First Week Home

So here we are, home with a newborn. Up every two hours at night for feedings and poopy diapers just as often. I wouldn't change it for the world, his smile can light up a room. Here's some of our favorite moments caught on camera :) 

Our Birth Story..

         We knew since our 32 week appointment  that little man was breech. By week 37 he was weighing in around 8 lbs and the chances of him turning over were extremely slim. We scheduled our csection for April 10. I would have been 39 weeks. We did this so I wouldn't go into labor with a breech baby ... Boy did Kash have different plans . 

    Keith and I lay in bed March 31st discussing April Fools Day the next day. We talked about telling people I had gone into labor, or the fact that if I did no one would believe us. We talked for about 15 minutes and drifted off to dream land. 

      I woke up to go to the bathroom around 12:45am. When I got up to head back to bed, my water broke. I sat in the bathroom trying to think over and over again if I peed myself. I know it sounds dumb but labor was the last thing I thought of. Was I sleep walking? Did I not make it to the bathroom? ... MY WATER BROKE. 

    I ran out to my husband who

was sound alsleep. It felt like in the movies when the pregnant lady sits up in the bed and screams "honey! It's time!". Keith woke up and instantly got on google (this just shows how prepared we were) All the signs lead to one thing.. LABOR. By this time I started feeling what felt like menstrual cramps. I instantly panicked. Pacing the house, scrambling for clothes. This baby was coming on April Fools day. Since he was breech we wasted no time and got in the car. 

     The hospital was about 20 min away. About halfway there the cramps were getting closer and stronger. I would talk to Keith and then be crying 5 minutes later.

     We arrived there around 1:15am and not a soul was in sight. By the time we registered and got into a room. I was dilated and crying . Dr Vu was called and on her way. I was so scared that Kash wasn't going to wait until the Dr arrived. 

     Contractions were two minutes apart and I felt like someone was stabbing me in the stomach. Dr Vu showed up, she checked me and I was 8cm dilated. Talk about panic mode.. We were rushed down the hall to the surgery room.. At this point I couldn't even see straight I was in so much pain. All I wanted was Keith by my side. They made him stay in the hospital room until I was prepped and ready for surgery. 

    I layed down in these huge spot lights. After they gave me my epidural they set up a 3 foot curtain at my chest. My legs instantly got heavy and warm . What a scary feeling not being able to feel your body. I felt them strap down my legs and strap down my arms. I lay there watching the door. I asked 3 times when they were going to get Keith. My heart was pounding... I lay there going numb and staring at the little window in the door for my husbands face. What was only minutes felt like an eternity..

      They gave me oxygen and Keith came in scrubbed from head to toe. He sat next to me. I couldn't stop talking . He held my hand and talked about everything under the sun to keep me distracted . What would I have done without this man. 

     As the surgery started I was told it would take only a few minutes and we would have our little boy, again.. He had other plans. I could hear the panic in Dr Vus voice when she realized his head was stuck up in my ribs. She called in support of another male Dr working at the hospital. My whole body shook back and forth as they pushed and pulled. I started shaking. I wish they would have put me out. Listening to them scared me to death.

     Finally, the Dr hollered 3:20am, boy! When they pulled him out it felt like a giant suction cup in my abdomen and even though I was numb I still felt weightless when he came out. I finally heard the faintess little cry and every emotion in the world came over me. Tears running down my face. 

    Keith went around to see him and take pictures, he wasn't able to cut the cord because of the procedure. He came back over to show me photos. Just minutes later the nurse brought our little bundle in a blue hat over to us and Keith was able to hold him up to me. 

   I've never felt so much love and happiness in a single moment. An April Fools birthday for little man and the best day of our lives. Without my husband through this I would be lost. The love for him grew times a million. Holding me every night at the hospital,  taking care of me, and holding our little boy. He is already the best daddy in the world . 

Kash Bradley Layton

3:20am, 04/01/14

8lb 1.5 0z

21 inches 

     Kash had a lot of bruising when he was born. His little feet were black and blue.. And his legs and back had a lot of bruising. This broke my heart that he was so stuck in there but the bruising faded day by day and he is here and healthy. That's all that matters.

    We had a lot of visitors the next few days. Although I felt like I would never walk again I was left with a 5 inch incision and the most handsome little guy in the world. He looks just like his Daddy. I'm so happy that my parents are first time Grandparents and my brothers are first time Uncles. This is a new beginning for everyone . I'm so excited for what's ahead of us. 

SURPRISE!!!

Surprise! Baby Kash has arrived. He came as a surprise April 1st, 2014. My sweet little April Fools baby. I'll share my birth story soon. Right now I've got my hands full! :)

Kash Bradley Layton

8 lbs 1oz

21 inches