This Was Expected, Right???

Katie Green, the news correspondent and longtime co-host of Armstrong & Getty On Demand, shares the emotional and chaotic reality of giving birth to her son Donovan after a 26-hour labor and a last-minute C-section—despite having meticulously planned the pregnancy for years. What was supposed to be a natural birth turned into a medical intervention that left her awake and aware throughout the procedure, feeling intense pressure and tugging but no sharp pain. She recounts the surreal moment when her husband Drew saw her internal organs during surgery, and the heart-wrenching delay in holding her newborn, who was taken to the NICU for fluid in his lungs before reuniting with her at 3 a.m. The episode captures the overwhelming love, physical exhaustion, and surreal transition from hospital protection to the raw vulnerability of going home with a newborn—where the real 'what the F' moment, as her dad predicted, hits: she’s now the only person who can answer the emergency call. Despite the chaos, Katie describes a love so profound it feels 'humanly impossible,' and her baby—15 pounds, 15.6 ounces—has already won over her dog, Frankie, who refuses to leave the swaddling blanket.