All About Riley

I just realized I never updated about our new little man. Silly me.

On Thursday, November 18th, we headed to the hospital for my scheduled c-section. Upon arrival, we discovered my blood pressure was sky high. Everything went a bit downhill from there. They put me on magnesium. I threw up during the c-section. I got to see Riley for two minutes...and then not again until he was six hours old. I had to spend the night in recovery; Riley had to stay upstairs because he was having some respiratory issues. My blood pressure kept going down and then back up.

The next day, we got to go upstairs, but my blood pressure was still high. They put me on more drugs; it stayed high. My dr diagnosed it as pregnancy-induced hypertension. She let me go home, but I had to stay on the meds. We're not almost a month later, and I am still having blood pressure issues. It's a good thing the little man is cute.

Riley's respiratory issues cleared up by the next day.

Here's the really important info: Riley is perfection. He was 6 pounds, 9.2 ounces and 19.5 inches long. Almost three ounces smaller and .5 inches longer than his big sister. At almost a month, he is 8 pounds and 21.25 inches. Our little Herculeas.

He sleeps well, he eats well, he hardly cries. He is a lover. His big sister thinks he's awesome.

He's an amazing gift to us.