It’s a short 4.5 hours until the C-section and birth of our
new boy Layton. The last 72 hours have been nothing less than a whirlwind of
emotions.
We arrived in Panama on Monday and it has been non stop ever
since. We are lucky enough to have a good friend in Panama who has given us her
place to use as our home base, and we couldn’t have asked for anything more
comforting and convenient, we can actually see the hospital where Layton will
be born from the windows in the condo.
We have had two appointments with Sindy at the hospital for various
reasons, and paperwork and for blood sampling since we have requested a DNA
test to be completed before we leave, this just in case the Canadian consulate
was to request this information, better be safe than sorry….
There have been a few more twists and unexpected information
once we arrived down here, and we if nothing have already become experts at
trying to just go with the flow, but sometimes its not easy to not want to
break down and scream. We were given the task to decide from the two of us
which of us will be allowed to be in the delivery room for the birth, and after
that the other one would be only allowed in the nursery until Layton is allowed
to leave the hospital. We thought we had this figured out ahead of time, but we
weren’t aware that there is no common room at all where the two of us could
hold him, so one person would not actually hold Layton until he was released….
how do you not hold your own child for up to three days? We were able to come
to an agreement, and I think it makes the most sense for both of us…and now
excited to finally go through what seemed forever in the making….the birth of
Layton.
8pm can’t come fast enough, today was a day that we just
tried to keep calm, keep busy, or just relax. The thought of anything more was
just too much for us to think about, and even though so many people wanted to
give us support today we just felt best if we had a quiet day to ourselves.
Alana has been nothing but a huge support for us down here
and we honestly don’t know what we would have done without her. She is going to
be coming with us to the hospital tonight to give one of us support while the
other is in the delivery room…I know this will help keep us calm and we will
feel better knowing the other one is at least supported with family, and we do
call Alana a part of our family now. She will be the first person that will be
able to see our new son, and hold our new baby…Alana did get tears in her eyes
when we asked her to be with us…she called it an honor, to be honest it is our
honor to have her there…
4 hours and 15 minutes until the delivery…
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