We started our day at the hospital- started on PIT at 6:00 am and labor got underway ;)
everyone came to visit once my epidural was in-- I was dilated to a 6 here and my water had been broken- Josh and Papa watched the kids through the whole ordeal and they had the time of their lives!
My mom was there for the birth and I cant explain how thankful I am for her support
here we are waiting-- I was at a 7 but really feeling it-- I had a very light epidural- the nurse put me on my side and in less than 10 minutes I was complete and Cavanaugh's heart rate was decelerating- a LOT-- chaos then ensued-- they did a quick vacuum suck and had me basically push my guts out with no contraction and no air-- but he was out in 3 pushes-- very intense pushes. He didn't cry right away = but grunted and cried after a few seconds...
his Apgar was 9/9 meaning he was so very healthy- then about 10 minutes out he decided to have serious trouble breathing-- his oxygen level was great-- but his little chest was pulling so hard
they worked on him for what seemed like forever-- I still hadn't seen him at this point...
he was beautiful though ;)
seriously?! cutest boy alive.
gorgeous!
they decided he needed to go to the NICU for " just a few hours" its been 10-- they are dirty liars.
at this point I got to meet my boy and hold him for a whole 3 minutes before they took him away...
to say it was hard doesn't even describe my feelings.
He is our first NICU baby and I'm very thankful that we haven't had to have this experience before...
there he is in his little "sad baby box" as I call it with the girls.
and here is in the NICU- he is such a little stud and is doing incredibly!
his oxygen saturation is amazing and he only has ttn-- which means that the transition during labor was just too fast
he is still breathing a little fast-- which means that he is on a c pap machine- with room air--
so as soon as his little breathing is a tiny bit calmer- he is ours!
yipee-- he couldn't be cuter- or more enjoyable- I love him.
so all in all we have a LARGE- 8 POUNDS 15 OUNCES - 21 inches long- adorable, strong baby boy-- who is an excited breather ;) can't wait for his brother and sisters to meet him soon ;)
