Wednesday, December 26, 2007

 

Prayer Request

I'm a tad weary today, as Christmas evening was a bit eventful. About 4:30 P.M., Angela started having regular contractions. By 6:30 P.M., they were about 8 minutes apart. By midnight (now at St. Mary's Hospital), the contractions were closer together, stronger, but not strong enough. Plus, we were still at 1 cm dilation, even after walking the halls and trying other techniques to catalyze labor.

It was at this point that we had a heart-to-heart with our doctor. It seems that our hopes of a normal delivery were too pie in the sky. Our boy is simply toooooooo big.

The C-section is set for tomorrow morning. I'm not one to go asking for prayer requests on this blog at every turn, but I'm making an exception for this.

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You got it. I went through the same situation. Had three VBAC's afterward without any trouble. Last one larger than the first! C's are easier to recover from, imo. So while it's a disappointment it's not all bad news.

God bless you all.
 
Kay -

You know, it isn't even a sense of disappointment. I'm kind of surprised by that.

Angela just wants the end to come. She's been completely miserable for well over a month now (and that's probably shorting her some tough months), and with being overdue...

Well, I guess the 9+ month adventure is near an end, with all new adventures to come.

Cheers,

Rob
 
My prayers are immediately dispatched for a safe delivery for the baby and Angela both. Nicole and I are praying for you.

I was delivered by C-section. I don't know what anyone else thinks, but I think I turned out alright.
 
My c-section recovery has been one of the hardest things I've had to go through in my life - over 6 months later, I'm still in pain - though less every day now. But I had some complications.

I really hope that your wife has a nice easy recovery. I'm sure Kay means well - but don't let anyone tell you or your wife that a c-section is the easy way out. Someone told me that and it was not helpful. It's major abdominal surgery - and then you're expected to take care of a new baby on top of it all!

Be good to your wife. Don't let her do too much.

Good luck.
 
I didn't intend to say a C-section was 'the easy way out'. For me, it was easier to recover from, despite being major surgery, than my VBACs. Your mileage will vary.

Certainly do not rush recovery. A great suggestion I received was to spend the first two weeks in my jammies and bathrobe. This reminded ME that I was still in recovery and reminded any well-meaning friends that dropped in that I wasn't really ready to receive visitors.

Hopefully, the C-section went well and mom and dad are giddy over the new Huddleston and the new Huddleston is healthy and content in his/her new world.
 
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