Welcome to the world Brooklyn Jean Sperry...
Wednesday May 28th at 6:14pm we met our little girl for the first time(sorry no pictures to post yet). She weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces( the exact same as Carter) and was 20 inches long(half an inch longer than Carter. Just as we thought, Carter got all the hair and all the eyelashes(we were told eyelashes come a little later, lets hope!) Although the epidural worked a little too much, the delivery went well, only 7 hours compared to Carter's 12! Not surprising since Carter was the same, Brooklyn developed jaundice. Unfortunately hers was caused from my blood in her body attacking the new blood her body was trying to produce. This caused to bilirubin levels to sky rocket and they soon admitted her to the NICU. Multiple IVs, a feeding tube, heel pokes every four hours, only being able to be held during feeding times, blood draws out of the top of her head and the threat of a complete blood transfusion are a few things she has had to endure. Fortunately, Brooklyn is a trooper and has had a very calm and patient temperament. She has been in the NICU since Friday and although it has been hard we feel really blessed. There are so many babies that are in worse shape than Brooklyn and have a long hard, road ahead of them. We know Brooklyn will being coming home soon and are grateful for the progress she has made. Finally after 3 days her bili levels have begun to drop and there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel. We hope Wednesday is the lucky day and I can't wait to have her home with us!