Pat McAfee is celebrating the arrival of baby no. 2 after his wife, Samantha McAfee, underwent an emergency C-section.
“Please help @MrsMcAfeeShow, Mackenzie, and I welcome Midas Robert McAfee to our family,” the Pat McAfee Show host, 39, wrote via X on Monday, May 25. “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.”
Pat recalled how he and Samantha, who tied the knot in August 2020, were able to have some precious time together with their newborn before the baby was taken 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,” Pat continued. “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.”
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Pat also shared that Samantha “was recovering like a badass from the mind boggling C-Section surgery.”
“Watching Samantha battle thru her recovery has been nothing short of inspiring, WE APPRECIATE YOU @MrsMcAfeeShow,” he wrote. “I will be sure that our kids will know how much you went thru for them.”
In addition to being in awe of his wife’s strength post-childbirth, Pat gushed that Midas was just as tough as his mom.
“We had a sneaky suspicion that he was a dawg and a fighter but, it is a bit scary to see your baby hooked up to so many ‘very serious’ things,” he continued. “He ended up staying roughly 36 hours in the NICU before being released back to our room … a FULL CELEBRATION occured [sic]. We’ve been floating around this room.. sleeping and burping and feeding and changing diapers ever since.”
Pat shared that he and Samantha are looking forward to getting “back home” to their daughter Mackenzie, 3, so she can “meet her baby brother.”
The sports analyst pointed out how poetic it was for Midas’ safe arrival to occur on Memorial Day.
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“So on this Memorial Day we say Thank You to those who gave everything to this country that we call home. and we will use their stories as guidance for our young boy about a life lived right,” he wrote. “We Love You Midas… Welcome to the McAfee family. We will do everything we can for you, brother.”
Pat also shared that in the early days of his son’s life he has already watched some big sports moments and iconic movies.
“P.s. Midas has already watched the closest Indy 500 of all time. The Vegas Golden Knights HUGE game 3 comeback… AND of course, Top Gun Maverick,” he concluded.
