So things have been a little crazy around here during the past week. Max Parker Mckenzie was born at 3:05 am on friday May 1st. He was 7 pounds and 14 ounces and 20.5 inches long. Labor went pretty good, besides me losing a lot of blood and almost blacking out about five times which was a little scary. Max came out with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck once and he was a little blue, but he came out with his eyes open and it was amazing to hear his first cry.
We got discharged on Saturday afternoon, but Max's jaundice levels were a little high, so we had to bring him back to the hospital the next day to get them checked again. That was a hellish experience because we sat in the waiting room at urgent care for over three hours before they finally pulled us into a room only to tell us that the levels weren't high enough to do anything about but we needed to have them checked again in 48 hours.
Then I had to drive all the way back to Mt Scott on Monday for his Mother-Baby appointment which went really good. He had already gained weight and was up to 8 pounds and 1 ounce and after i fed him, she weighed him again and he had gained two more ounces. So basically my little guy was already a cow.
The next day (Tuesday) I had to bring him into Rockwood to have his levels checked again. I brought him by the pharmacy where i work so i could show him off. Then we were off to the lab to have more blood drawn, which was another hellish experience, being that the guy who took his blood acted like he had never done that from an infant before.
Yesterday (Thursday), Max had his first photo shoot. A girl I met on Craigslist came over and took a whole bunch of newborn pictures of him. I can't wait to see how they turned out. I'll post them later. But here are a few pictures of new baby max.
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