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Originally Posted by flamesrule14
Had my little boy today at around 4 pm. Didn't go quite as planned as baby's heart beat was fluctuating every time the wife had a contraction. Was dropping more then they liked and they figured something might be wrong. Eventually at 4cm they decided they couldn't wait and risk anything and we had to do an emergency c section. What a fast process and it seemed like it just happened in an instant. Baby was having a bit of trouble with breathing and they've had to put him on oxygen and are monitoring him for atleast 24 hours maybe 48. They don't seem concerned at all and we are hoping we get to have him tomorrow hopefully.
Been a long day, but man that half hour just flew by. Almost to fast to really soak it all in. Especially sucks when we don't get the little guy to ourselves. Wife's getting a good night sleep and recovering and then hopefully tomorrow we can get our little guy. Such a cutie just can't wait to be able to hold him and not have him hooked on machines.
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Congrats! My wife had an emergency c-section with our little guy, and honestly, it is single-handedly the scariest, worst, best feeling I've ever felt in the world. What appears to be absolute chaos and terror to us, is routine and easy for the team that assembles in like 10 seconds, and then minutes later it's more or less done.
I remember going from tired as hell from 12 hours of labour, to concern when the nurse commented about the heart rate, to absolute panic and shock when the doctor came in and called for the emergency c-section and 5-6 people ran in. I was in such survival mode for my wife that i was trying to calm her down the whole time, until they carted her in the OR, and then the nurse told me to wait outside. Right at that point when she told me to sit and wait, I broke down and bawled like a baby, for what seemed like 10 minutes. Composed myself after a talking to by the nurse, in the OR, tried to keep my wife calm through the drugs, and then absolute utter elation hearing my son cry.
The process our SOs go through to bring a baby into this world, is on another level.