Jer was born 5/9--9 lbs 4 oz--21 1/2 in. The day before my scheduled induction. He definitely has his own schedule. The doc barely had time to get her supplies ready. Happy at home now.
Levi Tyler born 5/10 after an 11 hour induction at 38wks+2days. Labor was slow and steady until they broke my water when I was 6cm and then I felt his head and ready to push pretty quickly. 2 pushes later and he was here! We are recovering well and should be sent home soon!
6lbs 1oz 19inches and a full head of dark hair!
Married 03.09.09 Sweet Baby H 12.21.11 Sassy Baby P 03.26.14 Little Brother Due 05.22.17
Baby Paul was born at 6:20 on Monday, 5/8. At birth he was 19 inches and 8 lbs 5.9 oz. Contractions started at 4 am, arrived at the hospital at 8:30, was at 6 cm at that point. Labored till 1:30 or so but not very effectively so the doctor broke the bag of waters. Then did an hour of pushing with the IV drugs, not successfully and in a lot of pain. Got the epidural - should've just got that from the start, my anesthesiologist was awesome. Pushed some more (thought either my face would explode or would faint lol) and then the baby got out screaming. He's super cute, with long lashes, dark hair, dark grey eyes, and a chin dimple just like his daddy's. Proud father cut the cord. I needed some stitches so they wheeled me off to the OR and I missed the shots and stuff. Anesthesia was blissful there too, didn't feel a thing for a while. We went home yesterday and are getting used to all the new things we do.
Baby Pacman is here! Team green turned blue Tuesday evening. Theodore weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and was 19.75 inches. We are both doing well and I will try and post a birth story soon.
Baby Girl Is here! Addison Michelle, born at 5:31am, 6lb 8oz, 20.5 inches. Started contractions at 10:45-arrived at the hospital at 3. She was super excited to come out!! Everyone is doing well!!
Baby Camden made his debut at 6:57 pm. He is 7 pounds 11 ounces and looks JUST like his big brother! Delivery went very well and I am already feeling so much better than when I was pregnant! Good luck to all the other May moms who are still waiting to deliver! I will post a pic a little later!
Claire Josephine born 943 am after two pushes. 20.5 in and 7.8 lbs may 13th. We're doing great and she latched like a champ! Water broke around 520 got to hospital around 7 due to ds drop off and a dunkin donut stop for dh... when I decided maybe I wanted the epidural I was already at ten ready to push so that didn't happen. Either way this has been a whirlwind day so far
I decided to share this picture because holy cow my baby boys look alike! The left picture is Camden James born 5-12-17, the right is my DS who was born 9-19-15! I can hardly tell them apart!
After a non productive inducement, Henry Archer was born via C Section on May 12th at 11:30pm. we now have confirmation why my belly was so big...he weighs 9lb 2 oz and is 21" long! Hes been a pretty sweet guy and is latching well.
Twins Asher and Theodore decided to come early at 34 weeks, on 4-20-17. 13 hour labor and unmedicated vaginal delivery for both boys in the OR (hospital policy). They weighed 5lbs 12oz and 5lbs 1oz and were moved to the NICU immediately. We spent 15 days in the NICU and we're now home and adjusting fantastically.
Well little Eve Marie was born at 5:45 pm 5/16. She weighs 5 lbs 8 oz and is 16.5 inches long. She was due on the 22nd. Doctor said I'd most likely go over my due date, possibly have a c section because she was a good sized baby. I started having some period like cramps Monday night and woke up at three am with contractions every 6 minutes. I called my doctor and he seemed slightly annoyed that I'd even bother calling the emergency line. So I waited until 10:00 for my appointment. I was still at -2 station but was 80% effaced and 2 dialated so he decided to try a membrane sweep. Went home with contractions getting more painful and closer together but everyone made me feel a little weak for complaining about them so I stayed home. Finally I broke down crying and told DH we had to leave. We get to labor and delivery at 3:30 and I was 4 dialated. I was admitted and had to wait for anesthesiologist to finish with a c section. When the anesthesiologist arrived (5:10) I was at a 7 then they checked me again because I couldn't stop pushing I was at a seven. My water broke, I was crying and shaking through contractions then they finally got the epidural in I was at a ten and pushed a handful of times and she was out. Other than being pretty tiny, she's healthy and gorgeous. Wow, hope that made some sense. It was a very short painful labor (first time mom), I'm already forgetting about it. ETA picture
Phoebe Rose was born on the 15th of May at 38w 5d. I had random contractions on the 14th which died down by evening. I went to bed and woke up at 1.30am to pee and I had contractions 3 minutes apart and really painful. I phoned the hospital and they said to come in and get checked as my first labour was quite quick. I left for the hospital at 3.20am and only just made it in time and she was born at 3.49am. She's settling in great and her big sister adores her❤
Hadley Grace was born at 7:12pm on 5/8. She was 7lbs 6oz and 19 and 3/4 in long. I got my epidural too late and basically felt every thing. I only had to push between five and ten minutes. She is healthy and we feel very blessed!
Jack Dylan was born today at 10:57 am. He is 7 lb 6 oz and 20 inches. I went in last night at around 6 because I was running a fever. I was 3 cm dilated and having contractions since the night before but there wasn't really a pattern. My plan was to stay home as long as possible but the fever changed things. My doctor broke my water to get things going and then I experienced the most pain I've ever been in. I was having back labor. At around 10 pm, a bunch of nurses and doctors rushed in my room because Jack's heartbeat disappeared. I had no idea what was going on, but I was terrified. They put an oxygen mask on me and started talking about an emergency c. Then, they picked his heartbeat up again. Turns out he changed positions and the monitor just wasn't picking it up.
I wasn't planning an epidural but I changed my mind at around midnight when things weren't really progressing and I wanted to be able to get some sleep. I'm glad I did because I spent 5 hours pushing this morning..he wasn't breech but his head was in a weird position. To the ladies with non medicated births, I don't know how you did it, but I give you major props. I have a pretty high pain threshold but I felt like I was dying. Anyway after pushing for 5 hours, my doctor started pushing for a c section but the baby was not distressed and neither was I. I really didn't want a c so I asked if I could push a little while longer. We ended up needing a vacuum but I'm so happy I was able to deliver vaginally. So, it was an eventful birth but in the end we got our beautiful healthy boy. I'll post a pic later.
Cassandra was born today at 1:43pm, at 41w. She was 6lbs 9oz and 19in. (middle name still under discussion; also pics are on my phone not computer, so nothing to show yet.)
tldr: Baby got sick of being in the womb and broke her own water to get things going. Was born about 10 hours later.
With my first two I went through early labor then had the water break during labor or at the end. From first contraction to baby it was always about 8 hours.
This time was totally different. First off, I went so far overdue! Overnight at 3am, I went to pee and then while I was trying to fall back asleep Cassandra was moving around. I felt a little pop at 3:30am. DH was up because DS had needed help getting motn water. I said to DH, "I felt a pop. I'm going to slowly sit up and see if this is my water having broken." It was. To my surprise, contractions did not start up right away. When they did start around 4:15, they were far apart. They came in and out all morning and frankly I was concerned as someone who is GBS+. I was also surprised because labor was taking so much longer than it did with the other two. Like around 11am I was complaining that even though this was a normal timeline for other people it was moving slowly for me. Well...then things picked up very, very rapidly. I went from probably 5cm (a guess) to baby in about 90 min. I asked for an epidural probably around 6cm but it was too late. As it turned out this labor wasn't even much longer than the others due to the very rapid progression at the end.
The weirdest part of the delivery was that the placenta took a LONG time to detach and was actually really hard to get out! Honestly it felt like delivering a twin. I really had to push and it felt like another freaking head coming out. They said that can be common if your delivery is quite fast at the end. And because I had no epidural I had massive afterbirth pains until the pill drugs kicked in (percoset and ibuprofen).
Benjamin Lewis made his arrival this morning. At 9:08am (Australian eastern standard time) the 19th of May.
I was supposed to be induced, the plan was, arrive at hospital at 6am, have a foetal CCG done, break waters, hook up pitocin and wait.
well, arrived at 6am had the CCG done, which showed strong but irregular contractions, so waters were broken at 7:45am, contractions got stronger so they decided to wait and see what happened over the next 1-2hrs, at 9am I asked for an Epidural, at 9:08am he was here.
He is 9lb 15oz (4.52kg) and 53cm long. The absolute spitting image of his older brother except with dark hair
Me - 22 | DH - 32 | Married - 24 May 2014 DS - January 2014
TTC#2 - December 2015
BFP - 6 March 2016 | MC Confirmed - 21 March 2016 TTCAL | April 2016 CP | June 2016 CP | July 2016
Team Green is now Team Blue: Mason Julius was born 5/15/17 at 6:26 pm weighing 7lbs 10 oz and 19.5 inches long. I went in on May 14th to start my induction since i was a week overdue. They started the first drug to "ripen my cervix" around 10 pm. Around 1 am the baby was showing slight signs of distress due to the contractions. They decided to switch to to pitocin at that point. At 8 am my doctor came in and checked me and I was till 80% effaced and 1 cm dilated (which I had been since my 39 week appointment). At 10 a.m. they broke my water, when I was checked around 1pm still no progress. At 3 pm nurses came in and put me on oxygen because baby stats were not looking too good. Doctor came in at 5 pm to check me and I was still at 1 cm. Doctor suggested to "throw in the towel" especially since baby had showed minor distress signs throughout the labor. They got me prepped and gave me spinal anesthesia and performed the c-section.
Total Random: During my C Doctor discovered that I had no left ovary. Apparently it never developed so I had NO idea! My poor husband started getting worried because it was taking so long to get me back into recovery but the the doctor was looking around to make sure all was OK after the missing ovary situation
Graham Edward made his grand debut this morning at 4:56 am, weighing 6lb 13oz, and 20.5 inches. I'll post his birth story in an AW thread later. We are so in love!
Our little Ada arrived on 5/18 at 4:58 am, weighing 6lbs 7 oz. We went in for a 41 wk visit and were told to check in at the hospital that night for an induction due to low fluid levels and a baby that would be small for her gestational age. They gave me cervadil (sp?) but the baby showed signs if distress during what apparently weren't very intense contractions. So, the Dr removed the meds and gave us 2 options: start on pitocin, which could end in a possibly more risky C-section, or just go straight to the c section. We decided to go straight for the C-section. Ada was born after what seemed like a whirlwind alien abduction, but I totally teared up when I heard her cry for the first time. She's perfect! We're both doing great and will be heading home tomorrow.
Here is Isaiah Clifford! He was born 6:03 this morning 5/20. He was 7lbs 1oz and 19.5 inches long. I'll post a birth story when I get around to typing it. I got my VBAC!
May Siggy Challenge: Labor Memes
Me:31 DH:32 Married 11/06/10 DD: Born 8/23/13 (clomid+ovidrel+IUI) BFP 9/9/16 EDD 5/19/17
Henry Glenn was born on 5-19 a day before his due date. Relatively short labor and less than 5 minutes of pushing and he was born! I am still in shock. 8.4lbs the same as his brother!
Just getting around to posting, baby Ava Elizabeth was born on May 11th at 6:24 AM. She came so fast we didn't have time to make it to a hospital but so happy she is healthy and happy and we have quite the story to tell of her arrival, will try to post her arrival story later
Kalvin Mitchell was born on May 16th at 4:45am. Just 1 day day before mommy and daddy's 3rd wedding anniversary and 5 days before his due date. He weighed 7lbs 13oz and was 20 1/4inches long.
Team green turned team blue today, 5-21! My son arrived this morning after 9 hours of labor and 15 minutes of pushing. He weighs 6 pounds 7oz and is 19.5 inches long. I woke up to a contraction and my water breaking just after midnight. We got to the hospital and I was at 2cm. 4 hours later I was only at 3cm. 4 hours after that I was at 9cm and started pushing 45 minutes after that! H was a rockstar throughout my labor. I couldn't have had an unmedicated birth without his support. What a crazy but wonderful day my son looks just like his dad and I couldn't be more in love!
Emilia Luna has arrived! What another May17 whirlwind! Induction set for Thurs. but woke up to a contraction tues at 2am (not unusual) and tried to time them and wait it out which has just been ending in a whole lotta nothing. But this time they had more intensity and were anywhere from 3-7mins apart. So I told DH and got in the bath at 4. Called the on-call Dr. at 5 and said we'd be in within the hour. I got to the point where I couldn't move or talk through contractions so DH tried to help me throw the rest of my bag together and get DD up and in the car. We dropped her off at in-laws and got up to L&D by 6:30. Got changed and in the bed hooked up to monitors and checked and I was 8cm! Water broke (erm exploded) at 6:50 and against all the nurses saying "just breathe don't push!" She came sliding out at 6:55! No Dr. anywhere near. Already had a visit from big sister and she loves her so much! We are thrilled and hope to get a little rest!
Team Green turned pink. Merritt.Elise made her debut on 5/21 at 8:31 am. 9 lbs 12 oz. 22 inches. No one expected her to be so big. Labor was long and exhausting.
Barrett was born 5/21/17 ;12 days overdue 8 LB 7 Oz, 20.5 inch
It was a stressful week prior to delivery. My doctor went against his policy of induction at 41 weeks and I was very adamant about a spontaneous labor and natural delivery.
Nonetheless, our little boy was born 12 days late and I was able to have the delivery I hoped for.
I had prelabor for 3 days prior. Woke up at 430 am with contractions 10 minutes apart. I labored at home until 1 p.m. when I couldn't focus or stand through contractions. Whwn we arrived at the hospital I was an 8 and 90% so they took me to my delivery room. I was so happy i was close to delivery i was giggling and laughing! My waters broke as i started gently pushing on my own. I quickly got to 10 after and the Dr came in. They had me lay down and pur my feet up for the rest which did not feel natural and it became hard for me to feel how to push. The baby became stuck and on distress.I was able to focus again and feel how to effectively push in the position and the baby was born quickly after. I pushed for about 15 minutes with the doctor present. Our little boy was able to breathe shortly after stimulation and suctioning of the lungs.
Barrett was born at 3:30 p.m.
It was so empowering to go without medication or interventions. Recovery has been so much easier compared to my first, too.
After 23 hours and 2 minutes of labor and pushing for 2.5 hours, my precious baby girl Noelle arrived today at 5:02am! She weighs 7 pounds and 6 ounces and she is 20 and 1/2 inches long. She is so CUTE and has a lot of curly hair. Noelle will be in the NICU for a little bit until they control her breathing. She's just taking a little bit more time transitioning from the womb to the outside world. My labor was pretty smooth except I thought pushing was the hardest even though I really wasn't in pain. It was just so exhausting pushing from 2:30am to 5:02.
Team green turned pink this afternoon with the arrival of Paige. She weighs 7lbs 9 oz and is 20 inches long. We are in love with her chubby cheeks and happy smile.
Baby boy Liam was born on May 24th at 11:44am weighing 7lbs 6oz, 20.5 inches long. We had a quick, natural labor and are completely in love. Will post our birth story soon.
Re: ~ * May 2017 Birth Announcement Thread * ~
6lbs 1oz 19inches and a full head of dark hair!
Sweet Baby H 12.21.11
Sassy Baby P 03.26.14
Little Brother Due 05.22.17
Contractions started at 4 am, arrived at the hospital at 8:30, was at 6 cm at that point. Labored till 1:30 or so but not very effectively so the doctor broke the bag of waters. Then did an hour of pushing with the IV drugs, not successfully and in a lot of pain. Got the epidural - should've just got that from the start, my anesthesiologist was awesome. Pushed some more (thought either my face would explode or would faint lol) and then the baby got out screaming. He's super cute, with long lashes, dark hair, dark grey eyes, and a chin dimple just like his daddy's. Proud father cut the cord. I needed some stitches so they wheeled me off to the OR and I missed the shots and stuff. Anesthesia was blissful there too, didn't feel a thing for a while. We went home yesterday and are getting used to all the new things we do.
at 3. She was super excited to come out!! Everyone is doing well!!
we now have confirmation why my belly was so big...he weighs 9lb 2 oz and is 21" long!
Hes been a pretty sweet guy and is latching well.
We're obviously over the moon in love.
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
ETA picture
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
I wasn't planning an epidural but I changed my mind at around midnight when things weren't really progressing and I wanted to be able to get some sleep. I'm glad I did because I spent 5 hours pushing this morning..he wasn't breech but his head was in a weird position. To the ladies with non medicated births, I don't know how you did it, but I give you major props. I have a pretty high pain threshold but I felt like I was dying. Anyway after pushing for 5 hours, my doctor started pushing for a c section but the baby was not distressed and neither was I. I really didn't want a c so I asked if I could push a little while longer. We ended up needing a vacuum but I'm so happy I was able to deliver vaginally. So, it was an eventful birth but in the end we got our beautiful healthy boy. I'll post a pic later.
tldr: Baby got sick of being in the womb and broke her own water to get things going. Was born about 10 hours later.
With my first two I went through early labor then had the water break during labor or at the end. From first contraction to baby it was always about 8 hours.
This time was totally different. First off, I went so far overdue! Overnight at 3am, I went to pee and then while I was trying to fall back asleep Cassandra was moving around. I felt a little pop at 3:30am. DH was up because DS had needed help getting motn water. I said to DH, "I felt a pop. I'm going to slowly sit up and see if this is my water having broken." It was. To my surprise, contractions did not start up right away. When they did start around 4:15, they were far apart. They came in and out all morning and frankly I was concerned as someone who is GBS+. I was also surprised because labor was taking so much longer than it did with the other two. Like around 11am I was complaining that even though this was a normal timeline for other people it was moving slowly for me. Well...then things picked up very, very rapidly. I went from probably 5cm (a guess) to baby in about 90 min. I asked for an epidural probably around 6cm but it was too late. As it turned out this labor wasn't even much longer than the others due to the very rapid progression at the end.
The weirdest part of the delivery was that the placenta took a LONG time to detach and was actually really hard to get out! Honestly it felt like delivering a twin. I really had to push and it felt like another freaking head coming out. They said that can be common if your delivery is quite fast at the end. And because I had no epidural I had massive afterbirth pains until the pill drugs kicked in (percoset and ibuprofen).
I was supposed to be induced, the plan was, arrive at hospital at 6am, have a foetal CCG done, break waters, hook up pitocin and wait.
well, arrived at 6am had the CCG done, which showed strong but irregular contractions, so waters were broken at 7:45am, contractions got stronger so they decided to wait and see what happened over the next 1-2hrs, at 9am I asked for an Epidural, at 9:08am he was here.
He is 9lb 15oz (4.52kg) and 53cm long. The absolute spitting image of his older brother except with dark hair
DS - January 2014
TTCAL | April 2016
CP | June 2016
CP | July 2016
Mason Julius was born 5/15/17 at 6:26 pm weighing 7lbs 10 oz and 19.5 inches long.
I went in on May 14th to start my induction since i was a week overdue. They started the first drug to "ripen my cervix" around 10 pm. Around 1 am the baby was showing slight signs of distress due to the contractions. They decided to switch to to pitocin at that point. At 8 am my doctor came in and checked me and I was till 80% effaced and 1 cm dilated (which I had been since my 39 week appointment). At 10 a.m. they broke my water, when I was checked around 1pm still no progress. At 3 pm nurses came in and put me on oxygen because baby stats were not looking too good. Doctor came in at 5 pm to check me and I was still at 1 cm. Doctor suggested to "throw in the towel" especially since baby had showed minor distress signs throughout the labor. They got me prepped and gave me spinal anesthesia and performed the c-section.
Total Random: During my C Doctor discovered that I had no left ovary. Apparently it never developed so I had NO idea! My poor husband started getting worried because it was taking so long to get me back into recovery but the the doctor was looking around to make sure all was OK after the missing ovary situation
It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s that I don’t know you. Stranger Danger.
Eta: can't spell
Me:31 DH:32 Married 11/06/10
DD: Born 8/23/13 (clomid+ovidrel+IUI)
BFP 9/9/16 EDD 5/19/17
Rainbow Surprise Baby due 05/26/2017
What another May17 whirlwind! Induction set for Thurs. but woke up to a contraction tues at 2am (not unusual) and tried to time them and wait it out which has just been ending in a whole lotta nothing. But this time they had more intensity and were anywhere from 3-7mins apart. So I told DH and got in the bath at 4. Called the on-call Dr. at 5 and said we'd be in within the hour. I got to the point where I couldn't move or talk through contractions so DH tried to help me throw the rest of my bag together and get DD up and in the car. We dropped her off at in-laws and got up to L&D by 6:30. Got changed and in the bed hooked up to monitors and checked and I was 8cm! Water broke (erm exploded) at 6:50 and against all the nurses saying "just breathe don't push!" She came sliding out at 6:55! No Dr. anywhere near. Already had a visit from big sister and she loves her so much! We are thrilled and hope to get a little rest!
8 LB 7 Oz, 20.5 inch
It was a stressful week prior to delivery. My doctor went against his policy of induction at 41 weeks and I was very adamant about a spontaneous labor and natural delivery.
Nonetheless, our little boy was born 12 days late and I was able to have the delivery I hoped for.
I had prelabor for 3 days prior. Woke up at 430 am with contractions 10 minutes apart. I labored at home until 1 p.m. when I couldn't focus or stand through contractions. Whwn we arrived at the hospital I was an 8 and 90% so they took me to my delivery room. I was so happy i was close to delivery i was giggling and laughing! My waters broke as i started gently pushing on my own. I quickly got to 10 after and the Dr came in. They had me lay down and pur my feet up for the rest which did not feel natural and it became hard for me to feel how to push. The baby became stuck and on distress.I was able to focus again and feel how to effectively push in the position and the baby was born quickly after. I pushed for about 15 minutes with the doctor present. Our little boy was able to breathe shortly after stimulation and suctioning of the lungs.
Barrett was born at 3:30 p.m.
It was so empowering to go without medication or interventions.
Recovery has been so much easier compared to my first, too.
We are home now and doing well!