Baby glaze's birth story
Jul 8, 2016 12:00:23 GMT -5
Post by glaze on Jul 8, 2016 12:00:23 GMT -5
I woke up feeling the same, still very pregnant. Did some shopping that morning and then had a doctors appt at 2:00. MIL came over to watch the older two. At my appt I was 4 cm dilated and 90% effaced and baby was really low. My doctor wanted me to consider an induction for that Friday because of how fast he thought things were going to happen. After my appt I went over to the department where I used to work and visited with my old coworkers for awhile.
As I was walking out to my car in the parking lot I felt a little gush of fluid. I chalked it up to pee and got in the car and drove home. As soon as I got out of the car at home more fluid came out and started running down my leg and I realized that my water had probably broke. I booked it into the house and as soon as I got inside more started to leak out. I ran to the bathroom and called H which was at 2:43. I called my parents and they started heading over to the house. I also called the doctors and they told me to come in right away. Even though I was leaking tons of fluid I was still in total denial because it was nothing like how I went into labor with my last two. At this point I also wasn't contracting at all either. While I was waiting for my parents to get there I finished packing the hospital bag and getting everything ready. Every time I would sit down and get back up more fluid would gush out. So much fluid. Once my parents arrived my Dad stayed with the kids and my Mom and sister drove me to the hospital. At this point I was starting to feel a bit of contractions but nothing intense.
We got to the hospital at about 3:30 and when I walked inside I leaked through my pad yet again and water went all over the floor, which was awesome because there were a bunch of people around. I got in a wheelchair and we headed to the OB floor. Once we got in the room they strapped the monitors on me to make sure baby's heartbeat was good. The contractions started to get a little more intense at this point and the nurse said they were about 5 minutes apart. My H arrived around this time. When they checked me at this point I was 5 cm dilated. After they verified everything they took the monitors off so I could bounce on the birthing ball. It was about 4:00 at this point. We turned on the TV and property brothers was on. When I would get a contraction I would lay my head on the bed and just stare at the TV and roll on the ball. Everyone knew not to talk to me when I was contracting! My sister also played with my hair for awhile too which was nice! I spent about an hour on the ball and got up a couple of times to go to the bathroom. I had my bloody show at one point during all of this.
The contractions were manageable for awhile on the ball and then after one last trip to the bathroom I decided I couldn't do the ball anymore and just wanted to get in bed. My mom said she could tell I was getting close and went and got the nurse. The nurse checked me and I was about 8 cm dilated. I cried at this point because the contractions had gotten so intense so fast and the nurse told me I was in transition and that I was almost done. About 5 minutes later my doctor came in to check on me and he was getting the updates from the nurse still when I felt a ton of pressure and informed them. The nurses helped me get on my back and the doctor scrambled to get everything ready. I felt the urge to push almost right after all the pressure. I also remember the doctor asking me to scoot down on the table at one point and I remember giving him such a dirty look because I felt like I couldn't move at all. I pushed about 3 times and out came baby at 5:20 pm. The doctor cleared her out and she started crying (best sound ever) and they placed her on my chest. She cried for a bit and would calm down a little when I grabbed her hand and she would grab back. Then she found the boob and camped out there for pretty much the remainder of our hour of skin on skin. I had a very tiny tear that didn't require stitches. When they weighed her she was 7 lbs 13 oz and 20 1/4 inches long.
As I was walking out to my car in the parking lot I felt a little gush of fluid. I chalked it up to pee and got in the car and drove home. As soon as I got out of the car at home more fluid came out and started running down my leg and I realized that my water had probably broke. I booked it into the house and as soon as I got inside more started to leak out. I ran to the bathroom and called H which was at 2:43. I called my parents and they started heading over to the house. I also called the doctors and they told me to come in right away. Even though I was leaking tons of fluid I was still in total denial because it was nothing like how I went into labor with my last two. At this point I also wasn't contracting at all either. While I was waiting for my parents to get there I finished packing the hospital bag and getting everything ready. Every time I would sit down and get back up more fluid would gush out. So much fluid. Once my parents arrived my Dad stayed with the kids and my Mom and sister drove me to the hospital. At this point I was starting to feel a bit of contractions but nothing intense.
We got to the hospital at about 3:30 and when I walked inside I leaked through my pad yet again and water went all over the floor, which was awesome because there were a bunch of people around. I got in a wheelchair and we headed to the OB floor. Once we got in the room they strapped the monitors on me to make sure baby's heartbeat was good. The contractions started to get a little more intense at this point and the nurse said they were about 5 minutes apart. My H arrived around this time. When they checked me at this point I was 5 cm dilated. After they verified everything they took the monitors off so I could bounce on the birthing ball. It was about 4:00 at this point. We turned on the TV and property brothers was on. When I would get a contraction I would lay my head on the bed and just stare at the TV and roll on the ball. Everyone knew not to talk to me when I was contracting! My sister also played with my hair for awhile too which was nice! I spent about an hour on the ball and got up a couple of times to go to the bathroom. I had my bloody show at one point during all of this.
The contractions were manageable for awhile on the ball and then after one last trip to the bathroom I decided I couldn't do the ball anymore and just wanted to get in bed. My mom said she could tell I was getting close and went and got the nurse. The nurse checked me and I was about 8 cm dilated. I cried at this point because the contractions had gotten so intense so fast and the nurse told me I was in transition and that I was almost done. About 5 minutes later my doctor came in to check on me and he was getting the updates from the nurse still when I felt a ton of pressure and informed them. The nurses helped me get on my back and the doctor scrambled to get everything ready. I felt the urge to push almost right after all the pressure. I also remember the doctor asking me to scoot down on the table at one point and I remember giving him such a dirty look because I felt like I couldn't move at all. I pushed about 3 times and out came baby at 5:20 pm. The doctor cleared her out and she started crying (best sound ever) and they placed her on my chest. She cried for a bit and would calm down a little when I grabbed her hand and she would grab back. Then she found the boob and camped out there for pretty much the remainder of our hour of skin on skin. I had a very tiny tear that didn't require stitches. When they weighed her she was 7 lbs 13 oz and 20 1/4 inches long.
