Baby Tyler and the Birth Story

So Tyler's birth was induced. But it didn't quite go as the other 2 boys' birth.

The other boys' births involved a little of labor, an epidural and a speedy delivery.

Last night I checked in to the hospital at 7:30, snuggled into my hospital bed and received the cervadil gel at 9 pm to help prepare my cervix for the pitocin that would come in the morning.

The cervadil caused some intense and regular contractions. I was a bit worried, because I thought I was supposed to be able to go to bed, wake up and give birth.

Not so much!

I called my sister (who is an MD) and she said that cervadil can certainly induce labor without needing pitocin. Well...it seemed to be the case, as my contractions were getting stronger and stronger, and more frequent and more frequent with just the cervadil.

At 10 pm, I was given something to help me sleep. That lasted about an hour, when the contractions woke me up. So they gave me another medication to take the edge off the discomfort from the contractions, so that I could get some rest.

At 1 pm, the reassessed my cervix and decided that I did not need any more gel and would start the pitocin at 4 am. So I slept until pitocin began and then was awake due to the increasing intensity and frequency of the contractions. Here is the timeline from 6:10 am...

6:10 am - MD breaks my water, at 5 cm

6:10-6:30 - Contractions grow so intense that I begin crying and couldn't remember the "second" stage of the breathing...so we call in the nurse

6:30 am - Call the nurse in and she helps with breathing and checks me again, 8 cm

6:32 am - Change positions and *yell* at the nurse that I NEED the anesthesiologist NOW for the epidural...NOW! But I knew it was too late.

6:33 am - I *yell* that I feel the pressure and want to push. She says not to push and to breathe (Um, yeah...easy for you to say!)

6:33:20 am - Nurse hits the "emergency" button and a flurry of people come running into the room

6:33:45 am - Doctor shows up and starts preparing the bed for delivery and keeps telling me to breathe...to which I tell him I WANT TO PUSH...he calmly says "breathe"...and I *yell* that I want to PUSH

6:34 am - I have enough wits about me to tell the MD that I've needed episiotomies in the past, so please numb me

6:35 am - I NEED to push

6:36 am - I rest for 30 seconds

6:37 am - I NNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD to push!

6:38 am - I rest for 30 seconds

6:39 am - My doctor showed up...I just heard his voice and was so glad he made it!

6:40 am - I NNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDdd to push!

6:41 am - My doctor asks "Are you having a contraction?" To which I reply, "I have absolutely no idea...I just want to push." So he said, "Push."

6:41:30 am - 1 push and his head was out.

6:42 am - Shoulders and the rest come out.

He cries. I cry.

And I sit in shock at the events that just took place, while the flurry of people make it look like nothing happened!

Birth Stats

6:42 am
7 lb. 11 oz.
21 1/4 inches long
Blue eyes
Blondish hair
Looks like Cheeks

We are thrilled to welcome this little blessing into our lives!