Huxley Thane Golden

I guess I should write about Huxley's birth before I forget! Here's the last picture of me pregnant at 38.5 weeks. This is my face when I realized it was really happening. I went in on Monday, November 9 at 8:00 a.m. for my last weekly visit. I did the usual urine deposit and it revealed I had protein present. My blood pressure was also in the 140's. When the doctor did a cervical exam, I was dilated to 3 and almost completely effaced. I had a stomach virus all weekend and was not sure if I was in labor or if the pain was from the virus. As it turns out, I was sent over to labor and delivery to get the show on the road. Since I was scheduled just a few days later on November 12th for my Csection, the doctor decided we needed to go ahead now rather than me go into hard labor and need to come back in for an emergency. 
I got hooked up and ready to go with an iv of fluids and penicillin (since I tested positive for group b strep), they also put in some pepto to help with nausea. 
Here we are in the OR. The nurses are so wonderful. I am terrified at this point because of having major surgery and thinking about every little thing that can go wrong, but trying to focus on seeing that sweet baby face that we had been waiting so long to see. The nurses have me warm blankets and that definitely helped calm the shaking. Once my spinal block was in place, I was able to fully relax and wait to hear his first cry. 

As they were working, the doctor commented on how big Huxley was. He had to get a stool to pull him out of my pelvis. His head was lodged quite rightly. Once he got him out though, we heard his sweet cry for the first time. 
He needed some extra suction because he wasn't able to let out as many cries that were required to clear out his lungs. 
They brought him over so I could meet him for the first time. It was love at first sight. He was so warm and smelled so good! 
I was glad my arms weren't numb so I could touch him! 

He was born at 11:29 a.m. And was 7 lbs 13 oz. He was 19 3/4 inches long. 
Haly meeting him for the first time was so sweet. She just melted with love. She is already a fabulous big sister and a huge help. 
Malachi was so excited that he cried. He loves his little brother and misses him so much while he is at school. 
Pax was so funny! He said, "it's a boy? Yes!" As if he didn't know all along it was a boy. He is very gentle and thinks I feed Hux through my stomach. 
Chilling in his bassinet. 

Huxley Thane all ready to go home to our crazy, big, loving family. It's crazy how you feel like you've always known someone even when you've just met them. It seems like he has always been a part of our family. He is very sweet natured and loves to sleep, eat, and poop-as babies do. 











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