The big day!

Yesterday started with me frantically waking up all night long because I couldn't feel the baby moving. Panic stricken we drove into Boston around 6am, come to find out I was severely dehydrated. As soon as we were checked in and they started pumping hydration into me, his fetal movements picked up. Then at around 9:30 they wheeled me into the OR for my spinal/epidural. It took about 20 minutes to numb, then the C-section proceeded as expected. Baby Watson arrived at 10:04 am and got a quick minute with mom before being rushed to the NICU. Dad went with baby Watson and left Pam with mom in the OR to complete the C-section and tubal ligation. Mom had some complications her blood pressure and oxygen dropped and she vomited and lost alot of blood during the rest of the procedure, narrowly avoiding an immediate blood transfusion. Mom was moved to labor and delivery for 24 hour observation and was not allowed any visitors, even her father was told he could not visit.

During moms complications, Baby Watson was doing well in the NICU with Dad and the 7 nurses. The nurses had to remove merconium from his airway after delivery, so they had to monitor his breathing and his Oxygen saturation levels. Glucose levels where also low and had to be monitored, but that is common when mom had gestational diabetes. The nurses where preparing the baby for the transfer to the Children's Hospital cardiac ICU as planned. After about an hour Baby Watson was stable and the nurses made the call to the Children's cardiac ICU. The cardiac ICU was full and the baby was stable and looking good, so the decision was made to bring him to the Children's NICU instead which is just 1 floor down from the cardiac ICU. The Children's NICU monitored the baby's Glucose and oxygen levels which improved throughout the day. Michelle's father and her aunt Laurie who where not allowed to visit mom where able to go with dad to visit the baby and where his first visitors. Mom didn't get to see the baby for more than one minute after the delivery. So no name for baby boy Watson just yet.