I insisted on being the one to announce Tyler's name, which meant that all of his grandparents had to hang out in the waiting room for about an hour and a half while I was in recovery. Tim went back and forth from waiting to recovery and said that I was driving them all crazy. I think it was perfectly fitting since they were getting to see my baby and I wasn't!
When it was finally time for me to move up to my room, Tim was with me, and we ran into my mom and Timmy in the hallway, who were taking a walk. Timmy didn't seem too phased by my being wheeled around in a bed, and the first thing he said to me was, "Mama! The baby not in your belly anymore!" So, apparently he did understand what was going on! They brought Tyler to us and Tim and I had a few moments with just him before letting everyone else come in. Timmy climbed right up onto the bed with me and Tyler, and he gently touched his cheek and gave him kisses. Timmy is definitely in love! When everyone had filed into the room I finally said, "So... this is Tyler Edward." Everyone seemed to like the name, and it turned out that Timmy had said it a couple times in the waiting room, so a few people had picked up on it. Dad didn't say anything, but he did tear up a little, Edward was my PopPop's name, and it's my brother's middle name.
The rest of the stay in the hospital was a bit of a whirlwind. The first night was a bit rough as Tyler was awake for most of it, finally Tim just stayed up with him for a few hours, walking and rocking him while I slept, then after I fed him the next time, I just let him stay on my chest for a few hours and he was happy, so Tim slept. We had lots of time to nap during the day with him so we survived. Mom brought Timmy every day and he and Tim would go do something fun while Mom visited with me. We noticed some hospitality upgrades at the hospital since our stay when Timmy was born. One day they brought us a special dinner menu and Tim got to eat with me. When they brought the food up it came on a table with a white table cloth and extra chairs! You could also have your babies first portraits taken, but we skipped that. On check out day I got a complimentary massage! They were appreciated additions!
Tyler is a sweet little guy and very easy going. He is also very good at nursing, he ate while we were still in the operating room! This was a huge relief to me as it was a goal to do better with it then I did the first time around. Tyler sleeps a lot, has a very strong neck, hates getting his diaper changed, and has posed for hundreds of pictures. I am so looking forward to learning more and more about him!
The experience of having a scheduled C-Section was wild. I thought that I would know more of what to expect since I went through it before, but it was really different. While everything was clearly organized and professional, I felt like there were a billion things going on at once, and that it was very hectic. Of course with my first one, I had already been in labor almost 24 hours and had been drugged for most of them, so I was really just more aware of what was going on this time around. Same goes for the spinal block and epidural, I was much more aware, and it was not comfortable! One neat thing was that the same hospital doctor that assisted with Timmy's delivery also helped with Tyler's! When I realized it was him, thanks to his connection to Radford and VT, he even went and changed his scrub hat for me, to the VT one he wore during Timmy's birth! Everything went smoothly, though my doctor confirmed it was a very good thing that I went for the repeat c-section instead of a vbac, because it turns out that part of my uterus was very, very thin. She said for a 3rd child I need to have 'a petite little girl' and that they would do the c-section at 38 weeks! I was not nearly as exhausted this time as I was after Timmy's birth. That made the wait in recovery seem even longer! But finally getting to hold Tyler made all of the annoying parts of pregnancy and the following painful days of recovery all melt away immediately. Now we'll see how we do at home!
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