We got a surprise early Sunday morning... our little guy decided to join us on the 'outside'. We woke up to what I thought was my water breaking, but turned out to be heavy bleeding. Of course it was during the worst snowstorm this year so far. But we scrambled around to get ready, got Reese off to Aunt Jodi's house, and headed out for the hospital for (thankfully) the last time this pregnancy. After a while being hooked up to monitors to watch the baby's heartbeat and my contractions, they decided to keep me and get the labor started. I got hooked up on my IV, and started on antibiotics followed slowly by pitocin. When the doctor decided to come in and break my water, I asked for my epidural. Instead, because of my placenta previa condition, he came in to check me and see if a regular delivery would even be possible or if we should go for the c-section. After a painful examination that caused a lot more bleeding, I was informed that c-section was my only option if I didn't want to risk bleeding to death. So I was taken back into the operating room in tears, set up, and about a half hour later we were back in our room with a beautiful and healthy baby boy! He started out with the cord wrapped twice around his neck, which also could have been a lot more dangerous had we attempted a regular delivery. The little guy came into this world at a whoppin' 6 pounds and 4.4 ounces, 19 inches long. A bit different from my 9 pound, 8 ounce girl! But he is healthy as can be, and I'm feeling better all the time. Unfortunately we can't have visitors at the hospital except my Mom and CJ's Mom, so not many of our loved ones have been able to meet him yet, not even his big sister. So we are very excited to be released tomorrow, take him home and let him meet all of his wonderful family and friends. I can't wait to see Reese hold him for the first time. She loves babies!
After such a stressful experience, I have to say how grateful I am to be here in a time with modern medicine at our fingertips. It scares me quite a bit to think that if this pregnancy had happened at an earlier time in history, probably neither the baby or I would have made it through. It's very humbling to know that things like this can happen so fast and everybody can come out of it just fine on the other side. I'm so happy to have my family, and to be going home to my family healthy, with a healthy baby in tow. I truly am a blessed woman!
Reese didn't think this idea was as much fun as I did...
We made a visit to the state fair last week. Reese had a lot of fun but we thought it was overrated. At least on the days you have to pay full price. $40 for admission, two crappy corn dogs, and a bag of kettle corn is a bit much.
After the blessing, we took a drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon to scope out the fall colors for all the family pictures I have coming up in the next couple weeks. It was so beautiful!
