Little E made his arrival at 35 weeks 4 days. Dh and I knew that he would likely have some problems but had hoped that we were wrong.

When he was delivered he was 6 pounds 4 ounces but not breathing properly. They swept him away to secure his airway and off to special care he went. This afternoon the doctor came down to inform us that he had developed an air leak and they were just going to watch it to see if it would resolve itself. It didn't resolve and got a little worse. They made the decision to move him to an oxygen hood and he seems t be thriving on that but the air leak is still there.

All I can think about is I just want to hold and cuddle him. It broke my heart to see him rooting around and not be able to offer him breast because he is NPO.

I guess I just need some support bees.