Berkleigh Quinn
December 21, 2013
Our family is over the moon to announce the much awaited arrival of our sweet angel. Berkleigh was born on Saturday, December 21st. 2013 at exactly 8:00 am via repeat and scheduled C- Section. Berkleigh was breech which led to her arrival in the OR taking a tad longer than normal. She was very happy in there and clearly comfortable. Yes comfortable in my rib cage.
Berkleigh was born at 7 lbs 4 oz and 19 inches long. She was my big baby!! The doctors actually said they thought she would be 9 lb range. Clearly I was so huge they assumed it was all baby. Sadly, not the case. Her big sisters were 5 and 6 lbs, so you see why I call her by big baby.
During out stay she quickly developed some severe jaundice. Her levels were increasing very quick and they made me supplement formula to try to help her eliminate the billirubin as well as keep her under the lights with a mask. I was allowed to feed her every few hours tho. Her weight also dropped, as all newborns do but hers was over 10% which is dangerous. We almost had to stay over Christmas but I kept her fighting that weight and we were released at 6 lbs 11 oz so the doctors were happy with that. Her billirubin went down enough for him to feel comfortable to let us go home and we had some follow-up blood done to ensure it continued to be reduced.
She has been a very alert baby girl since she was born. She is the sweetest girl. We came home on Christmas eve.
Here is her going home outfit!!
We were so thankful to go home that day and be with our other girls and enjoy the Holiday! Here are some photos from our stay and her first few days!
The morning Of my C section -
Big Sisters picking us up to leave the hospital!
I cant wait to watch you grow!
She is a cutie.......congrats again. Glad you are back blogging
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