Day 1: NYE Emergency C-Section at 26 weeks!


12/31/20 - Thursday

James Weston Abramowitz was born 4:37p on December 31, 2020. 


22.5 cm head size

1 lb 4 ounces 

28.5 cm Length


No broken bones. Femur looks good. Humerus is slightly small.


Breathed on own, but on lung assist until not needed.


Putting in IV in belly button now for nutrition and for blood work.


Blood sugar is 38. 

40 is perfect so getting a D10 bag of 1.2 ML of dextrose to help. 


Overall - baby is heathy and Lindsay is healthy. Both are in recovery right now.


I’m a dad! 👶


I officially did my first ever breast pump and Lindsay produced 25+ ML of colostrum within her first 18 hours of delivery, which is fantastic! James is starting with 1 ML every 6 hours, but since he’s doing great, they might move that to every 3 hours. 


We decided on a few songs last night that we liked that will create a bond with James, but are looking for a few others. 


So far we like:

Blackbird by The Beatles

Forever Young by Bob Dylan


We started a playlist on Spotify. Feel free to let us know other songs that you think fit the journey. 


https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0VW9ZVpbHLZe7kUcGXxqPi?si=kXJ_cG-kSJOvo8VOF7UnFQ




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