Wyatt Brock Gibbons

I know it has taken me forever to get pictures up and post "our story" of the arrival of our little Wyatt. I finally found time to get to a place with internet and feel good enough to post:) So here's a quick/semi quick verson of what happened.

I started going into labor Monday January 4th around 6:45am. I was fixing breakfast and realized the contractions were coming pretty close together. It was Brock's first day back to school so I tried to ignore them, but around 7:25am when it was time for Brock to leave I had realized they were every 5 minutes, but they weren't that strong. So he left off to school. I talked to my mom and sister and around 8:15am Jilayne came and took me into the hospital. The contractions were every 5-7mins and were semi hard (or so I thought at that time, later I realized how hard they really get!). I was checked out at the hospital and was sent away, I was still only at 2cm. I had a dr appt at 2:00pm that day so they said to get checked then. We stayed in town and by 1:00pm I was in tears with almost every contraction which were coming now every 2-3 mins. I couldn't believe I was in so much pain and was still only at 2cm, I thought I was going to die when things got really far. I couldn't do it though, we went back to the hospital and they admitted me. I was checked again around 1:30 and was really glad to hear I was 6cm and 90%. I was like I KNEW IT, I was in so much pain there was no way I was still at 2cm! I got the epideral around 3:00pm and things were amazing! I could still move and feel my legs and every once in a while I could feel the contractions, but they didn't hurt so I was in heaven. They broke my water at 4:30pm and things progressed from there. I was at 10cm and completely ready to push by about 8pm, but the dr had 3 deliveries at the exact same time so I had to hold off on pushing. Eventually, I pushed for almost 2 hours and made no progress. Dr. Mulholland was concerned a little believe I had a fever of 103.5 and we needed to get the baby out. He had gone to the bathroom inside of me, which meant he was stressed and that he would need to be taken to NICU after he was born to have his lungs cleared out. I was so anti C sections but when he said I needed to have one I was almost relieved because I was exhausted from pushing. During the C section Brock says I started to moan/move around and cry out because I could feel the pain and so they knocked me out. I am so sad because I missed everything with Wyatt being born! He ended up doing better than they thought and brock and the rest of our family were able to be there when they weighed him and got him all cleaned up. He was born at 12:07am January 5th, weighed 7lbs 15oz and was 20in long. I finally came back to around 1:15am and had no idea what had happened. Brock says I asked the same questions over and over for a while about the baby. Everything was so blurry and I was still pretty out of it, but I got to hold him for about 15 mins and then his oxygen levels started getting really low and they had to take him to NICU. A couple days later his oxygen levels were all better but they figured I had some kind of infection and he got it so he had to have 7 days antibiotics. He was in the NICU for 3 days and then with us on the labor floor for 1 day and then we were moved to the Peds floor (which is super nice!!) so he could finish his antibiotics. During my C section the dr found my appendix needed to be taken out. So I guess I got a 2 in 1 deal and now have no appendix. Healing up for me hasn't been the easiest either. My cut wasn't healing up so about 5 days after Wyatt was born they took out the staples and it opened back up. It was really depressing, super nasty, and hurt like CRAZY. I had a huge open cut about 4.5 in long, 1.5in wide and 1.5in deep. We had to pack it full of gaus every night and morning, which really hurt too. Just yesterday the dr took tape and pulled it back together and we'll see if it heals/stays. I really hope so; he said it won't ever heal completely where it's closed all the way, but for the most part we'll get it back together. I couldn't believe everything that was happening to us. I never pictured things would go this.....wrong. It hasn't been the easiest road for me or Wyatt, but we are recovering and are SO THANKFUL for all the family and friends that have helped us out SO MUCH!!!!

Wyatt is doing great! We left the hospital 1 week after his birth and he weighed 8lbs 12oz. So he almost gained a pound in a week. At 2 weeks he was 9lbs so he's growing great! He is such a good baby! He was only waking up to eat at night about 2-3 times, but now he's thinking it's time to be awake around 4am. He's so alert and is actually awake for about 3 hrs throughout the day. My mom came and stayed with us for the first few days home and then came back the following week to help me at night so brock could sleep for school. She helped out SO MUCH! Thanks mom!!!! We love our little son and are so thankful he is healthy and doing great! He truly is straight from Heavenly Father and is a Child of God, completely heaven sent.