Pregnant after a Loss
Plleriti1
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April Rainbows.
Plleriti1
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i don't want to clog up everyone's feed with birth stories but I'd love to hear everyone's birth stories if they'd like to share! In the beginning of my PGAL journey I found a lot of comfort in rainbow baby "success" stories.
Our rainbow, Beau Everett, entered the world at 8lbs 4oz 21.5" on Tuesday 4/12 at 8:41am. On Monday at my 38w apt I had my membranes swept. Monday evening my contractions started. We dropped our DD off with my in laws at 10 and headed to the hospital at 11pm. By 2am I had an epidural at 5cm. Once again I had back labor. At 8cm my epidural had wiggled it's way out of my back and I got a second epidural. The midwife broke my water at 9cm. Once I hit 10cm, Beau was born with 3 mins of pushing! He came out wailing before his legs we even out! Unfortunately I had another retained placenta which required a manual sweep. At this point they had already tuned my epidural off. It was horribly painful but handled well. No tearing so my healing process has been relatively easy. I'm 10 days postpartum today and am slowly adjusting to our new "normal" with two kids! But just get a load of this little man... He's totally worth not sleeping for!
Our rainbow, Beau Everett, entered the world at 8lbs 4oz 21.5" on Tuesday 4/12 at 8:41am. On Monday at my 38w apt I had my membranes swept. Monday evening my contractions started. We dropped our DD off with my in laws at 10 and headed to the hospital at 11pm. By 2am I had an epidural at 5cm. Once again I had back labor. At 8cm my epidural had wiggled it's way out of my back and I got a second epidural. The midwife broke my water at 9cm. Once I hit 10cm, Beau was born with 3 mins of pushing! He came out wailing before his legs we even out! Unfortunately I had another retained placenta which required a manual sweep. At this point they had already tuned my epidural off. It was horribly painful but handled well. No tearing so my healing process has been relatively easy. I'm 10 days postpartum today and am slowly adjusting to our new "normal" with two kids! But just get a load of this little man... He's totally worth not sleeping for!
Re: April Rainbows.
BFP 2/19/15 • MMC found at 9 wks • D&E at 11 wks (age 36)
BFP 8/29/15 • CP (age 37)
TTC#2 since May 2017
BFP 10/18/17 • MMC found at 8 wks • Misoprostal at 10.5 wks (age 39)
BFP 2/16/18 • CP (age 39)
BFP 4/13/18 • CP (age 39)
BFP 5/07/18 • MMC found at 10.5 wks • D&E at 11.5 wks • Testing showed it was a girl with Trisomy 22. (age 39/40)
9/5/18 Diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve (4-5 follicles, one ovary had none and was very atrophied)
RE says the low egg count is likely causing my recurrent pregnancy loss. Less eggs results in more aneuploidy.
BFP 9/24/18 • CP (age 40)
My contractions began on Tuesday 00:30am, and by mid-day they were coming every 2-5minutes. My doc told me to come in but her colleague dismissed me because I was only 2cm dialated and 50% effaced. By that evening the contractions were much more intense, though coming at same intervals of 2-4 minutes. We went to a closer hospital in hopes of delivery but they also sent us home since I was still at 2 cm.
I labored all night at home with contractions coming at 1-2 minutes in a LOT of pain, not being able to sleep, sit or lie down. The only thing I could do was walk around or stand.
Wed morning I called my doctor again and she said she disapproved her colleague for dismissing me the day prior and told me to come in. She was worried of baby's and my health since I had been laboring for a full day but wasn't opening up.
I was given an epidural immediately, then oxytocin, and I started dilating. By early evening I was at 100% and 5cm, soon after my water broke, and I was ready to push at 10pm. After pushing for 40minutes, my lil rainbow was born vaginally!
So my April baby became a May baby