First Posted on May 22. 2011
Tuesday, May 17th was a normal day of work and the evening held much excitement as we looked forward to our doctor's appointment and childbirth class. Only the Lord new how different things would be. We arrived at our check up at 3:30pm, we talked with the doctor about what would happen at the next doctors appointment, listened to Selah's heartbeat and then it was our turn to ask questions, so Somer mentioned how she had not felt much movement in the last three to four weeks. Our doctor ordered a Non-Stress Test. We then went to the OB unit at the hospital and started the Non-Stress Test at around 4:15pm. After monitoring Selah's heartbeat, movement and contractions the nurse told us that Selah's heartbeat was not fluctuating like it should. There was still no movement and I wasn't having any contractions. By 4:45pm we where having an ultrasound. We found that there was no fluid inside the uterus and because of this she was still breached. Selah's heart was still not fluctuating and she was not moving. The nurses called the Doctor and she came in to talk with us. She said that we would most likely be having a baby that night and she called another OB doctor for a second opinion because she was very concerned. They moved Somer into a room and as soon as she got settled the OB doctor came in to tell us that she would be having an emergency C-Section. At that very moment the nurses started prepping her. At 6:33pm Selah Grace Rother was born. We heard her cooing as the nurses cared for her and then she was laid on Somer's chest. After getting a kiss from mommy Selah was handed to daddy who took her to the nursery to cut her umbilical cord and hold her hand as the nurses finished tending to her. After Somer was settled in her room Selah was taken to her for some cuddling time which lasted about 30 -45 min. During this time we where able to take a few pictures and record Selah sucking her thumb! Selah was taken back to the nursery while we waited on the ambulance to come pick her up to take her to Green Bay. Around 10:45pm Selah came to tell us bye as she was all ready to go in the incubator. By 12:30 we received a call from her doctor letting us know that she was doing great and that she was breathing on her own and that tests where being run to let them know if she had any sickness and so forth.The next morning when the doctor checked on Somer he told her he was so surprised for he didn't think that Selah would have made it...we were all amazed...
Who would have thought that in just two and a half hours our lives would be changed forever. We thought we have five more weeks to plan for Selah's arrival, but our Lord had other plans, plans that where so much better than we could have ever imagined. We are praising the Lord for His timing, grace and this life that he created in His image for His glory!
