Baby Will arrived at 3:22 am on Feb. 15th via emergency c-section. He is absolutely precious and perfect in every way. He was 7 lbs. 12 oz. and 19 3/4 inches long. Kim and Chucky could not be happier or more in love with anything. Mommy and baby are doing well and should be coming home tomorrow!
Will was due on Valentine's Day so we knew he would be a sweetheart. During Kim's weekly doctor's appointment the Wednesday before she was already 4 cm. dialated but no baby. I would text my brother daily with, "Still no baby?" and he would just say, "nope". Well at noon on Valentine's Day Kim got up to let the dog out and her water broke. She was so ready for him to be born and he was courteous enough to start the process on his scheduled day. By the time they got to the hospital and got into a room it was 2 in the afternoon. She wasn't really having very strong contractions so they just waited it out. The day went on with no dialation. I thought it would go so fast since she was already 4 cm., but what do you know, I was wrong. I got to the hospital around seven thirty or eight to keep them company. My mom and sisters arrived and we all just waited it out together. At 1:00 they started her on pitocin. This brought on contrations but still no big progress. Around two thirty they started moving her around because the baby wasn't tolerating the contractions very well. By three I told my brother I may have to go home before Will was born so I could be with Cameryn while Josh leaves for work. Not five minutes after I said that, the nurses come rushing in. The baby's heart rate was going down and they needed to deliver him right away.
They unplugged everything and wisked Kim away. Chucky was shocked and scared. We prayed and then I had to leave the room. It seemed like eternity to him before the nurse came back into the room where he was to give him a sterile suite to go into the operating room with Kim. The whole time he waited we texted back and forth. I tried to reassure him but the truth is I wasn't sure. I had faith in the doctors and most importantly in God, but they took her so fast and the nurses were running down the hall I didn't know what to think. I can't imagine what was going through his mind. His whole life was in that operating room. After Kim was prepped and ready they finally came to get Chucky and take him in there. Ten or fifteen minutes later we had Will.
It was a crazy, wonderful night. I got home at 5:45 am and Camy got up at 7:30. Let me just say, I was tons of fun to play with that day! Thank goodness for Finding Nemo! Cameryn will get to meet her baby cousin soon. Like I said, they should be home tomorrow and everyone is doing great. Parents are exhausted and baby is happy and healthy. What more could you ask for. God is good.
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