My first days at the Hospital

It was busy at the hospital and it took some days before my mother had enough food for me. Because of that my level of bloodsugar was a bit too low and I also had a little bit of icterus (jaundice) which made me tired. So they woke me up every 3 hours to give me some milk with sugar and also took bloodtest in my heel every 6 hours so I was quite fed up and had pain in my feet. Eventually after 5 days they found out both me and my mother was doing so well that we could go home.
Finally I could use my own clothes and they put me in a kind of bag and my father carried me out of the hospital and out in the big cold world.

Videos from my second day:
http://profile.imeem.com/1RxvknY/video/m-rWQVGj/baby_2_movies_video/
http://profile.imeem.com/1RxvknY/video/iHVNll7W/eyes_opened_movies_video/

Preparing to go home:
http://profile.imeem.com/1RxvknY/video/n-ceAla_/going_home_1_movies_video/
http://profile.imeem.com/1RxvknY/video/H5skQcsn/going_home_2_movies_video/

Sunday 7th of October

This morning I decided to go for it...it seemed it caused a lot of pain for my mother as well but I had to go out of this place. Without much water it's not so comfortable to stay here any longer...not at all like before.
The midwife put some things around my mother's stom to meassure my heartbeat and the contractions. When the contractions were on top my heartbeat fell too much and the doctors didn't like it, they were concerned for my wellbeing and I must admit it was quite hard each time.
A few times they took bloodsamples from my head while I was inside to check if everything was ok with me.
I was supposed to move downwards into a channel to get out and I did as best as I could but apparently my head got stuck or some kind of wrong position so for many hours it was not much progress and I couldn't do it. Eventually the doctors decided to take me out another way and, oh boy, that was quikly. I saw some strong lights and heard something coming through my mothers belly and suddenly some hands lifted me out...I was so shocked and surprised that I immediately started to cry...and all those strong lights and I also felt a bit cold.
I saw my mother for a few seconds but I had to go with a nurse and my father to get weighed and meassured and finally some clothes and a small bed on wheels. I was 3515 g and 51 cm long; quite normal they said and I was born at 15.40 in the afternoon.
For a long time I was together with my father waiting for mom to be ready to see me. Finally I could lie down with her again....I knew it was her because I recognized her heartbeat and also I tried to suck her nipple in hope for something to drink but not much yet.
It had been a hard day for both of us so we tried to relax and sleep but if you have ever been to a hospital you'll know it's not easy because so much is going on there. Later that night another newborn baby came to my room and she was so noisy that it was hard for us to sleep.

You can see my first video here:
http://profile.imeem.com/1RxvknY/video/KsnBBZ9T/hallvard_baby_shortfilm_video/

The day before I was born

It was a sunny, cool October Saturay afternoon my parents had just been out buying a bed for me and my father had just finished putting it together and my mother was lying down for a rest...then I decided that enough was enough and I broke the waterbubble that surrounded me so my mother got completely wet. All the time I've been in there I have jumped and kicked as much as I liked and now I gave it an extra strong kick. That worked!
They quickly gathered some things and took a taxi to the Hospital. At the Hospital they checked my mother and me and measured my heartbeat etc. I started to wonder what all this fuzz was about and thought maybe I had done some terribly wrong by bursting the bubble and I noticed that things were not so comfortable anymore so I decided to take it easy for a while. My mother and me stayed over the night at the Hospital but unfortunately my father had to go home.