Breck Dylan Boydstun is finally here! We are so excited to welcome our little one to the world. At last week's appointment, it became apparent that things were not going to go by plan. The doctor suspected that Breck was huge, way too big for me to safely deliver him. I was a bit freaked out at the idea of having to have a c-section but the look on the doc's face when she saw how big his head was, convinced me it would be very painful to try and have him naturally. As we found out yesterday, there was no way he could have been delivered naturally. Breck not only was big (8lbs. 11 oz.), 21 1/2 inches long with a 14 cm head, he also had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck twice. So, we arrived at the hospital at 5:30 a.m. on August 27th with an expected c-section at 7:30 a.m. We had a few complications along the way - the spinal block made me sick so I started throwing up causing the hospital staff to scramble and have to break scrub to keep me from aspirating it. Then, the throwing up kept the block from taking effect. After a few tests, the anesthesiologist was about to just have to put me under instead and that would have kept Brian from being able to be there. I was so sad at the thought of him missing Breck's birth, even though I would have happily been knocked out to avoid the panic that was starting to take over my entire being. At the last minute, the block worked, so everything was a go. Before I knew it, I looked over to the left (at 8:04 a.m.) and saw this beautiful baby being cleaned off. I was pretty out of it but it just hit me how strange it was to be pregnant one minute and without experiencing childbirth (I mean I was numbed up and there was a curtain keeping me from seeing anything), it was just surreal to think that what I was looking at was really my little boy. Oh, and it seemed that Breck wanted to make an entrance so the doc had to place an amazing amount of pressure on my abdomen just to pop his head out! Then this huge waterfall shoots into the air and all over the doc. As she hands him off to the nurse, he does it again and pees all over her too! They took us back to recovery where I had a few complications. After a few extra hours, they got everything under control, and we were finally released to postpartum where some friends and family came later to meet Breck.
We are now 24 hours into Breck's existence... He has been amazing! With as active as he was all the time I carried him, I expected him to be all over the place. Instead, we have this sweet little boy that is nothing but calm. I know babies tend to be sleepy their first day anyway but into day two they usually become very fussy due to digestion and other bodily functions starting to work. This child is quiet and happy still. The only thing that bugs him is being naked! So a little fussing when he gets changed but stops as soon as he's warm again. And he would have slept through the entire night last night had I not tried to wake him to feed him. I hope that is a great sign of what's to come. Regardless - Brian and I are so very blessed and in awe of God's goodness. We couldn't be happier.
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