Meet our new little man! Hyrum "Ryker" Tietjen joined our family @ 11:42 am Monday March 10th. After a long week of contractions and one trip to the hospital, we went in for our induction on Sunday night at 9:00pm. I tested positive for Strep B, so they spent the 1st 8 hours giving me antibiotics, started pitocin at 6:30 Monday morning and he was here before lunch! It actually seemed quite long for me because usually within 1 hour of the Dr. breaking my water I am delivering, but this time was different. His head was turned weird and it wasn't in the right position so dilating was taking longer than it should have. The only scare we had was about an hour before I had him they were flipping me (and when I say "they were flipping me" I am being very literal! They were having a hard time getting the pain under control and had me so drugged that I could not move at all, so Devin and the nurse had to literally pick up my lower body and turn me from side to side!) Anyways, one time they flipped me on my left side and the babies heart rate dropped to 60, so they hurried and flipped me back to the other side and it still didn't come up so the nurse was in a panic, yelling for help and for someone to get my Doctor there, trying to move me around to see if it would go back up. It was a nightmare! I could see the panic in her face and I just laid there thinking, "oh my gosh my baby is dying and they are going to have to cut me open" That is the most awful sound I have ever heard, is that little heartbeat getting slower and slower! Thank goodness after about 5 min. his heart rate slowly started coming back up and the Dr. got there and said what had probably happened is that the cord was tangled somewhere and when I turned to that side the pressure of the baby pinched on the cord and was cutting of the blood supply to the baby. Which it was, the cord was wrapped once around his neck. Talk about scary! I am just so thankful that everything turned out good! Oh wait! I think I have forgotten the most wonderful part! Ryker Tietjen is 22 inches long and 11 POUNDS!!! No that is not a typo, no I'm not kidding he weighs 11 pounds! All his little fat rolls are so adorable! His face is still swollen and bruised from the delivery, but I just want to eat his huge chubby cheeks! I had over a dozen nurses yesterday knock on the door asking if they could come in and see the 11 pound baby, cuz they had never seen a new baby that big before! It was really funny! I was at the new Banner Gateway hospital and they said he is the biggest baby that has been delivered there since they opened (about 5 months ago I think) I really think I should have won a prize like free diapers until someone broke that record! HA!HA! I am so grateful that he is here, and that we had a safe delivery. (and to answer the other questions that I have been getting; no, no C-Section and no tearing.) His head actually isn't that big....15", which for me isn't my biggest. Austins head was 16". I don't know where these huge babies come from, but it makes me feel better about being so huge before delivery!! :) Thanks to everyone who came and saw us in the hospital and a HUGE thank you to my sister Amanda & her hubby James, who stayed at my house to take care of the kids; as well as my Mom & Dad, Tiffany and Camille! I could never relax at the hospital if I didn't know that my kids were being well taken care of; and that is a huge feat! I was a little sad to come home today; ONLY because I know I wont get to hold him very much now that I have to share him with 7 kids! Actually I love that my kids love him so much; even if Mason doesn't like his name "cuz it is weird" :) Welcome home Ryker, we Love You!!
