He has arrived and our world has been forever changed! We are head over heels in love with Griffin Charles Kosch. Griffin was born at 9:22 pm on June 20th 2012. He was 8 pounds 9 ounces, 21.5 inches long, and had a 15 inch head. The nurses were all very impressed with the size of his head! It took 40 long hours, two trips to the hospital (they sent me home the first time we went in), and an assist by the vacuum, but he was perfect in every way. Although the Dr. said he was the healthiest baby she had seen all day Griffin had to stay in the special care nursery to get antibiotics, because they were concerned about a fever I had during labor. The Dr. wanted to be sure he didn't have the same infection they thought was causing my fever.
Eric and I made many trips to the nursery to visit Griffin. They called the room every 3 hours for us to come down and feed him, and we made quite a few visits in between feedings as well. All of the nurses loved having him there, I think he is one of the healthier babies they have had in there so it was kind of fun for them. In between the first and second feeding, Griffin had to have his stomach pumped because it was full of 16 ml of mucus. They were worried about his blood sugar levels because he wasn't eating (his belly was full of mucus so he wasn't hungry) so they tube fed him while they had the tube in him to pump his stomach.
Grandma Connie came up to visit on Thursday!
