The entries here are arranged from most recent to least recent. That way you can find out the latest news easily!
Today (7/29), at 5:03pm, Lisa gave birth to Max Isaac L. extremely prematurely. Max is 490g (about 1 pound, 1 ounce) and is doing well for his age (27 weeks gestation) in the special care nursery in the hospital here. Lisa is recovering well from the surgery.
About a week ago, a routine exam revealed that Max wasn't growing well. We spent a week in the hospital with Lisa under close observation. After much consideration of options, her doctors determined that Max wasn't doing well inside and that he could be helped better on the outside. About an hour after the decision, the birth (by cesarean section) was complete. It went extremely smoothly, with Lisa awake the whole time with me at her side.
The chances for Max are pretty ok. If everything goes perfectly, he'll be able to come home with us at around the original due date: October 25th. We'll be in the hospital for about 3 or 4 days from now for Lisa's recovery and then we'll be watching and waiting.
Lisa's doing well. She's starting to feel ``Max'' move around (we found out we're having a boy). I don't know if we're going to take classes or not. She knows a lot about birth already but there are things we need to know. We'll see.
We heard Max's heart yesterday at a standard check up. Sounds good. The monitor also picked up some movement (sounds like a ``wump!'') but Lisa didn't feel it.
Here's how we found out his sex. Lisa had a bad ``AFP'' screening test so we had to go in for a detailed ultrasound. The ultrasound indicated that everything was ok but Lisa decided to get an amnio done just to be sure. During the ultrasound, the baby had its legs crossed so it was impossible to tell the sex. However, when the results of the amnio came back they had ``normal male karyotype'' and so we knew the sex.
We had some great choices of female names but Max was the only male named we liked. He'll be named after Lisa's late brother. The middle name will be for my grandfather (Harry/Israel) so we'll probably use an ``H'' or ``I'' or perhaps ``Y'' (since Israel starts with a yud).
Lisa's in her 5th month of pregnancy so we're halfway through. We found out recently (after a little screening test scare) that we're having a boy and we're going to call him Max. Should be fun.
The neat news, however, is that we're expecting a baby on October. According to the amnio, it'll be a little boy named Max. We're pretty excited although a bit overwhelmed.
I may have felt Max for the first time last night (hand on Lisa's belly). Hard to tell.
We're having a little boy named ``Max'' around October 25th. Terrifying but darn exciting.
We found out that we're having a boy named ``Max.'' Medical technology is certainly impressive.
There is some chance that the last round of baby-starting might have been successful. This is extremely tentative but I wanted to let you in on it.
:-o.