Post by sanibel21 on Oct 19, 2016 7:19:03 GMT -5
Monday evening I had an hour of pretty consistent mildly uncomfortable contractions. They petered out, but still came sporadically overnight. I had an appt Tuesday morning where the midwife told me I was only a fingertip dilated and to go on about my life. I took DD to swim and did errands, still having sporadic mildly uncomfortable contractions. Tuesday night 8 pm they picked up consistency and intensity. Moaning through them etc. 10:30 pm I called the midwife who reminded me I had only been a fingertip dilated and that I'd had a super long labor with DD. But when I told her I didn't even know how to deal with the contractions anymore and passed the phone off to DH during one, she said to come along. We called my mom to come watch DD. When she showed up at 11 I was getting 2-3 contractions in waves together. I waited for a lull and we got in the car. Water broke in the car. We arrived at the hospital at 11:15 and I was like involuntarily pushing. They wheeled me into a room and told me I was 9.5 cm. No time for epidural, no time for IV antibiotics for GBS. DD2 was born at 11:44 pm! I felt like a wild woman, it was so crazy. We got to do skin to skin. I needed a few stitches. She's latched a couple times. Between adrenaline, post partum cramping, and squeaky baby sleep noises, I've only slept a total of 30 minutes. DD1 is coming this am and then I'm hoping to put off any other visitors until tomorrow so I can rest. But we are both doing well.
