updating...

thought it was time to update the blog, especially the header photos. I'm under the weather and not feeling up to much and I have a gorgeous baby sleeping on me, so what better way to pass the time!!

hope you enjoy it!


(the photos are in order -- Ronel & I engaged in Haiti, our wedding, Micah at 12 days old and our family photo taken when he was 16 days old)

where did the time go...?

I can't believe that Micah is almost 5 weeks old already! It has already been over a month since he was born! In so many ways it seems like only last week! He is growing and last Thursday at his 4 week checkup he weighed in at 10lbs 12.5 oz, which means he gained 1lb 12.1 oz since he was born (not counting the weight he had to gain to get back up to his birth weight!)

He is a great baby and has even been sleeping 4-6 hours in a stretch at night which Mommy loves! (though it often starts earlier than I am wanting to go to sleep so I am still not getting quite that much sleep at a time) We are slowly reducing the amount of formula he is getting as a supplement as my milk supply is increasing. He still often gets a 1-2 ounces of formula at one of his nighttime feedings which I think helps with the longer stretches of sleep.

Yesterday, the three of us headed out along with my mom for our first extended outing. We headed out to Deer Lake in Burnaby to do some letterboxing. (see here for more info on letterboxing) We had a great time and look forward to many more letterboxing outings with Micah! It was a day of many firsts for us - first letterboxing outing with Micah, first time changing Micah in the stroller on the side of the path!, first time nursing while walking!!, and for me, the first LONG walk since having Micah (we were walking for probably close to 3 hours)

I have some photos to add to this, but it is harder to do with only one hand so they will have to wait till later.

preview...

Click here to go see a preview of our photo shoot with Kendra of Bullfrogs and Butterflies Photography.

The photoshoot was a Christmas gift from my sister & her family.

clarification...

so I found out yesterday that the nurse who told us that Micah weighed 9lbs 4oz misread the scale... he only weighed 9lbs 0.4oz. - just a small difference! I was at a br*ast feeding clinic that my midwife referred me to and they weighed him in grams and when she was looking at the chart to convert it for me, I noticed that it was more in grams than he was at birth but less in pounds and figured something had to be wrong. In this day of internet, I used an online grams to pounds calculator and figured out that Micah's birth weight of 4093 grams equals 9 pounds 0.4 ounces. Then when we were looking at photos from the hospital, I noticed that the scale says 9 0.4!!
He is currently just above 9lbs 3oz, which means he has regained his birth weight plus 3 ounces. Which may not seem like a lot, but when they were using 9lbs 4oz as the starting weight, it meant he hadn't regained his birth weight back. I don't know if this will change anything, but I will be making sure to mention it to the doctor next week at the BF clinic that his birth weight was wrong as I think it may change what they are wanting to do in regards to his eating plan.

Family Photo

The Cledomins - -a family of three! We had a family barbeque today with lots of family and took some "extended family" photos (a yearly tradition when we all gather) and this year, we also took a Cledomin family portrait. This is us... 16 days after Micah's arrival.

day 8...

wow, it has been 8 days since Micah joined our family. The past week has flown by, but at the same time seems like it has been much longer than a week! Micah & I have both finally caught onto to the whole feeding thing... it took till Tuesday or Wednesday for my milk to come in, and until then we were supplementing his feedings with formula, which wasn't what I wanted, but was what was best for Micah. He was a trooper though and did great with switching between the bottle & bre*st - which was part of my concern with formula supplementing.  His weight was fluctuating and he lost weight again after a small gain after starting the formula. Today at our home visit with our midwife, he gained a small bit since yesterday's visit and she was happy with that, so we get to continue trying only bre*stfeeding and see if he gains again weight over the weekend.

It is so much fun to have Micah around. His expressions are constantly changing and it is so hard to not just stare and watch him all day! He is often wide-eyed and so alert - looking at the world around him.

It is so amazing being a parent. I know that I spent 9 months preparing for his arrival, but nothing can actually prepare you for that moment when they place your child on your chest. It is totally surreal and something I can't fully describe. I love being Micah's mother and am truly amazed that this precious bundle of joy came from my body... that this wonderful baby boy is part of Ronel & I. He is a precious gift from God.

getting a kiss from big cousin Ethan

My nephew Ethan is totally cute with Micah. It will be so neat to watch him as a big brother when his baby sister arrives in December. It will be so neat having a cousin so close to Micah's age. (he will have 2 that are fairly close. Ethan is only 16 months old and Micah will only be 4 1/2 months old when my sister has her baby just before Christmas. )

Mommy & Micah taking a nap snuggled up with Mommy's baby blanket. (the knitted green & yellow blanket)

Daddy loving on Micah.

I love watching Ronel with Micah. I've always know that he loves kids, but to see him with his own son is something special. 

Well, my son is requiring my attention so I will leave you for now......

Introducing......

Micah Jeremiah Clédomin 

 

(minutes after he was born) 

He was born at 5:05am on August 4th, 2011 (his due date!!) weighing 9lbs 4 oz and 21 inches long.

Proud Daddy holding his son

The labour and delivery went fantastic. I was in active labour for only 3.5 hours and pushed for about 25-30 minutes before he was born. I did have 2.5 hours of "non-active" labour that was quite intense but still only 6 hours of contractions is NOTHING to complain about. My midwife said I did a fantastic job.

We are enjoying life with Micah.

More photos and stories to come.....

38 weeks + 2 days

Here is a photo that we took at my nephew's birthday party yesterday.

We're all still doing great. Baby is growing and we had an ultrasound done that confirmed that he is head down and ready to go! Now for him to wait till I'm done with work next week before he decides to make his arrival. We put the car seat in today and got a few things that I needed for while we're at the hospital (will also help when we're at home) Need to pack my hospital bag and then it is just waiting till it's time!

catch up .... week 37!!

So, it's been a while since I've posted. Sorry, life has been busy! I'm still doing great and baby is growing...

Today I'm 37 weeks and considered full term so baby can show up at any time now. I still feel great and he's been moving ALOT lately and it is such a weird feeling and I can't wait till he's in my arms, not just in my belly! We've been arranging things around the house and making sure that things are ready for his arrival.  We've got his name picked out and I can't wait to see his little face. I have been having weekly appointments with my midwife so I get to hear his hearbeat weekly and that always makes it even more real. They are scheduling me for another ultrasound to double check fetal position as the midwives haven't been able to definitely tell his position by feel and they just want to make sure he is head down. I'm still working, but have been moved to desk duty instead of doing fieldtrips.

Ronel started working in the middle of June and that has been an adjustment for both of us... He's working in the warehouse at a Canadian Tire and while he is still adjusting, it is good for him to be working and getting used to the work environment and having the extra money coming in definitely helps.

I will make sure that I let you know as soon as I can when baby decides to make his arrival in case I don't get a chance to post before then!

so it's been a while!

We are now at 29 1/2 weeks and the countdown is on!!  I started having some "not so fun" pregnancy moments... at 26 weeks I started experiencing nausea in the evenings and also started experiencing heartburn. The heartburn is really the big problem... it seems to just keep getting worse and not a whole lot helps, I did discover that it was worse during the day, but lately it is ALL THE TIME!  The baby is kicking/moving a lot lately and I can't wait till Ronel gets to also feel all the movement.

On the weight side of things, I have started putting on weight but barely.. my last checkup had me a +1 from my previous checkup 3 weeks prior and the one before that was +2, but my midwives are happy and so was the OB/GYN I had a consult with. This still puts me at -14 lbs from before I was pregnant and if everything continues like it has, I should still be below my pre-pregnancy weight when I deliver!!

Ten and half weeks and we should be meeting our son!!!