So normally I wouldn't do this but I think I just need a bit of a vent.
A few of you will know that my wife and I have been anxiously waiting for our little girl to be born. On Wednesday she decided to make her way into this world, just not in the way anyone expected.
Everything was going well right up until the last minute, the was a problem with the cord and my wife was rushed into theatre and an emergency c section was performed with her under a general.
I've never experienced so much panic in a hospital room before. It was genuinely terrifying not knowing what was happening.
Unfortunately our little girl went for a period of time with no oxygen, the doctors did everything they could to minimise it, because of this she's been moved to a specialist unit in Bristol, heavily sedated and chilled to try and help minimise any damage that may have been caused.
I'm glad she's in the right place getting the best care she can, it's just very hard to process, neither myself or wife can pick her up or touch her and she's so heavily sedated it's unlikely she'll even realise we're there.
This is our first child and it's not an easy start.
Like I said I wouldn't normally use a forum to vent like this but I think I just need to get it all off my chest and in some ways this is the easiest way.
So anyway, I am currently scared, exhausted and trying my best to keep my wife in one piece but I am now a dad to my little girl Evelyn.
A few of you will know that my wife and I have been anxiously waiting for our little girl to be born. On Wednesday she decided to make her way into this world, just not in the way anyone expected.
Everything was going well right up until the last minute, the was a problem with the cord and my wife was rushed into theatre and an emergency c section was performed with her under a general.
I've never experienced so much panic in a hospital room before. It was genuinely terrifying not knowing what was happening.
Unfortunately our little girl went for a period of time with no oxygen, the doctors did everything they could to minimise it, because of this she's been moved to a specialist unit in Bristol, heavily sedated and chilled to try and help minimise any damage that may have been caused.
I'm glad she's in the right place getting the best care she can, it's just very hard to process, neither myself or wife can pick her up or touch her and she's so heavily sedated it's unlikely she'll even realise we're there.
This is our first child and it's not an easy start.
Like I said I wouldn't normally use a forum to vent like this but I think I just need to get it all off my chest and in some ways this is the easiest way.
So anyway, I am currently scared, exhausted and trying my best to keep my wife in one piece but I am now a dad to my little girl Evelyn.