We are happy to announce that Erik Matthew Ma has arrived! He was born on Friday September 19 at 3:11 am. He was 6lbs even and 17 3/4in long. He was 3wks early and a very big and scary surprise. It all started Friday early morning at 2am. I woke Arli up thinking my water had broken. But when he turned on the light it was not water but blood. We immediately got ready, grabbed AJ and got in the car to go to the hospital. We made it to the hospital in 10 min due to me driving 60 in 45mph zone. But I did not care and figured we would get a police escort if I were to get pulled over anyways. When we got to the hospital I was in a room within minuets and on monitors. The nurses knew I would have to have a c-section within 30min of being there. And I did. I had to be rushed into an emergency c-section at 3:02 and Erik arrived at 3:11. Erik did not have to have any oxygen or have to go to the NICU or anything. Which we are very greatfull for. Because it was an emergency I had to have general anaesthetic and Arli could not be in the room with me. After I still had a lot of bleeding and ended up having to have a blood transfusion on Saturday. But after all of that was over I was feeling a lot better besides all of the pain. But that is why they gave me drugs. I have been feeling pretty good and am able to move around a little bit. Arli has been wonderful and will hardly let me do anything. Just rest and take care of Erik. AJ is doing good. He really does not care about Erik yet as you can see in some of the pictures. But is slowly getting interested in him. He will look at him for about 10-15 sec and then go play. Erik is doing good. He is eating well and is sooo tiny. His premie pants Mom bought him just fell off of him today.
