As promised, here is a brief description of the last 24 hours.
First of all - Kris has done an amazing job. She was a trooper from the moment we walked into the doors of the hospital. Very proud of her.
She worked for approximately 16 hours on getting Ava out naturally. After reaching 5 + cm around 11:00, she began to plateau. With her temp. rising and an infection, Doc decided it was the best interest of Kris and the baby to complete a C-Section.
Happened very quickly after that point. Thrilling experience - little critter just about jumped out of her tummy. Very responsive and alert - decided to give one of the nurses a good spray of poop. The nurse happened to be a mother of a student/player that I have at Medford High. Couldn't believe it.
Ava measured out at 21.25 inches and was 7.6 lbs. I was one ounce off of my official guess - pretty good. She is beautiful - bigger lips and curly hair. She was hungry and latched on quickly.
Things are going well. Working on getting Kris to close her eyes - pretty tough task at the moment.
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