At the Hospital With Braedyn

Like with his older sister, mommy started getting contractions early in the morning around 2:30 AM. Since daddy was told by several people that the second one usually comes much faster than the first, he got worried when the contractions came closer together and rushed the whole family to the hospital early in the morning. After some inspection at the hospital, the contractions seemed to have slowed down rather than being as close as it was when we left. It seems that they do not count the mild contractions, only the ones that hurt or was more intense... so since mommy's contractions were not yet as consistent (having a mix of intense and mild ones), we all went back home. Daddy decided to stay home that Friday because baby may be coming, and sure enough, after we got home and rested some more, the contractions became stronger later in the day. We called the OBs office ahead of time before we went to the hospital the second time as they would be open by then, and mommy didn't feel that she absolutely had to go to the maternity center right away. Sure enough, after checking mommy, the doctor said, "You're having a baby today." By 3:04PM, after three sets of three or four 10 sec or more pushes, baby Braedyn arrived into the world... just in time for Mother's day.

Mommy thought it was all over after delivering healthy baby Braedyn naturally without any medications or anything, but it was not to be. Mommy ended up losing more blood than normal, and the doctor had to administer some local drugs so they could stitch mommy up. Later on, a few hours later, they discovered that there was still more bleeding, so they had to take mommy to the operating room where they administered a spinal anesthetic and performed surgery to fix mommy up. It was a long and tiring day for the whole family.
Day 2 Morning Pics


Because of mommy's situation, we were at the hospital for two nights with the option to stay a third night. When mommy and daddy decided to leave for home on the third day, they were given the option to do a blood transfusion or to let mommy slowly build up her blood levels since they were critically low... they opted for the later. Per doctors orders, mommy needs to have somebody home and was suggested not to walk around and carry the baby (just in case of any falls or fainting spells)... and of course, no driving. Other than that, she was told to eat iron-rich foods in addition to iron supplements and just take it easy. It felt nice to breath the fresh air and feel the warmth of the sun after being in the hospital the whole time.


Although it will take a while to get mommy's levels back to normal, she is feeling much better every day. We are very grateful to all our friends and fellowship family for all your prayers and help with bringing food, cleaning, running errands and playing with Carolyn during this time. It has been a tremendous blessing, and words cannot express how much we appreciate your love and concern. Thank you.