Man of Steel/Tender Heart

As most of you know I LOVE TV. I watch it ALL. And sometimes I can talk my hubby into watching a few of my shows with me.

A couple of weeks ago, I came across the show "One Born Every Minute." I started watching and was hooked from the get go. I called for Jim 'cause I thought he might find it amusing too. I mean what's not funny about watching other people go through what we had only a few months ago? Most of the stories are light hearted and focus on the weird things people do and say during labor. One of the stories this particular show was about a woman who labored a long time and the baby was starting to show signs of distress. At the commercial break Jim got up and said he didn't want to watch anymore. I teased him and said get over it. The baby will be fine. He promptly looked at me and said "I don't need to watch what I lived through with Laney." I was shocked! I didn't even think about it that way.

My labor was pretty "easy." I was induced at 8 A.M. Things progressed fairly quickly. I had my epidural at 11. And at about 11:20 I was feeling MUCH better. A few minutes later mine and Laney's heart rates/blood pressure dropped BIG TIME! The nurses got them both back up IMMEDIATELY and we played this game for the next few hours. At 1:15 I started pushing and 2 P.M. our little princess was welcomed into the world. I told Jim to go with her since my mom was in the delivery room and could stay with me. The doctor didn't hand Laney to me right after she was born, and I didn't think anything of it. What I didn't know was that her heart rate was 50 bpm, they had to do chest compressions on her, and her APGAR score was 1 at 1 minute, everyone was WORRIED! No one told me and I think they all knew that at that time it was better to leave me in the dark...I agree. Jim watched it all and was SCARED TO DEATH.

So after realizing Jim was not amused by the show I left it alone. I can't imagine what went through his mind while watching our sweet baby with all the doctors and nurses.

Thank you Jim for being my Man Of Steel With A Tender Heart!