Amelia Marie's birth story, unmedicated natural birth turned into c-section

ashwise

Hi all, I figured I'd share my birth story with you all in case it can help others. I was planning a natural unmedicated birth, but my daughter had other plans.

It's been a crazy 3 days but it was all worth it when I got to meet my daughter. Here's the abbreviated version of what has been happening. Thursday afternoon (39+2) I felt what was a small gush of fluid, but wasn't sure if it was my water breaking. So after a few hours of some leaking, but never enough to soak a panty liner, i ended up calling my midwife and they told me to hang in there and to come in if labor started, otherwise they'd see me at my appointment Friday morning. Well after an evening of irregular contractions I ended up just waiting it out and went into my appointment Friday morning. Turns out it was in fact my water breaking and amelia's head was acting like a cork which is why there wasn't the normal gush of water. So they started inducing me since my contractions were still irregular. I ended up laboring from 3pm Friday afternoon (24 hours after my water broke) until 9am this morning without an epidural on pitocin. It was one of the most painful and exhausting nights I've had. At 9am the doctors let me know that I was not progressing any further than 4cm dilated for the past 12 hours, and Amelia and I were both showing the beginning signs of distress and both of us were exhausted. And since it had been so long since my water had broken the risk of infection was increased. So we ended up 36 ish hours after my water breaking to make the call that it was time for a c section. So completely far from my plan of an unmedicated natural birth but I'm completely okay with our decision, and I know I made the right choice for my little family.

Thanks for reading :-D

jsf1986

Congrats! My plan is the same as yours was, but you've got to do what you've got to do. At the end of the day all that matters is that you have that beautiful baby safely in your arms

ColoradoHiker

Congratulations!

thefithuntress

Thank you for sharing and congratulations! Glad everything turned out ok!

grapesoda1111

Thanks for sharing! Just goes to show that "birth plans" really aren't something you should count on congrats mama!

Ashleyw

Congratulations

GracedGuest

Yes! Our plan is similar to yours- unmedicated birth if everything is uneventful, but really our priority is whatever is best for baby! Congrats!!!

ashwise

Thanks everyone! It stinks when your birth doesn't go as planned but really when does anything go to plan?? I'm just sooo happy that my pumpkin is doing so well and has passed all of her tests. She was born 39 +4 at 6 lbs 5 oz and 18 inches long!

clouds513

This is exactly how my first was. This time I have a planned C due to some of the issues from last time.

CarrieOct15

Congrats! Hope you have a quick recovery!

Lsager424

Congratulations to you and your family-wishing you all the best!

chelmomma

My experience was almost exactly the same! I did push for like 2 and a half hours.. and then they made the call for c section. The most exhausting 3 days of my life... but absolutely worth it

mmmynyx

CONGRATS!
Kudos to you for trying to go unmedicated though! Once I go in I'm just gonna tell them to drug me up because I don't want to feel ANYTHING. [-X