It is Saturday morning and a tense feeling in my stomach has
woken me up early today, the last couple of days have been emotional to say the
least. Thursday evening was our scheduled c-section and the birth of our Son
Layton. We arrived at the hospital at about 7:30 pm and quickly ran into our
doctor who would be performing the operation. He escorted us into the main
waiting area and told us to wait until he came for me to get prepped for the
operation. We knew from early on
that only one of us would be allowed to be in the delivery room, and the other
in the nursery so we decided it would be me in delivery and Daniel allowed in
the nursery until release.
We ended up waiting what seemed an eternity for the doctor
to come and get me to take me into the operation room, what we quickly learned
in this process is that always add an hour onto whatever time doctors tell you
things would be happening….
The delivery room was a flurry of activity, there were about
5 staff in the room, and this was the first time I actually met and saw the
surrogate. It felt a bit awkward once I first went in but shortly after an
unspoken nod of approval from our surrogate I knew this was where I was meant
to be.
The delivery only took about 15 minutes and I was amazed and
shocked how fast everything went, Layton was born at exactly 9:09pm August 16,
2012. He was 7.15 pounds and 50cm long. Perfect in every way. A quick burst of
cries once he was removed from the womb and then he settled down and grabbed my
finger right away like he knew I was there…. a moment I wont ever forget.
The doctor allowed me to run down to the waiting room where
Daniel was being kept company and supported by our friend Alana and her
boyfriend, and I told him to come to the 6th floor quickly so he
could meet Layton. The doctor quickly brought Layton and me into the nursery
and Daniel was able to watch through a glass window. We shed our tears,
laughed, and took as many pictures as we had time for…and quickly it was time
for them to tend to Layton and they asked us to leave and come back tomorrow.
Layton is everything we had hoped he would be, healthy,
calm, beautiful and most importantly OURS!
We know there are several more steps to go through before
our travels back home to Canada, but at least for now our Layton has arrived….
and hopefully will be released from the hospital to come home to be with his
dad’s!
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