Introducing Ashton Peter

I want to introduce you all to the newest member of our family, Ashton Peter. Ashton was born about 2 weeks early on September 10, 2014. He was born at 4:59 am after only 2 1/2 hours of labor. We actually barely made it to the hospital and were only there for about 20 minutes when Ashton was born. I actually was not even admitted to the hospital yet because they were still checking to see if I was actually in labor. Then they realized that I was going to have the baby very soon and I was only in my actual hospital room for 3 minutes when he was born. Ashton was actually delivered by a trio of nurses as they kept calling the midwife and she didn’t come in time. The doctor came in right after he was delivered. It was a very fast delivery and I had no time for pain medication. My labor with Aaron was very painful as I had back labor and I had an epidural and was planning on it with this labor as well, but Ashton had other plans.

Ashton was 6 lbs. 6 oz. and 19 1/4 inches long. He is petite and tiny but he is perfect and we all love him so much. He is eating like a champ and is already starting to gain back the weight he lost. He has been a good baby so far.
If you saw the post announcing my pregnancy, you might remember that I had the anti-kell antibody and had to have ultrasounds once a week to make sure Ashton was not developing anemia. Towards the end of my pregnancy, I also had to have non-stress tests once a week. There was only a 50% chance that Ashton had a problem and everything has turned out okay. After all that worry I am glad we have a healthy baby.
Unfortunately when we got home, my three year old developed a fever and has been sick since we came home. He is just starting to get better and it has been tough taking care of a newborn and a sick toddler. We are really happy to be home. Luckily Aaron got to visit Ashton when we were in the hospital and hold him before he got sick.

I will have some guest posters on the blog and hope to get posting some new recipes once we get back into a routine. Meanwhile, I plan on enjoying our new little baby.

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