Sorry for not getting something up earlier but it's been a busy afternoon.
After unsuccesful use of Citotek and Pitosin last night and this morning we made the call to have a c-section at 11:00 this morning and this is the first moment I've had free since.
Suddenly the room was full of doctors, nurses, midwives, anestheticians, and we even got a call from a lawyer, I believe.
Brigit was walked into surgery at about 12:30 and they brought me in about 12:45. Brigit was doing great though slightly weirded out at not being able to feel anything below her sternum. Very, very quickly thereafter they were trying to extract a very recalcitrant baby and eventually they pulled Timber Patrick Stevens out. That's right, it's a boy!
Timber weighed in at 9 pound 4 ounces and 19.5 inches. He has a 14.5" head and a 14.25" chest and a perfectly round head which means he wasn't even close to being squeezed out. With such a large head already and no signs of coming out it was the immediate concensus that the c-section was the right choice.
Apparently there is a little canine in Timber because he has some big paws to grow in to. The nurses and doctors could not stop commenting on the size of his feet and hands.
Brigit is great. She's pretty tired and, hopefully, asleep as I write this. I just got back from Timber Patrick's hearing test and first bath. He's already breast feeding like a champ and is apparently trying to set the record for soiled diapers in the first 24 hours.
I'm sure we'll have much more later.. but for now I'm going to hopefully get some sleep myself and I hope I don't burst the buttons on my pajamas in pride while I sleep.
I'll add pics as soon as possible.
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Congratulations proud pa! I can't wait to meet Timber later today!
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