He's Here!

So, after a little scare, a little labor and a lot of surgery... Jack Michael Stringham made it here safely. I came out of it in good shape too! Our little Jack decided to make his appearance 3 weeks early. Here's the abbreviated story. Really early in the morning of the 21st of November, I woke up and went to the bathroom and found out I was bleeding quite badly. We found a large area of blood on our bed and a lot came out when I used the restroom. I rushed down stairs where Mike was sleeping on the couch (he had fallen asleep on the couch after getting home in the early morning hours from work the night before). After waking Mike, he thought the worst and kind of panicked (really panicked, actually). We tried to stay calm and think good thoughts as I called the hospital to see what we should do. They advised us to go straight to the emergency room. On the car ride over Mike kept asking me if the baby was moving, but I could not feel any movement. We both thought we had possibly lost our baby. We were admitted when we got to the hospital and soon found out that our baby was doing okay, but they were still worried about the bleeding. After the doctor came, he decided to do an ultrasound to find out what was causing the bleeding. It turns out my placenta had torn away from the uterus wall and there was a tear in the placenta. Blood was coming out with each contraction and a large blood clot about the size of a baseball was forming near the baby's head. That is when the doctor decided that we were going to have an emergency C-Section to ensure we get the baby out safely. Within minutes Mike and I were gowned and ready for surgery. My parents made it just before the surgery started and Mike's parents did not make it until after the baby was born. After the emotional rollercoaster that morning, we were very happy to see our healthy son who was delivered at about 9:15am in the morning.