Post by daisylola11 on Mar 10, 2017 2:16:36 GMT -5
Cramping started Sunday morning around 1 am and I started feeling mild timeable contractions by 3am. I couldn't sleep so I laid in bed for a bit before deciding to just get up grab a snack and walk a little to see if they'd get worse or stick around. They did end up getting worse and closer together over the next hour, 5 min apart lasting 40 sec. I could manage well but decided it was the real thing and called my mom and sister over (they are each about 2 hrs away).
DH was sleeping until about 6am when DS woke up and I told him it was time and to start packing a bag. I walked laps around the house and once my mom and sis arrived there was a break in the rain and we walked the neighborhood. Contractions were still getting worse and were about 3 min apart lasting 1 min by about 10pm.
Now my MW had said I needed to come in if they were 5 min apart or if my water broke... but they were very manageable and I really wanted to get to the hospital nice and dilated to get admitted (so at least 4cm).
By 11pm we decided to head in since I couldn't walk or talk through them and I still had a 20 min car ride. We arrived and was admitted since I was 6 (!!) cm, I was very happily surprised.
Went into our room where I had to be monitored for 15 min then I was free to labor as I wanted. It was getting real hard to manage the contractions laying in bed.
Hopped into the shower and labored much better but they were getting significantly worse where I was starting to panic I wouldn't be able to concentrate on pushing with that kind of pain... and my water hadn't broken yet, so I knew they'd get worse yet.
TMI warning... while in the shower I had a really bad contraction and this slug thing just dropped to the ground... the biggest fucking mucus plug ever!! It was gross and so very weird lol
That's when I said I want an epi and they pulled me in bed to check my progress. I was now pretty much the crazed lady yelling when I had a contraction by then, there was no breathing or keeping my cool anymore. I was 9cm dilated by 1pm and they all thought I was gonna have that baby too soon to get the epi. I freaked out! I panicked and couldn't get control of myself. They ended up doing a spinal tap, which they explained would relieve me for about 2 hrs.
So yeah no pressure. I was determined, they let baby girl move down a bit while I had a rest and then we started practice pushing around 2ish. I had her in 15 min!!!! She had her arm by her head when she popped out so it was nuts how fast it happened.
My Previous labor w DS was 35+ hours! I couldn't believe I was just at the hospital for a few hours and had a baby!!
Matil.da Joseph.ine was born March 5th 8lb 1oz 20in long one day before her due date.
Sorry for the novel here's a couple sweet pics of my two kidos
DH was sleeping until about 6am when DS woke up and I told him it was time and to start packing a bag. I walked laps around the house and once my mom and sis arrived there was a break in the rain and we walked the neighborhood. Contractions were still getting worse and were about 3 min apart lasting 1 min by about 10pm.
Now my MW had said I needed to come in if they were 5 min apart or if my water broke... but they were very manageable and I really wanted to get to the hospital nice and dilated to get admitted (so at least 4cm).
By 11pm we decided to head in since I couldn't walk or talk through them and I still had a 20 min car ride. We arrived and was admitted since I was 6 (!!) cm, I was very happily surprised.
Went into our room where I had to be monitored for 15 min then I was free to labor as I wanted. It was getting real hard to manage the contractions laying in bed.
Hopped into the shower and labored much better but they were getting significantly worse where I was starting to panic I wouldn't be able to concentrate on pushing with that kind of pain... and my water hadn't broken yet, so I knew they'd get worse yet.
TMI warning... while in the shower I had a really bad contraction and this slug thing just dropped to the ground... the biggest fucking mucus plug ever!! It was gross and so very weird lol
That's when I said I want an epi and they pulled me in bed to check my progress. I was now pretty much the crazed lady yelling when I had a contraction by then, there was no breathing or keeping my cool anymore. I was 9cm dilated by 1pm and they all thought I was gonna have that baby too soon to get the epi. I freaked out! I panicked and couldn't get control of myself. They ended up doing a spinal tap, which they explained would relieve me for about 2 hrs.
So yeah no pressure. I was determined, they let baby girl move down a bit while I had a rest and then we started practice pushing around 2ish. I had her in 15 min!!!! She had her arm by her head when she popped out so it was nuts how fast it happened.
My Previous labor w DS was 35+ hours! I couldn't believe I was just at the hospital for a few hours and had a baby!!
Matil.da Joseph.ine was born March 5th 8lb 1oz 20in long one day before her due date.
Sorry for the novel here's a couple sweet pics of my two kidos
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