Ewan Comes Early

June 7th 2010

All through the pregnancy Donald had a plan..once the date was set for the c-section the plan was in motion. What days Donald would be taking off, when my parents would arrive, how long they would stay to help and then Donald taking more time off, plus the move back to RB. Everything depending on Ewan's set due date..it was a carefully devised plan by Donald and he kept reminding Ewan and me to "Stick To The Plan". I was to take it easy during the days and not over due it, to get plenty of sleep during the night and eat all the right foods to ensure that Ewan would NOT come early. .....

Best laid plans and all.....

I went into labor around 1:00 am on June 7th, and by 4:00 am was waking Donald up to let him know that Ewan was coming a day early whether or not we wanted him to. We let my mom, dad and Emma sleep until about 6:30 and then went in and woke them all up letting them know that we were off to the hospital. Emma was thrilled and gave us big hugs at the door. My dad took our luggage to the car and Donald and I were off the Sharp Mary Birch were we had Emma. From the moment we walked in the door they treated us like we were their only patients that day. It still didn't stop me from getting very stressed out by the time I hit the surgery room. The anesthesiologist pumped quite a bit of drugs into me to calm me down so they could operate on me. But really all I needed was Donald back by my side holding my hand.

At 9:23 am on June 7th we were now proud parents of a 7lb 13oz 19 1/2 inch baby boy!


The moment Dr. Saffer pulled the baby out he said "WOW! This is one strong baby!" Ewan was immediately handed off to Donald. It was really hard on me this time because of all the drugs to calm me down from surgery I couldn't open my eyes to see my baby or talk to him. But by the time I was wheeled into recovery I was handed Ewan and started to come down off of all the drugs.


We got to sit and relax in recovery but I was trying like mad to wiggle my toes and move my legs because I couldn't wait to have Emma meet her little brother.

Donald and I were both exhausted from very little sleep that night and all the excitement that morning.
I was also very very lucky to receive internal desolvable staples to close up the incision. This was something very very new and they had only been using them for 2 weeks prior to me having Ewan. This helps radically speed up recovery and you don't have to stay in the hospital as long!