Pat McAfee is celebrating the birth of his second child with wife Samantha McAfee, but the happy moment also came with a scary health situation.
McAfee shared the emotional news on X, revealing that their baby boy, Midas Robert McAfee, was born on May 22. However, the baby had to spend some time in the NICU. Now, after a few scary days in the hospital, Samantha and baby Midas are doing well.
Pat McAfee says his wife underwent an emergency C-section
Along with the birth announcement, McAfee also revealed that Samantha went through a difficult high-risk pregnancy. This meant that she had to undergo an emergency C-section because of severe preeclampsia.
“Please help @MrsMcAfeeShow, Mackenzie, and I welcome Midas Robert McAfee to our family.. Due to Samantha having a high risk pregnancy and severe preeclampsia, the decision was made to have an emergency C-Section on Friday night. Baby boy officially entered the world on May 22nd at 10:42PM as a 6lb 6oz screaming young legend… 10 Toes, 10 Fingers, full head of hair,” McAfee wrote.
Midas was born at 36 weeks, so doctors kept a close eye on him after birth. At first, the baby improved enough to spend some time with the family. But soon after, he was moved to the NICU.
“Literally in his first moments of life, Midas was working… He was able to get his O2 Levels high enough to be able to come hang with us in our room and because of that we got to do all of the immediate magical newborn moments.. Skin to skin, 10,000 kisses, tons of love, all of that.. inevitably, since he came into the world at 36 Weeks (40 is full term), he had to develop his lungs a little bit more, get some fluid out of him, and adjust a bit to life outside of Sam’s stomach.. So, he was sent to the NICU to help the transition from the womb to the world,” McAfee explained.
McAfee added that doctors placed Midas on a CPAP machine. They also inserted a feeding tube and kept him in a heated pod under a warming lamp to help him continue developing properly.
“They put a CPAP on our guy, a feeding tube, and put him in a heated pod with a heating lamp to help him develop a bit more. There wasn’t much I could do other than bring positive vibes as I bounced back and forth between the 2,” McAfee continued.
McAfee said it was difficult seeing his newborn hooked up to so much medical equipment. Thankfully, after about 36 hours in the NICU, Midas was released back into his parents’ care.
McAfee also shared the meaning behind the baby’s name. He said he has loved the name “Midas” ever since learning about Greek mythology in high school. He added that he feels it represents the kind of person he and Samantha hope their son becomes. The middle name “Robert” was chosen in honor of Samantha’s late father.
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