Porter Awake

My sweet little guy awake

Some Recent NICU stuff..

Here are a few more recent pictures of Porter hooked up to some of the machines. The only difference from this picture is he has a pick line in his head to put medicine in. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. They are waiting for some more lab results to come back. They seem to think he does have an infection and the good news is his white blood cell count is looking better which means they aren't having to fight the infection as much. So what they are doing is a step in the right direction. This is pretty much the same EXACT thing Lexi went threw and we are very confident and comfortable with these doctors here and know he is in good hands!

Porter Ryan McCoy

April 15th 2009 at 7:52pm Porter Ryan McCoy arrived. He was 5lbs 14 oz and 17 1/2 inches long. He is tiny especially since Lexi was a whole 2lbs bigger and an inch and a half longer. We went to a doctors appointment Wednesday morning with Dr. Wold and everything looked great. We have been meeting with a perionatologist and going in for non stress tests 2 times a week for the past month. We met with the perionatologist after our appointment with Dr. Wold and in the AFI he noticed Porter was measuring small. He was only measuring 36 weeks and 1 day when I was supposed to be almost 38 weeks. He was worried my placenta wasn't nourishing him enough and he would be better out then in. We went straight from the appointment to Labor and Delivery. We were VERY shocked and I think still are in shock that we really had a baby. I was induced at 130pm and was dilated to a 3 for 5 hours then went straight to complete. I pushed 3 times and the little guy was out. It was such an easy delivery that of course he has some health problems! He has respiratory problems and is in the NICU right now but doing okay. We will keep you posted as we find out more.

Very Quick Update..

Paul and I met with the Perinatologist on Wednesday. He did a throw ultrasound and found that the baby is a BOY for sure and that it is fine and healthy. He weighs 5lbs 2oz which is in the 34% so perfect. He also has hair :) They were worried he might be big from the diabetes but he isn't. I meet with him again April 15th he will do another ultrasound and then we will figure out delivery plans. I go in every week to the hospital for stress tests as well. That's about it for now. I'll keep you posted when i find out more!

Disney on Ice!!!

We took Lexi to Mickey and Minnies Magical Adventures on Ice. She was so excited to go. The whole time we were there she had a huge smile and was in heaven. She was such a big girl and knew exactly what was going on. At one point Tinkerbell drank some poison milk and everyone had to clap their hands to make her feel better. She STILL talks about that and how she made Tinkerbell better. She clapped and sang and every time mickey and Minnie would leave the stage she would yell BYE BYE! She is seriously the cutest sweetest girl in the world!

Quick Update...

So I thought I would do a quick pregnancy update. Last Monday I was told I have gestational diabetes. So they had me meet with a dietitian and gave me a monitor to prick my finger 4 times a day. So i did that for a week, went in and met with the dietitian again and found out my fasting blood sugar level is high. Which means its a hormonal thing. My blood sugar gets really low during the night so my body lets out its own sugar but to much. So they put me on this medicine i take once in the morning. Yesterday was the first day i took it. They told me they would give me a higher dosage and if my blood sugar gets to low to cut the pill in half. So yesterday i tool it and my blood sugar level got to 72 and stayed there no matter how much sugar i ate. It made me feel VERY shaky and light headed. It really actually scared me. Today i cut the pill in half and i haven't had to many problems, so far. Anyways, other news they did another ultrasound on March 9th. They wanted to make sure the placenta moved since it was partial privea, which it did so i don't have to have a csection for sure. Still no BOY for sure. He is breached and facing in. So his lil bum is below my pelvic bone so he couldn't see anything. The doctor said there is still plenty of time for him to turn but if he doesn't he will try to move him by pushing on my stomach. If he wont turn then i will need a csection. I have another appointment on Monday so hopefully everything going great. I will keep you informed as i know more.

"I makin Mommys Special!"

Lexi is obsessed with "helping" mommy cook! Every time I'm making breakfast, lunch and dinner she wants to be right there with me in the kitchen making water.. which she calls "Mommy's Special!" She SO cute and i love every minute of it even when i have to clean up the sometimes HUGE mess. (that's why we only use water) Its amazing how they want to be just like you. I hope she stays this age FOREVER!! I guess i can always hope right?!?!