Broden's Birth Story

Broden was born on Saturday, October 15, 2016, just as scheduled. October is such a beautiful month, and the storm made the day cozy. Last October was Rilynn's last surgery, so I was very happy to replace that difficult memory of October with this beautiful one. Friday night we took Rilynn to Safari Sam's to celebrate her last night as an only child. She stayed at my parents' house waiting for Aunt Sadie to come take care of her. I didn't sleep well, my back hurt, I was anxious for my surgery, and my feet were sweating. I woke up 5:45, showered and finished packing; just some perks of a scheduled csection.  We left for the hospital around 7, which was just down the street. Everything was smooth and laid back, we LOVED our experience from the moment we got there. We went back to the OR right on time, had my spinal block placed and surgery began. I immediately realized something was wrong when they started cutting a tiny section on my right side and I felt pain.  Since this was my second csection, I knew this wasn't supposed to happen.  I winced and squeezed Travis's hand we quickly realized my spinal block wasn't working the way it should. I was sedated while they finished the surgery. Between drifting out of sleep while I was loopy, I asked Travis all sorts of ridiculous questions. Just like when I've been drinking, I tend to talk a lot while on heavy drugs. Things I was concerned about included when Travis was going to take Rilynn snowboarding, when he was having a colonoscopy, and reminding him to announce his name when he came out.  Between these questions and comments I dozed off and on. It would have been great to be more awake during his birth, I was just happy to be comfortable and healthy. We also learned that it was a good thing we chose a repeat csection because my uterus lining was so thin, it would have been a dangerous VBAC situation. Recovery has gone very well. I feel like I'm recovering faster with this one than I did after Rilynn. 

Name

Broden Uno- we wanted a B name and we both loved Broden. We liked Brody, which can be a nickname, Beau, Boden, and of course, Rilynn was voting for Goldfish. Uno is a Siltanen family name, my great grandfather (the original Aija, which is grandfather in Finnish and my dad also goes by Aija) was Uno

Siltanen. My Boppy's (dad's dad) middle name is also Uno and my cousin Elias's (aka Nicky Nack) middle name is Uno. These amazing Siltanen men have had a great impact on my life, so Broden is carrying on the Siltanen tradition of Uno. 

Who he looks like- ? No one really knows. We love his dark hair and long eyelashes, but since he doesn't have eyebrows, I think it will turn blonde like Rilynn's.  He has an awesome silver streak in the back of his hair that I hope stays. 

 

Rilynn- is in LOVE with her brother. She is, as we guessed she would be, the best big sister. She calls him brother, but does like his name Broden.  After day 1, she forgot about naming him Goldfish. She loves holding him, is super confused about me nursing him.