Baby Brigham was born on 11/22 at 9:53am. He was 7lbs 11oz and 19in. We had a scare at first but everything turned out well. He has been a trooper.
The birth was a little scary for us. The placenta abrupted before her water broke. I found the blood and called the doctors. Before I knew it, we were off to surgery. It was hectic and scary. All of the doctors were so professional and efficient. It was a totally different experience than Eliza's birth. We weren't prepared for this, but we were grateful that we were in the hospital.
Once the baby was here, I went with the baby while they finished with Amber. Brigham was perfect. He hardly cried and passed all his tests. I spent some time with him and then went to check on Amber. I felt like I was going back and forth between the two. It was a lot of walking on my recovering heel.
Finally, Amber was moved down to the mother/baby unit. She didn't get to see him until 4 hours after delivery. She held him for 10 min. before she took an opportunity to rest her eyes. She was still a little out of it for about 24 hours.
My initials are BCR and so are my dad's. My grandpa and great-grandpa also have BCR initials. I figured it was important to keep that going. Amber is quick to point out that most of those were the only boys in the family. We compromised that we would only have a BCR for our firstborn boy. We decided on Cyrus for the middle name (it was my grandpa and great-grandpa's middle name), but the first name was trickier. There aren't that many B names that we liked. We narrowed it down to Barton and Brigham. I had been decided for weeks, but Amber wasn't sure. She didn't want to decide on the name while she was loopy from the meds, but she finally decided.
Thanks everyone for the love, support, and prayers.
