Growing Jeffrey

I wonder what he's thinking...

Coming Home!

Jeffrey is finally ready to come home. Daddy came to the hospital to pick us up and he finally felt healthy enough to hold his son for the first time.

Luckily, Jeffrey passed his carseat test so he was able to ride home with us. But, I had to sit in the back with him to hold his head up. I hate when their heads fall forward!


The girls were so excited to have their baby brother home. They each took turns holding him and Holly could hardly contain her excitment. She would just sit at the side of his carseat with her hands clasped and just shake with excitement.

They loved his tiny hands and feet. So sweet.
I for one, am so happy to be home, but will miss having those NICU nurses watch him during his awake hours. I've been spoiled with good nights of sleep the past 5 nights and it's been comforting knowing he's been watched over so well. I've loved the nurses in the NICU and we've had a lot of fun. (Not looking forward to the medical bill, though. =} Good thing we have insurance!) We were sent home with an apnea monitor that he is hooked up to that will go off (it's REALLY loud) if Jeffrey stops breathing. We get to keep it for a month, so that will help me sleep peacefully now that we are at home.
Welcome Home Baby Jeffrey!

Happy Mother's Day to Me!

Happy Mother's Day!

I got a call this morning on the hospital room phone from the nurse asking me if I wanted to hold my son. I said, "YES!" I jumped out of bed and hurried down to the NICU. I was so happy to finally hold him again. It was the best Mother's Day gift ever! I just sat there holding him and staring at him for over an hour. The nurses kept asking me if I needed anything and I just shook my head and smiled. I had all I needed right there in my arms. =)

The pediatrician said he was ready to start nursing so we'll be tackling that in the next little bit. Meanwhile, I've been pumping (YOUCH!) to help my milk come in on time. Wish us luck!

Family Visitors

I called the family and told them to come visit since Jeffrey was looking more "normal" now without all that stuff on his head. I wasn't sure how Holly would react to her new baby brother when she saw him. She was so stinkin' cute! She instantly wanted to hold him and kept putting her arms out. SO CUTE!

Savannah was surprisingly more timid than her little sister. When I asked her if she wanted to hold Jeffrey, she shook her head and said, "He's too heavy for me!" She commented on his dark hair and how small he was. Nana, of course, was in awe at her new grandson and so happy to be able to hold him.

We are so happy that he is off the oxygen. Now if he can get the nursing thing down, we are hopeful he'll be coming home soon!
Thank you for all the prayers in our behalf. We know they help so much!

Jeffrey Douglas Moller is here!

Welcome Jeffrey Douglas Moller!!!

Yep! He's here...ALREADY! I gave birth to our son Friday night at 10:51pm. He was measuring small at my routine OB appt. (37 wks 2 dys) on Friday so they did an ultrasound and found that the placenta was failing to give him proper nutrients so he was not growing. My OB said, "We might have to deliver him today so you can start feeding him!" WHAT?!? Before I completely freaked out, I told the doc that I had plans to go to the temple after my appt. so he told me to go and come back after to talk with him once he ran the ultrasound by the perinatologist. In the temple, I prayed about having the baby today and felt complete peace. I knew Heavenly Father would take care of me and the baby. So, I went back to the OB office to get the official word and my doc said, "You're having your baby today!" I was SO glad I had time to go to the temple and pray about it and feel peace.

He told me the hospital would be calling any time so I needed to hurry and get home to pack my suitcase. I called Doug and filled him in on everything on my way home and just as I pulled into my garage, the hospital called and told me to come ASAP. I've never packed so fast in my life! I told my doc a few months back that I wanted to try going into labor on my own if possible, just to experience the whole spontaneous labor thing since I've been induced the last two times. He kinda laughed at me (I guess most women would prefer to have it planned out). When this happened, I told him, "Well, I guess this is as close as I can get to feeling the rush of spontaneous/unexpected labor! Thanks for that!" =)

Our little guy weighed in at just barely 5lbs. (9oz less than the ultrasound had estimated) and he measured 17 1/2 inches long. Just a bit larger than a peanut! For being "officially" full term (37+weeks), he sure didn't measure full term! Poor little dude. The doctor said he was glad we got him out now!

Being so small, his little lungs didn't work as well as we hoped. So, they took him down to the NICU and put him on oxygen and ran some tests. He had some air between his lungs and ribcage that was causing his left lung to slightly collapse and it was pushing his heart over. So, Saturday morning, they extracted about an ounce of air out of that area and it opened up his lungs to full capacity and his heart moved into the right spot. I don't know how long he'll have to be on the oxygen, but until he comes off, I won't be able to hold him. I told the nurse, "I'd really love to hold him on Mother's Day!" She said, "That's the goal!"