Just want to let everyone know that our daughter, Lauren Alexandra Wang was born today (01/16) at 3:58am. She’s 6 pounds 11 ounces, and had an APGAR score of 9-9-9.
As many of you may have known, our due date got changed around quite a bit. It was originally 01/13. However, my wife’s OB told us the baby’s bit small, so after another round of ultrasound, the due date got moved to 01/23. Then the OB found out the baby’s in breech, she’s not coming down, and advised us to make a regular C-section for 01/18. That’s what we did.
This morning, at around 1:45am, I was waken up by JY’s screaming. She just found out that her water broke. I immediately called the hospital, and was told to get her to the delivery room ASAP. I drove JY to the hospital, trembling on the way due to excitement. When we arrived, the nurse on duty took JY in, plugged in a fetal monitor, and told us the baby’s doing just fine. She also told us that JY was not having any contractions, so there is no immediate need to deliver. She then called the OB on duty, and after conferring, they decided to perform a C-section quickly.
JY was in the Operating Room for about 45 minutes, she was put on local anesthesia, and was conscious during the whole operation. I was allowed in to hold JY’s hand during the latter part of the operations. There were quite a lot of blood, I guess that’s to be expected.
The baby emerged at around 3:58, I held the baby and showed her to JY. I then followed the baby to the nursery where a bunch of tests were performed on her.
It was the most joyous occasion in my life. Being a new dad, seeing the baby for the first time. She had a full head of hair, and was crying loudly and clearly. At this point, it’s hard to tell who she resembles more, my wife me myself, but time will tell.
I just want to thank all of you who have been praying for us, and who had inquired about our baby’s progress. I’ll post some pictures of Lauren as soon as I get a chance.
Please continue to pray for JY’s recovery and the baby.
Thank you and God bless.