From the Torture Museum:

Here's the old hip brace that my parents found in their closet:

This is my mom getting ready to leave the hospital with me 34 years ago:

Finally, here's me and John with Aubree the first day that she was put into the harness. Thank goodness for the upgrade in medical devices!
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Aubree's First Week

Today Aubree turned one week old. What a wonderful week for us! We were in the hospital recovering Friday-Monday. We finally came home about 10:30 PM Monday night. Aubree already has so many people that love her and came to meet her in the hospital while we were there.

Since the hospital, we've had to spend a lot of our time running from one doctor appointment to another. Sweet Aubree was diagnosed with bilateral hip dysplacia. She has to wear an annoying little harness to hold her hips in place so the bone won't grow with them out of socket. I had the same condition as a newborn, so I don't know why it never crossed my mind that it might happen to her. I was a breech delivery and had to wear a brace to correct my hips for three months as a newborn. The risk factors for hip dysplacia are:

• female
• first born
• runs in the family
• breech

Aubree met the criteria for every risk factor! Her orthopedist thinks she'll be able to correct it with the brace in three months. She will have to go in weekly to make sure that it's developing correctly. Please pray for her that the brace will fix the problem completely.
Unfortunately, the brace is getting in the way of some of her cutest outfits, so my mom has been helping me go through her things to see what she can wear with it.
We had a visit with the pediatrician yesterday because she had lost close to 10% of her body weight in the hospital and they wanted to make sure that she got it back up. She wasn't eating a lot in the hospital but has been a hearty eater since we've come home. Just like her mama! We were so happy to hear that she has regained nearly all of her weight. Her birth weight was 7 lbs 6 oz and yesterday she was 7 lbs 5 1/2 oz. She's also grown an inch already! I'm so happy that she's growing so well but a little sad that I won't have a tiny baby for long.
We love sweet little Aubree and are so thankful for everyone's prayers and support.
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Aubree Ann Laurell

Aubree Ann Laurell is here!

January 8, 2010

10:07 am

19 1/2 inches
We love her! More to come soon.

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Aubree Ann Laurell

Baby Laurell Will Be Born Tomorrow!

Just a quick note to let you know that Baby Laurell will be born tomorrow by C-section. She is still breech so Dr. Pinell scheduled a C-section for her to make her way safely into this world.
We are very excited and a little nervous about all that will take place in the next 24 hours. We can't wait to meet this little girl!
Please say a prayer for us and for her that all will go well!