Little Bit Has Arrived

This is an email that dh sent out:

"FYI -
Carol and I are happy to announce that "Little Bit" was born Saturday at 2:29pm . He was only at 33 weeks (gestational age), and we weren't expecting a scheduled C-section until early November. His "official" due date was Nov 27th.

I took Carol to the hospital last Sunday night, after midnight,
with early bleeding. This was expected given her existing complications with this pregnancy. As a precaution they gave her steroids to trigger the early maturation of Little Bit's lungs, in case they had to deliver within a couple of days. They kept her in Labor & Delivery throughout
the week, trying to get contractions and bleeding under control. She was back-and-forth between the Ante-Partum wing and the labor and delivery room, as her status fluxuated. I spent all of Friday night in L&D with her. I came home at 9am to take the kids to Soccer, but
by 11:30am the Perinatologist had decided that there was a greater risk in delaying the birth. It is good that he did, because of what they found in doing the C-Section, but I will let Carol post about that when she is back home.

Fortunately, everyone is doing well. Little Bit was just about 4lbs even, and cried immediately upon birth (so lungs were mature). He's in really good shape, nice pink color, but will probably spend the next 2 to 3 weeks in the NICU. His facial features, from his
picture on the warmer, looks remarkably like Maestro's picture when
he was born. It will be interesting to see if this holds true. I'll
post a picture later. Carol will probably come home on Wednesday.

- Craig"