Last belly picture the night before we left for the hospital, Sunday July 1st:
We had to be at the hospital at 5am Monday morning. It was a very long day for us that didn’t go quite as expected. My water was broke at 6:30am, and I didn’t start pushing until 5pm. After 2 hours of pushing and getting no where, I had to have a cesarean. I was so disappointed in myself, but after the looks on my doctor’s face I knew it was the right thing to do. I was exhausted. Turns out the baby was transverse.
We made the decision at 7pm to go in for the surgery. Craig gowned up, and had to go tell the family the news. It wasn’t easy for him either. We were both extremely scared at this point. I was in the operating room by 7:10, and our baby was born at 7:26pm.
We hadn’t found out the sex of the baby, so Craig and I were anxiously waiting for the doctor to say what it was. I swear I heard the doctor say “watch his penis” but I was under the influence of quite a few medications at the time. Craig heard a couple of the nurses say “girl” and then they told us “It’s a Boy!”. We both had tears rolling down our face as we watched the nurses clean our screaming baby boy.
Louis Edward Hick
Born 7/2/12 @ 7:26pm
Weight: 7# 5.5oz, Height: 19.5”
Light Brown Hair, Blue Eyes
It was amazing to finally meet our baby boy!
We spent the next three days in the hospital, and each day was filled with visiting friends and family members wanting to meet Little Louis.
We were finally able to come home on Thursday afternoon.
We just can’t get over how amazing he is! We love absolutely everything about him. Words can’t even describe.
