Wow, I cant believe I had Spencer almost 2 months ago. Not that the time has flown by though because that has not been the case at all. On the contrary, these first few months have crawled by. Up to this point he has been a really fussy little guy. Thankfully we finally know why and he should start feeling better very soon. Well before I get into all of that, lets start from the beginning...
On February 6th, Nolan and I went into have one of my weekly appointments with my OB and I told her that I was ready to have Spencer out and asked her to do everything in her power to help things along. We also asked her what we could do at home besides walk to help get things moving. After checking me she said that I was dilated to a 3 and that I could have Spencer at anytime. To not over share I wont tell you what else she did to help things along but she did a small procedure to help let my body know that it was time. She then proceeded to tell Nolan and I a trick to help induce labor at home. This trick was to stimulate the twins which sounded like an amazing idea to Nolan. So then around midnight Nolan decided that it was as good a time as any to test the trick. I was pretty tired but I agreed to try. Well sure enough he had barely started before I started have a hard core contraction. I immediately told him to stop. At this point I started to panic. Having just that one contraction reminded me how horrible childbirth is and I was not ready. Well once the contraction was over Nolan wanted to try again and when I was resistant he reminded me how much I had been praying to have Spencer out. So once again within seconds of him touching the twins I had another contraction. By this point I was freaking out and telling him to stop. He waited a few minutes and then wanted to try again since I only had the contractions when he was touching me. It was that last touch that did the trick. At 12:15 am on the onset of the next contraction my water broke. The next two hours were a world wind. We called a good friend to come watch Maddie because we didn't want to wake her up. We left for the hospital as soon as she arrived. We got to the hospital right around 1 am and Spencer was born a little over an hour later. He was born at 215 am weighing 6lb 13oz and measured 20 inches long. He was so tiny and cute and didn't cry at all post birth and not even when they were cleaning him up. We thought at first that this was a good indication that he was going to be just a mellow kid. Time will only tell for that one. Anyway, we were so beyond thrilled that he had finally arrived and were just so excited to hold him constantly but unfortunately that didn't really happen at all in the hospital because he wasn't in our room but a few hours before they tested him for Jaundice and discovered that he was way above normal for being so new and they rushed him out to put him under the blue lights in the nursery. Because his levels were so high we only were able to see him every 3 hours and only for 30 minutes so I could nurse him. Anyway, It was a bit of a stressful hospital stay because they were not sure whether or not they were going to let us bring Spencer home when I was discharged but after a lot of talking, and a wonderful blessing given by Nolan, they finally decided to let us bring him home. And the rest is history.
The last two months have been both a blessing and a trial because after just a few days of Spencer being home he started becoming this really fussy guy. In the hospital he had been so mellow which they told us was from the Jaundice making him a little lethargic, but once that started clearing up he was crying all the time. It was such a blessing to us to have so much help from family. At first Jenny was here and she was amazing and so helpful. Later my Mom, Guy, Clay, Zane, and Karen came to see the baby. Then Jenny, Paul, and Sadie came back so we could bless the baby while my mom and brothers were in town. It was so amazing having family in town and to share our joy with everyone. I was very nervous for everyone to leave because it was so helpful but luckily for me my sister decided to stay and help. She will never know how much that meant to us. She was so helpful. Once she left, which was only a week ago, I felt very overwhelmed with how much Spencer was crying because I wasnt getting any role relief during the day while Nolan was at work. I have felt for sometime that it wasn't normal for him to be crying all the time and have talked to his doctor several times about it. She wasn't sure what was going on because he is gaining weight so well which is usually a sign that something more then just colic is going on. Anyway on Friday I went in again and talked to his doctor and told her that I just knew something was wrong with him. We talked about it for a while and I told her that I have been noticing that his poop is always green which she had said was normal but I just didnt think so. So sure enough she ran a test on his poop and found blood in it. She diagnosed him with a severe food allergy to dairy products. So from now on I am on a strick dairy free diet which will be a big adjustment but well worth the sacrifice. After only just a few days of cutting dairy out of my diet we have seen a huge difference. Spencer is so much happier and really only cries now when he is hungry and tired.
Anyway, that is the Scharman family update. I will try to upload some pictures next time.
