It's a boy! *updated*
Jul 22, 2015 13:27:36 GMT -5
Post by rosieelk on Jul 22, 2015 13:27:36 GMT -5
My little boy is finally napping, so I thought I'd post this quickly. Ludwig Anders was was born at 4:19pm on July 18 at 37 weeks and 6 days gestation after 20 hours of labour. He weighed 8lbs exactly, and was 21" long. He looks so looks so similar to both DW and I, it's amazing. We are both so in love, he is absolutely perfect.
I'll post the full birth story later, but for now, I am going to bed.
I'll post the full birth story later, but for now, I am going to bed.
{birth story here}
Last Friday at 8:20pm(ish), DW and I had just came home from taking our dog a walk and I started having contractions. They were about 30 minutes apart, and were only lasting around 10 seconds, so since I'd been prone to braxton hicks, I assumed that was what is was, drank about a litre of water and took myself off to bed, and somehow managed to get to sleep. At 11:30pm when DW came to bed, we both noticed that I was still having contractions and phoned the on call, who confirmed it was probably true labour, and to start timing the contractions and how far apart they were.
After about 12 hours of early labour, intermittent sleep and frequent showers and baths, I was sitting on the couch and my waters broke. DW, who is normally the most calm person, started freaking out and phoned about ten people whilst I was trying to get her to drive us to the hospital. Eventually, I managed to calm her down and we got to the hospital in once piece. By that time, my own midwife had started her shift, and came in to give me a internal examination and check L's heart rate. I was only dilated 6cm, but L's heart rate was good, so she got my birth tub ready, and got me to be in there. After only about ten minutes in there (at around 9:30am), my contractions started getting much stronger, and much closer together, and were now lasting 20 seconds and about 20 minutes apart.
My midwife was in and out seeing me every half an hour or so, checking me and L's heart rates, and encouraging me to walk around. At 1:30pm, my midwife checked us again, and found that I was still only 6cm dilated. She told us she would recommend for me to have an IV drip with Syntocinon to help seep up the labour, which we took. L had a clip put on his head to monitor his heart rate. My contractions started getting longer and closer together almost immediately, and at 1:50pm were 5 minutes apart and lasting 40 seconds, and I started getting gas and air, which made me feel so much better. My midwife started checking on my dilation regularly, and removed the drip at 3:00pm as I was 10cm dilated. She moved me back into the birthing pool for my active labour.
Still having gas and air, Ludwig arrived at 4:29pm after an hour and a half of active labour.
Last Friday at 8:20pm(ish), DW and I had just came home from taking our dog a walk and I started having contractions. They were about 30 minutes apart, and were only lasting around 10 seconds, so since I'd been prone to braxton hicks, I assumed that was what is was, drank about a litre of water and took myself off to bed, and somehow managed to get to sleep. At 11:30pm when DW came to bed, we both noticed that I was still having contractions and phoned the on call, who confirmed it was probably true labour, and to start timing the contractions and how far apart they were.
After about 12 hours of early labour, intermittent sleep and frequent showers and baths, I was sitting on the couch and my waters broke. DW, who is normally the most calm person, started freaking out and phoned about ten people whilst I was trying to get her to drive us to the hospital. Eventually, I managed to calm her down and we got to the hospital in once piece. By that time, my own midwife had started her shift, and came in to give me a internal examination and check L's heart rate. I was only dilated 6cm, but L's heart rate was good, so she got my birth tub ready, and got me to be in there. After only about ten minutes in there (at around 9:30am), my contractions started getting much stronger, and much closer together, and were now lasting 20 seconds and about 20 minutes apart.
My midwife was in and out seeing me every half an hour or so, checking me and L's heart rates, and encouraging me to walk around. At 1:30pm, my midwife checked us again, and found that I was still only 6cm dilated. She told us she would recommend for me to have an IV drip with Syntocinon to help seep up the labour, which we took. L had a clip put on his head to monitor his heart rate. My contractions started getting longer and closer together almost immediately, and at 1:50pm were 5 minutes apart and lasting 40 seconds, and I started getting gas and air, which made me feel so much better. My midwife started checking on my dilation regularly, and removed the drip at 3:00pm as I was 10cm dilated. She moved me back into the birthing pool for my active labour.
Still having gas and air, Ludwig arrived at 4:29pm after an hour and a half of active labour.
