Birth Story and Weeks 38, 39, 40 and 1 week old

So it has been way way too long since I've posted anything to do with Killian and my pregnancy.  Thought I would update everyone about what the heck happened and how he came to join our family on my due date.  So here it goes...

April 9th Due Date - I went to work that morning, it was my last day of scheduled work.  I was shutting things down, transferring responsibilities, getting my out of office message and voice message all ready to turn on.  Went to my 9am Dr. appointment to check on my 40 week progress.  It was a standard appointment to see if baby and I were progressing to birth.  My Dr. was still confused about why she couldn't feel baby when she did my cervical exam even though the weekly ultrasound showed baby head down and ready to go.  Dr. decided to do an ultrasound in her office to make sure everything was ok.  When she did she noticed that although baby was head down the head was kinked to the right and basically caught on my hip.  She informed me that there was really nothing she could do to help right baby's position and that it would be more dangerous to try and do a natural birth than to schedule a c-section.  Dr. checked with the hospital and scheduled to remove baby at 4pm that day.  I quickly went back to the office, shut everything down for the next 3 months and headed home.

I met Kyle at home, collected our bags, took a quick shower and we headed to the hospital.  We got to the hospital a little early so we sat in the lobby and discussed our final selection for names.  Just before our 2pm check in time we had our final selection for a girl and boy name.  I got all prepped for surgery, our fabulous photographer showed up (http://www.katherinebreewalker.com/) to document our birth. Unfortunately the hospital wouldn't let her into the OR with us during the procedure but she was around for the prep and for the meeting new baby.  We love the pictures she took, she is very talented and wee look forward to using her for family pictures in the future.

We went into the OR around 4:30pm, I was prepped and given the spinal block.  Kyle joined the team in the OR and our baby was born at 5:17pm...Dr. announced to the room that we had a baby boy, we told the room our name selection (Killian Arthur Childers) and Kyle was whisked away with our new son.  We met up again in the recovery room, Killian nursed for about an hour until I could move my legs again and be transferred to our mother/baby room.  We stayed in the hospital for 3 nights until we could go home.

Killian has been the best baby we could ask for, he has treated us better than we could have ever hoped.  He sleeps well, eats great and has been a trooper on his first train ride and long car rides.  We are scheduled for our first airplane trip tomorrow and we couldn't be more excited.  He is such a trooper and already a great adventurer.

Please enjoy this array of pictures we have collected over the last month and a few days.  I want to post a 1 month update of our baby boy but that will be a separate post.

FYI - our name selection explanation in case anyone was wondering...Killian is in fact an Irish name, no we are not Irish but we do have a sweet spot in our hearts for Ireland, we just loved the name and thought it was unique and fit our little man.  Arthur is Kyle's maternal grandfather's name.