Saturday, May 2, 2009

Our baby boy is finally here!

Finally our baby boy arrived March 21st at 10:09am. Weighing 8 pounds, 21 inches long. He is adorable and such a lovely new addition to our family. The delivery was exceptional, we delivered at Overland Park Regional Medical Center and the staff was top notch. We arrived at the hospital at 8am and my doctor came in shortly after and said, its birth day! After calling our parents and a few others we moved along smoothly to the delivery room, I hadn't eaten a thing this time around so that was good. Mary was in our triage and was able to move with us to the delivery room, which was really nice because she cared for us during my last hospital visit under two weeks before. As they brought me to the delivery room, I was very anxious about the c-section, last time with the twins I had the sensation that I couldn't breathe due to the spinal. As they were preparing my back, I was chanting my prayers over and over in a low voice, I was relying solely on Jesus to get me through this and it was on His strength alone. After the surgery Mary had told me she thought she could hear me praying and she wanted me to know she was praying for me too. Everything went so smoothly, praise God. This time I could breathe easy and I could even hear music playing in the back ground (one song in particular that I remember is Peter Gabriel, In your eyes). Then the nurse told Mike, okay now is the time to roll your video...Dr Younglove announced, it's a boy! We were beyond he moon. I could hear him cry and I couldn't wait to hear how much he weighed and how long he was. I also wanted to be sure he looked like Austin. Austin got to be in Daddy's arms while they sewed me up. It was such a pleasurable experience compared to the organized chaos that we felt with the twins. With Alex and Ella there were two neonatal teams ready to take the babies and about 20 people in surgery all having their specific tasks. A doctor telling me they are taking my babies, here are their bracelets...all while they are finishing my surgery and i couldn't breathe. Any who, Austin is here now HOORAY!

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