daniel & aubrionna

I'm writing this to not only document my own experience but maybe something I write will help a future first time mom. That being said if you don't enjoy reading posts about pads, stitches, bleeding and breastfeeding (aka-most men out there), this is one you can skip! Or just scroll and look at the cute pictures of Brooks. Rest of the Hospital Stay Generally speaking the rest of our hospital stay went pretty smoothly. Brooks passed his jaundice test, hearing test, congenital heart test (along with some other conditions), PKU test, pediatric appointment at the hospital, he was circumcised, was breastfeeding pretty well and left the hospital at a weight of 8 lbs 1 oz. (this is normal, newborns loose weight pretty quickly I'm assuming because they're not constantly nourished by the placenta anymore). But regardless of that the nurses still had to put him in size 1 diapers! At his first appointment with the pediatrician, 3 days after birth he was 8 lbs 7 oz. Then he had ...

Brooks Daniel Robison Photos were taken by Laney Photography the day after he was born. We originally scheduled an induction date way back around 32 weeks as a back up. Well it turns out that our back up plan became the main plan when baby wasn't arriving on his own. As most of you know I had no contractions whatsoever during my pregnancy, no signs of labor, nothing. Our sweet baby was too comfy! Of course being induced wasn't my first choice but being almost 41 weeks, we felt it was a good decision for us. The night before we packed our bags and everything felt very unreal. Dan gave me a blessing and I set my alarm for a bright and early hour, only granting us a couple hours of sleep. Surprisingly I did sleep but when that 3:30 alarm went off I was up and ready to go. I wasn't scared, but I was a little nervous and anxious (but SO excited) for the days' activities. I woke up early because I didn't want to feel rushed and I wanted to eat a go...