After 40 hours of labor the first words Colette McCornack Content heard were from several attending nurses, Oh my! Emily also heard these words and started, Is something wrong with my baby?? But the nurses replied, Not at all. She is absolutely OK. She is just so big she never would have been able to come out. And they added, If the Carolina Midwives had concluded a caesarean section was necessary, it must have been—and it was!
8 pounds 13 ounces, and positioned so that it was impossible to face the right way. Praise God for people who know, care and have skill.
July 31, about 6:30 in the evening. Full of energy but tired and hungry, Emily, Steve and Colette all doing very well. And they made Nancy and Will grandparents. What a gift from God.