Hello again.

KEfam5

I re-introed a few weeks ago then went into labor the very next day. Needless to say, very little bump time has been had! I really do want to get involved again; it wasn't a drive by re-intro. Promise!

incognitoNY

Welcome again.  Do you want to share your labor story for baby 2?

Congrats!

BatDaughter4Eva

Congrats!!! How is everything in 2u2land?

KEfam5

@incognitoNY My labor was roughly 24 hours. It was back labor (again). We got to the hospital at about 6 pm on January 9th. After 6 hours at the hospital, I asked for an epidural. That back labor just kicks my butt. I labored all through the night and into the morning on the epi. At about 10:00 am the doctor asked me if I felt the urge to push yet. I had been dialated to 10 cm for about and hour at this point. I told him I didn't and I actually never really felt the urge to push. The epi was wearing off and I could feel my contractions again, I was exhausted at this point, I really hadn't slept all night so I asked if I could just rest for a bit before we started pushing. I was able to sleep for about 30 minutes, then they told me to try pushing and see if we made any progress. We started pushing at about 11am. I pushed for an hour at which point I was really running ragged, the doctor came in and asked if I wanted to use forceps or a vacuum to help baby out. I told him I would like to try the vacuum. He came in with the vacuum and after 20 or so more minutes of pushing, we finally had an outside baby! This was not the ideal birth experience I had been wanting. However, I am still very happy with it because, it was a successful VBAC! My daughter was born via c/s and I was so afraid I would give up during this labor because I had never given birth vaginally before. I am hoping that next time, I might be able to do it unmedicated and without the vacuum but I have a healthy baby boy who came out beautifully so I'm okay with it

KEfam5

@batdaughter4eva 2u2 is (thus far) not as hard as I was expecting it to be. DS is a pretty laid back baby and DD is a pretty laid back toddler. We, of course, have our rougher days. Yesterday being one of them, but over all we're doing alright. Which is a blessing because my DH works a lot so often it's just me and the kiddos.

@peopleknowme DS's name is Bennett Ethan W----

SJandVA

Congratulations on the new baby! Love the name.

shakinros

Congrats mama!

drunkindonuts

Congrats!! Love his name:)