After waiting all night and have way through the day today, Julie was having strong contractions, all the monitors said so. Unfortunately, while Thomas was handling labor well Julie could not get passed a 5 on a scale that goes to 10. The contractions were not causing the progress they were supposed to. A decision was made, we had little choice in it, that while baby was still doing well a C-section would be performed. Twenty minutes later Julie was being wheeled in the O.R. and a couple minutes after that we had a beautiful baby boy just 37 weeks old. Strong, and healthier than anyone expected he scored 9 and 9 and weighed in at 5 lbs 9.8 oz, just 17 inches long, Thomas quieted right down and settled into daddy's arms. He had a little squeak when he first cried, and concerned about fluid in his lungs he was sent to the NICU just in a transitional state, meaning he wasn't being admitted just checked more closely. What a beautiful blessed day this was both mom and dad were so proud.
After arriving at the NICU with dad, the cardiologists performed the echo to double check his heart, all was as expected, and he was to be discharged to the healthy baby nursery. Mom was doing great in recovery they stapled her up nice and she was progressing well as well. I brought the camera back to Julie so she could see the pictures of Thomas I had taken. After checking on mom I headed back to be with Thomas. That's where I found the cardiologist and the bad news. Just after I left they had taken one more picture of his heart and he appeared to have a narrowing in his Aorta that could be dangerous and require immediate surgery as soon as the fetal valves began to close (usually within 24 hours of birth). Thomas would be staying in the NICU. I took the news back to Julie, it was a very emotional time for us. We were so glad to have our little angel here, and so sad he couldn't be with us.
After waiting all night and have way through the day today, Julie was having strong contractions, all the monitors said so. Unfortunately, while Thomas was handling labor well Julie could not get passed a 5 on a scale that goes to 10. The contractions were not causing the progress they were supposed to. A decision was made, we had little choice in it, that while baby was still doing well a C-section would be performed. Twenty minutes later Julie was being wheeled in the O.R. and a couple minutes after that we had a beautiful baby boy just 37 weeks old. Strong, and healthier than anyone expected he scored 9 and 9 and weighed in at 5 lbs 9.8 oz, just 17 inches long, Thomas quieted right down and settled into daddy's arms. He had a little squeak when he first cried, and concerned about fluid in his lungs he was sent to the NICU just in a transitional state, meaning he wasn't being admitted just checked more closely. What a beautiful blessed day this was both mom and dad were so proud.
After arriving at the NICU with dad, the cardiologists performed the echo to double check his heart, all was as expected, and he was to be discharged to the healthy baby nursery. Mom was doing great in recovery they stapled her up nice and she was progressing well as well. I brought the camera back to Julie so she could see the pictures of Thomas I had taken. After checking on mom I headed back to be with Thomas. That's where I found the cardiologist and the bad news. Just after I left they had taken one more picture of his heart and he appeared to have a narrowing in his Aorta that could be dangerous and require immediate surgery as soon as the fetal valves began to close (usually within 24 hours of birth). Thomas would be staying in the NICU. I took the news back to Julie, it was a very emotional time for us. We were so glad to have our little angel here, and so sad he couldn't be with us.
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