Welcoming...

...Ryland Paul Buckert.

My Birth Story...
It was decided at 35 weeks that for my safety we would be induced the following week. Wednesday night Bryson headed to my parents and Nate and I headed to the hospital. I was hooked up and monitored for a while before they began my medication and it showed that I was actually contracting on my own. I then met the first of my fantastic nurses, Becky, who gave me the meds to get things rolling. By 2 a.m. I decided I would go ahed with the epidural, so I was moved to the L&D room, which was HUGE, and had a whirlpool tub!! The epidural ended up only working sparatically in my left side, which was fun... Shortly after 7 in the morning my doctor came, I was started on pitocin (to kick up the contractions), she broke my water and attempted to insert some monitors to internally monitor Ryland's vitals... this apparently was too much for him to handle which caused for about 10 very scary minutes, the possibility of an emergency c-section, me on oxygen, extra nurses brought in, etc. Thankfully he came through and we continued on with the process. Shortly there after my blood pressure started to get too high so I needed to be started on additional medication.

In the process of all of this as we knew we were getting closer, we discoved that our camera battery was dead!! Thankfully a friend was able to run to the store and buy a new one for us since we couldnt find the charger either!! At last I was ready to push... 3 pushes later Ryland was born, with the cord wrapped around his neck and tied in a complete knot. My doctor has been delivering babies for 25 years and had never seen that happen. They refer to Ryland as my little miracle, as if we hadnt have delivered when we did, he may not have made it!

Ryland was MUCH smaller than anticipated, born at 5 pounds 3 ounces and 20 inches. At 34 weeks they had estimated him as 5 pounds 8 ounces. And despited being immediately checked by the NICU doctor, about an hour and a half after being born, meeting grammie, poppie, uncle jordan and big brither Bryson... Ryland started to struggle with his breathing so he was brought to the NICU for observation. A few hours later we were told that he would be staying there as his O2 stats were low and he was continuing to struggle with breathing.

After first being told he would not need to be in there long, then being told Sunday.... Nate and I decided it would be best for me to head home instead of hanging out in the hospital so that we could be with Bryson for his birthday.

NICU stories and Bryson's birthday to come...

You can find additional pictures of Ryland's birth here... dont worry if you dont Facebook, you will still be able to access the photos!

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