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haleyw458

I remembered that your due date was yesterday and I did a little bump stalking to see that you already had the baby! She is absolutely adorable and I'm so happy for you! You definitely deserved it. Hope you and your wife are enjoying her!

BostonGayGal

Thank you!  I felt like such a post whore that I hadn't posted the story here, but here goes!

 

Phoebe Eloise is here! Fast Birth story (7 hours start to finish!):Woke up on the morning of the 22nd and was thinking that I needed to practice my hypnotherapy. Still in bed a few minutes later (5:46 AM), I hear a pop and race out of bed; my water had broken. Things progressed very quickly from there. My wife was a rock star supporting me and managing things since contractions immediately started at 3 minutes apart and seemed to have a double peak.When I arrived at the hospital at 9:30 I was five centimeters and entirely effaced, but she was rotated and I had horrible back labor. At the time all they said was that "she had some turning to do." There was no adding fear or mention of intervention. I spent a couple hours in the tub on my hands and knees (sore arms!) making weird yoga-like noises not from this planet. My doula coached me through it.All I can say is that it was like being on a ride. My body directed me to do exactly what it needed to do and the doula/midwife/nurse helped me focus my energy efficiently. Had I not trusted them completely I don't know that I could have gotten through it because fear might have made the pain too much.Interestingly, there was construction going on involving loud drilling on the wall between the bathroom and the room next door, and I am told that the noise was unreal but it didn't bother me a bit. I found it tremendously relaxing, as if it was a reminder just for me to relax my muscles and release all control.I had no birth plan, but no one even once mentioned meds, even when I was asking to be put in twilight sleep, under general anesthesia, and eventually even clubbed to death or shot. Why - because I never said my code word that we had just discussed at my appointment the day before! (They did ask me whether I remembered my code word, but that was it.)Back labor stopped which told them that the baby had turned and I moved to the bed on all fours. Just a lip of my cervix was left. When the midwife examined me it really hurt and I may have told her that she would make a horrible lesbian.I turned onto my side, pushed three times, and at 1:07 PM I gave birth to Phoebe Eloise!  I remember during a contraction early on (before the tub) looking at the baby isolette and being so incredibly excited to find out whether we would have a boy or a girl! It is just now hitting me that I have a baby girl and the excitement is unreal.She is healthy, beautiful, and ernest. 6 lbs. 6.2 ounces, 19.5 inches. 

achase123

Love the name!  She is so beautiful!  Thanks for sharing your story.  Love the part where you told the MW she would make a horrible lesbian!

PrettyInPearls23

Wow, that's an intense birth story. Congrats on the new baby girl, she's beautiful!

Oh, and I love that you may have told your doctor that she'd make a horrible lesbian. That's awesome.

SoldiersGreenBean

Congratulations!  She's absolutely perfect!

fauxshelley

I rarely come over here anymore, but I had to post on this thread!  Congrats BGG! She is so beautiful, and I love her name!