Molly's entry into this world

I truly do not understand why the doctor did not do an ultrasound that morning before he broke Ms water. Or at least why one wasn’t done at her final doctors appointment just 4 days before. Though I am a layman, it would seem the single most important factor in normal healthy delivery would be knowing what position the baby was in prior to birth.

Ms mother was understandably upset and frightened. She asked that I pray so she, Steve, I and Ms sister hugged while I prayed for God to be with M and the baby, to guide the surgeons hands and to bring everyone out of this situation healthy. I acknowledged outloud that both M and Molly were first God’s children and that He loves them even more than we do.

At just after 5:56pm a nurse emerged from the surgical room with Molly Faith bundled in a large warm blanket. Steve and I followed her in to the nursery where we watched Molly be weighed and measured and have her very first bath(which she loved).

M did really well during the Csection, there was only average bleeding and she was in recovery for about an hour and a half. I was worried about M but Ms mom encouraged me to be excited about the baby and that it was ok to feel this way. I know she had not always been supportive of the adoption so this meant a great deal to me.

We were able to stay in a room with the baby until about 11pm when we were encouraged to go get a good nights sleep by the nurses. I had given Molly her first bottle and each of us had held her continuously between calls to everyone back home about her birth.