Sawyer James Haskell

Welcome to the world my sweet baby boy!

I was 8 days over my due date. It was horrible! I went in for my induction at 7:30 tuesday the 12. I was given a pill that should start my contractions and was told i would probably get 3 or 4 of those before we started pitocin. Well, it worked so well they started the pit after just one pill. Things were going pretty well my contractions were about 4 minutes apart and were lasting 7 minutes each. It was pretty intense and very painful so we didn't get much sleep that night. Well, about 8 in the morning I was told that the stronger my contractions got the lower his heart rate would drop. I was taken off the pitocin to see how my body and the baby would react. his heart rate continued to drop with each contraction. My dr. broke my water about 10:30 to see if that would speed up the process to get this baby out. It didn't and his heart rate dropped in the 60's. I was told i probably would have a c section, but i was a little concerned and frustrated that they were waiting. i was so worried and very stressed. What if he wasn't ok what was wrong why weren't they listening to me? I talked to my nurse and told her i was very worried and super stressed and that's when my dr. walked in and said his heart rate just dropped to 50 and we are taking you now for an emergency c section. Braydon was getting lunch I called him and said they are prepping me for surgery. He rushed right up. I was told I was going into surgery at 1:15 and i was on the table at 1:25. I was numb from the neck down it was a littl hard to breathe and a lot harder to stay awake. I was crying and very nervous. Braydon watched the whole surgery. He said what they did to me was pretty intense and a Little hard to watch, but he thought it was pretty cool. Well I heard the Dr. say I am pulling the baby out.... then i heard the cord is around his neck twice. So what was happening was every time i would contract the cord would pull tight. They rushed him away and I was waiting to hear him cry. then the most beautiful sound happened I heard my little boy cry. next thing I knew i was out and braydon was waking me up holding my son. It was the most magical and spiritual thing seeing my bestfriend and husband holding the perfect thing we created together. I was so overcome with emotion. We both were. It was scary, but very specail not what i had expected, but i am so grateful it worked out for the best. i am so thankful that he is healthy and everything is fine. He is the most precious little person in the world. I can't believe i lived without him. He is very calm and a very good baby. The nights are a littl hard i think his time clock is a little off so he sleeps a lot during the day and is up all night. Welcome to motherhood. He is wanting to hold his head up and he rolled over today... i was like no!!! you are not growing up and you are not rolling over. I am so grateful for braydon throughout this whole thing. He has been so great and so thoughtful. I am so lucky to have such a great husband and a darling son. I don't want him to grow up, but i'm excited for the journey. We are very lucky. My family has been so great with him too. They have been so helpful. My mom and sister take him all the time for me so I can rest because this c section recovery has been a joke! Who knew how much you used your ab muscles? I am feeling a lot better other then going a little crazy just sitting in my house. I love my baby and i'm so glad he is here!!!!!!! FINALLY. it's been a long time coming.