• Baby Boy

    Handsome Hank: A Birth Story* (Part 5)

    After Hank was born, we learned a little about what had happened during his delivery, but it wasn’t until the next day that I got the full picture. Immediately after he was born and weighed, Olivia told us that she was concerned that Hank’s shoulder had fractured during the delivery. She wanted to have it looked at, but in the meantime, Hank was given to me to hold. After taking a minute to let out that first initial cry, he hollered non-stop for the next 40 minutes. As I held him on my chest, Olivia noticed that he was having a little difficulty with his breathing–it sounded like his breath…