Llayton Matthew Lee

After a fairly calm labor (it's seemed to me) with a nice epidural, but a very intense delivery, Llayton came into this world. Bree delivered him at Valley hospital with Dr. Groom and Heather (Humphrey) Camp as her nurse. Bree's mother and sister, Terri & Alysse were here for the delivery. She labored, while we had lunch, talked, and laughed. Brett would breath with her through the contractions and video each step of the way. And then play games on his phone.

But when she would start to push, Llayton's heart rate dropped. But they continued to proceed with Dr. Groom there. Without going into every detail, it became clear that they may have to do a c-section. They were actually prepping the o.r. for that. Dr. Groom used a suction cup attached to his head to help bring him through the birth canal. With one final attempt, giving it everything she had, with nurses pushing down on her belly, Llayton finally came out. And, with a whole head of BLACK hair! Boy, we were surprised at that.

He weighed 7 lbs 8 oz. was was 21" long.

I am so grateful to be able to witness the miracle of birth. Although it is so hard to watch someone you love go through a difficult time, physical or emotional! I feel so fortunate to be a part of it to document the event with my camera. And I am so glad to live in this day and age where a difficult delivery doesn't mean loss of lives. I love that modern medicine and advancements have made it much easy to have babies now than even when I had my babies

Another baby to rock, snuggle, hold, kiss and love! We feel so blessed!