Post by wifedeangel on Jun 10, 2015 11:52:27 GMT -5
Whoever said that 2nd babies come faster was lying. Baby Boy came in a very reasonable about of time, but it wasn't precipitous like I was afraid of/hoping for.
About 5:30 Monday night, I started to have contractions about 7 minutes apart, but they were pretty mild so I decided to wait and see what happened. When H got home at 7, I told him we were having a baby that night, and he said "oh, that's nice" and went to the kitchen to eat dinner.
I kept contracting every 5-7 minutes as I put DD to bed and started getting everything together. I called the labor nurse to let her know we were coming, and got to the hospital at about 11. While driving, the contractions ramped up their intensity.
When they first checked me, I was dilated to a 3 and Baby's head was not engaged, which was surprised me, I felt I had gotten further than that. I continued to have contractions every 3-5 minutes apart, but they were increasing in intensity for the next 3 hours. They kept me on the monitor the whole time because they couldn't get a good read on Baby's heartbeat. There were a few times my contractions were so strong the nurses ran in because they thought I was pushing. But no, at this point I was only dilated to a 6, but having transition level pain. At about 2:30 they asked if I wanted to have my water broken, and I agreed. The next 45 minutes of contractions were almost unbearable as baby dropped and I went to a 10. I was able to remember my breathing and visualizations though, and H was my rock of support the whole time.
When I was ready to push, the midwife told me that once the head was out, to stop pushing and let her clean out his mouth and nose, because there was meconium in my waters. So one official push brought out his head, and I was trying to breath and not push, but my body did its own thing, and Baby Boy shot out at the next contraction and the midwife barely caught him before he landed on the floor.
They laid him in my chest for a second before taking him to the corner to clean out his nose and mouth and clean him up. They were initially concerned because his heart was decelerating with the final contractions, but his APGAR scores were 8/9, and his breathing was great.
I got 2 second degree tears, front and back, but otherwise I'm feeling pretty good physically. Just normal new mom tired. And Baby Angel is perfect, and BFing like its his job.
TLDR: shortish delivery, natural all the way, OUCH, a little drama that had a happy ending.
About 5:30 Monday night, I started to have contractions about 7 minutes apart, but they were pretty mild so I decided to wait and see what happened. When H got home at 7, I told him we were having a baby that night, and he said "oh, that's nice" and went to the kitchen to eat dinner.
I kept contracting every 5-7 minutes as I put DD to bed and started getting everything together. I called the labor nurse to let her know we were coming, and got to the hospital at about 11. While driving, the contractions ramped up their intensity.
When they first checked me, I was dilated to a 3 and Baby's head was not engaged, which was surprised me, I felt I had gotten further than that. I continued to have contractions every 3-5 minutes apart, but they were increasing in intensity for the next 3 hours. They kept me on the monitor the whole time because they couldn't get a good read on Baby's heartbeat. There were a few times my contractions were so strong the nurses ran in because they thought I was pushing. But no, at this point I was only dilated to a 6, but having transition level pain. At about 2:30 they asked if I wanted to have my water broken, and I agreed. The next 45 minutes of contractions were almost unbearable as baby dropped and I went to a 10. I was able to remember my breathing and visualizations though, and H was my rock of support the whole time.
When I was ready to push, the midwife told me that once the head was out, to stop pushing and let her clean out his mouth and nose, because there was meconium in my waters. So one official push brought out his head, and I was trying to breath and not push, but my body did its own thing, and Baby Boy shot out at the next contraction and the midwife barely caught him before he landed on the floor.
They laid him in my chest for a second before taking him to the corner to clean out his nose and mouth and clean him up. They were initially concerned because his heart was decelerating with the final contractions, but his APGAR scores were 8/9, and his breathing was great.
I got 2 second degree tears, front and back, but otherwise I'm feeling pretty good physically. Just normal new mom tired. And Baby Angel is perfect, and BFing like its his job.
TLDR: shortish delivery, natural all the way, OUCH, a little drama that had a happy ending.
