Zee Birth Story
Mar 11, 2015 17:58:35 GMT -5
Post by mrszee on Mar 11, 2015 17:58:35 GMT -5
i have been meaning to do this, so here goes!
First off off I did want to thank the stm+ and ftm's for all the help and support the last 9 months (I have no idea when I showed up here lol) - you guys are awesome and I appreciate you even though I may have lurked a little more than posted
Birth story:
my water broke at 4 am on 2/24 which was a huge surprise to me bc my due date was 2/25 and I thought for sure I would be late. I waited until 5 am to call the midwife so I could take a shower and bc nothing seemed to be happening. She told me to check back in at about 8. DH and I hung out and I called the midwife on call at 8 am, still nothing happening (irregular contractions, nothing meaningful) so she told me to call back at noon. Having nothing better to do, I logged onto work and sat on my medicine ball.
Comtractions started picking up around 11-this I know bc I was on a conference call with my boss (lol) and he was asking if I was hanging in there
I called the midwife at noon and told Her things were becoming timable and she told me to come in at 2. Sometime between 12:30 and 1:30 (when we left) shizz got real and I was having contractions 2-3 minutes apart. I was writing it down as we were driving and my handwriting just got worse and worse, it is kind of funny to look at now.
Our doula met us at the hospital-both of us are so glad we had her, she was awesome.
When i got to the hospital they tried to triage me (I am clearly in pain, lots of it) and were finally like get her to a room, which they did. I was 5 cm and 100% (second surprise of the day!!) when I got to a room around 2:45. I labored on a ball a little bit, in bed a little bit and by 4:55 I was ready to push. While I was pushing (I have little memory of this) the midwife asked if she could give me an episiotomy and I said no. I had a med free birth so I felt everything and figured I would take my chances with tearing-which I did wind up with second degree tears. 20 minutes later baby Zee was born screaming at 5:17 Her hand was up by her ear when she came out and she cut me with her nails down there which meant more stitches for me!!
she was a little jaundiced but was able to stay with us and at her ped appointment they weren't worried about it. We are all good besides the occasional rough night
First off off I did want to thank the stm+ and ftm's for all the help and support the last 9 months (I have no idea when I showed up here lol) - you guys are awesome and I appreciate you even though I may have lurked a little more than posted
Birth story:
my water broke at 4 am on 2/24 which was a huge surprise to me bc my due date was 2/25 and I thought for sure I would be late. I waited until 5 am to call the midwife so I could take a shower and bc nothing seemed to be happening. She told me to check back in at about 8. DH and I hung out and I called the midwife on call at 8 am, still nothing happening (irregular contractions, nothing meaningful) so she told me to call back at noon. Having nothing better to do, I logged onto work and sat on my medicine ball.
Comtractions started picking up around 11-this I know bc I was on a conference call with my boss (lol) and he was asking if I was hanging in there
I called the midwife at noon and told Her things were becoming timable and she told me to come in at 2. Sometime between 12:30 and 1:30 (when we left) shizz got real and I was having contractions 2-3 minutes apart. I was writing it down as we were driving and my handwriting just got worse and worse, it is kind of funny to look at now.
Our doula met us at the hospital-both of us are so glad we had her, she was awesome.
When i got to the hospital they tried to triage me (I am clearly in pain, lots of it) and were finally like get her to a room, which they did. I was 5 cm and 100% (second surprise of the day!!) when I got to a room around 2:45. I labored on a ball a little bit, in bed a little bit and by 4:55 I was ready to push. While I was pushing (I have little memory of this) the midwife asked if she could give me an episiotomy and I said no. I had a med free birth so I felt everything and figured I would take my chances with tearing-which I did wind up with second degree tears. 20 minutes later baby Zee was born screaming at 5:17
Her hand was up by her ear when she came out and she cut me with her nails down there which meant more stitches for me!! she was a little jaundiced but was able to stay with us and at her ped appointment they weren't worried about it. We are all good besides the occasional rough night
