Every birth has a story that winds and twists with the weather. Ours was no different. We arrived at the hospital at 5:30 pm on Wednesday after enduring three days of induction processes with minimal sleep in between. Things were finally moving after being 11 days overdue.
As the evening passed into night more induction tactics were introduced, some successes, some failures. As the entire unit commented; we tried and used every tool in the box, every weapon in the arsenal and the whole buffet, but alas there was no dilation passed five. Our baby was stuck. With no other options it was off to the OR for an emergency C section due to a fluctuating heartbeat.
The team in the OR quickly worked and popped out our boy at 6:03 am Thursday August 27. Healthy and hearty at 7lbs 7 oz.
As terrified as my wife was of the C section she was a champion even though a few tears streamed down her right cheek. She never ceases to amaze me, and I have never been so proud of her. She is now getting some well deserved rest with her latest accomplishment under her belt - Mother.
Born in the predawn smokey skies of Southern, Alberta, it was 12C with light winds out of the south.
Meet Franklin Peter
