Trying to Believe in Miracles: January 2010

Tyler had his first photo shoot the other day. He slept through most of it, although he did wake up when my friend Jessica (the photographer) tried to move his hand out from under him. He is very particular about how he sleeps and doesn't like people moving him. He also woke up for the last set of pictures, he looks so alert and older than he is in those shots. The pictures came out so cute! If your interested in seeing them visit my friends website. I can't wait to keep doing more photo shoots and then comparing pictures as he gets older.

This weekend I submitted Tyler's birth announcement to our local paper. There is a place to add a siblings name, I hesitated for a second and then put in Addison's name. Tyler is going to know he has a sister and I think the whole world should know as well. She may not be here the way we want, but she is still his sister and is a huge part of our family.

Tyler Joseph entered this world at 4:11pm on Friday December 18th, 2009. He weighed 8 lbs 7.7 oz and measured 21.5 inches long. The birth was not exactly as planned. I went into the hospital on Thursday night for cervidal and the pitocin was started Friday morning. My cervix was dilating as it should, however, Tyler's head would not engage. He was head down but he would not engage and he lifted his head to the right. At about 2:45 the Doctor came in to check me and discuss options. Tyler had moved his head over more. The doctor told me my options were to keep moving towards a natural delivery, but her concerns were the contractions could cause my water to break and the umbilical cord could fall and become compressed instead of his head engaging which would require an emergency c-section. My other option was to have a c-section. My concern with that is the potential complications and that I can never be induced again, although I can opt for a c-section. John and I discussed it and decided to do the c-section because I did not want to take any chances that something could go wrong and I did not to be rushed into an emergency c-section later on.

I have to say having a c-section takes away some of the stress of delivery. I knew when I went into the operating room that Tyler was still alive and would be in my arms within 30 minutes. The spinal was awesome! I did not feel a thing. Tyler was taken out of my belly and started screaming! He was placed in the heated crib where I could see him and the pediatrician checked him out and came right to me to say he looked great! After he was checked out, John was able to hold him and bring him over to me. I was so happy to see my son and know he was alive and healthy!

The following are pictures of my Ty guy. Isn't he gorgeous?! I love him to pieces and have such a hard time not holding him and snuggling him 24/7.