Charlotte Amalie Knickerbocker

She's here.... at 12:15 pm Charlotte made her appearance weighing in at 1.2 lbs and measuring 11 inches tall. She was born at 24+2 weeks gestational age.
This morning Amanda developed the inevitable infection that comes with ruptured membranes. Due to the infection she started to go into labor, but the baby had flipped and was now a breech presentation (feet first). So the decision was made to perform a C-Section. Amanda did well during the C-Section which went very quickly.
When Charlotte was delivered she was rushed to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) for resuscitation and we were able to see her about 2 hours later.
She is doing well for being so young. She is intubated and on a ventilator. She has access lines in her umbilicus, and is in an incubator. The good news is she is breathing room air on the vent, which means that she does not require supplemental oxygen to get her oxygen saturation levels up. A good sign for the maturity of the lungs.

The said that things will be a roller coaster. Some days will be good and other days will be bad. They are expecting to keep her in the NICU at least until June best case scenario.

I am not trying to make a political point when I say this:
Thank you to everyone that pays taxes so that my family can have health insurance. We are very appreciative at this time that we can get the care that we need for Charlotte without worry of financial ruin or having to choose which treatments we can afford. Again, I am not trying to be political. I just want to express my gratitude to all of you.

Amanda is recovering well. She got a vertical incision on the uterus which will necessitate future (if we ever do this again) C-sections at 34 wga. She is currently receiving antibiotics for the infection and is taking a nap.

Sorry for the disjointed nature of this post. Just random thoughts from a frazzled father.

Thank you for all of your support and concern. It has really been touching though all of this.