glad to hear that there wasn't anything too serious going on with Lance. Hope you are doing well.
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