Our sweet little baby was born on July 25, 2008 at 9:06 am in Cassia Regional Medical Center. It was a difficult delivery. Luke and I went to the hospital on July 24th at 11:30 am to get the induction we expected, they started me on Pitosin which didn’t do anything all day. The contractions were painful, but there was no progress, that night I started on Cytotec, a pill to help soften the cervix. At 5:50am my water broke by itself, and contractions were intense and intensifying by the minute, they kept checking and it was progressing fast. I got an epidural 7:15, but the contractions were still intense, and very painful. I was ready to start pushing about 8:50.
Our baby’s heart started slowing a lot with the pushes. I heard them and thought it was my own heart rate at about 80. The doctor told me I really need to push hard and get the baby out. When the baby started crowning the doctor saw two cords around his neck. He quickly cut the cords and the baby was handed to Wendy, our nurse. Luke and I kept looking over at the baby, he was extremely white, there was no crying and he was completely limp. They called our family physician, Dr. Wells, the respiratory therapist, Tyrell, and anesthesia. All of the healthcare workers rushed in, I know all of them because I work at the hospital. They were all wonderful.
Tyler wasn’t breathing, he was being bagged, he had chest compressions, and was being stimulated, I heard Dr. Wells say the words intubation and epinephrine, to me (as a nurse) that meant my baby was dying. Luke and I were holding hands watching helplessly as these people worked on our baby. We were praying and crying that God would spare his life. I just thought I would go home empty handed. It was aweful. There was about 7-10 minutes of working, but no results. After the longest moment of our lives we heard the most beautiful cry. It was such a wonderful noise. We thanked God. The nurses and anesthesiologist took our baby in the nursery to make sure his heart was ok. As I was being stitched up my nurses kept coming in and telling me the progress. He was doing well. I told Luke to go with them to the nursery, so he could be with his little boy. Our little boy’s Apgar scores were 1 and 5.
We are so blessed. We know little Tyler’s life is so precious and that he is supposed to be here with us. Everything really is in the hands of the Lord, and we are so reliant on him. We are so excited to be the parents of this precious baby, and we love him so much. We are so grateful to the wonderful staff and to our family and friends prayers and support, and especially to our Heavenly Father.
Tyler in the Nursery, he was wide awake and bright eyed for 3 hours after his experience.
My first time holding Tyler, about 1 1/2 hours after birth.
Tyler is 6 pounds 11 oz, 19 inches long, he has dark blue eyes and light brown hair. He is beautiful!
Tyler is getting his first Dr. Seuss story from his daddy. Tyler likes being held.
I love this little angel! His spirit is so precious in our home.
He's a cutie!! (-:
