It was a whirlwind morning in the hospital arriving around 9am, we had gotten pretty use to the routine due to previous visits of hooking up to monitoring in the labour ward (or birth centre as some of them liked to call it, apparently that sounds nicer). From there a few checks periodically by the doctor and some care from the midwives.
Our first encounter with a doctor that day was a pretty confident there is no chance this baby is being delivered today, within an hour a second doctor (higher up the chain) presented us with a different outlook, more of a this could be happening within the next few days we should go through the process with you of a C-Sect and the various pros and cons associated with these types of deliveries.
Not long after that a third doctor (even higher up the chain) popped in for a check and before you know it we were gowning up, Deb was getting drugged out and we were whisked away for Operation Little Guy.
I can't imagine what was running through Deb's head at this stage but for me I don't think at the time it was really sinking in, thrown a top and bottom nurse ensemble (they didn't have gowns tall enough for me within arms reach), and than followed as the number of people around Deb seemed to continually grow as the minutes ticked. Than I was directed to a waiting room whilst they prepped Deb for the Op.
This was the weird part sitting in a waiting room (that was for people waiting for translators to help them through their various appointments ie street clothed people and I'm siting their looking all nurse like), with a phone that's battery was almost dead and nothing else. Time took forever yet looking back it all happened so quickly.
The actually Op was extremely quick and before you know it we were happy proud parents of 6 week early Sebastian Edward Newman at 12:57pm on Monday 30th November 2009. I got the pleasure of cutting the chord and than two nurses, myself and Sebastian headed down to the intensive care nursery whilst Deb was getting put back together so to speak.
It was tough spending those first couple of hours alongside Seb whilst Deb was in recovery, not getting to share with her the experiences of weighing and measuring and just enjoying this new life in front of me. It was a teary moment but us men don't cry of course ;)
As soon as things started too seem like they where calming down Deb's family had arrived and Deb wasn't far from coming out of recovery. Knowing the hospital like the back of my hand (we had been here ALOT recently) it didn't take long to track down Deb's family given directions of we are in a waiting room on level 4 hehe. And than tracking down Deb was equally as easy ;)
I think everyone was a bit taken aback at their first visit down to see Seb in the intensive car nursery and him in his little hot box and the unexpected earliness of his arrival.
Onto the present and Seb is now six days old and going along great, as with all premature babies there are plenty of challenges that can and do arise along the way and whilst plenty of them are heart stoppers for all around him he is in the best care we can hope for. Seb has been in his hot box for a couple of days, had several drips in and out for various things and had a one man blue light disco (Jaundice) for a day.
The little guy is soldiering on like a tropper and getting stronger and stronger each day.
Mum is doing fantastic, she came home on Thursday and is expressing and breast feeding and whilst I can't even imagine how tough it easy I can see how much of a AWESOME job she is doing and how much Seb loves feeding times!
One crazy week, I'm sure there will be plenty more to come but it was good to get too the weekend and enjoy some sleep and a bit of relaxing time and some time just chilling with Deb and Seb, even if he does have to stay in the hospital for a little while longer.
Hopefully all going well he will be home within the next 10 days or so, whilst we miss him dearly and would love for him to be chilling in his cool Seb room we must also be patient and wait till the time is right. The Royal Womens have been fantastic thus far and all the staff are awesome, especially the Intensive Care Nursery staff are unbelievable in what must be an extremely tough job.Thanks to all for the lovely wishes and support and we will continue to update (and probably bore) you all with pictures and videos and blogs when we can find some time.
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