Full house
Its been a crazy week.
On Tuesday May 24th, the day after Valerie’s birthday, we celebrated the birth of our 2nd child and first daughter Leah Victoria Hansen at 10:22 AM EDT at Northside Hospital Atlanta. She weighed 7lbs 6oz, was 19.5 inches long, and was born with no complications during a scheduled Caesarean section. She was in her 39th week of gestation when she was born, and thankfully she was healthy and everything went well.
The docs did notice a bit of newborn jaundice the next day after birth, which was caused by a case of Hemolytic disease (resulting from a mismatch of Valerie’s O+ blood type and Leah’s A+ blood, which came from me) and had to spend a couple of days under a Bili light (a blue light therapy that breaks down excess bilirubin in the blood for extraction via urine and feces). So we didn’t get to hold her that much those first few days because she had to spend all of her spare time in her little “space boat” bed that washed her in blue light. A little frustrating but she’s bounced back nicely from that and we were able to take her home on Friday.
Since we’ve been home she’s been a complete dream baby to take care of (knock on wood). At first, the jaundice in the hospital caused her to be quite lethargic and she would often fall asleep while feeding, which was a bit of an annoyance for Valerie. Now that she’s mostly kicked the jaundice, she’s still an extremely easygoing and sleepy (and poopy) baby so far. Heck, she’s got us questioning whether or not David was like this when he was an infant. Speaking of the older brother, he’s been doing some adjusting of his own. You’d think that bringing a newborn home would be a huge shift in the household workload, but Leah’s been so docile and calm that she’s making David look like a whirlwind in comparison. No joke, we spend more time dealing with David than Leah, and he’s three! I never considered it before, but there is a lot that goes into raising and teaching and caring for a 3 year old that you just don’t have to worry about with a newborn (repeating swear words is one of them)!
So with that being said, here’s a link to the online photo album I’ve posted of her. In it you can see her space boat thingy, and I’ll be posting up a video as well. She doesn’t do much, but she sure is cute. Heck she’s got us wondering when we’ll go for number 3!
Full house
Its been a crazy week.
On Tuesday May 24th, the day after Valerie’s birthday, we celebrated the birth of our 2nd child and first daughter Leah Victoria Hansen at 10:22 AM EDT at Northside Hospital Atlanta. She weighed 7lbs 6oz, was 19.5 inches long, and was born with no complications during a scheduled Caesarean section. She was in her 39th week of gestation when she was born, and thankfully she was healthy and everything went well.
The docs did notice a bit of newborn jaundice the next day after birth, which was caused by a case of Hemolytic disease (resulting from a mismatch of Valerie’s O+ blood type and Leah’s A+ blood, which came from me) and had to spend a couple of days under a Bili light (a blue light therapy that breaks down excess bilirubin in the blood for extraction via urine and feces). So we didn’t get to hold her that much those first few days because she had to spend all of her spare time in her little “space boat” bed that washed her in blue light. A little frustrating but she’s bounced back nicely from that and we were able to take her home on Friday.
Since we’ve been home she’s been a complete dream baby to take care of (knock on wood). At first, the jaundice in the hospital caused her to be quite lethargic and she would often fall asleep while feeding, which was a bit of an annoyance for Valerie. Now that she’s mostly kicked the jaundice, she’s still an extremely easygoing and sleepy (and poopy) baby so far. Heck, she’s got us questioning whether or not David was like this when he was an infant. Speaking of the older brother, he’s been doing some adjusting of his own. You’d think that bringing a newborn home would be a huge shift in the household workload, but Leah’s been so docile and calm that she’s making David look like a whirlwind in comparison. No joke, we spend more time dealing with David than Leah, and he’s three! I never considered it before, but there is a lot that goes into raising and teaching and caring for a 3 year old that you just don’t have to worry about with a newborn (repeating swear words is one of them)!
So with that being said, here’s a link to the online photo album I’ve posted of her. In it you can see her space boat thingy, and I’ll be posting up a video as well. She doesn’t do much, but she sure is cute. Heck she’s got us wondering when we’ll go for number 3!
