Armpants had a baby

[armpants]

Little guy is here. He was born Thursday at 10 PM. His parents just arrived just before midnight last night.

On Thursday I didn't feel very good right from the start. I worked a half day, and figured I'd make up my time Saturday. As soon as I left work contractions started. I timed for a while and then decided it was time for H to come home.

Once in triage I immediately started vomiting. I was contradicting regularly, but my cervix wasn't changing. The triage nurse kept indicating they were most likely going to send me home since my cervix wasn't changing, but the doctor wasn't comfortable because my contractions stayed 2-4 minutes apart. After watching me for 3 hours I find out they're going ahead withthe c section when a nurse comes in to ask if I've been shaved yet 😂

Surgery went well. The hospital allowed H and I to keep the baby until his parents got there. We thought they were going to require him to go to the nursery. So we got a wonderful day snuggling him. And now I'm on the way home. It's been a whirlwind few days.

[sammichcat]

Green turned blue! Congratulations to you and the lucky couple!

ETA: as a fellow green team-er I have to ask, did you suspect it was a boy?

[itsmemeg]

So glad everything went well!!

[Madymoiselle]

So glad all is well ! Congratulations to the very happy couple on their baby boy and so many congrats to you for giving them this wonderful gift.
Hoping you have a smooth recovery 💙

[robot]

Congrats to you and the new family! I hope you’ll share how you’re feeling and how this transition is going for you 🙂 (if you're up for it, of course).

[gustierx]

Congrats to you and the new parents! I hope recovery goes well, and that turning him over wasn’t too hard 💙

[budders]

Congrats to you and his parents!

[Speedy]

Congrats to you and his new parents :-)

[armpants]

Jun 2, 2018 10:09:53 GMT -6 sammichcat said:

Green turned blue! Congratulations to you and the lucky couple!

ETA: as a fellow green team-er I have to ask, did you suspect it was a boy?

The parents changed their minds and found it earlier it was a boy. But I was team green for DS and had no idea he was a boy. But in general I always guess wrong 😂

[armpants]

Jun 2, 2018 11:02:45 GMT -6 robot said:

Congrats to you and the new family! I hope you’ll share how you’re feeling and how this transition is going for you 🙂 (if you're up for it, of course).

At the moment it still feels a bit surreal. I mean at this point 3 days ago I was still pregnant, and now I've had am section and am already back home! I've gotten about 7 hours of sleep since I woke up Thursday morning.

But it's been very positive overall. Since he came early the parents didn't arrive until 26 hours after his birth. Since the hospital and parents let him stay with us it was so nice. We really didn't tell many people and those we told we let know we weren't up for visitors. So we got to bond and snuggle with him. It definitely felt different than having my son. I never felt like I was giving him up. When his parents arrived at the hospital, the looks on their faces were amazing. They are so happy. I feel honored that they trusted me to help them become parents. It has been an amazing experience.

[robot]

It’s probably being 484738 months pregnant but I’m tearing up at that armpants. I’m so glad it was a good experience and that it all worked out so well.

[jaidit]

It is the best gift ever, what you have done ☺️

[tinydancer]

Congratulations armpants, to you and the parents. I hope your recovery goes well. What a gift you've given the family. Will you keep in touch with them?

[Speedy]

I'm right there with you robot. I was actually planning on offering myself as a surrogate to our very good friends who have been struggling with fertility, but now with the cholestasis I'm not going to be able to =(

[kiri]

I hope that you are feeling well and that your recovery goes smoothly. All the feels for your story!

[lily]

Jun 2, 2018 15:40:27 GMT -6 robot said:

It’s probably being 484738 months pregnant but I’m tearing up at that armpants. I’m so glad it was a good experience and that it all worked out so well.

This. How amazing.

[armpants]

Jun 2, 2018 17:00:45 GMT -6 tinydancer said:

Congratulations armpants, to you and the parents. I hope your recovery goes well. What a gift you've given the family. Will you keep in touch with them?

They'll send me updates for at least the first year, and we will let the relationship grow organically from there.

[tinydancer]

Jun 2, 2018 18:15:28 GMT -6 armpants said:

Jun 2, 2018 17:00:45 GMT -6 tinydancer said:

Congratulations armpants , to you and the parents. I hope your recovery goes well. What a gift you've given the family. Will you keep in touch with them?

They'll send me updates for at least the first year, and we will let the relationship grow organically from there.

That's really great, what a neat relationship you'll have.

[birkmmm]

Hope your doing well ... I love reading all of that and congrats to both you and the new parents

[bobyn]

I had to stalk to find this after your post on IG. Congratulations! You have done something so incredible and I hope you feel proud. <3

[Lord Disick]

Congrats to you and the new parents!

[armpants]

Jun 3, 2018 10:29:51 GMT -6 bobyn said:

I had to stalk to find this after your post on IG. Congratulations! You have done something so incredible and I hope you feel proud. <3

Thank you for answering all my questions when I started. I really appreciate your support ❤

[MauLoaM0M]

What a gift you gave them armpants! You’re a rockstar!!!!!