12 years ago I was patiently waiting for my mom to finish pouring candles for her business, while frantically trying to reach my husband (who was in PA working) to let him know to get home fast, we were having a baby ....TODAY!
I had gone for my weekly check up, I had gained almost 40lbs in less then 2 wks and my feet were so swollen I still to this day have scares. My BP was 189/135 and I had to beg the OB to let me make the 30 min drive back to my parents to get my stuff and have someone there with me. Ohhhh the good old days, when unless you had money or a high paying job you didn't have a cell phone. I remember leaving the Dr pulling over at the closes pay phone (back when they were till 25 cents a call) and call dispatch praying that my husband hadn't called in yet this morning.....he hadn't!!!!
They took the message, they called the company he was scheduled to deliver too to see if he was there yet and to leave a message for him to call home ASAP. PA was about a 8-9hr drive from home.
Mom and I get back to the hospital and they hook me up to all the machines, start potocien and we wait....only about 20 mins cause the medication made my BP sore to 219/145 and the baby's heart beat drop to 115. Off the meds I came and I was then prepped and waiting for an OR for csection. My mom tried to reach dispatch again to let them know and see if they had heard from him. He was to call in when he got to te boarder.
Everything after that was kind of a blur....I remember signing the paper work, I remember crying so hard I was almost sick cause I wanted him to be there and I wanted to be awake for the surgery. After 3 attempts only the right side of my body would freeze, I needed to be put under 😫
That was the last thing I remember, I don't recall the recovery room, I don't recall seeing my baby, nothing??? As they wheeled me to my room I remember hearing the nurses talk about the hockey game, I asked who won (I actually had time to watch back then) and the nurse pushing me laughed cause I hadn't even asked about the baby yet....Detroit win the cup that night!
After I was in my room, my husband came in....he missed the delivery by 23 mins. But he had seen and held the baby! And was going to get him for me.
Ironically this is where my memory goes fuzzy again, I remember the nurse bring him in a couple time that night for me to try and feed him...I also remember falling asleep while she held him. I don't remember anything else till my Dr showed up the next morning to see me. The baby had spent the night in the nursery (clearly I wasn't capable of caring for him???). It was lunch time when they finally took my catheter out and from then on I was with my son!!! (When I had Dalton 3 yrs later, I had him in my room with me from the moment I came out of the recovery room...he never left my side...catheter and all???)
Alexander Greggory Wayne was born at a healthy 7lbs 4oz (my smallest baby). He had a head of hair so thick it looked black and his eyes were so dark we all wondered if they were also black??? His eyes eventually lighted up (about 4 months) and his hair is still a thick dark brown. He looked just like his dad. He was the perfect baby (don't worry he's made up for it). He only cryed if he popped and he slept for 12 hrs every night from the age of 6 days on (I can could on both hands how many sleepless nights that child had). He hit all his milestones as he should have, he cut all his teeth during the night with no tears, he was that child, if you laid a blanket on the floor he would play for hours and NOT get off the blanket...I'm not even kidding. He never had to be in a playpen, or execsuaser you could just leave him in the blanket and do what needed to be done. His only down fall was...he didn't nap...for more then 25 mins...even in the car???? But I never complained cause I slept all night.
It wasn't till Alex turned about 18months when I started to get concerned. He still would stay in that blanket for hours, he wasn't talking (he did at one point say mama, dada and baba but stopped by 14 months). That was when we started seeking help for him....which is a LONG story that I won't get into! (I've posted about it before...I'm sure?!?)
I love you so much, you will always be my babe boy😘
🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!🎉
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