A lot has happened since my last posting.
Andrew John (AJ) was born by scheduled c-section on August 7th at 6:24 pm. He was 8 lbs 7 ozs and 19 3/4 inches long. I had a hard time coping with the fact I wasn't going to have the natural birth I had dreamt of and planned for. AJ was breech and had been since I started getting monthly ultrasounds at 20 weeks. I tried everything on spinningbabies including chiropractic and acupuncture. I was not willing to try external version for fear of something terrible happening to our baby boy and ending up in a c-section anyway.
Here is my last belly shot before going to the hospital the next day:
It was an odd feeling waiting the entire day on the 7th to head to the hospital as we had to arrive at 3:30 pm. We were placed in a standard L&D room and I was prepped for surgery.
I had a hard time being in the OR but felt better when Chris could join me and we heard our son cry for the first time. AJ stayed in the OR instead of going to the nursery for his first bath like they normally do but there was a baby explosion that week and Chris got to hold him while they finished my surgery. It was awesome to be together. I was able to hold him in recovery. Skin-to-skin and breastfeeding were really important to me so being able to do that made the c-section experience a lot better.
My favorite photo...holding my son for the first time.
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I love the first picture of you two! How special that he stayed with you and Chris after his birth!! Yay for a healthy baby and mom! I got my picture in the mail today! Thank you! He is so super cute!!
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