Baby Scotty: Recovery & C-Pap

Jimmy was with baby in the nursery and I was wheeled into recovery (see that lovely view). A spoonful of ice is like heaven after no water for 11 hours. I was actually feeling pretty well though tired. Major surgery is hard on a body! I called my parents to let them know babe was here and doing well. I was glad I lived through the c-section and was finished and heading into the long recovery. Horrible picture… but hey – it’s all part of the story.Overall, I felt SO VERY BLESSED while I was resting in recovery. So blessed that the c-section wasn’t as hard as I dreaded. So blessed that the Spinal didn’t pinch as much as it could have. So blessed that I didn’t barf during surgery. So blessed that baby was doing okay. So blessed that my blood pressure had hung in there til this point. So blessed to have grandma smith watching over and loving the other 5 tots at home. So blessed to have Jimmy who was so supportive and understanding. So blessed to have so many praying for us – I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF FAITH AND PRAYER. So blessed to experience the Miracle of Life and creation. God watches over us.
In the meantime, baby was in the nursery (everyone LOVED that light blonde head of hair!). He was poked and got his Hep B shot… and still didn’t cry much. The doctor was flipping his foot so much trying to get him to cry (so he would breathe deeply). He was on c-pap for 1 1/2 hours. (There was a Code Blue on an emergency c-section that freaked us all out… especially the nurses who rushed upstairs to help… which delayed babe coming off c-pap for a while. All turned out well for that baby though. Such relief!)

When Jimmy was in the nursery with baby, he was trying to decide what names fit his appearance. He agreed that Scotland was a good match. Then he thought he also looked like a Charles. So after a little discussion, we settled on Scotland Charles Smith. We picked Scotland because Jimmy has so many Scottish ancestors. I have 2 or 3 from Scotland with very interesting life stories. We did a bit of family history research and had the kids learn about ancestors this summer. We liked Scotty for him as a little tot… and knew he could go by Scot when he got older. Charles is a family name on the Price & Longmore family lines. Jimmy has a good friend Charles Hobbs whom we admire, so we thought Charles was a good solid name. Plus, Jimmy always says, “Sorry Charlie” to the kids and they say, “My name’s not Charlie!” He’s glad he can finally say that to our little Scotland Charles!

Jimmy spent time with Scotty and came to see how I was doing. I was moved into my mother/baby room (right by the front desk! My favorite! Not! But I guess they put c-section gals close to the nurses so they can be watched over.) I was hoping for a mountain/temple view room but we ended up on the other side so we got to see the hospital roof.

I got to hold Scotty about 11 a.m. I am always so shaky and weak after a c-section but it’s so good to take a lookie at our brand-new little one. So blessed!