Nathan

Nathan Lofi was born 12/2 weighing 9 lbs 8 oz, 20 1/2 inches long. It was quite a wild ride for us. We got to the hospital around 5 am, after having contractions since 1 the afternoon before. I wanted to wait as long as I could for the epidural, since that slows down the labor and James was so long I wanted to have this one go faster. The nurses advised against it, but I wanted to hang on as long as I could. The nurse said the Dr would come in and break my water and I said I would do the epidural after that. The Dr. came in around 9. I was at a 7, when he broke the water, I went to a 9 and the baby dropped and the cord wrapped around his neck. The Dr. worked and worked to get the cord away from his neck but had no luck so he jumped on my bed with his hand keeping the cord from strangling my baby and they wheeled me to the OR for an emergency c section. Here I am, no epidural and laying flat on my back. I was in such pain. They put me on the operating table and they started to give me a general, when he was able to get the cord away from the neck. They say this is a miracle. This was the first time he was able to feel a cord around a babies neck, and even more rare for the cord to be able to be removed. So, luckily, I did not have to have a c-section. They tried to deliver me right then, but after the cord was removed, the baby moved back and I went back down to a 7. Weird. So, I ended up delivering him at 1:30 that afternoon. Labor stinks. They say that after the first baby, labor is about half the time. Not in my case, it was a bit longer. What's the deal!
Anyway, here is my baby: