Life with VHS: Vincent's Birth Month

2 minutes before the birth

Vincent’s birth was a very special and stressful moment. I wasn’t ready to have a preemie. We had no clue how he would be. Babies born at 35 weeks can either be OK or have problems. Sadly Vincent had a few issues. They thought he was born with a hole in his lungs when it was actually water. There were many different things that cause this and Vincent has the following issues:

· Weaning off of SSRI’s (my bipolar med)

· Gestational diabetes

· Prematurity

· Hypertension

5 hours after birth

Due to these issues Vincent was put on C-pap. After eight hours he had to be transferred to CHEO. After three days he came off C-pap and put on nasal cannula for 3 days. On January 2^nd, Vincent was transferred back to Montfort to learn how to feed. It took him two weeks and a lot of formula changes. Vincent has a milk allergy. While at Montfort his grand-maman Nicole and godmother Melanie came to visit.

Once home it was a whole new journey with him. We didn’t really get to know him until then. It was a very rough time, but after a few days we were good. Vincent still had many Dr. appointments to get weighed as they wanted to make sure he would gain and not lose. Vincent was gaining on average 42 grams a day, which is great. The average they want him to gain is at least 30. His grand-maman Saumure came to spend three weeks with us. Mom and dad both got to rest. At the same time we got to train Vincent to sleep in his bassinet.