Announcing...

Our newest arrival...Justin Brody Kuik.

Well, after 36 weeks and a few days (the longest of all my pregnancies) we are so thankful to annouce the birth of our new son.

Justin arrived on Wednesday, May 27th at 6:10pm weighing in at 7lbs5oz.

As you may know I had finished taking all my pre-term labor medications and so it was a matter of wait and see for the last week or so. I had been having lots of contractions and such for weeks and weeks but on wednesday they started to increase and get stronger throughout the day. By the afternoon they were about 6-7 minutes apart so I called the doctor who told me to go to Labor & Delivery to be checked. By the time we arrived around 4:30 the nurse noticed on the contraction monitor that I was actually contracting every 2 - 4 minutes. She called the doctor and he said to prep the OR and he would be over shortly. It all happened rather quickly and our little guy was born just a short while later just after 6pm.

He is doing well, but has been in the nursery since his birth. He has needed a bit of help breathing and keeping his blood sugar levels up. The pediatrician noticed a bit of an infection in one of his lungs she thought after viewing an x-ray shortly after his birth and so he is on IV antibiotics at this time. Today they have been decreasing his oxygen in his little tent and he has been staying stable. When he is on room air (21% oxygen) and staying stable then I will be able to try nursing. I think this will be wonderful for both Justin and his Mom :) It is hard to have a little newborn and not be able to hold and cuddle and nurse right away although Brad and I have both had a chance to hold him a couple of times while we hold the oxygen tube to his face. So sweet to hold our little boy.

We have been so blessed, especially with the birth now of our fourth child (who big brother Braden is very excited about) and also for all the prayers and help we have been recieving so graciously these past months. It is such a blessing from the Lord to have such support around us all the time. Thank you for what you have done for our family!!