Baby Sawyer

 38.2 weeks!

 Our first family photo

Well, in my defense I did say that my next post would be me holding my newborn in my arms.... Baby Sawyer is here! And has been for 3 weeks haha. We are absolutely loving it. I am now officially a stay at home (mostly in my room) mom. It's great! I guess I will start at the beginning... well at 36 weeks, that's when things got going. I had a beautiful pregnancy. I can count on one hand the number of times I threw up, and half of those times I was brushing my teeth. I worked up until 37 wks without much complaint. I was very content being pregnant, there was no real rush to be done other then I wanted to see the little guy. We had even taken a Hypnobirthing course and were excited to use the techniques we had learned. At my 36 wk appt I was dilated to a 1 and baby was in position... At 37 wks I was dilated to a 2 and found out that what we thought was a head was actually feet and, oh ya I had high blood pressure, and that's when everything perfect came to a screeching halt. Dr. O did a quick ultrasound to confirm and yep my baby boy was breech. We sat in the dr's office listening to him explain all my options (all 2 of them). Basically we could schedule a day to try and flip him, or schedule a day for a c-section.... I opted for my own option of wait and see. He agreed to let me wait till the following week. Well, of course nothing changed the next week (it was now tues). We talked more and decided to schedule the c-section for Friday, also went over to the hospital to do a non stress test just to be safe. Well, now I was anxious!! I wanted that baby asap lol. On Fri morning at 5:15 AM we arrived at the hospital. I was admitted into a hospital for the first time in my whole life. I put on the awful gown, got an IV which wasn't as bad as the nurse made me think it would be. Then sat around while I was pumped full of fluids. Dr. O came in and did a final ultrasound to verify Sawyers position, which was still breech. They had me walk to the OR room and sit on a bed where I awaited the spinal block. I had a wonderful nurse who held my shoulders while they did the numbing, which also wasn't as bad as I was prepared for. By this point though my whole upper half (it's all I can feel now) is shaking like crazy, guess I was nervous. They laid me down, scrubbed me up, and called in Tyler and the doc. I love my doctor and he quickly started chatting with me to put me at ease. Tyler sat at my head the whole time talking me through it all, he is wonderful. It was the strangest sensation I have ever experienced. I could feel pressure, but no pain (thankfully). It was quick and easy and soon enough I had a beautiful baby boy! Once he was out I was a lot calmer. Tyler left with Sawyer and we all chatted while I was sewn back together. I spent and hour in recovery then on to my room where I finally got to hold him. I have pics of me holding him, but I don't remember it haha. Here are some pics from the hospital.