August Ansel Fodi

 

Our second son, August Ansel Fodi arrived Friday, September 14th, at 1:30 PM. He weighed in at 8lbs and measured 20.25 inches long. Both mom and baby are doing well.

 

Cathy's water broke at 5 PM on Thursday, 2 hours after an acupuncture treatment, which was an unexpected surprise. She had tried about everything known to man to induce labor, including acupuncture, homeopathic, chiropractic, and various other alternatives. A c-section was scheduled for 8 AM on Friday since she was 42wks at that point, and could not be chemically induced due to previous c-section.


We made it to the hospital around 7:45 Thursday evening. Cathy was in pre-labor with intermittent contractions that were fairly benign. Initially, August was handling things well, but as pre-labor continued, he wasn't showing a strong variability in heart rate. Given we were not into labor yet this was a point of concern.
At about 12:30 on Friday he suddenly showed a serious deceleration in heart rate (to around 60 BPM) corresponding with a pre-labor contraction. That was pretty scary, especially given where we were not yet in labor. The staff managed to get the heart rate stabilized and this allowed Cathy to get a spinal (much better than a general!). Everything went well with the operation. The umbilical cord was wrapped both around his neck and around his arm & shoulder, which explains why he had not dropped into position, as well as the distress during the contraction. Cathy feels she did a conscientious job of trying to deliver naturally, and things worked out for the best for the health of baby and mom.

 
Cathy and August in PACU after the operation.

 
Cathy, August and Aeden in the maternity ward.