My March baby decided he wanted to be a February baby instead. I woke up Monday 2/17 morning with a little cough that I got from my 3 year old. It wasn’t very consistent or super bad so I didn’t think anything of it. During a nap that afternoon I kept getting notified by my Apple Watch that my resting heart rate was really high. Little man was moving/thrashing around constantly as well which is very unlike him. I started to have a constant sharp pain in my rib cage/upper abdomen which had been present for months now, but never this bad. All of that prompted me to call my doctors office and see what they advised I do. The office was closing soon so they recommended I head to labor and delivery instead. After about an hour of monitoring , even though I was only 2cm and my water hadn’t broken, they decided to admit me because my heart rate was in the 130s constantly and little mans was in the 170s 180s. They did an EKG and chest x-ray on me just to rule out any infections in my chest. They thought maybe we had a uterine infection and decided it was best to induce me. At 3cm they broke my water and it was the worst pain I’ve ever felt! They planned to start pitocin shortly after. After some small talk with my nurse I mentioned how my daughter had been sick a few days ago and she ordered a flu swab. It came back positive for Flu A which explained our condition. After hours of trying to get our heart rates down and stable they started to mention c-section. I had progressed to 5cm but baby boys heart rate would dip really low when I would have a contraction so they didn’t feel comfortable starting pitocin as it would stress him out even more. So finally at about 5am they decided a c-section was best. I was whisked away immediately and at 5:46am little man was here. The worst part about all of this is that we were immediately separated and will be for at least 48 hours because of the flu. Not only that he’s doing some NICU time to help with his breathing but looks great and will start receiving my pumped milk soon. I’m so jealous/happy that hubby can be with him, see him, and love on him. Can’t wait to finally get him in my arms....I may never put him down lol. Here’s our little Kruz