Pat McAfee is celebrating the birth of his son Midas and commending his wife Samantha for her strength throughout an emergency C-section.
The 39-year-old sports analyst took to his social media pages on Monday (May 25) to announce the arrival of his second child.
Pat and Samantha have been married since August 2020 and welcomed their first child, daughter Mackenzie, in May 2023. Two years later, the couple has another baby!
Pat McAfee shares the story of Midas’ birth
Pat took to Instagram to share the story of the birth.
Please help @mrsmcafeeshow, Mackenzie, & 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 Friday night. Baby boy entered the world on May 22nd at 10:42PM as a 6lb 6oz screaming young legend.. 10 Toes, 10 Fingers, full head of hair.
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 & we got to do all of the immediate magical newborn moments.. Skin to skin, 1000 kisses, love, all of that.. inevitably, since he came into the world at 36 Weeks (40 is full term), he had to develop his lungs more, get fluid out of him, & adjust to life outside of Sam’s stomach.. So, he was sent to the NICU to help transition from womb to world.
Pat commended Samantha and Midas for their strength amid the ordeal.
As mom recovered like a badass from the mind boggling C-Section surgery, little dude was DAHN the hall.. They put a CPAP on our guy, a feeding tube, & put him in a heated pod w/ a heating lamp to help him develop. There wasn’t much I could do other than bring positive vibes as I bounced in between the 2
Watching Samantha battle thru her recovery has been nothing short of inspiring, WE APPRECIATE YOU @mrsmcafeeshow, I will be sure that our kids will know how much you went thru for them..& every time I went and saw boy, I found myself fantasizing about what his life could become.. So many dreams & opps waiting for this young stud. We had a sneaky suspicion that he was a dawg & a fighter but, it is a bit scary to see your baby hooked up to so many serious things.. He ended up staying roughly 36 hours in the NICU before being released back to our room…a FULL CELEBRATION occured. He’s been sleeping & feeding & burping & pooping & peeing ever since. We’re looking to get home to our 3 yr old baby girl today or tomorrow. We can’t wait for her to meet her brother.. The grandparents have been doing a PHENOMENAL job of keeping her informed & also distracted while we’ve been in this hospital.. we are VERY THANKFUL for them.
WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL for following along and allowing us to live this life.
MIDAS.. WE LOVE YOU DUDE
Congrats to the happy family!
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