Our Miracle Baby

We'd like to welcome our son Lukas Gene Johnson into the world on October 21st, 2010 at 1:07am. He was our miracle baby. From around week 22 he was head down. We had no clue until yesterday when I got home from the doctors and I started having contractions. To me they just felt like back/hip pain for a while. Around 9 they got really strong. Alex called my midwife and they all headed up. When they got to our house they were checking to see if I had dilated more...low and behold he had flipped and become breach. All I remember was laying on our bed on my side crying because now I was going to have to go to the hospital and I knew there were few doctors out there that would deliver a breach baby vaginally. They got everything loaded up and got me in the car. The whole way I was trying to not push.

They got me into a labor a delivery room, ran an ultrasound to make sure he was indeed breach and whisked me off to the operating room after I told them I did NOT want to have a c-section. They were really pushing for it but I fought against it...I wanted to have this baby vaginally and I didn't want any meds. They also put my husband in a different room and weren't going to let him be in there with me till I said that I wouldn't make any decisions with out him there. By the time they got him suited up and in the room with me I couldn't help but push leaving the staff with no other option. One of the nurses kept telling me they needed to give me pitocin...I told him no, I didn't need it, I was already having contractions. After about an hour of pushing and his head getting slightly stuck, I delivered our son into the world butt first...and not breathing. They whisked him away fast enough that I didn't know he wasn't by me. I looked over and realized there were five nurses surrounding him. I hadn't heard a peep from him and I about lost it. Just then I could hear this gasp for air and they stepped out of the way so I could see him. His hands and feet had no color to them but he was moving and crying. After we got everything cleaned up they moved me off the operating table and back onto my L&D bed. They brought Luke over and handed him to me. It was all I could do to fight back the tears and pray to my Heavenly Father because I couldn't been more grateful to be holding my sweet little baby boy in my arms.

DETAILS...

Name: Lukas Gene Johnson
Date: October 21st, 2010
Time: 1:07am
Weight: 6lb 12oz
Height: 19.5in (this is a guesstimation since he was folded in half)

A SPECIAL THANKS...

To Doctor Eric and all the nurses who helped bring this sweet little baby boy into the world. You guys were amazing and I couldn't have done it with out you.

To my wonderful husband, I could not be more grateful for you and your support. There is no way I could have done this with out you. You're the reason I'm strong and you give me the will power to make it through my trials

To my midwives and nurses at A Gentle Beginning, thank you for standing beside me on one of the hardest days of my life.

Thank you to all other family and friends who have stepped in to help in the last few weeks, our lives would probably be a mess with out you.