Baby has arrived!

At 36+3 and weighing 6lb 12oz our little boy decided he couldn’t wait any longer to get here. He was delivered by the amazing team at UCLH who all came in especially and stayed ridiculously late in order to be around. Could not have asked for better people around me.

The caesarean was really straight forward. There was a slight bleed behind the placenta but this was entirely unrelated to the fetal surgery. We then got lots of cuddles whilst they fixed me up before being taken back into close observation bay.

All of us we having cuddles and lots of feeds for the bubba. His back looked amazing!

But he couldn’t shift his grunt so they were worried about fluid on the lungs and took him off for a few tests after 2 hours. Hi oxygen levels were at 80% (they want them above 94%) so they kept him in NICU for a while to put him on oxygen and see how he was doing.

Meanwhile I was shifted upstairs to the maternity ward. My husband sorted me out and then went down to see our little one. He has a comfier chair there too so has decided to sleep there.

My catheter can come out at 11am tomorrow and then I am able to go and see him again so long as he’s not here by then anyway! Fingers crossed all goes ok. His oxygen is already back to 93%, they did an x ray which has come back absolutely fine, so now just to get him off the oxygen and back here. They think it may be because he was stressed from the c section and cold.

He looks so perfect though and Daddy is so in love. The look on my amazing husbands face when he is cuddling him makes everything we have gone through more than worth while. My husband had been incredible as always, literally sailing through it all. Despite tears from me at several occasions from relief, worry, sadness at leaving my babies. Also he is kicking his legs like made, even when they touch his feet with wires. So I may be incredibly optimistic but fingers crossed. His back also looks amazing!

Now to tell everyone! Family included…they all think we were just kept in to observe him. My brother and mum know my waters broke, but have kept that hush from everyone else for now as we don’t want people worrying or messaging when we need to focus on our amazing baby.

God I can’t believe this has happened already, annoyed I didn’t make 37weeks. But unbelievably proud of how well he is doing.

 Bloods at 5am and catheter our at 11!

Get me out of here and back in time for my brothers wedding!!!