SAXTON LEE

Sorry this took me so long to get this up on the blog. Things are a little crazy around here and we are gone most weekends with football this year. OK so here is the scoop on the arrival of Saxton.

Well as you all must know by now there is a new member to the Gustfson family. Now Saxton was a little ahead of schedule, but we are not complaining. Brandi was having problems over the weekend with a few spots of blood and lots of swelling in her ankles. So she called Susan (the mid-wife) on Sunday and she told her to come in on Monday. So when she got there they saw signs for pre-eclampsia. So they decided to induce that following morning, but wanted her to check in at Memorial at 6p that night so they could soften her cervix. So off she and Gus went.

The next morning around 8:00 am they started the potosin for Brandi. At around 10am the potosin was really kicking in and was causing lots of pain for both Brandi, and Gus. So they opted for an epidural. Once that kicked in all was well.

Now Brandi and Gus had asked me to be in the room during the delivery so after a little bit of rescheduling I was able to get done with work at 1:30ish. So I called Gus in the morning and told Peanut to sit tight till Aunt Jackie could get there. Let’s just say Peanut is a good listener. When they started the potosin at 8:30 she was at 2cm, now when I got there at 3ish she was only a 3-4 cm. Then from there we rock and rolled by 6 we were at 8cm and after that we were ready to push around 6:30. Now the only problems we had was Brandi was running a slight fever around 4pm, and after awhile Saxton’s heart rate was going up a little higher that the nurse was happy about. So they contacted Susan and when she got to the hospital they decided that BL was ready to push.

Now for those of you who don’t know this (which I didn’t) They prefer that if you get an epidural that you do not push and just let your body push the baby out naturally. Mostly due to the fact that girls can not feel the contractions, but Brandi was able to feel the contractions and was able to push. So now it’s pushing time.

Now Brandi did AWESOME and I am so proud of her. She did great breathing and even better pushing. She got Saxton out in just a few pushes and was even able to help deliver. Susan had her reach down once Saxton’s shoulders where out and help pull him out and on to her chest. Best part was there were no tears. Saxton Lee Gustafson was born on Sept. 9th at 6:59pm

Saxton was having a hard time breathing in the beginning and they took him to the nursery where he was running a fever. The doctors wanted to get him on antibiotics and an IV. They must have tried 20 times to get that little man an IV, but he just wouldn’t let them. They tried tops of feet, hands and even the head, but it didn’t go well. So finally they decided to just do a shot and bring him to his momma. So at around 10:45pm Saxton was delivered to his mom.
7 lbs, 4 oz and 19 inches long!!!

Now Saxton is an angle of course, but he is a hold me baby and hasn’t figured out when day and nights are. Yet we will keep him.