Where do I begin? I am writing now that I actually have time to do it. The last couple of days have been exciting. On Sunday I started losing my mucus plug. On Monday I didn't go to work because I had terrible lower back pain. On Tuesday I went to work, but I started noticing that the baby had not been moving or kicking as much as he normally did, so I called the doctor and they told me to go to the hospital. I left work at around 11:30 am. We came to South Miami. The first thing they did was an ultrasound and the baby was moving and his heart was beating fine. Then in triage I was hooked up to the monitors to monitor his heart rate. It started out fine, but then for about 4 minutes, his heart rate completely dropped. Like a scene out of ER, I was rushed into another room and in a matter of 2 minutes I was hooked up to an iv and in a hospital gown. They hooked the monitors back up and his heart rate picked up again. We waited it out for a while. We were nervous, but praying to God. He is always in control and knows why He does things and so we completely trusted in Him and let Him do what He wanted to do. About an hour later the nurse let us know that the baby's heart rate was not stable. It was going down and up and down again, so my doctor arrived and decided to do a c-section immediately. Getting the spinal block was the worse because since I'm so petite they had a really hard time doing it, but again, with a lot of prayer, it got down and I didn't have to go under general anesthesia and got to experience Baby Ian come into the world at 3:34 pm. Everything happened very fast. My doctor told me that my placenta was calcified and if I wouldn't have come in when I did, Ian might not have made it. He weighed 5 lbs and 1oz and measured 17 1/2 inches. Even though he has had to be in NICU, he is doing great. He is now off the oxygen and breathing on his own. He is drinking out of a bottle. The doctor says I might be able to keep him in my room tomorrow and we might be able to bring him home before Christmas Day. I cannot even begin to express how absolutely grateful I am to God for taking care of our baby boy. It has been an emotional, scary, happy, exciting past couple of days and I have felt God's presence all throughout this experience. Thank you all for your prayers. They are very much appreciated. We will soon be bringing Ian home and eventually to church so everyone can meet him.
With love,
Chris and Keren
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