The Mickelsons: ONE WEEK DOWN!!

Riley Russell Mickelson

I can't believe Riley is one week already!

he loves daddy! (see those 2 spots on on the bed i tried to blur out? Riley decided to spit up and pee out his diaper at the same time...good thing i got a good picture before that happened haha)

The many blessings of how Riley finally arrived

It all started on Friday May, 18 (Riley's due date).

Blessing #1: Thayne's boss gave him the morning off so he could come to my doctors appointment with me.(Thanks Chris!) Thayne hadn't been to an appointment with me since we found out we were having a boy.

Blessing #2: My appointment was set for 10:20 am but i thought it was at 9:20, so we arrived an hour early. My doctor didn't have any pateints at the time so he was able to see me. during the visit he checked the babies heart rate which was perfect, and then measured my stomach. It measured 2 cm smaller than the week before. I asked if that was okay and he said that maybe the baby has dropped. He didn't seem worried at all, so I wasn't. He then checked if i was progressing at all and I of course wasn't. He then started discussing with us the whole being induced process since it seemed like we weren't having a baby that day. he told us to make an appointment to see the ultra sound tech for either sometime that day,Friday, or on Monday, to make sure everything is still okay with the baby, and then we would schedule the induction for the following friday. I left visiting with the doctor truly believing we still had a whole other week before this baby was coming.

Blessing #3: The ultra sound tech was able to see me right way. He told us that this was a pass or fail test. If the baby even blinked wrong we would fail and be sent up stairs to have a baby. Everything was looking good in the ultra sound. Riley was a good size, his heart was beating, his lungs were working, everything about him looked great. Then the tech measured how much fluid I had. He told us that I should measure anywhere from 5 to 25 and I measured at a whopping 2. Right then he looked at me and said, "you already failed". I guess I had a small leak of amniotic fluid for maybe a week and I didn't know. Because of that leak the baby was prone to infection and the sooner I had him the better. We then talked with the doctor and he told us that the hospital would be calling us to tell us when to come. Luckily we had the car seat and I packed some things for the baby and me(nothing for Thayne though) but other than that I was not ready to have a baby. Thayne and I then went to the bank, ate breakfast/lunch at Arby's, and then to locker 42 to buy Thayne a USU sweater because he was cold. The whole time we were waiting for the phone call from the hospital we just laughed. For the last 9 months we had been imagining the dramatic drive to the hospital, and now there we were running errands in Logan, waiting for someone to tell us we could go to the hospital.

at 9:20am I wasn't having a baby. By 11:20am I was in the hospital getting ready to have a baby

we had only been in the hospital a couple hours and thayne was already tuckered out

I look like heck

Blessing #4:

Riley Russell Mickelson

7 lbs 8 oz 20 inches

born on May 19, 2012

@ 6:37am

After I had Riley we had to drop him off at the NICU to have testing done to see if he had any infections. The nurses told us that it would be about ten minutes then he would be able to come up to my room.
So Thayne and Riley stayed and I went up to my room where I was checked by nurses and then fell asleep. When I woke up, 2 hours later, there was no Thayne or Riley in the room. I was a little panicked but then was told they were down in the NICU.

Blessing #5: Riley had no infections. Even though Riley had no infections the pediatrician decided to put him on antibiotics for 2 days in the NICU just as a precaution. It was hard seeing him hooked up to all the machines.

only a select few were allowed in the NICU so the Mickelsons had to look at him through the window. They were so excited to see him. As soon as the nurse opened the blind to the window they came running.