Santimommy gave birth

nurrieum

Yeah I toted around about how I was going to do it naturally and I had this in the bag. Half-way through labor I admitted I was full of it. Anyone curious about my birth stories- it's on the birth story board- sorry I can't make it clicky.

 https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/67563550/ShowThread.aspx#67563550

ThePolishHammer

Yay! Congrats! He's a cutie!,

MoonlitPlumeria

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/67563550/ShowThread.aspx#67563550

Clicky! And congrats! 

MandaPanda518

Congrats!

SunDrop11

Congratulations!!!

nanabanana06

Yay!!! I'm sorry you didn't get the birth you wanted.

ougrad1

Congrats hon!  He's perfect!

Deblondie1

Congratulations!

nurrieum

Thanks everyone!! I feel incredibly blessed and am still kind of in awe by the whole experience! lol

[Deleted User]

Congratulations!  He's beautiful.

You're not "full of sh*t," dude.  You did wonderfully. Epidurals are labor tools, and you needed it, so you used it.  If you have another, maybe you won't need it.  Every labor is its own thing.

So jealous of 35 minutes of pushing!  Great job!

[Deleted User]

Such a cutie!  Congrats!

ntyravgmom

Congratulations!! I was wondering when you would have this baby. He's beautiful!

jorkz821

Congrats! Part of your story made me tear up a bit - I need my own squishie newborn again!

nurrieum

overture:

Congratulations!  He's beautiful.

You're not "full of sh*t," dude.  You did wonderfully. Epidurals are labor tools, and you needed it, so you used it.  If you have another, maybe you won't need it.  Every labor is its own thing.

So jealous of 35 minutes of pushing!  Great job!

Thanks I struggled with feeling like I "failed" because I wanted pain meds. I'm simply grateful I was able to have a vaginal delivery though. The labor and delivery floor was busy and two girls were sectioned because they were pushing 3 plus hours.

Yeah no one saw that one coming- the ob figured first time mom, she'll push at least 2 hours- bare minimum of 1. She nearly missed being catcher! She told me to watch out for my next one least they come flying out of me.

nurrieum

Thank you for the comments everyone! Much appreciated!

penguingrrl

congrats!

laurakaz13

Healthy baby!  Healthy mama!  That's all that matters! 

AshasaurusRex

Aw, he's precious, congratulations!

 

ginamcp

That is one cute baby!  Congrats.

HenHen25

Congrats! Breautiful baby!

violaplayer

Aww... he's gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your story and pics. And I'm sorry it didn't happen the way you wished for.

nurrieum

ViolaPlayer:

Aww... he's gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your story and pics. And I'm sorry it didn't happen the way you wished for.

Thank you. I'm starting to accept that though I may not have wished it happen like that- I feel I got really lucky in that I had a "quick" labor and to have no complications and a healthy baby is great. I didn't require a c-section and therefore consider myself blessed! 

 

 

shortms6

Congratulations!  

Snapdragon750

Don't be hard on yourself.  You don't know what all those people with the "I'm a natural mama!" siggys actually went through, and you don't know if they'd have a totally different tune if their labor had been just like yours.  I was only in labor for 7 hours, and I didn't really feel any pain until I hit 5 cm.

honkytonk_kid

overture:

Congratulations!  He's beautiful.

You're not "full of sh*t," dude.  You did wonderfully. Epidurals are labor tools, and you needed it, so you used it.  If you have another, maybe you won't need it.  Every labor is its own thing.

So jealous of 35 minutes of pushing!  Great job!

Congratulations!!

numeria11

overture:

Congratulations!  He's beautiful.

You're not "full of sh*t," dude.  You did wonderfully. Epidurals are labor tools, and you needed it, so you used it.  If you have another, maybe you won't need it.  Every labor is its own thing.

So jealous of 35 minutes of pushing!  Great job!

This exactly.  I did the same exact thing you did.  After 10 hrs of active labor and an obsence amount of pit and zero progress I finally realized exactly what overture said.  Be proud, you delivered a wonderful healthy baby and that is a miracle and a damned hard job with or without an epi!