Post by redlipz on Jun 13, 2015 4:48:48 GMT -5
Since my honey bee is a week old today I'd like to post her birth story(:
Tuesday, June 2 I woke up in the middle of the night to use the restroom and had my bloody show followed by un-time-able contractions that eventually faded away and would show up randomly the next few days.
Friday morning at 2:30am I was woken up by contractions that were 7-15 minutes apart. 4am came along and it was time for dh to wake up and get ready for work and I let him know I might be calling him to come home soon. He left and contractions started getting 5-8 minutes apart so I started laboring on the yoga ball, called my mom n told her to be on stand by to come be with my two monkeys. It was almost going to be 7 and they were getting stronger so I called my husband n told him to get home asap. (First labor was 16hrs from first felt contraction to birth, 2nd was 8 and was expecting this one to be shorter). Meantime I got in the shower and decided to shave (never shave while in labor, it will end up looking like a donkey bit your vagina and you won't realize it till after you've given birth). The water really helped with the pain. Husband got home and got in the shower with me and started compressions on my back during contractions which really helped. As soon as I got out I called my mom to tell her she had to come.
We head to the hospital which is about 45 minutes away and 10 minutes before I get there I got a really bad contraction and then they stopped....COMPLETELY! They didn't even want to check me and made me go home. I would get one here n there every 8-15 minutes but they weren't horrible so I went ahead and slept in between them since I hadn't had much sleep. An hour and a half later they became more timetable at 8 minutes apart and became stronger till 9 pm when they were about 2-3 minutes apart so we took the kids to my in laws and headed to the hospital. And guess what happened....they freakin became further apart!!!!! I still went in and lucky I had a contraction while I had to sign to be seen.
Went into triage, started monitoring and got checked, it was about to be 12 when they checked me n said I was 4cm and 100% effaced so they admitted me. An hour later they put me in a room where they asked a billion questions, my husband was checking the camera and noticed he forgot the freakin memory card! I sent him to the store since they said I would be a while. He got back really quick. At this point contractions were one on top of the other and since they said it would be a while and I hadn't slept much in over 24 hours I decided I'd get the epidural. Guy came in to put it in at 315ish and it only affected my right side so he had to fix it, 3:30 came along and I looked at the nurse and said "either I peed or my water just broke." Sure enough it had broken and there was meconium in there so they had to have the nicu team in when it was time to deliver. When she confirmed that it was my water I looked at her n told her baby will be here in less than an hour. She laughed n told me to try to rest assuring me it would be hours. My husband at this point was asleep on the couch and I started feeling like I had to push, nurse and midwife came in and checked me and I was 10cm 100% +2.
Time to push- doctor comes in and I ask for the mirror and asked if we could record, she said yes to the mirror and no to recording so I just asked if it was ok to record dh calling out the sex and she said yes. I asked that they stop the epi also. This doctor was amazing! (It was her birthday as well!) So calm and soothing and she coached me so that baby wouldn't be tired and so that I wouldn't tear. 10 minutes later and baby was here!!!! She wrapped baby in a towel and thankfully baby responded right away and was cleared by the pediatrician to go right on me! Baby was perfect! Pediatrician grabbed the camera and started recording, I uncovered baby and "Its A Girl!", both my husband and I were extremely shocked as we both could've sworn she was a boy!
Baby J.A.
6/6/15 4:22am 7lbs 6.4oz 20in.
39w5d
Nurses for an hour right away as we did skin to skin. Oh and she totally pooped all over my hand while she nursed.
Even though it was days of contractions and a 26 hours of labor, I got to say it was my favorite. No tears, not even a scratch. Amazing doctor. Beautiful, surprise baby girl. Fairly easy recovery. I'm beyond blessed and happy with the way things went and I wouldn't trade her or the experience for the world.
Ps. Sorry it's so long.
Eta: tried making it a little shorter and to add picture
Tuesday, June 2 I woke up in the middle of the night to use the restroom and had my bloody show followed by un-time-able contractions that eventually faded away and would show up randomly the next few days.
Friday morning at 2:30am I was woken up by contractions that were 7-15 minutes apart. 4am came along and it was time for dh to wake up and get ready for work and I let him know I might be calling him to come home soon. He left and contractions started getting 5-8 minutes apart so I started laboring on the yoga ball, called my mom n told her to be on stand by to come be with my two monkeys. It was almost going to be 7 and they were getting stronger so I called my husband n told him to get home asap. (First labor was 16hrs from first felt contraction to birth, 2nd was 8 and was expecting this one to be shorter). Meantime I got in the shower and decided to shave (never shave while in labor, it will end up looking like a donkey bit your vagina and you won't realize it till after you've given birth). The water really helped with the pain. Husband got home and got in the shower with me and started compressions on my back during contractions which really helped. As soon as I got out I called my mom to tell her she had to come.
We head to the hospital which is about 45 minutes away and 10 minutes before I get there I got a really bad contraction and then they stopped....COMPLETELY! They didn't even want to check me and made me go home. I would get one here n there every 8-15 minutes but they weren't horrible so I went ahead and slept in between them since I hadn't had much sleep. An hour and a half later they became more timetable at 8 minutes apart and became stronger till 9 pm when they were about 2-3 minutes apart so we took the kids to my in laws and headed to the hospital. And guess what happened....they freakin became further apart!!!!! I still went in and lucky I had a contraction while I had to sign to be seen.
Went into triage, started monitoring and got checked, it was about to be 12 when they checked me n said I was 4cm and 100% effaced so they admitted me. An hour later they put me in a room where they asked a billion questions, my husband was checking the camera and noticed he forgot the freakin memory card! I sent him to the store since they said I would be a while. He got back really quick. At this point contractions were one on top of the other and since they said it would be a while and I hadn't slept much in over 24 hours I decided I'd get the epidural. Guy came in to put it in at 315ish and it only affected my right side so he had to fix it, 3:30 came along and I looked at the nurse and said "either I peed or my water just broke." Sure enough it had broken and there was meconium in there so they had to have the nicu team in when it was time to deliver. When she confirmed that it was my water I looked at her n told her baby will be here in less than an hour. She laughed n told me to try to rest assuring me it would be hours. My husband at this point was asleep on the couch and I started feeling like I had to push, nurse and midwife came in and checked me and I was 10cm 100% +2.
Time to push- doctor comes in and I ask for the mirror and asked if we could record, she said yes to the mirror and no to recording so I just asked if it was ok to record dh calling out the sex and she said yes. I asked that they stop the epi also. This doctor was amazing! (It was her birthday as well!) So calm and soothing and she coached me so that baby wouldn't be tired and so that I wouldn't tear. 10 minutes later and baby was here!!!! She wrapped baby in a towel and thankfully baby responded right away and was cleared by the pediatrician to go right on me! Baby was perfect! Pediatrician grabbed the camera and started recording, I uncovered baby and "Its A Girl!", both my husband and I were extremely shocked as we both could've sworn she was a boy!
Baby J.A.
6/6/15 4:22am 7lbs 6.4oz 20in.
39w5d
Nurses for an hour right away as we did skin to skin. Oh and she totally pooped all over my hand while she nursed.
Even though it was days of contractions and a 26 hours of labor, I got to say it was my favorite. No tears, not even a scratch. Amazing doctor. Beautiful, surprise baby girl. Fairly easy recovery. I'm beyond blessed and happy with the way things went and I wouldn't trade her or the experience for the world.
Ps. Sorry it's so long.
Eta: tried making it a little shorter and to add picture
