A little earlier than anticipated, baby CJ has arrived! Chance Jaden was born at 7:55am, weighing in at 7lbs 5oz and 20 inches long.
Both mom and baby are in recovery after a hard day’s work, and are doing great. As for dad, I’m at home attempting to catch up on some sleep and making sure the rest of the crew gets off to school tomorrow.
In fact, I’m sure everyone is resting easy right now. This has been a long, difficult road that ended with a final twist.
Timeline
2:00am – Allison starts to feel some contractions. Nothing major, just enough to wake her from sleep and feel uncomfortable.
3:00am – Water broke!
3:30am – Heading for the hospital. Warp speed, Mr. Sulu.
5:00am – Strong contractions about 2 minutes apart. Epidural administered.
6:00am – Baby’s heartbeat becomes erratic, then high. Mom has a serious drop in blood pressure.
7:00am – OR prepped for emergency C-Section. Doctors do not want further risk to mom and baby.
There were some pretty intense moments in the early hours of the morning. My wife was barely aware of what was going on around her, but long story short, she didn’t take to the medication very well. At all. I was cool as a cucumber up to that point, expecting that everything would just be status-quo.
I tried to be the rock as best I could, meanwhile feeling completely helpless and in control of nothing. I have new found respect for nurses and doctors, and what they’re capable of.
Thank you for keeping mom and baby safe.
When we returned to our room, I learned that CJ had an APGAR score of 8.9, which is about as good as it gets. As for mom, well…she’s doing okay, but still not handling the medication well and has a lot of nausea. She’s had a busy day with a lot of visitors, and more to come tomorrow. She’s been a champ through it all.
As for Little Man, he’s a fighter. He remained alert and active for several hours until finally resting at about 1:30pm. I can’t wait to bring them both home.
