Baby Ravinraven216 Birth Story
Jun 10, 2015 15:12:55 GMT -5
Post by ravinraven216 on Jun 10, 2015 15:12:55 GMT -5
I was up every hour or so to pee in the wee (ha!) morning hours on Tuesday. At 4:30, I had just returned to bed when I felt fluid pour out. Luckily I had a towel under me while sleeping for the past two weeks. I shuffled to the bathroom and kept losing fluid. After consulting Dr. Google, I surmised that my water had broken. After hanging out on the toilet dripping in disbelief, I roused myself, took a shower, and went to wake DH around 6:30.
My contractions weren't really strong, so I downloaded an app to time them (which I was terrible at keeping up with). We ate, re-packed our hospital bag (with things like magazines that we foolishly thought we would need to while away the last night hours of labor), ran an errand to the bank, and went to our car seat check appointment. I was a soggy mess the whole time. Every time I moved in any significant way I leaked more. I called my OB's office around 10:00am and chatted with a nurse who advised me to go to to L&D.
Arrived at triage with some high BP, leaking amniotic fluid, and was already 5cm dilated. At my last appointment I had been stuck at 1cm. I was scooted off to a room in the nick of time. My contractions started getting intense just after I settled down in bed. In less than an hour I had progressed to 8cm and fighting the urge to push was agonizing. The RN told me I might not get my epidural before I needed to start pushing. Cue panic. I ended up up having just enough time for an epidural which bought me some time to finish my admittance paperwork.
I pushed for just over 1 hour. Water breaking to birth was just under 11 hours. Baby had his chord wrapped around his neck 3 times, but was fine apart from that. Breastfeeding has been a struggle, but he seems to be catching on. Ice pack pads and a snack room across the hall have been lifesavers.
DS is having some tests done, so I'm going to nap until he comes back.
My contractions weren't really strong, so I downloaded an app to time them (which I was terrible at keeping up with). We ate, re-packed our hospital bag (with things like magazines that we foolishly thought we would need to while away the last night hours of labor), ran an errand to the bank, and went to our car seat check appointment. I was a soggy mess the whole time. Every time I moved in any significant way I leaked more. I called my OB's office around 10:00am and chatted with a nurse who advised me to go to to L&D.
Arrived at triage with some high BP, leaking amniotic fluid, and was already 5cm dilated. At my last appointment I had been stuck at 1cm. I was scooted off to a room in the nick of time. My contractions started getting intense just after I settled down in bed. In less than an hour I had progressed to 8cm and fighting the urge to push was agonizing. The RN told me I might not get my epidural before I needed to start pushing. Cue panic. I ended up up having just enough time for an epidural which bought me some time to finish my admittance paperwork.
I pushed for just over 1 hour. Water breaking to birth was just under 11 hours. Baby had his chord wrapped around his neck 3 times, but was fine apart from that. Breastfeeding has been a struggle, but he seems to be catching on. Ice pack pads and a snack room across the hall have been lifesavers.
DS is having some tests done, so I'm going to nap until he comes back.
