Forgive me for the delay in posting, but as you can imagine we have been a bit busy these past few weeks! We welcomed Jack Dalton Burleigh into our family on 12/16/2011 @ 3:25AM, he weighed 7lbs 10oz and was 21 inches long. I went in to the labor and delivery department at 10:30PM and he arrived just short of 5 hours later. I had an easy labor and he came out so quick he was quite bruised :( We stayed in the hospital for a night and were released home on Saturday with a bili blanket and instruction to follow up on his bilirubin levels on Sunday, as he was at a pretty high risk for jaundice due to the bruising. On Sunday his levels were elevated but not too terribly high to require hospitilization for treatment of his jaundice. We repeated his levels on Monday, Tuesday and being that on Wednesday his levels were still rising we were admitted to the Special Care Nursery for quadruple bank bili light therapy. I was lucky enough to be able to stay in a room right near the nursery and made visits every 3 hours to feed Jack or deliver freshly pumped milk. On Thursday we were released home and thus far his jaundice is still slightly present but nothing to be concerned about.
As for the rest of the family, Brian and I are so thrilled to have Jack in our lives, he is so precious! Addison and Kennedy are proud big sisters and want to hold and kiss Jack every chance they get. We are one lucky family!
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