Hunter is HERE!!!

On June 16th at 5:47pm Hunter joined the Grantham family. He weighed in at 6 pounds 15 ounces and 20 inches long. It was a great delivery. After the epidural there was no pain. He came in four pushes which made Megan very happy. He had a few issues at birth. He had trouble breathing and had to go to the NICU right after delivery. He was put on CPAP which is continuous positive pressure ventilation. It was used to help keep his lungs inflated so air could enter. He was on that for about 24 hours. Then they removed it and placed a nasal cannula in his nose for more oxygen because he continued to destat without it. The third day they found that he had pneumonia so they started him on a five day course of antibiotics. Once they got his breathing under control they gave him comfort feeds on top of his IV nutrients. They gave him 5cc every three hours. On day four he got to live in an oxygen tent ( a huge plastic tent with oxygen pumped into it at a high flow). It looked as if he was headed to the moon. On day five he got jaundice and was put under the bili lights for a few days to break up the Billiruben in his system. They finally let us try to breast feed him on the eighth day. He is a champ and took right to it. The next day they let us go home FINALLY!!!!!!!!!