Three Weeks Later

It's been three weeks now since our little man made his entrance. We have been trying to get out at least every other day for a little while. I do try to sleep when he sleeps during the times we are home. So far he's wonderful and we are so in love with him. Here are some pictures of him over the last couple of weeks. My favorite frog outfit, a new family photo and Corbin hangin out in the peanut shell sling I use to carry him around in.

Play date

We had our first play date last week. My dear friend Andrea came over to visit with her son Roman last week. Roman and Corbin are about 3 weeks apart and I look forward to having many more play dates with him. It will be fun to watch them grow together. I think they were having a good time... :)

Time with the Grandparents

Grammie and Papa came to visit and meet Corbin after he was born.


When we left the hospital we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house to so they could meet Corbin.

This past weekend we celebrated my dad's 75th Birthday with a party. This was Corbin's first family birthday party.

One week later

Corbin is now a week old and things are going well. He met his pediatrician yesterday and said he looks great! He is back up to birth weight in 6 days which the Dr. said usually takes 2 weeks. He is a healthy eater :) We are averaging about 3 hours of sleep at a time which i think is pretty good. The dogs are slowly getting used to having a new person around. Jason believes the dogs think "what is this two legged, tailless thing in our house?" They are very curious about Corbin and want to sniff and lick him. We are all adjusting and getting to know one another. Jason and i are enjoying being parents and can't believe it all at the same time. It's truely amazing to think this beautiful baby boy is ours and we made him.

It's a boy!

On Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 7:45am Jason and I welcomed our son, Corbin Robert Liebenow into the world. He weighed 9lbs and was 21 1/2 inches long.

We were admitted into the hospital on Monday April 6th for another stress test and that evening we decided to get my body ready to deliver with some medicine. This process could take a while and on Tuesday i was about 2-3 cm and progressing. My water broke at 3:15pm on Tuesday and things were moving along. I pushed for a total of about 2 1/2 hours between 3 - 6am Wednesday morning. I was dilated to a 10 but Corbin was just not coming out. We ended up have a c-section due to me having a fever and infection.

It is now Friday and everyone is doing great. He is simply amazing. Jason and I can't believe he is finally here and that we have a son! We are so blessed and happy and can't wait to get to know him more and more each day.

41 weeks

Is it possible to be pregnant forever? I am still doing very well with my pregnancy and I haven't gotten to the "get this thing out of me" point that I hear so many woman get to. I still enjoy being pregnant. Of course there are the aches, pains and lack of sleep but overall it's been great...even at 41 weeks. I have had a very easy and enjoyable pregnancy and I can't believe it is coming to an end. We are very excited to meet our little bundle and that part can't come soon enough.
We had our stress test yesterday at the hospital and the midwife said the fluids are on the lower side of being ok. This means that she was very comfortable sending us home and we have an appointment on Monday at the midwifery clinic to have the same tests done again. She let us know that by 10 days to 2 weeks is the longest they will let me go. She also said that I am still only 1cm dilated and that my cervix just isn't ready. If we want to induce it may take a few days before we can even start the process. We need to get my cervix ready first and that is the part that takes the longest, then they would induce. So most likely even after tomorrows visit we will be inducing later this week. On any account, we should have a baby by this next weekend.
Thank you to everyone who has called, emailed and have been thinking about us. We appreciate all the support and kind words. We will try to keep everyone up to date on what is going on and we will post baby pictures here as soon as we can.

Help for Hannah

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40+ weeks and waiting....

So we have made it to our 40 weeks and beyond. Today i am at 40 1/2 weeks. These pictures were taken this past saturday, March 28th which was our due date. We are now in a waiting game to see when this baby wants to come out. We will do a test on saturday at the hospital just to make sure that everything is still ok. They have no reason to believe anything is wrong, though they want to make sure since i will be a week over due. If all is ok, we will wait to see if i go into labor next week on my own. If not, we will most likely induce at the end of next week. I have had contractions here and there but nothing yet to time.

Besides wanting to see the baby and find out who this person is, we are doing well. I am still feeling ok and we can't wait to meet the little monkey. I have some aches and pains but nothing serious and it's all part of the experience. Though i cannot wait to not be swollen. :) Here are my 40 week pictures.