Dean Conrad Mather was born on Thursday, November 18th, 2010 at 3:07pm.
Going into labor at 2am the day I was officially 37 weeks was quite a surprise! Labor progressed fast and we checked into the hospital at 5:30am. After laboring for several hours my contractions became irregular and I was given some pitocin to speed things along. It worked; about an hour later Dean was born.
Shaun cut the biggest umbilical cord the nurse had ever seen and watched as they gave him a bath. Within a few hours we learned that Dean is very stubborn. He refused to breastfeed. After a few more hours he was taken to the NICU and put on an IV. He stayed in the NICU for 3 days. It was a 2 person job to feed him; one to feed him, the other to keep him awake. 
Dean finally got the hang of things and was taken off the IV. Even though his jaundice levels were high, they let us take him home on day 4.
He is now home, off the lights to treat jaundice, and is a really good baby. He continues to be a stubborn eater, but is getting better every day.
Shaun cut the biggest umbilical cord the nurse had ever seen and watched as they gave him a bath. Within a few hours we learned that Dean is very stubborn. He refused to breastfeed. After a few more hours he was taken to the NICU and put on an IV. He stayed in the NICU for 3 days. It was a 2 person job to feed him; one to feed him, the other to keep him awake. 
Dean finally got the hang of things and was taken off the IV. Even though his jaundice levels were high, they let us take him home on day 4.
He is now home, off the lights to treat jaundice, and is a really good baby. He continues to be a stubborn eater, but is getting better every day.
