After 27 hours of intense labor we brought Tyler Thomas Miles into the world at 4:00pm on Friday, February 13th, 2009. He weighed in at just 5lbs 6 ounces and measured 19 inches long.
Tyler was born 3 and a half weeks early but he is healthy, happy and doing excellently. We are very blessed to have this beautiful bundle of joy!
I was induced after 9 days of bed rest on Thursday, February 12th at 1:00pm due to pregnancy complications from pre-eclampsia. I had the epidural from heck and my contractions were very difficult. They were 2 minutes apart for about 8 hours and I was only dilated to a one until Friday morning around 8:00am.
Once I was dilated to a three and holding, Erik gave me a priesthood blessing and within two hours I was at a 10 and ready to start pushing. Up until that point I had to be "revived" a couple of times when my blood pressure dropped to 60/30 from 125/90 and I wasn't breathing very well.
I pushed about 5 times once I was dilated to a 10 and out he came! The pain was horrible, but of course it was all worth it. I didn't even need any stitches! After such a hard pregnancy and difficult labor, the pushing was relatively quick and easy--I felt very blessed.
Tyler is doing so well now. He sleeps soundly, eats like a champ and fills his diapers faster than Daddy can change them. We are all very tired and I'm still in some pain, but our little family is happy and healthy!
I want to thank you all for your prayers--I felt them at 1:00am Friday morning when the anesthesiologist tried to murder me by jamming the needle in my spine three times the wrong way. Tyler can't wait to meet you all! And get your daughters ready, because he is going to be a total hottie!!
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