Bella Baby photos

Christmas Eve 2010

Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, Angels and a shepherd.

Joseph and the Shepherd.

Mary

The adorable angels.

Our NICU stay

Joshua Beck Huffaker was born at 11:25 am on December 30, 2010. Our excitement started on the night of the 29th. I was on my way to work, in a terrible snowstorm, when a car spun out of control into my car. I had to wait on the side of I-15 for 45 minutes till UHP showed up to report the accident. I started having contractions at work and decided to go home at 2:00 am. I came home, showered, and then woke Jeff up for a drive to Mckay Dee Hospital. While waiting to be monitored, I had some contractions, but wasn't progressing. They didn't like what Josh's tracing looked like, so they talked about doing the c-section. Jeff and I really wanted to wait till the new year to do the c-section, and they were trying to make it work. But, after 2 shots of Terbutaline (a medication to stop contractions) and more monitoring, they decided it would be best to deliver him. He spent 2o minutes on CPAP and oxygen, but didn't improve much. He was struggling to breath and not maintaining his oxygen saturation. They did an ECHO on his heart and found that he had pulmonary hypertenstion, a ASD, VSD, and a PDA. He was also having a hard time maintaining his blood glucose levels and had an infection. He spent two days on Nitric Oxide and high flow oxygen. He was also on some IV fluids and antibiotics. After 5 days in the NICU, he was finally discharged and sent home with us. It was not what we had planned for a term delivery, but we are so glad things ended up in well.