Baby Ellebelle's Birth Story! (XP: J16)
Jul 24, 2016 15:57:59 GMT -5
Post by ellebelle on Jul 24, 2016 15:57:59 GMT -5
TL;DR: Irene Anna was born at 4:48am on 7/18/16 weighing 8 lb. 14 oz. and measuring 21". I had a med-free birth even with SPD (but hope to never do that again!).
The ILs took DD1 to the park so I finally have a few minutes to get on the computer to type up this birth story.
Over the weekend I had a few inconsistent contractions and had started to lose my MP so I thought we were getting closer. Sunday night we had just put DD1 to bed and I sat down to watch TV and felt a little leak. I didn't think too much about it because my water didn't break with DD1 until I was ready to push. I was having contractions every 10 minutes though so I decided to go to bed. An hour later I woke up with painful contractions and decided we should just go to the hospital to see if I was leaking fluid.
We got to triage at the hospital at 12:10am and they checked me and my water had broken slightly. DD2's head was far down though so she had prevented it from completely breaking. They admitted me to L&D but that took over 2 hours to do because there was a baby boom that night. Finally we got to L&D and they checked me. I was at 5cm and they broke the rest of my water and left me to labor on my own. Around 4am I started to have really painful contractions and asked to be checked again. I was told the midwives were delivering another baby and so my nurse volunteered to check me. She said I had made no progress so I asked for the epi. The anesthesiologist was in the OR so they said that would be awhile too. However, not even 5 minutes after my nurse checked me I felt like I had to push. The doctor rushed in and checked and said baby was right there.
Three pushes later and Irene Anna was born at 4:48am. The first thing everyone said was "she's so big!". My doctor and the L&D staff had all predicted a low 7 lb. baby however baby girl was 8 lb. 14 oz. My recovery has been good and she's a very good baby, however we're having some trouble with BFing. Trying to work through it and getting a handle on balancing older sister's needs with the baby's is the current struggle. Hoping to get the hang of it soon! Thanks for all the well wishes!
The ILs took DD1 to the park so I finally have a few minutes to get on the computer to type up this birth story.
Over the weekend I had a few inconsistent contractions and had started to lose my MP so I thought we were getting closer. Sunday night we had just put DD1 to bed and I sat down to watch TV and felt a little leak. I didn't think too much about it because my water didn't break with DD1 until I was ready to push. I was having contractions every 10 minutes though so I decided to go to bed. An hour later I woke up with painful contractions and decided we should just go to the hospital to see if I was leaking fluid.
We got to triage at the hospital at 12:10am and they checked me and my water had broken slightly. DD2's head was far down though so she had prevented it from completely breaking. They admitted me to L&D but that took over 2 hours to do because there was a baby boom that night. Finally we got to L&D and they checked me. I was at 5cm and they broke the rest of my water and left me to labor on my own. Around 4am I started to have really painful contractions and asked to be checked again. I was told the midwives were delivering another baby and so my nurse volunteered to check me. She said I had made no progress so I asked for the epi. The anesthesiologist was in the OR so they said that would be awhile too. However, not even 5 minutes after my nurse checked me I felt like I had to push. The doctor rushed in and checked and said baby was right there.
Three pushes later and Irene Anna was born at 4:48am. The first thing everyone said was "she's so big!". My doctor and the L&D staff had all predicted a low 7 lb. baby however baby girl was 8 lb. 14 oz. My recovery has been good and she's a very good baby, however we're having some trouble with BFing. Trying to work through it and getting a handle on balancing older sister's needs with the baby's is the current struggle. Hoping to get the hang of it soon! Thanks for all the well wishes!
