Michael's birth story was much different than his older brother's. Isaac was two weeks late and mommy was only in labor with Isaac for about six and a half hours. Michael was 11 days early and labor was much longer...a little over 15 1/2 hours!
With Michael, mommy started having contractions at about 8:00 pm on July 31st. It happened to be the night of the 2012 women's gymnastics team competition. We stayed home until a little after midnight watching the Olympics. The women's gymnastics team won gold! My contractions started to become closer together so we made the trek to the hospital. They continued to progress, but very slowly. The doctor had us do lots of walking to encourage the contractions to become stronger. So, we were up pretty much the entire night trying to get things moving.
During the pushing stage of delivery, Michael's heart rate started to drop. The doctor and nurses were anxious to speed up the delivery. I remember the doctor looking at me straight in the eyes and saying, "You need to get this baby out with the next push. I need you to really focus." Of course I got anxious as any mother would, as I did not want to have to go into an emergency c-section. Luckily, Matthew coached me through it and Michael was delivered with the very next push! The cord was wrapped around his neck, but the doctor quickly took care of that and within seconds he was in my arms crying. What a beautiful experience!
Michael was 8 pounds 3 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long. Michael shares his birthday with his cousin, Maria Loots!
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