Como prometi, vou tentar narrar como foi o parto do Antonio.
Nos chegamos as 9:30 no hospital conforme marcado.
Fomos atendidos na hora e Claudia e eu fomos levados pra sala de preparacao, onde puseram soro e monitores nela e no Antonio pra saber o batimento cardiacao e pressao arterial.
A anestesista passou pra nos explicar tudo que ia acontecer antes, durante e depois. Ficamos la entre 10:00 ate 12:15.
Quando a medica chegou, levaram a Claudia pra sala de operacao e eu tive de me vestir a carater e esperar do lado de fora...Tanta enfermeira passando, medico lavando as maos que ate parecia Grey’s Anatomy ou ER. Minha boca ficou seca e eu comecei a tremer um pouco...vontade de fazer xixi, que eu tive de segurar pra nao perder o parto e ja estava bem ansioso.
Finalmente me deixaram entrar e a Clau estava amarrada na cama. Fiquei sentado do lado dela, mas nao pude ver nada pois botaram um lencol na frente. Me avisaram que nao podia filmar. So tirar fotos! A Claudia sentia tudo...uns puxoes, empurroes, estica-e-puxa, mas nenhuma dor. Os monitores fazendo bip e os medicos com aquele papo de medico e as enfermeiras olhando em volta. Eu nao sabia o que fazer, o que falar ou o que pensar...Entao a anestesista disse: “hora do bebe. Venha aqui”. Entao levantei perto dela e pude ver o Antonio pela primeira vez...ele estava chorando, meio-rosa, deitado em cima da Clau, mas o engracado eh que eu nao me lembro de nada ao redor a nao ser dele...ele tava chorando sem saber o que tava acontecendo, mas era lindo...gordinho! Com certeza foi amor a primeira vista!
Eu chorei tambem...nao apenas por ve-lo, mas pelo alivio daquela tensao e expectativa. Nem quis segurar as lagrimas!
Logo levaram o Antonio pra um canto da sala pra fazer os primeiros exames e limpa-lo e eu fui com ele. Pude cortar o cordao umbilical que era meio duro e eu ainda tinha minhas maos tremendo. Eles ainda estavam terminando a cirurgia com a Clau e depois de uns 20 ou 30 minutos eles o levaram pra ela. Foi demais!
Ele ainda chorava, mas quando ouvi a voz da mae, parou na hora...Ate que enfim uma voz conhecida aqui dentro...Foi o momento mais forte de todos...Mae e filho juntos de novo...ele, feliz por reconhecer alguem e ela, por conhecer aquele que mudou sua vida completamente. Foi realmente demais. Antonio gostou, Claudia gostou e eu estava satisfeito de snetir que a missao estava cumprida, mesmo sabendo que ela esta apenas comecando.
As promised, I'm gonna try to tell how AC's birth day was.
We got at the hospital at 9:30am as scheduled.
We were admitted right away and Claudia and I were sent to the Preparation Area were she was given some IV Gatorade-like to keep her hydrated and put on some monitors for her BP, Heartbeat and for AC's heartbeat too. The nurse was awesome.
The anesthesiologist came by and briefed us on everything that was going to happen there and afterwards. We stayed there from around 10:00 until 12:15pm.
When the doctor was there, I had to gown up and Claudia was taken to the operation room and I had to wait outside as they’d call me in when she was ready.
I waited for about 10 minutes but it felt like an hour...all doctors and nurses going into the OR, scrubbing in...it looked like Grey's Anatomy or ER! My mouth became dry and I was shaking a little bit...the anxiety was taking over and I needed to pee...but I couldn't, otherwise I'd miss the birth.
Finally I was invited to come in and Claudia was tied up at the surgery bed.
I sit next to her and was told I could not film. Only still pictures…they put a sheet in front of us so we couldn’t see anything…
Claudia could sense everything …pushing, stretching! But with no pain! Monitors beeping, doctors with their medical terms and a lot of nurses waiting around…Claudia was fine and I didn’t know what to think, to say, to do. After maybe 10 minutes the anesthesiologist said: “It’s baby time. Please come over here”. So I went by her, she pulled the sheet a little bit down and I was able to see Antonio for the first time…Actually, he was put on top of Claudia who had her belly opened and all, but sincerely I don’t remember that…I don’t’ remember the blood, the devices, the doctor…once I saw Antonio, I’d only look at him…I couldn’t see what was around…he was a little pink-ish boy, crying and not knowing what was going on…he was really upset…but the most beautiful creature! It was for sure love at first sight!
I cried too…not only for seeing him, but as a relief…I was so tense that something could go wrong, how he’d look like. So, when I saw him, I couldn’t hold my tears – and I didn’t want to.
Later on, they took AC to be cleaned up, examined, measured and I went with him, still in the same room. I cut the umbilical cord, which was hard because I was still shaking…They kept working on Claudia too and after 20 or 30 minutes she finally got to see him…That was amazing!
Antonio was still crying but when they put him close to her, he stopped right away and the strongest moment happened. Mother and son together again…He was probably happy to hear a known voice and she was amazed to finally meet that young fellow who transformed her life! It was touching…Antonio loved, Claudia loved and I was thrilled…feeling that the mission was accomplished, but knowing that it had only started!
