We started the day bright (well really dark) and early....4:30 am, after little to no sleep. We had to be at the hospital at 5:30 for a 7:30 scheduled c section. We got checked in and the nurse put in my IV and gave me a few
meds to get ready for surgery, then let us rest while we waited for Doctor Weldon. They finally came in to get us at 7:45, gave me some
meds to settle the acids in my stomach and Paul got into his scrubs. We walked to a very cold OR where Paul waited outside while I got my spinal OUCH and got all ready for surgery. Paul came in and then Doctor Chang came in to assist. We know Doctor Chang from Jakob's second year of preschool. He is the father of twins that were in his class. They started the surgery and after a lot of tugging and pressure, our wonderful John
Maddux came out crying at 8:05 am. Doctor Chang said it was Jakob the second and Doctor Weldon said hi John. They held him up for me to see and started cleaning him up. They weighed him and measured him and then handed him off to his Daddy for some snuggling and a wonderful meeting. He weighed in at 7lbs 7.8 oz and measured 20 1/4" with a 14" head.
While they cleaned me up Daddy got to hold and snuggle John until it was time to go to the recovery room. At that point I finally got to hold my baby boy. What a wonderful moment. It was love at first sight. They took us to the recovery room for about 45 minutes where Daddy fed John his first bottle....1 oz and by the time we were coming out of recovery I was already able to move my left foot. They got me back into my room and we let my parents know that we were ready for for them to come visit.
Around 10:15, Jakob and Grandma and Grandma came to meet John. Jakob came in and was very excited to see his baby brother. He got to hold him right away and again.....love at first sight. They hung around until around 11, when Grandma and Grandpa took Jakob to school and John got his first bath and some shots. Grandma and Grandpa came back up to visit for awhile and then Uncle Ray Ray came up to meet his new nephew. After that we had some rest time and I got full use of my legs back fairly quickly. Around 5:30 Grandma Pam and Aunt Leanne came to meet John and visited until around 7. After that Aunt Karen, Nana, and Kim came to visit and I was able to get up and move from the bed to the rocking chair. I got back into bed and our visitors for the day were gone for the night. We got ready for a long night with little sleep. John developed a gas bubble that had us up for awhile and of course nurses where in and out all night long checking us both out.
Daddy....minutes after birth and Mommy too
