Caden Joseph Feher

After a long difficult pregnancy, Caden was finally born by C-section on June 25, 2009 at 4:41pm. He was 8 lbs 13 oz and 20 1/2 inches long.
Many of you have asked if this was planned to do C-section...no it was not.
As you all know we are living in Korea and have been here for a little over 5 months now. We decided to go to a Korean hospital as opposed to delivering on the military base (based on things we've heard). They tried to induce me 3 separate times. The 2nd I had dilated to a 3 and for some reason stopped. I was in hard labor and having contractions 2-3 minutes apart. But no progression as to dilating. After the 3rd time they sent me home again. We went several days still having contractions (not as close together but still very hard contractions). We were scheduled to meet with the doctor 3 days after they sent us home from the 3rd inducement. Hoping to see some progress they would have induced again. However, there was still no progression, I was still at 3 cm. Instead of putting my body through the pain of inducing again Nate and the doctor made the final call to perform a C-section. There was no way to tell that if they induced me again for the 4th time that I would dilate more and they would still have to do a C-section. So to not put me through that again and already being a week past my due date we decided it would be best to get the baby out.
So, needless to say Korea has literally scared me for life.
It was actually kind of scary going into surgery in a foreign hosipital. Especially when they stopped Nate at the door and wouldn't let him in. They kept wheeling me to the operating room where they put me on the table and all these Koreans were looking down on me and talking Korean. I kept saying "husband? where husband?" Finally some lady must have understood cause she motioned that he was putting scrubs on. Some other guy started putting some type of gas over my face and saying anesthetics. I told him I wanted to stay awake but he didn't understand. I was trying to tell them to not do anything until my husband got there. The guy then told me it was oxygen so I let him put it over my nose and mouth and then shortly after I heard Nate's voice. After that I was totally fine. Nate walked me through everything that they did. It was just nice that they finally let him in and that he could translate everything they were saying to me. But for a few minutes at the beginning I was scared to death. I was not about to go through a surgery not understanding anything they were saying to me and definitly not without Nate.

2nd Inducement.

view from our window at the hospital.

Wheeling me down to operating room.

Room full of Koreans.

Our new baby boy!!!
Korean nursery.

I seem to be healing quite well though. I'm still sore and have developed a cold/cough which doesn't help, but Caden is a beautiful healthy baby and I try and focus on that blessing in our lives.
Morgan is adapting to having a baby in the house. (She can already sleep through him crying!) She had a hard time while we were in the hospital, she wanted to stay with us. I think she thought we'd leave her or not come home. But she has adjusted and loves taking care of her new baby brother. She is quite the helper as she has helped feed, bathe, change diapers, read, sing and hold Caden. It is fun to see how much she already loves her brother. We have been lucky and are grateful to have Jenny and Kathy here to help out for a little while and the help of a few friends who watched Morgan for us during all of the inducements.

Morgan loved seeing Caden for the first time. She was the first to get to hold him outside of Nate and I.

Morgan loves Caden already!