WELCOME EAN JOHN SHAFFER!!!
Wow...what a crazy last couple of days! It is good to finally be home. Ean John came to visit us on March 19th at 11:11 pm. He was 7 lbs 9.5 ounces and 20 inches long. It was quite an ordeal to get him here, but he was a champ and came out singing!
Desmond and I had a doctors appointment on Wednesday. The doctor said that we could come in that evening to be induced. We came home and got everything we would need for the hospital and were on our way to have a baby. Labor started around 8 am on Thursday and by 8pm we were ready to start pushing Ean into the world. After about 1 1/2 hours of pushing, Mary, our midwife, decided that he wasn't going to come out that way no matter how hard we tried...and we were trying! They called for a c-section and at 11:11 pm Desmond got to watch them pull little Ean out of my tummy. I was not feeling well at all at this point, but it made me feel better every time I looked at Desmond and he had his mask on upside down! After Ean came out and got checked, weighed and measured, him and his dad got to spend a long time alone together while they took care of me. After we got back into the recovery room Mom and Dad Marion were the first to get to say Hi to Ean. It was about 2:00 by the time they came in and they didn't get to stay long. We were then transferred to the room we would be staying for the rest of the time and got settled around 4:00 am. We slept about an hour...we were too busy staring at the cutest baby ever! That day was filled with lots of family and friends coming to see Ean and by 8:00 that night I was ready for bed. The next day was the same thing and we got to come home on Sunday. Last night..our first night home was quite a challenge. I don't think that Ean was really understanding that it was night time and night time is for sleeping! Hopefully we will get it all straightened out soon! Now Desmond and Ean are walking around the house singing to each other and giving me a chance to get this updated! Thank you to everyone who prayed for us over the last couple of days. We really needed it! Hopefully I will get a chance to update this soon and let you all know how Ean is doing!