Morgan Charity’s Birth Story

A few weeks before Morgan’s induction date my very loved and AMAZING OBGYN passed away. I was devastated. Doctor Terry was there with Greg and I for the very lows, and the very high moments of our life. He has seen us through our infertility and the multiple losses. He was truly a man of compassion, love, wit, and fun. He made a really uncomfortable situation somehow not seem so uncomfortable. He delivered me as a baby and also helped bring all 3 of our boys safely into this world. I cried for the weeks leading up to Morgan’s birth date. However, he did haven an amazing practice and we were able to have Doctor Kaelberer step in at the very end and keep everything as planned for our induction date. (Side note: Doctor terry was scheduled to be on call the night. Wrote our morning induction but was kind enough to stay an extra amount of time so he could perform my c-section because that is the doctor he was.)

As moms of C-Section babies know,  one of the very few perks is scheduling the day your baby will arrive. May 21st was the date for our little girl. It seemed to take forever to get here but before we knew it Greg and I were packing up, dropping our 3 boys off to Grandma’s house the night before, and driving to the hospital in the early light of morning to get ready to meet our little princess.
I braced myself as we walked into labor and delivery for the last time. I was hooked up to an IV and answered all the million questions the nurse had for me. New to me this time was a tube top cover that I placed around my chest before placing the hospital gown on. We sat around for a bit just soaking in the moments until the wheeled us back to the operating room.
The spinal block epdieral was placed and shortly after the doctors began the procedure. After waiting behind the curtain laying flat on the table for what always seems forever the doctors announced that she almost here. They proceeded to break my water at which they were all very surprised at how much water was in there. This girl had a nice hot tub for her whole 9 month stay in my tummy. I’m thankful for that because I also lost a lot less blood this time around. Then I hear them announce that she has hair and I was in disbelief. I figured she would be bald like the last 2 boys were and because I was bald as a baby too. Once they were about to pull her out completely they dropped the entire drape and I was able to see her delivered and they placed her on my tummy to rub her and then Doctor Kaelberer held her up and let me soak in every inch of her. This was HUGE for me. I have never been able to look at my baby up close until after they have been checked out by the NICU team. And guess what?? She was AMAZINGLY beautiful. They then proceeded to take her to the side to get auctioned and weighed and etc. Even better, this time the anesthesiologist dropped the drape again to the side so I could see all of this process happening while they were stitching me back up. And for my FAVORITE PART!! I got to hold my baby first!! I have never held my babies first. Greg has always been able to hold them first, but this time after checking her out they brought her over to me and placed her naked little warm body right on my chest for me inside the tube top to hold her in for safety since I was numb and strapped to the table and unable to hold her. Can I just tell you how incredibly wonderful and therapeutic  holding her and getting to do skin to skin right away with her was.. well it was Heaven. Sweet little Morgan snuggled on my chest sucked and slobbered all Over my chest and cried until I was wheeled into recovery and able to nurse her. She then proceeded to nurse for probably a straight hour after. Just like her big brother Landon. They come out knowing what they want.. FOOD!! Totally my kids!
Everything from there was smoother sailing. No hemorrhaging, no nausea, and we were able to do fresh 48 pictures just 6 ish hours after she was born as a family. It couldn’t have been more perfect.
She couldn’t be more perfect!