So, we had our superman last Thursday! (Yup, the day before my birthday.) I won't go too much into details but I will say it was the most perfect delivery ever! You name it and it was perfect. No tearing, no episiotomy, epidural worked like a charm, pushed out in just 2 contractions, he got a 9 out of 10 on the A.P.G.A.R. test right when he was born and a 10 out of 10 2 minutes later. He is superman! The nurses said they have never seen such a perfect birth or baby and never given such a high A.P.G.A.R. test.
Grannie was there. She was the first to kiss superman. She is also the one who found out that if you patted his bum he would immediately quite down. Michael joked and said it was his kryptonite.
Later that day Joy (my twin) brought the kids in to see little super-boy. I need to add here that joy is super awesome!!! She came a week before and helped with the kids so I could relax, then took the kids while I went to the hospital and then took them back to Shreveport for a week so that I could heal while mom helped me with superman.
Thursday night wasn't quite as awesome but just showed how much of a trooper Evan is. The nurse came in and said she heard a murmur and that his breathing was fast. It's suppose to be 60 breaths a minute or under and he was around 100. So he went to stay in the nursery under careful watch. Hooked up to lots of monitors. Mom or Michael stayed by his side 24-7 and I had to go and feed him and then leave so I could recover. It was very hard. Superman was awesome though. Everything he was uncharged of was perfect. He was calm an relaxed, he learned to feed from the very start and he got better quickly. At this point he still didn't have a name so everyone called him superman. We were able to leave the hospital on time because he was so super at healing. - miracles and blessings upon miracles and blessings.
He came back into the regular hospital room very late Friday night. He had fluid in the lungs (TTN) that had been the reason for the breathing difficulty but was under control now and the murmur was a valve closing that is completely normal. Totally healthy baby.
So, now that he was back and we could breath ourselves we started thinking of names. At one point we thought of Duke because he kind of looks like John Wayne. We also thought of Clark since he was/is superman but Evan Fox won out. Fox is a Babcock family name.
So now we have our wonderful Evan Fox (a.k.a. Superman). :)
~ Working on a video
2 comments:
Yeah for miracles and blessings! What a kind and generous sister you have, enjoy your one-on-one time with the newbie. Glad he's here and healthy and that he has an awesome name:)
it is hard to have so much information available from monitoring and to understand which parts you don't have to worry about
VERY happy to have all this wonderful news and your witness of the miracles and blessings.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
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