Introducing Ephram William Kovar

Ephram William Kovar was born on New Year's Eve at 8:45 in the morning. He weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces and wa 19.75 inches long. He was delivered via cesarean section, which went about twice as long as 'normal' because I had some other surgical things to be done. Ephram has to be delivered by c-section because he was in a breech position, and was actually laying transverse at the very top of his space... it is unlikely that the pregnancy would have progressed if left alone. He was really wedged in and required some extra manipulation to come out. As a result he had some extra bruising!

Ephram had some difficulty breathing at first and had to be vacuumed after birth, and then again on his birthday in the NICU. (Don't worry he was only up there for observation for less than an hour and Andy was right there with him! We are all adjusting to life at home now. It has been fun for me to watch both Andy and Charlie develop their relationships with Ephram. Andy is truly amazing with our little boy and has had a lot of extra responsibility as I am recovering from the surgery.

Ephram mostly sleeps, eats and cries still - but we are learning that he is very expressive with his eyes. We really enjoy his alert periods because he makes some of the most adorable faces.

Here are some pictures from his first moments of life in the operatig room.

Andy with our OB - this is actually in our room, I was still numb and stuck in bed!

Just after birth - proud dad!

They let me have my hands free and put Ephram on the corner of my chest. I was so grateful to be able to touch and kiss him during the larger part of my sugery.

Ephram is really good at crying.

On the scale... yes, he winks a lot too.

First photo with Mom and Dad