An Exciting Sunday

As many of you may have already heard we had a very interesting time Sunday afternoon. We had a wonderful weekend going to the Draper Temple open house and then spending time with family in Ogden and Layton and we got home lat Saturday night. Becky really felt like she had to be back for Nursery since they were going to call some one new to work with her in Nursery in anticipation of her missing several weeks when the baby is born. Well, we finally get ready and make it to Church even a little early.

After the first speaker is finished Becky tells me that she is going to go to the bathroom, so I make sure that the children are properly entertained as the rest hymn starts. By the time the Hymn is over Becky is back and tells me that we need to go to the hospital NOW. I have been feeling that I would need to be ready for anything but I was so taken aback I couldn't even think. Becky repeated "we have to go now" and I started explaining to Ben that we needed to leave. Ben was really upset that he wasn't going to be able to go to Primary and I had to carry him out screaming while Charlie followed in tears as well. Luckily a couple of Sisters in the ward took notice of us and kindly grabbed our children and told us to get out of there..

We left in a hurry and stopped by the house briefly to grab a few emergency supplies and we were off to the hospital. As we were driving Becky began to feel better and was wondering if there was even going to be a problem.

When we got to the hospital we went straight to Labor and Delivery and Becky was hooked up to everything as if she were going to deliver right then. They checked the Baby and he was fine but Becky was contracting lightly. so they wanted to keep her for observation. After a couple of hours her Doctor cam in and checked her and explained that there may have been a tear in the placenta and he thought that it would be safest for the baby to deliver right then.

After the Doctor left the nurses began making preparations for to get Becky started and Becky's contraction began to get worse. She was still given the Pitosin to hurry things along and by 8 o'clock that evening she was ready to deliver. After one push it became obvious that the umbilical cord was wrapped pretty tightly around his neck. The Doctor got it off quickly and then the Baby just kind of fell out. For the most part a pretty easy delivery however recovery has been something more stressful.

Because of a combination of issues, 3 weeks early, a tear in the placenta and the umbilical cord, the newborn has been under a little extra care. He was placed on Oxygen to help him maintain appropriate levels which he could not do on his own. He has extra fluid in his lungs that had not completely drained and he was not breathing as deeply as he should. However everyone is hopeful that by tonight he will be on his own.

Becky also had some additional bleeding that caused some concern but she was able to get it taken care of fairly quickly, but that left her worn out. So unfortunately she has not had much chance to see the baby. Maybe an hour all together since he was born. So we have not exactly decided on a name yet. The other stats are as follows; 6lbs 5oz, 20.5 in.

An additional post will follow with pictures and a final decision on the name.