Our sweet Tyler was born on Friday, March 28th. He was 8 lbs. 14 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. He has such a sweet personality and is a much easier baby than his sister :) He was named after Trevor's brother (Tyson's twin) that passed away at birth.
My due date was March 28th and since Macy was a c-section due to her large size (9 lbs. 15 oz.), the doctor told me to get an ultrasound a couple weeks before my due date. I had an ultrasound two weeks before the scheduled c-section, and it looked like he was going to be another monster baby so the doctor said I could either wait til he came on his own (probably a week late and I would have ended up in a c-section anyways), or schedule a c-section for his due date. I just scheduled the c-section for the due date. I wasn't dilated at all, so I'm sure he wouldn't have come on his own til he was like two weeks late and 10 pounds.
We had to be at the hospital at 5:30 am to check in and get ready. I walked into the operating room, crawled up on the operating table, got numbed, laid down, and the baby was out five minutes later. So easy. The hardest part was getting numbed. I was hoping for a big baby because I didn't want the scheduled c-section to be all for nothing! When I heard the doctors say 8 lbs. 14 oz. I was okay with the fact that I scheduled the c-section because he for sure would have been big if I had waited for him to come on his own.
He swallowed fluid and meconium during delivery and was in the nursery on oxygen the entire time we were at the hospital so they could make sure his lungs were clear. I never worried about him, although looking back at things, I probably should have been worried. I was on heavy meds, so I don't think I really understood how scary it was, but Trevor seemed pretty worried. He was born at 7:49 am and I didn't get to see him til 4:00 pm. I had to have enough feeling in my legs to get up and get in the wheel chair in order to go see him or I could have seen him earlier. I was so excited to see him when I had waited the whole day. When I first saw him, I just thought he was beautiful. He looked like a perfect baby. He nursed well, and was so sweet.
The nursery nurses tried to take him off oxygen three different times over the course of the five days we were in the hospital, and his oxygen levels would go down, so we were afraid we were going to have to bring him home on oxygen, but the night before we left, Trevor, his dad, and my dad gave him a blessing and we were able to take him off the oxygen and his levels stayed high! Such a blessing. So we got to bring him home without oxygen.
I think I felt almost fully recovered from the c-section about a week after delivery. My doctor is the best at c-sections. Trevor was such good help the two weeks he had paternity leave. He took care of Macy and me and I just took care of the baby.
Tyler turned four weeks yesterday and is such a good baby. It's interesting how different he is from how Macy was. He sleeps alot, but doesn't get the good long stretches of sleep at night that Macy did. I usually get a total of six hours of sleep each night when I add up the two hours here and there. I'm hoping he starts to sleep longer stretches soon because the headaches and exhaustion have set in. My mom and sister have come over a couple nights to stay the night and help out. That definitely helped renew my energy and keep me going.
Macy loves her little brother and loves to hold him, hug him, and put her face to his face and say "Hi Baby" ever so sweetly. We found her in his crib one morning trying to feed him a bottle. We have to watch her like a hawk because she's always trying to squeeze him or hold him when we're not looking.
We can tell he's going to be much calmer than Macy and an all around sweet boy. We love him so much and can't wait to see him grow into a little boy. Pictures to come.
