Claire......Day 3

Hi everyone. Claire is doing great. The pediatrician checked her out and said that she looks wonderful and she is beautiful. Of course she is beautiful! HAHA

Sara is getting much better. They did a blood transfusion and she is starting to feel pretty good. We are hoping to possibly go home today. There has been no official word yet but we have our fingers crossed. Sara's next round of blood work is at 4:30. Sara and Claire did some breastfeeding today and it went wonderful! The nurse said that Claire did great (the nurse actually said she was a champ. HA!) and she did so much better than many full term babies do. You know that make daddy proud. Anything to get her weight up would be great!

Things are going well. Our love to everyone and enjoy the pics. I think I am going picture crazy taking and posting so many but I just cannot help it.

Claire......Day 2

Hi everyone. Its day two and it is a better day today. Sara and I got a great night of sleep. That makes a huge difference.

First Claire's update. She is doing fantastic. With Sara not feeling so well I was thrown in the fatherhood yesterday. I had a few bumps but did ok. Everytime Claire would eat with me she would throw up. The first time I freaked out because she kept gagging but in the end it was ok. I checked with the nurses and they said it was because she has a lot of mucus in her system that she needs to get out and that is completely normal. It still freaks me out but I handle it perfectly fine now. She threw up this morning when Sara was feeding her and I completely cleaned her up and gave her a new shirt. Next was the diaper. That was the easiest. I am a diaper king. Yesterday my fun goal was to learn how to swaddle her. They always wrap her so well here and she really likes it. On the 3rd time I was an old pro at it. I love wrapping her like that because it keeps her nice and warms and she is so easy to handle. So with all that said we are doing well.

Sara is doing better today. They are still concerned with her hemoglobin and they may need to do a blood transfusion. They just drew blood from her to test it and they are hoping the results are better. She cannot get up on her own and does not have the energy to do much. She is eating though and things are getting better each day. Actually as I am typing this they just came back with blood results. The results stayed the same. So they are just going to watch her and hope that they keep going up on their own. We are still not in a regular room. We are in what I like to call an intensive care section of labor & delivery. There is guards outside in the hall to guard the babies. They have not said much about us going home. They said we may move to a regular room tonight or tomorrow but it seems a lot is up in the air.

Also, Claire has a middle name. Her middle name is Francesca. Claire Francesca Dobson. We both love so many of the suggestions that everyone gave us and we both thank you. This one just stuck with us. We really like it a lot.

I hope everyone enjoys the pictures. I will be posting as much as possible. Our love to all.

Welcome To The World Claire!

She is finally here. Tuesday, December 9, 2008 (Congrats to the Godmother Amy. She picked the date). She was born at 6:48am and weighed in at a whole 5lbs. 7ozs and was 19 inches long. It was an adventure as it seems everything is that we do. Sara had been only dilated 3cms all night. She changed to 4cms at about 4am and then she started having some strong contractions. The nurse came in at about 6:30 to check on her and sure enough it was go time! Luckily I was up at 5:30 and had showered and was ready to go. I watched the entire thing. I am glad I watched it all. It was amazing! When her head finally came out and the doctor cleared out her airways she started screaming and I was so excited. She is perfect!

The downside is Sara would not stop bleeding and they could not get the placenta out. They had to rush her into surgery and do a DNC. I was left sitting there with Claire scared to death. I said my prayers and about an hour later Sara came back in and was ok. She is very very groggy. She has not recovered from the meds they gave her and she is having a tough time staying awake. They are keeping a close eye on her. She may be here for a few days extra because of all of the issues. Doctor said we need to see how her body responds.

I missed so much of the story because I am trying to get this all out before Claire & Sara wake up. I am so thankful for all the prayers that everyone has given us. Everyone of you are my gifts from God. Thanks and as things settle down I will update you guys more.

Our love to all, Jason & Sara

Turkey Day Pics

Well since I have a spare minute and have the computer and the camera all in one place I decided to post a few of our Thanksgiving Day pics. Enjoy these pics.

PS - I AM SO ANXIOUS! Come on Claire. Sara is still only dilated 3cms. Not much change.

Our 26lb. bird!

Hospital Pics

Well I am just relaxing and not doing much of anything. Here is some pics from the evening.

Sara with her friends Marilyn and Melanie

Baby Claire Watch Update

Hello to everyone that might be following or reading for the first time. Sara has her epidural and just after that they broke her water. Everything is progressing nicely. We have an awesome nurse. Her name is Melissa. The bummer is we are losing her at 11. Lets hope our next nurse us just as cool. We are in for a long night.

Our love to all.

PS - I need a lot of coffee! Also, we are sitting here trying to think of a middle name. We have had NO luck at all. We are looking for something unique, cool, different etc. It is harder than you think.

The Day Has Come!

The day has finally arrived. We were at the hospital Sunday night because Sara thought that her water broke. We were told that her water did not break and we were sent home. Frustated and sad we were sent home.

Well Sara had an appointment with the specialist today. When they did her ultrasound her amniotic fluid was low. The doctor said that we were going to have our Claire in 24 hours. Well they would not let Sara leave until they heard from her doctor because they said they may want her to head to the hospital and induce her. The doctor did not call her so they sent her home. About half way home the doctor called her and said that they wanted her to be at the hospital in 30 minutes. That was not happening because I had not even left work yet.

I immediately left work and started heading home......fast. So fast I got pulled over from the City of Milton's finest. That's right. The cop was actually very nice. I explained the situation and why I was speeding. I was doing 60-65 in a 45. It took me about 2 minutes to convince him why I was speeding and that I was not lying.

We got to the hospital about 3:30. It took them a while to get us a room but we got one and got set up. At last check she was dilated 3cm and 70% effaced. She is having contractions every 1-3 minutes but they are not strong yet. They have put her on pitossin and her contractions have started to get stronger as I type.

We are both very excited that it looks like Claire will be with us in anywhere from 4 to 12 hours. Please keep us and Claire in your thoughts and prayers.

Our love to all,

Jason and Sara