William "Liam" was born right on time via c-section. At birth he weighed 10 lbs 3 oz and was 22 inches long. He had a TON of black hair that is all over his head and body. He looks like a little monkey. It's so cute. He's so perfect and we couldn't have been blessed with a more perfect baby. The delivery was more than ideal. Everything went perfectly. I never even had any incision pain. The pain I've been having is actually lower back pain that isn't even related to giving birth. We stayed at Silverton Hospital from Wednesday to Saturday. It was so nice having lots of visitors and really great nurses. We're so proud to have him in our lives. Micaela's such a proud big sister and helps as much as any adult. She's so wonderful.
We did have some complications the day after coming home. I got post-preeclampsia. I've never heard of such a thing but I guess it exists. I had so much fluid built up on my body that I started to get fluid in my lungs. They called it postpartum congestive heart failure. I ended up in the ICU for 1 day and then in the regular unit for 3 days. My blood pressure was super high and my heart couldn't pump off the excess fluid. It was pretty scary but now we've got it under control. I'm doing much better and Liam is doing GREAT! He's so beautiful and fun to have around. Even the loss of sleep doesn't feel like a burden because we waited so long for him to arrive.
We just need lots of prayers and well-wishes. We're are thrilled to welcome our new arrival, William Lyle.
LOVES!
