Post by wegrowsheep on Jun 7, 2015 17:31:16 GMT -5
I had somewhat regular cntxs Friday morning (5th), and timed them for about 4 hrs before they stopped. Sent DH to work, promising to call him if anything changed. DD woke up for school with a sore throat, which upon inspection was red, swollen, and covered in white spots. I loaded the car (hospital bags go everywhere at this point) and took both kids to dr with me. Stopped at pharmacy to get zofran refill, and headed to my parents' farm to get chores done.
Fast forward through the day of doing watering, feeding animals, etc.
DH called after work (3:30ish) to ask me to bring stuff from grocery store home for dinner. Good plan.
Started having more intense cntxs at 4:30ish started timing them at 7-8 min apart at 4:45. At 5:30 they were dropping below 5 min, and at 6:30 they were suddenly 2-3 min apart. Sometime in there, I called DH and told him we would eat at the farm and then head north. Then I called him again and told him to just hurry up, and not to stop for hotdog buns.
We arrived at the hospital at 7:15, and I was admitted at 5cm, 90% effaced. My friend showed up a few minutes later to photograph the birth. I met the 2 OB's working that night (onew was covering for my OB), and they were both headed into the OR for a CS. I told them I was thrilled they were there, and I wasn't picky who played catch! And I told them how fast my last delivery had gone...I had an IV lock put in (blew 2 veins in the process, but I didn't care). At this point the cntxs were still pretty close together and very painful. I was on the ball in between them, and squatting with the bed for support during.
At some point I decided my legs were tired, so we sat the back of the bed up all the way so I could try kneeling against it. My water broke during that contraction, and then everything moved very fast. DH and my friend (M) were the only ones in the room with me, and they called the nurse. I'm not clear when anyone actually showed up, but M was trying to help me focus on not pushing because when my water broke, I was just about yelling that I was ready!
Dh said they had an OB come from the OR, and a nurse checked me and said I was ready. I was just as amazed with this delivery as I was the previous one, at how difficult is to not push when your body says it's time.
I pushed for 5 or so minutes, and the OB was great and trying to pace me so I wouldn't tear. LO came out with his hand waving, and DH cut the cord. They laid him on my chest for a bit while they cleaned up and delivered the placenta. OB said there were a couple "rug burns" but no tears!
All told, it was 4 hrs from timing contractions to birth. 44 minutes faster than last time
Thor is a champion little eater, and latched right away.
And food is good again, no more nausea!
ETA to add pic.
Fast forward through the day of doing watering, feeding animals, etc.
DH called after work (3:30ish) to ask me to bring stuff from grocery store home for dinner. Good plan.
Started having more intense cntxs at 4:30ish started timing them at 7-8 min apart at 4:45. At 5:30 they were dropping below 5 min, and at 6:30 they were suddenly 2-3 min apart. Sometime in there, I called DH and told him we would eat at the farm and then head north. Then I called him again and told him to just hurry up, and not to stop for hotdog buns.
We arrived at the hospital at 7:15, and I was admitted at 5cm, 90% effaced. My friend showed up a few minutes later to photograph the birth. I met the 2 OB's working that night (onew was covering for my OB), and they were both headed into the OR for a CS. I told them I was thrilled they were there, and I wasn't picky who played catch! And I told them how fast my last delivery had gone...I had an IV lock put in (blew 2 veins in the process, but I didn't care). At this point the cntxs were still pretty close together and very painful. I was on the ball in between them, and squatting with the bed for support during.
At some point I decided my legs were tired, so we sat the back of the bed up all the way so I could try kneeling against it. My water broke during that contraction, and then everything moved very fast. DH and my friend (M) were the only ones in the room with me, and they called the nurse. I'm not clear when anyone actually showed up, but M was trying to help me focus on not pushing because when my water broke, I was just about yelling that I was ready!
Dh said they had an OB come from the OR, and a nurse checked me and said I was ready. I was just as amazed with this delivery as I was the previous one, at how difficult is to not push when your body says it's time.
I pushed for 5 or so minutes, and the OB was great and trying to pace me so I wouldn't tear. LO came out with his hand waving, and DH cut the cord. They laid him on my chest for a bit while they cleaned up and delivered the placenta. OB said there were a couple "rug burns" but no tears!
All told, it was 4 hrs from timing contractions to birth. 44 minutes faster than last time
Thor is a champion little eater, and latched right away.
And food is good again, no more nausea!
ETA to add pic.
