BLAKE LARRY RICHEY

Our precious baby is here! It was a little unexpected, and scary, but we are both okay. I went into the doctor in Friday morning because my umbilical hernia had come out again. I've had problems from it before, but nothing like this. It hurt SO bad and neither I, nor the doctor could get it to go back in. I was getting a head ache, so the doctor was worried that maybe a little bowel might be caught in the hernia. He called in a specialist, and between the two of them, they decided to induce me and then fix the hernia after the baby was born. So I was sent over to the hospital.
I got my epidural at 1:30 and was waiting for the doctor to come and break my water. At 3:00, the nurse came in and checked me and said that I was only dilated to a 3. Right after she walked out, I told Rob that I felt like I had peed my pants...which was impossible because I had a catheter in. Rob told me that my water had probably broken. He came over to look, and he went pale. He called the nurse and told her that I was bleeding really bad. Two nurses rushed in and checked me out and immediately called my doctor. He was in surgery, so another doctor came right over. He basically said that I didn't really have any other option but to have a c-section immediately. He said that if I didn't, I would lose too much blood, and that the baby would lose oxygen. So they rushed me into surgery, and baby Blake was born at 3:17 on 4/09/2010.



He is perfect. He weighed 6lb 13oz, and was 19in long. He is my smallest baby yet. He looks a lot like Jaxon did as a baby with the dark hair and skin. And he has the tiniest little cry that I just love!



It's so amazing how much you can love these little babies right when you first hold them. He is so snugly and is such a good baby...I know he is only 3 days old, I just hope it lasts!



The hardest part is that the 3 kids at home don't want to leave Blake alone. They ALL want to hold him, ALL the time! Poor Blake doesn't get a minute alone. I just hope this novelty wears off soon!