Our Crazy Birth Story

Episode 33: Our Crazy Birth Story

Early May 5th, our fourth child, Hunter Levi, was born, but this was not your normal birth story.
 
My wife Bethany will be on the podcast sharing her story about her interesting birth experience.
 
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Transcript

Welcome to the Thriving Fatherhood Podcast, where we are living and working in the trenches to go from surviving to thriving in this mission field called fatherhood. 

My name is Brian Knight. I am a father of four now, a husband, a son, a coach, and a believer in Jesus.

Well, I have been on a long hiatus and am back now with one of the craziest birth stories you have ever heard. That is what we will be talking about today. That story is my story, our story. That’s right, I have my lovely wife Bethany on the podcast today to help unpack the birth of our fourth child Hunter Knight who came into this world rather fast.

Welcome to the Podcast hun. 

Bethany Introduces herself.

We have had many people whom we respect for their strength tell us that was amazing, you guys rocked it!! 

Hun, what do you remember about that beautiful, intense, and scary Saturday night on May 5th?

We have had all our children as natural births and the last two have gone eleven days late.

How did you know you were ready to go to the birth center?

When did you know the baby was coming and that we were not going to make it?

How did you feel once the baby was out and in your arms? I have that mental picture still etched in my mind as I looked over at you to see how you were doing. I could see relief and joy all at the same time on your face.  

Brian, fill in any gaps in the story from your perspective.

I have been asked how did I stay so calm during this experience? Was it that I am a nurse, seen three births live before.

I believe once I heard the baby’s faint cry and the look on Bethany’s face I knew everything was going to be ok. 

They had us stay at the birth center all night. Honestly, I was ready to be out of there before the traffic started building. I had it in my mind, maybe we can be home before the kids get up. Oh, we had Bethany’s mom and my mom watching the kids while we were gone. 

We had to be transferred to East Cooper hospital for observation of Hunter’s heart rate. It dipped a little lower than they wanted when he was at rest. The theory was that since he was 11 days late(???) his cardiac system was more advanced and therefore the heart may have not needed to beat as fast to keep his oxygen levels as high. 

Overall, Bethany had a good experience. She needed to be in the hospital for forty eight hours. It was a great time of rest and bonding with the newborn away from the chaos of our other three kids. She was ready to be home when we left.  

What is Bethany’s take on this experience?

Today, Mom and baby are doing well. Normal newborn waking up multiple times a night, but not anything abnormal. Still hard. 

Have Bethany describe her experience.

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Thank you for listening, and until next time, continue thriving in fatherhood.