Hello, Goodbye

Christine started getting her epidural at 3:30, and they had her in the delivery room a little while after that. Our nurse Kim was a big help in getting us prepared. There was a whole platoon of people there in the operating room: doctors and nurses for the surgery, and each baby would have a doctor, nurse, and respiratory therapist. The staff here at the Women's Hospital has been great, and we wouldn't want to be anywhere else for this.



By 4:30 the C-section was under way. Baby 1 is a boy. Baby 2, the Little One, is also a boy. Baby 3 is a girl. Baby 4 is another boy. Baby 5 is a girl. They all came out so fast, and the longest part was getting Christine back together.





We knew since week 12 that the Little One would have the hardest time making it. He was at the bottom of the bunch the whole pregancy, having the weight of all the others on top of him, and he had low amniotic fluid throughout. My heart fell as I saw him come out. I knew right away that he was not in shape make it. They handed him to me while they delivered the rest, so I could hold him and he could spend some time close to us. He was very precious. He seemed so small. He would breathe a couple of times a minute, but that slowed after a while. After we got back to our room, his breathing had stopped, but he kept a pulse going for a couple of hours. We enjoyed our time with him as we held him and prayed for him. We let our parents meet him before he passed away.