Birth Stories: Past or Present

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #90 on: September 23, 2007, 02:24:52 AM » by kittyninja

Quote from: curious17b on September 16, 2007, 10:39:16 PM

Quote from: HappyMum on September 16, 2007, 10:28:23 PM

The placenta followed easily, but the sewing up was really gross. There's just something about a strange man doing his needlework there... You know?!

LOL!!

i haven't posted my birthstories yet (but believe me when i do you guys will be smacking your heads-if you don't already reading my posts) anyways i had to say that when i was getting sewed up i hadn't actually realized at first because i was in lala land not on drugs but from just sheer joy and exhaustion and looking at my baby. when i finally realized my doc was down there with a horrible looking needle i almost slapped him...seriously. i stopped myself and asked rather rudely "are you almost done there?" he just laughed and apologized.

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #91 on: October 01, 2007, 05:18:01 PM » by amy3js

Quote from: kittyninja on September 23, 2007, 02:24:52 AM

Quote from: curious17b on September 16, 2007, 10:39:16 PM

Quote from: HappyMum on September 16, 2007, 10:28:23 PM

The placenta followed easily, but the sewing up was really gross. There's just something about a strange man doing his needlework there... You know?!

LOL!!

You crack me up! Waiting for more stories...... Wink

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #92 on: October 02, 2007, 01:27:01 PM » by ndmomof6

Thought I'd share our most recent birth story.

Labor started on Saturday, September 22. We were trying for a VBAC homebirth with a wonderful midwife, who just happened to be out of town on that day. I finally reached her and she made her way to our house. We started taking tincture every 1/2 hour and drinking the strongest red raspberry tea I've ever had...it almost didn't stay down. We labored through the night, but by Sunday afternoon things had really slowed down, so she went home to rest.

Labor picked up again on Monday afternoon, and again my midwife was out of town. She got to our house late Monday night and we labored through the night. Tuesday morning she was considering going in for an ultrasound to check babies position. We knew that the head was down, but she thought she may have felt another head. When she checked me, I had made significant progress...from 1 to 3-4, so we decided to keep going.

She had me crawling up and down the steps on my hands and knees, which caused me to have bloody show. And then she had me put one leg up on a chair and lean into it, which caused my water to break. She thought we'd have a baby sometime that day. We labored all night with hard contractions 5-6 minutes apart. When she checked me in the morning I was still only 3-4 cms.

We decided to head to the hospital to see what was going on. The doctor on call was the doctor that had done my previous c-section, so he was unwilling to do anything but another c-sec. When they got the baby out he told me that she had her hands up by her face with her elbows out, so everytime I had a contraction, her elbows got stuck against my hips. So there was really no other way to get her out. Plus, she was 9 lbs 12 ozs and 21 1/2 in long.

Not exactly the birth story we were hoping to tell, but it does have a happy ending with a healthy mom and baby!

We named her Faith Divine because through the whole pregnancy the Lord was working on me to have faith that he would see me through this pregnancy and birth. We chose the middle name Divine because when I looked up the meaning in the dictionary it said...of, pertaining to, or proceeding directly from God. We thought that was most appropriate for this little blessing from above!

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #93 on: October 02, 2007, 02:42:16 PM » by Melie

Yay!!! Congratualtions!! And a Beautiful Name.

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #94 on: October 02, 2007, 02:52:06 PM » by Kitty

WOW, Dawn! God bless you for persevering through such a long labor! What a beautiful story of how He did provide and see you through...and what a gift of that precious little girl!

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #95 on: October 03, 2007, 12:00:13 AM » by milmuth

Thanks for sharing your story. GREAT name! Grin

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #96 on: October 03, 2007, 11:30:38 AM » by lotsaboys

Wow, proud of you for persevering so long! So happy to hear you and baby are well. I LOVE her name too!

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #97 on: November 06, 2007, 01:41:22 PM » by KristenA

AHEM!
Ladies who had babies recently.... We need to know!!!

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #98 on: November 06, 2007, 02:17:33 PM » by Kitty

Quote from: KristenA on November 06, 2007, 01:41:22 PM

AHEM! Ladies who had babies recently.... We need to know!!!

You know, Kristen...we're going to be in that boat soon enough... Wink

They're going to be expecting us to post while we're waiting to deliver the placenta! LOL. Cheesy

I was joking about showing DH how to post our news next year, and he laughed. I think he'd sooner have a laptop so I can do it myself. Cheesy

Maybe I can dictate it from bed as a school lesson for dd.... Huh

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #99 on: November 06, 2007, 02:20:43 PM » by Melie

Quote from: Yooper on November 06, 2007, 02:17:33 PM

Quote from: KristenA on November 06, 2007, 01:41:22 PM

AHEM! Ladies who had babies recently.... We need to know!!!

You know, Kristen...we're going to be in that boat soon enough... Wink

They're going to be expecting us to post while we're waiting to deliver the placenta! LOL. Cheesy

I was joking about showing DH how to post our news next year, and he laughed. I think he'd sooner have a laptop so I can do it myself. Cheesy

Maybe I can dictate it from bed as a school lesson for dd.... Huh

I think we've had enough of these "after the fact" birth stories. The next WTMer to go into labor should be required to give us the play by play while she's delivering. There should be time between contractions! Gonna volunteer Yooper??? Grin

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #100 on: November 06, 2007, 02:26:08 PM » by healthyinOhio

Quote from: hhmom on November 06, 2007, 02:20:43 PM

I think we've had enough of these "after the fact" birth stories. The next WTMer to go into labor should be required to give us the play by play while she's delivering.

Hey, Kristen has the podcast thing! I vote that she does it! Grin

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #101 on: November 06, 2007, 02:30:57 PM » by Kitty

Quote from: hhmom on November 06, 2007, 02:20:43 PM

Quote from: Yooper on November 06, 2007, 02:17:33 PM

Quote from: KristenA on November 06, 2007, 01:41:22 PM

AHEM! Ladies who had babies recently.... We need to know!!!

You know, Kristen...we're going to be in that boat soon enough... Wink

They're going to be expecting us to post while we're waiting to deliver the placenta! LOL. Cheesy

I was joking about showing DH how to post our news next year, and he laughed. I think he'd sooner have a laptop so I can do it myself. Cheesy

Maybe I can dictate it from bed as a school lesson for dd.... Huh

LOL...yeah, I can see it now...you'd all be thrilled w/ my progress report:

"water broke x days ago"...

"having regular contractions"...

"drank a Coke"...

"ate a burger"...

"found some yogurt"...

"I'm up and down the stairs like ndmomof5"...

"I'M GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Shocked

"Baby's here, gotta' go!"

Cheesy

Good idea, HinOH! Are you ready, Kristen? Wink

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #102 on: November 06, 2007, 02:50:33 PM » by Mrs.Michael

Okay!!! Here we go! This is just for KristenA Because the was the one who told me to go on with my homebirth plans...despite my rediculous inlaws :-)

10:30 pm....on Oct 28... I had some pain in my lower abdomen...I think to myself "Wow..that hurt...shouldent have eaten that mexican food"

11:00pm... Went to bed "Gee...this still hurts..where on earth are my tums..."

3:00 am.... "I sure do wish I could get comfortable! I have to get up in 2 hours and take mike to work *sigh*"

5:00 am... I get up and make mikes lunch...gather his work clothes..and get us into the car by 6:00

8:00 am Oct 29 - Still Having those darned mexican food pains...."Maybe If i try to use the restroom"

10:00 am *doing laundry* "What on earth was THAT!?" *runs to restroom* "Holy moly....so THATS what a mucous plug looks like"

10:15 am I call midwife and her assistant "Hey...yeah I lost my plug...no...the pain is definately not bad at all...yeah...I know people can lose their plug WEEKS before actual labor. Will you just check me and see if im dialated?? ok...see you in a while...

11:45 am Pains are stronger now and Im pretty sure this is labor.....but NOT the horrific mind boggling pain all my women kinfolk (yes,...the ones with the epidurals ) had told me about..." I guess this is the easy part...I'll be in labor for a while before this baby comes!"

12:00 noon.... Midwife arrives and checks me....only to find that i am dialated 8 cm and am fully effaced. "ARE YOU SERIOUS!??"

12:45 pm... Breathing through contractions now.....still not to bad..

1:15 ... midwife tells me to go try to empty my bladder so pushing will be easier later.....I made it about halfway down the hall when i realized if i dont get in the pool RIGHT NOT this baby is gonna fall out....so i ran back to the living room

1:30 after 6 pushes...bailey was born....it was SUCH a wonderful labor....

thanks for all the encouragement I got from you ladies.

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #103 on: November 06, 2007, 03:00:35 PM » by SarahLaRae

WOW I am soooooooo jealous. What a wonderful birth. Must have been the mexican food. Wink

God Bless you and your precious little one!
Sarah

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #104 on: November 06, 2007, 03:04:00 PM » by lotsaboys

Quote from: Mrs.Michael on November 06, 2007, 02:50:33 PM

1:30 after 6 pushes...bailey was born....it was SUCH a wonderful labor....

thanks for all the encouragement I got from you ladies.

What a story! I'm so glad you had such a good experience for your first.

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #105 on: November 06, 2007, 03:04:52 PM » by sunshine4th

Okay, I should be cleaning potatoes for dinner but am going to post my birth story. I have parts of it here and there. I've been bitten by the baby so I've been thinking about my Jonah's birth.
I had contractions for a few days but nothing regular when I thought my water broke on Sunday afternoon. I called my midwife and she said that was enough water to come in and get checked. I wanted to make sure I was in labor for REAL because our hospital was an hour away. I wasn't in too much pain and made hubby stop for a frosty from Wendy's.
When we got to the hospital and parked on the opposite end of the parking lot from the maternity ward, Tongue

the nurse checked me and said my water had in deed broken and I was 3 cm. I was almost 42 weeks pregnant. The midwife gave orders that if I didn't have regular contractions by 4 am, to start pitocin. I had tested GBS postive so they insisted on starting my IV at admittance. I am not a baby when it comes to needles but this nurse came in and covered my arm and that side of my body with a towl. I asked her what that was for and she replied that she always makes a mess!!! Shocked

She wasn't kidding, I was covered and blood and it hurt!! Holy cow!! My hubby was so angry.
Anyway, I slept through the night and they started the pit at 4am. My husband was hungry and didn't want to leave but I told him I was fine to go get some coffee. As soon as he walked out the door, I vomited in the trash can. It never occured to me to call my nurse. Crazy!!
At 9 am the nurse came in and asked me if I wanted to move around and she set up a rocker for me. I sat down in and stood right back up and said I'd rather stand!! What pain!! So, my midwife came in and checked and said I was at 7 so I better get in the tub if I wanted to do that.
The water felt so good, I feel asleep in between contractions between vomited spells. The nurse caught me puking at one point and tried to convince me to take something but I refused.
After about 2 hours, I told hubby that I either needed to poop or the baby was ready to come out. Something needed to happen!! The midwife came in a checked me and I was at 10. She couldn't believe it because she hadn't heard a peep out of me. I was determined not to whine, cry or carry on during labor.
When I got into bed, the midwife took another look and decided that my cervix wasn't completely at 10 and had my push to get there. Then she broke my water and couldn't believe a nurse told me my water had broken. She was irritated because she never would have had them start the pit. She also wasn't the midwife that gave the orders because she wasn't on call the night before. Sigh...
Anyway, it was sat that point, she realized the baby was posterior. She tried a few positions to get him to move but his heart rate kept dropping. So, they inserted the internal fetal monitor. My poop little guy, no wonder he didn't want to come out!!
Well, they finally let me push and push I did!! For like three hours!! I could see his little head but I couldn't get any further. They wouldn't let me squat and they didn't offer an episiotomy. They told me a needed to have a c-section. At that point, who can argue? The little one was predicted to be close to 10 lbs.
Well, they wheeled me off and I became the proud owner of Jonah Christopher at 4:48 pm aonLabor day!! He was 8lbs. 11ozs. and 22 inches long. And, one of the few c-section babies with a cone head!! It turns out his head was leaning to the side and that is why I couldn't get him out.
I still maintain that under different circumstances, I wouldn't of needed the section. Like if the nurse hadn't said my water broke or if they had let me squat. But, my son is now 14 mos. old and I LOVE HIM!!!
Okay, I'm ready for another one! Wink

I hope this holds some of you ladies over until one of our new mamas posts their stories.
Jess

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #106 on: November 06, 2007, 03:46:09 PM » by KristenA

Quote from: Mrs.Michael on November 06, 2007, 02:50:33 PM

Okay!!! Here we go! This is just for KristenA Because the was the one who told me to go on with my homebirth plans...despite my rediculous inlaws :-)

ROFL!!!!!
That is a GREAT story. So encouraging and so blessedly normal!

CONGRATULATIONS Mrs.Michael!!!!!!!

BTW, for people wondering what in the world I said to her.... I had to go check my PMs.
Here are some quotes (I took out a lot though):

Quote

Girl!
You need to relax about these family issues!
No one is going to die or be upset with you (in the end)....everyone will be too focused on the sweet baby.
what does your husband want to do?
Does he want people at the birth?

I don't know anything about either side of your family or if they make you feel uncomfortable.
Just know that you have choices! This is not your mother's, MIL, sisters, or SIL's birth.
This is YOU and your husband's birth.

Ask him what he wants.

Don't worry about what other people will think.

~Kristen

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #107 on: November 06, 2007, 04:51:31 PM » by *MommaJo*

Quote from: Mrs.Michael on November 06, 2007, 02:50:33 PM

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10:00 am *doing laundry* "What on earth was THAT!?" *runs to restroom* "Holy moly....so THATS what a mucous plug looks like"
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I was so excited when I lost my plug! I called dh into the bathroom so he could see. (it was coming out as I was on the toilet) He said, "Ewwwwwe! It looks like you sneezed out your cr*tch!"

Ha Ha, sorry if that was too gross, I just think it's funny!

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #108 on: November 06, 2007, 05:24:17 PM » by kittyninja

MY hubby would run the other way if i was callin...

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #109 on: November 06, 2007, 06:56:46 PM » by SC

*shaking head*
I cannot believe that within the last 48 hours someone actually said to me,
" . . . simple, not like those people on WTM . . ."
I don't think they have ever visited the web page, seen this thread, or the one on poop.
LOL! Roll Eyes

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #110 on: November 06, 2007, 07:42:49 PM » by nexis777

Quote from: *MommaJo* on November 06, 2007, 04:51:31 PM

Quote from: Mrs.Michael on November 06, 2007, 02:50:33 PM

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10:00 am *doing laundry* "What on earth was THAT!?" *runs to restroom* "Holy moly....so THATS what a mucous plug looks like"
.............

That's hilarious!!! I think I called my dh in too. I had to play with mine for a minute... I realize that's probably incredibly gross, but I wanted the full experience. It is just like snot too.

Let's see well, I have two babies, and two very different birth stories.
Much like the other women who've posted on this thread, my first baby was born in a hospital.... I didn't really know any better at the time, and fortunately, thank God, I had a very good experience.
I woke up between 5 and 5:30 am with some pains happening. I remember laying in bed going, hmm, is this it. I knew I was already dilated to two from my last appt, so I wondered if anything was happening. I'd not had any braxton hicks so wasn't sure if this was them, or? My hubby was working an early shift at this time, which required him to be up at 5:30, I was up a bit before him and kind of counting contractions. They were irregular at this point, 12, 11, 8 15 minutes apart, so I figured, eh, it must not be it yet, but these are pretty stiff for braxton hicks, or at least I hoped so. Hubby and I timed them for a little while as he was getting ready for work etc, and neither of us were sure if he should go to work or not, but he decided he wouldn't. I think he went back to bed at some point, and I remember one time trying to lay down on the couch and OUCH, the one contraction I had laying down, wow.... I waited until around 7 or 8 am and called a close friend who was my doula and told her what was going on. She figured even with them still being irregular, that this was probably it. By now they were closer to 4-5 minutes apart. I called two other friends who were going to be with me as I labored and one of them and the doula arrived soon after. We joked and laughed and watched a movie, and they looked at me like I was crazy... Dh called his mom and told her what was happening and how close they were (2-3 minutes apart now) and she said "GET TO THE HOSPITAL NOW!!) I wasn't interested in going. I wanted to labor at my house as long as possible. I actually had one of my last ob appt's that day (this was 2 days before my due date) so we innocently called the office to see if we should go in, since I was in labor. They, of course, said, go to the hospital. Dh was starting to get worried, so he said, I think we need to go. So, we readied ourselves and left around 12:30 ish. I wanted to check the mail and go to the bank on our way and my dh and friends were now sure I was insane. For the record, the contractions really hurt, but they were bearable, and I just didn't feel the need to hurry. Oh, and potholes are really uncomfortable during a contx.
We got to the hospital and they insisted on wheeling me up Roll Eyes

I remember the receptionist asking if I was in labor... *sigh* it gets worse. So we get up to the room and I'm getting in those stupid gowns and I remember the nurse coming in and asking, "are you in labor" at my yes..."well does it hurt" Roll Eyes

What a question... YES it hurts, criminy. She, at this point was obviously thinking I was dilated to about 1 and should be sent home or something, you could tell by the look on her face. I purposely hadn't gotten my hopes up about how far I'd dilated, but I was very much pleased to find out I was a 6 almost a 7

The look on her face was priceless. My Dr. came in and checked me a while later and broke my water when I was an 8. Things started picking up then. I climbed in the tub for a while, then got out and labored on a glider rocker. By this point the contractions were getting ridiculous. I remember my doula looking at me worriedly after one of them (I was about 9.7cm at this point... I had that stinkin' lip that would NOT go away) and she said with a shaky voice, that contraction was almost 4 minutes long. It had gone down slightly, but never did give me a rest. I don't think I answered because I just couldn't. By this time I was sure I was going to pass out because I couldn't take any more pain. I had my feet on the edge of the gliders stool and my legs were shaking uncontrollably because of the pain.... Someone suggested I get back in the tub, which turned out ok, but if I'd had the strength to I would have hurt whoever thought it was funny to make me move while I was dying. The water actually really helped though and I almost fell asleep right after I got in. Then the final contraction hit. I had sagged back against my dh who was behind me in the tub and VERY suddenly I sat up doubled over in a pushing stance. I said IT"S TIME!!! I rang the nurses bell, got out of the tub and headed for bed. Sure enough I was at 10. I could have kissed the nurse. I began my inexperienced version of pushing, but finally figured out what worked and after 45 minutes and a child that had not yet crowned, I all the sudden just plopped him out. Poor DR had to do a football catch because it was so quick Grin

8:42 pm 8lbs even and 21.25 inches long (measured 20 at the hospital but 21 and a quarter 2 days later at the pediatrician Huh

) here was my little boy Quenton Alexander, with his cord wrapped securely around his neck. 16 hours of labor, but I made it med free!! And to the surprise and shock of my friends and dh, as I was being sewed up from a 4-6 cm tear Cry

I said, I can't wait to see what my next birth is like. (By the way, I hated having a dr. down there with needle and thread too.... argh. It took him like 3 times of sticking me before I was numb too YUCK)

Ok, brith 2. We decided to go with a midwife and birthing center. About a week before my due date I go in and I was around a 2 and wanting to pop. I started having some light contractions that got heavier and heavier and closer together. I went in to the center only to find out I was at a 3 so I should go home Cry

We left and went to dinner where I had some hard ones, but they eventually tapered off. Next day I had some more, and mw suggested I try some codliver oil. I dumped half the bottle in a smoothie and choked it down. Contrax started again, but no different from before. Seems like we went to the center, but I was between 3-4 and not progressing after an hour, so back home Cry

Next day she gives me the hormone our body excreets to get the uterus contracting. It doesn't really do anything. Oy. She checks me later that day and finds out my baby is now head up!!! Angry

So, now we're faced with deciding what to do with that. They can deliver them, but it has to be in your home, not in the center as planned. Hubby's not really comfortable with any of that... mostly the baby being breech. So, she says we can try some exercises (which I'd done earlier in pregnancy and they had worked), and we could go to the hospital and try to have an external version with an ultrasound. Us with no money.... thinking WOW, what's that gonna cost. STRESSSSSS!!! So I started praying! I did a few things to try and get her turned and thought she had so I called my mw. She had me come to the center and checked, nopers, still breech. So, she called in her assistant who'd been to a birth where they'd turned the baby manually. They asked if I was willing, which I was more than.. .and started working on my belly/baby. After about 45 minutes of working and working at it, they got her turned!!!! Praise GOD!!!! (for some reason it didn't really hurt for me, but I guess it normally does?) Then she commenced to trying to break my water. I was at a 4 and we wanted that little head to stay down. It took her I think another 45 min. just to break my water. I have the toughest bag in history. I'll never forget the sound of her praying over me as she was trying so hard to break my water. Finally it broke and she gave me some more of that hormone and off I went into labor at around 4:30pm. I progressed at least a cm per hour and did most of my laboring in the tub. Finally it was time to push at about 11:50pm. I was soooo exhausted at this point, after about 4 days of off and on labor and stress etc. I thought for sure I wasn't going to be able to push her out. The pushing didn't stop the contraction pain at first like it did with my son, so I was sooo discouraged. They had to keep prodding me to get me to push or I would have just layed there for a little while. This was another memorable time for me, as my midwife started singing a song that was playing on the Christian radio we'd had playing through the entire labor. It was as if that song was meant for me at just that time, and she sang it to me to encourage me to carry on. So, eventually I worked her down to where I could feel her, and managed to shoot my baby girl out at a very surprised midwife. She couldn't believe after how slow I'd been pushing that all of the sudden all of her just shot out. We'd tried to warn her Wink

So, little Arianna Rochelle was born at 12:32 am weighing 7lbs 3oz.
That enough of a book??? Grin

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #111 on: November 07, 2007, 11:06:29 AM » by *MommaJo*

Ooooooo!
I can hardly wait for my labor! It's such an exciting, unforgetable time! 2 1/2 months to go!

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #112 on: November 07, 2007, 11:21:54 AM » by wyomama3

Quote from: *MommaJo* on November 07, 2007, 11:06:29 AM

Ooooooo!
I can hardly wait for my labor! It's such an exciting, unforgetable time!

Honey, I just added you to my list of crazy people! Shocked

'Unforgettable time', you bet, but I definately have not listed my labors as exciting, and 'can hardly wait'. I couldn't wait to hold my baby, and see my baby, but that labor business sure got in my way. Angry

(I still like you even if do think you are nuts)

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #113 on: November 07, 2007, 11:37:37 AM » by *MommaJo*

Quote from: wyomama3 on November 07, 2007, 11:21:54 AM

Quote from: *MommaJo* on November 07, 2007, 11:06:29 AM

Ooooooo!
I can hardly wait for my labor! It's such an exciting, unforgetable time!

Honey, I just added you to my list of crazy people! Shocked

(I still like you even if do think you are nuts)

Ha Ha! Yep, I've been told I'm crazy before because of that!
I really have loved my labors. PLT, I've had fairly easy ones and very quick, compared to most.
My first was about 9 hours total - the last 2 hours being painful.
The second was 4 or 5 hours total - the last 45 minutes being painful. I got to the hospital at 10 am and he was in my arms by noon!
I don't do epidurals, but I did get the minimal pain meds that they offer. For the second one, it didn't even have time to kick in.
I don't know. Guess I am crazy. I just really cherrish that whole experience. Even the painful parts. Though, I do admit that I really don't like pushing! That part I could do without. I only pushed about 15 minutes with the first and the second one came out on his own with a huge contraction. I just had to push one more time to get his lower half out!
Crazy Crazy Crazy
Roll Eyes

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #114 on: November 07, 2007, 01:38:41 PM » by amy3js

These are all great stories! I love this thread! Thanks ladies!

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #115 on: November 07, 2007, 03:46:35 PM » by HelpmeetPlusHelpers

~Each one of our birth stories is very different. Our first one was due in October of 2000. A woman from our church was a doula and offered her services to us. She gave us private child birth classes and we felt really prepared. (We weren’t!) I coached a volleyball game and noticed that I had a little “show” during one of the breaks. Afterwards we went out to eat. I couldn’t eat because I was having too many bh contraction. This was Thursday night. We went home and went to bed. The next day was normal. I noticed that I was still having contractions but didn’t think much of it since they weren’t intense. I did all the normal things and went ahead and finished packing my bag because I was due on Monday. I had been very relaxed about gathering things up. All of my family went late so surely I would too. Friday was dh’s birthday. I baked a cake. Cleaned the house. Mopped the floor. Washed the windows. I was totally nesting! My mom came and took me to the store. We were walking through and she said that she could tell my contractions had gotten harder. I was stopping and half leaning over. Once home, I called hubby and told him I thought I might be in labor just so he was prepared. I went on a cooked his special birthday dinner. We had a big party. My sister rubbed my feet afterwards. She is so sweet! I called my doula to inform her that they were about 3 minutes apart but not intense. She said to go to bed and sleep for as long as we could. At 2 am, I woke up and thought that I had wet the bed. I jumped up and yelled. Dh pretended to be asleep. So, I whacked him with my pillow. We stood there on opposite sides of the bed staring at each other. Finally, I said, “Maybe my water broke.” He says, “How would we know?” I suggested we smell it. Dh didn’t get any closer to the bed and sniffed the air. “No, it’s not pee.” I went to take a shower this was too much for me already. I prayed the whole time I was in the shower. I knew that this was it. And only way this baby was coming out was through me. I was really scared! When I got out dh had put garbage bags down and a towel. He thought that we could just go back to bed! No, no, no! We called the doula and she said to come to her house and rest there until time to go to the hospital. She counted contractions with me while hubby slept on the couch. At 5, she said it was time to go. I still wasn’t in any pain, but she was worried that I had a really high pain tolerance due to the rods in my back and the constant pain I am always in. On the way, I mention that I am hungry. She says that they wouldn’t feed me once I get to the hospital because my water had broken. So, we stop at a waffle house. While we were ordering, the man asked me when I was due. I answered, without thinking, that we were on the way to the hospital right then because my water had already broke. That was the fasted service we have ever received anywhere!!! He wanted us out! At the hospital things went down hill. He doctor can in barking orders and when we gave him our birth plan he said, “no way!” He told me that I couldn’t get out of bed until I took the pitocin. Then when I took the pit, the hospital policy wouldn’t let me get up. We knew that we didn’t want any pain meds but we weren’t sure about pit. I did make it all the way without taking the pain meds. Yea! At noon, they told me I could start pushing. I remembered that my doula said once you get to push it’s all over, so I pushed with all my might. 15 minutes later we had a sweet girl born sunny side up! Dh and her celebrate their birthdays together.

Wow! I wrote way too much. Maybe I will write about the others later.

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #116 on: November 07, 2007, 08:20:39 PM » by amy3js

No birth story is EVER too much. Grin

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #117 on: November 08, 2007, 07:34:43 AM » by earthymomof2

Quote from: HelpmeetPlusHelpers on November 07, 2007, 03:46:35 PM

On the way, I mention that I am hungry. She says that they wouldn’t feed me once I get to the hospital because my water had broken. So, we stop at a waffle house. While we were ordering, the man asked me when I was due. I answered, without thinking, that we were on the way to the hospital right then because my water had already broke. That was the fasted service we have ever received anywhere!!! He wanted us out!

You had me in stitches with that one!!! That's too funny!!!

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #118 on: November 08, 2007, 08:45:57 AM » by SarahLaRae

*sob*sigh*sob* birth stories are so beautiful. I have had 3 and I don't really recall how bad it hurt, only a vague inclination of it. Until of course the next one comes along and you think "oh yeah....I remember THIS pain"
TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK....oh darn, there goes my biological clock again. Wink

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Re: Birth Stories: Past or Present
« Reply #119 on: November 11, 2007, 12:02:37 AM » by Helpmeetmom

Here is the story of our most recent addition! I removed it from the other two threads:
Thank you so much for all of your prayers! I'm sorry for not posting our story sooner. My son is a week old today (technically yesterday). He's beautiful and so sweet, yeah, no mother has ever said that about her baby. Okay:

I started having back labor-contractions last Thursday around noon, and did my best to try to continue on with some chores and projects, and the contractions consistently got stronger. I finally decided that it might be the real thing and sent a prayer request email out, lol, which when I read it later didn't make a bit of sense, everyone who read it knew I was in very active labor. I probably had 20 contractions while writing that 4-line email. My 3-year old son was wonderful and took care of anything I needed and stayed away when I gave the "I'm having a contraction" motion. During one he said," ARe you having a contraction, Mommy? That's okay I have those too sometimes".
I kept telling myself that I was probably not as far along as I felt and found something else to do. It probably took me 30 min to change the sheets on the bed while dropping to the floor for the contractions and then getting back to changing the sheets when I was done. I got a bunch of calls during this time and had to just lay the phone down when I would have a con. (sick of typing that word out).
It was full-fledged back labor all the way, so I thought again that I might just feel like I was progressing when it could just be the back-labor talking. Well, my husband came home and he was so funny pacing around the house while excitedly talking to me all the while accidentally ignoring that I was struggling to make the bed, and I just looked at him after a con. and with a smile on my face exclaimed "OH please!!" We both laughed and then another con.
I had him call the midwife and she heard how things were going and quickly looked us up on mapquest in case.... I was still convinced we didn't need to go yet. I was soooo hungry! My man made me some eggs and oatmeal and I scarfed them down between cont. I asked him to time them and they were about 2 min apart and a little over a min long. I somehow still managed to hot roll my hair (which I never do, but felt the urgency to do so ) and put on some makeup--after all, we will be looking at these pictures a gazillion times in the future. My hubby couldn't believe I was putting on makeup. I couldn't even talk for the condition I was in.
Okay so I finally said, "Let's go", and we took my son to his grandmother's. OH by the way, the ride there was HORRIBLE!! With the baby being posterior every time my man had to accelerate it pushed the baby into my back. It was excrutiating, and there are tons of turns and stop lights and stop signs and horribly done roads on the way there too. My sweet man reached over and put his hand on mine and somehow it helped, don't ask me how or why but it did. He is so sweet.
Okay when we got there I finally got out of the car and into the birthing center and got to the couch and had about 15 contractions in 20 min. The doula was wonderful. I was very nauseated at this point and asked to have a garbage can on-hand. They said my con. were about 30 sec apart at this point, but I didn't want to get my hopes up. I did, however do that "visualizing the cervix opening up and the baby passing through" thing like someone mentioned on here and who knows....but maybe it worked.
I wanted to try the hot tub, but couldn't imagine walking all the way down the hall to use the bathroom, and then getting dressed, and then walking back, but somehow I managed. Was in the bathroom with hubby for a while, kind of got stuck there, and he helped me change into swim clothes and I pretty much threw my arms around his neck and hung there for 3 min straight or more back to back con. He was so sweet, I could see him straining under my weight, but he didn't mind.
We finally got to the hot tub and it felt awesome. I knew the baby had to have moved down into my tailbone and still I hadn't used the "trash can" yet, but thought I still would. Funny these were the most intense contractions and wow, the take your breath away, mind-boggling kind, the toughest of them all and I hear my hubby, my doula, and my midwife laughing and talking about the different sports teams they liked. I first thought, umm....they don't know what I'm going through...should I tell them to shut up after this con is over, no...it's okay, I don't have to have their attention to have a baby, but shouldn't they be focusing on me a little bit here....no it really doesn't matter...." This was the thought process, lol, no joke.
Finally my contractions turned into pushes, and I was so excited at this point. Strangely, though, this is how the pushes went...strong contraction....reaching it's peak, and on it's way down I would push, not the other way around, so that was tough. I felt my water break, and wow, excitement! Still pushing and the doula said she saw a head so I reached down to feel the head, and pushed and it went back in, but the next push popped him out (in which case I barely tore, but still tore) I looked down and laughed so thrilled, they pointed the camera at my face to prove I wasn't hysterical and that I was truly laughing. About 3 more pushes and he was out. A wonderful water birth!! I immediately held him, so excited! He was born in his sac! Cool, huh, the midwife and doula were excited about that. They said it's extremely rare. My baby! Didn't even check to see whether he was a boy or a girl.
Now this is strange....he didn't cry. He was in that warm water, and laid back and went to sleep. THe midwife checked everything consistently--hearbeat, breathing, and all, and everything was fine. He cried a little when we messed with him by rubbing his head and chest, and he was perfectly fine, just resting. I've never heard of that.
We went home a few hours later, and my hubby and I were so excited that we stayed up talking 'til 3:30 am. OH I forgot to mention, he was 9# 3 oz, 21 and 3/4 in long, and the whole thing lasted 8 hours (almost to the minute). So wonderful!! I felt great (well, couldn't run a marathon).
I normally have probs with nursing because of the way I'm shaped, but he's thriving beautifully. I hurt horribly when nursing, and the afterbirth cramps were definitely something, but we're past that now! I'm feeling almost completely up to par now, and even fit into a size 6 skirt, lol, it wasn't loose by any means around the waist. His name is Nathaniel Anthony Swope, and he is a joy a complete joy. He almost never cries, sleeps very well, and smiles (yes, seriously) smiles frequently In reaction to things we do, it's uncanny! Praise the Lord!
Ya'll please pray for him he was circumsized today and he is in a lot of pain. I can tell, no doubt. It's killing me. We switched to disposable diapers just until it heals because they absorb moisture so much better, but plan on going back to disposables again as soon as he's healed. Please pray for him. It hurts so badly to see your child in pain, especially when so small.
Well, that's our story. WE are so happy! Thank you so much for all of your prayers! We can't wait to have more.....

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