The clot at the base of the umbilical cordThis morning Koa Metekingi Giles was born, at 4:24 am.
He had a bit of a rough start.
I had dialated to a 6 by the time we got to the hospital, and it only took an hour and a half to get to an 8, by the time I was at a 9 the doctor came over and was all ready to deliver, but our poor babies heart rate kept dropping, it was supposed to be between 110 and 160, it was over 160 during the contractions and dropped to 60 once the contractions were over.
I expected to go natural as I did with Mana but there were a ton of complications with this baby.
He was face up, or sunny side up as the nurse kept saying, and the doctor couldnt turn him.
Then with his heart rate so low they were worried he wasnt getting enough oxygen, and then he had already had a bowel movement, so the decided to give me a c-section.
Once he was out they could see his umbilical cord had a clot at the base, so they figured that was the reason his heart rate was dropping so low.
He spent his first few hours being monitored in the nursery, and he was brought into our room at 11 am.
He is alot smaller than Mana, he was 7 pounds 6 ounces, 18 1/2 inches long and he has ALOT of hair on his head, face, back pretty much his whole body .
He is a beautiful little boy!
Atleast I went early this time and didnt go two weeks over due.
11 comments:
Congrats you guys! So happy you and baby are okay! we love you! Can't wait for these 2 to get together
congratulations!!!! Koa is SO cute! Let us know if you need anything.
he's adorable! we're glad that everything worked out. hope you have a great recovery!
Congrats you guys! He is adorable. :) We will call you guys sometime this week to hopefully come by and see how ya'll are doing. Love the name!!
congratulations!!! He is adorable!!! I am so glad everything turned out great in the end...it must have been scary while it was going on though...i guess you have to always expect the unexpected with children ;) Good luck to all of you Giles :)
Congrats Giles Family. We can't wait to come by and see him. He is adorable. love you guys.
congrats what a beautiful baby boy!!
Congratulations! He is beautiful!
congratulations giles family! i'm glad baby is here and healthy! he's precious. can't wait to see more pics! :)
um u've been home since mon, its fri. i expect a new blog soon! maybe stephen can blog bout havin TWO kids hahahaha
Yay!!!! WE'll be over soon to check things out! He is adorable! Welcome to the world Koa!
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