My August baby is a July baby (pretty long)

Well this is really not what I I had expected at all from my pregnancy. I delivered my baby boy on July 18th via c-section (I was only 36wks 2days). It all started on the 18th I went in for an ultrasound (my son has had his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck since 28wks) to monitor the baby, so I didn't think much of it until the dr. Started asking me if I have felt any leaking of any sort? I said no and then asked me if I thought that maybe my water had broke and hadn't realized it? I said I domt think so and that's when I asked him why? What's going on!? He said that I was low on amniotic fluid and that I needed to go to the hospital to deliver my baby today! I was in such shock and disbelief I didn't know what to say or do.

My husband was waiting for me downstairs with our daughter and when I got in the car I told him what the dr told me, he asks me are you sure?? I'm like yes that is what I was told. So we went home packed up our stuff and dropped our daugtheroff at my families house and went to the hospital. When I got there (3pm) they told me I had a scheduled c section at 7pm! I was in such shock that I didn't know what to say cause I thought I was going to get induced. So we went to L&D; and I started asking my nurse why am not getting induced and that's when she proceeded to tell me because it was highly dangerous to deliver your baby naturally with the cord wrapped around his neck and having low amniotic fluid. That's when I finally understood that my babies life was in danger.

Fast foward to 7pm: I was finally being carted off to the operating room where I sat there for the longest 10-15mins ever (I got so nervous and anxious that I wanted to tell them if they could schedule it for tomorrow or another time cause I wasn't ready) they finally numbed me and I just laid there scared and then finally my husband came in and sat there with me for 5 mins while they took the baby out and I told him to go with the baby because I was fine now. Then as they were almost over my husbamd almost passes out due to it being too much for him (his curiosity got the best of him he glanced at where I was getting stitched up) and I told him to go outside.

Finally everything was over and done with I was able to see my son and carry him in recovery and I couldn't of been more happy and proud of my husband sticking through as much as he did and of myself (cause I honestly thought I couldn't of done it). I was also happy to take my baby boy home and not have him one day in the NICU (that was my biggest fear).

This is Lucas Alexander Cardenas

Weighing: 6lbs 1oz

Length: 18in