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A horror story that turned to a happy ending
I just came back from the hospital yesterday after giving birth on Aug. 31. I had became the most popular person to talk about at the hospital because I was in labor for a total of 25 hours. I wrote a post about it around the time and asked if it was what I thought it was and a couple of mothers-to-be suggested that it was and to call the doctor or go to the hospital. SO I went and saw my doctor, he checked me said I was 2 cm and wasn't really dilating enough. He felt he couldn't really do anything b/c I just turned 38 weeks and stopped dilating. He sent me home and prescribed me Tylenol w/ codene and told me to get some rest.( I haven't slept the whole night before going to the hospital.)
I took two regular Tylenol at first b/c I was nervous taking anything w/ codene. It didn't work and it seemed like it was getting worse and eventually wanted the one with codene. I still couldn't sleep and my mother and grandmother wouldn't give me the Tylenol w/ codene until 8 hours past and they were only going to give me 1 instead the 2 the doc said I could have. So I waited in pain thinking the codene would relieve me, BUT NOOOOO. It got worse and worse and I eventually said I need to go to the hospital NOW. At first, my g/mother didn't want to take me back b/c she was afraid they would have just sent me back home and to try and rest, but I told her that I can't and the pain was lasting from (originally) 1min pain to every 5 min; to 4min pain to every 2min.
She woke my mother and try to tell her that I wanted to go to the hospital NOW. The pain became 5min to every 1min. and there was no way I could of moved to get dress. My g/mother came to try and get me off the bed, but I couldn't move, she checked my temperature cause I was soaking wet from head to toe and my temp was normal. She tried and help take my panties off to see if there was blood and sure enough there was plenty. SHe tried washing me down there and helped me put on some pants. But halfway into that, I turned in the bed to get on my knees and my water broke.
I had to wait in what it seemed like forever for them to get dress and get me in some pants and try their hardest to help me outside to the car and drive me to the ER. In the bed, my body was forcing me to push the baby out w/ my g/mother telling me not to push. My body forced me to push 3 times in the bed, 2 times outside trying to get in the car, and 3 times inside the car driving to the ER.
When we got there, my g/mother rushed in there to get a wheelchair and told the receptionist that her granddaughter is in labor. My mother gets out to try and help me get out of the car but my body was forcing me to push again and I knew he was crowning.
My mom is screaming for someone to come out cause the baby is coming and my body pushed the head out. My g/mother came out with the wheelchair but no one came out with her. And I told them to feel my pants and they felt his head and panic some more. G/mother ran back in the ER to get the b*tch of a receptionist to get someone outside to help me, but my body forced me to push him out completely. And I told my mother while she's in a panic mode that the baby is out. I was telling her to pull my pants down and grab him, and wrap him up in the towel that was on me, but as soon as she try to pull my pants down, she saw the baby and the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, and freaked out some more. ( I didn't know it was wrapped around him at the time.)
A security guard came out and asked if everything was alright and my mother yelled to him that my baby came out. He rushed into the ER and sure enough doctors and nurses came out. They grabbed him and told mom to cut the umbilical cord and they rushed my son inside saying that he is still breathing.They told my mother to hold the other end of the cord that was still attach to me while a male nurse assisted me in the wheelchair. They took me to L&D where I delivered my placenta. (No problems, no tearing, no stitches.)
My son was born 5lb.0oz, 18in.at 5:05am and was born in my mother's car outside the ER in the parking lot. He is in NICU b/c his little body got in a little shock b/c it was cold that morning (and the things the doctors do right away when the baby is born wasn't quite done like that for mine since there was no one really there.) Almost every nurse on the floor heard about what happened and visited my son to see how he is doing and I'm proud to say he is doing perfect. The floor even nicknamed my son Prince Trenton and that even though he is in NICU, they cant't find hardly anything wrong with him.
I'd decided to be discharged early so I can start relaxing my body more, to prepare myself for the baby to come home, and it's hard hearing babies in their mother's room all around you while your child is somewhere else.
I know this is a horror story for pregnant women to hear or fathom about but sadly and thankfully, this is my birth story. And though I wished I would have just parked my behind in the hospital lobby after doc told me to go home, I'm glad everything worked out in the end. My mother and I are writing letters to the nurse managers to let them know how amazingly caring and helpful the nurses were with me and my son. My doctor came to visit me and wanted to make sure I was ok and that was really sweet of him and he is consistently calling the nursery to make sure my son is progressing each day (which he has).
He will be discharged either Saturday 9/5 or Sunday 9/6. He is truly a miracle.
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Re: A horror story that turned to a happy ending
This story is horrifying. I'm really confused about your 'body forcing you to push'? And you sound VERY young - wondering why you didn't take more control over your own situation - it sounds like you let the docs, your mom and your GRANDMOTHER (again, are you super young? My grandma is like 82 years old) make all the decisions for you.
I may get flamed, but it sounds like there were a million things along the way you could have done to prevent having a baby in the parking lot. Like not waiting until your contractions were 2 mins apart to go to the hospital. I'm glad you and your baby are ok...but nothing about this story makes me change my plan to labor at home until it's time to go to the hospital.
Maybe she should have gone to the hospital sooner, but when your body tells you to push, you NEED to push. That has nothing to do with being young or not "taking control of the situation."
"You're gonna miss this You're gonna want this back You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast..."
What a scary delivery. Glad everything turned out okay though.
I'm guessing you have never been in labor before. When you need to push...trust me you NEED to push. There is no holding it in no matter how hard you try.
it's not hard, it's impossible.. and it's even harder to be happy to leave the hospital and know your baby is still there.. I can totally relate.
Congrats on your baby! Glad he is doing well!!
Wow, way to be a b!tch! First of all, age has NOTHING to do with it, so just get over that right now. Secondly, contractions can progress very quickly. I had contractions 15 minutes apart for almost 14 hours, and then all of a sudden I woke up and they were 2 minutes apart and I had to go to the hospital. So, another 'fail' for you.
And HoneyBunny, congratulations, and I am so glad that everything turned out great for you! This is a story that you are going to enjoy telling for a very long time!
Congrats on your little one! What an amazing story...and you know, it would be totally confusing if my Dr had prescribed medication for the pain of labor and then sent me home. Of course you didn't know when to get to the hospital! This was NOT your fault, contrary to PP's thoughts, and I'm amazed that you're being the better person and thanking your Dr...
You poor thing. Your son sounds really strong - and what a miracle! My daughter was in the NICU for 3 days after birth, and I know how that is...
Congrats again - and you're a great mom. Good luck!
Congratulations on your little miracle! He was just ready to come out, mama!
I'm glad he's doing well. You did a great job!
For the person commenting on age, she's 25 if you look at her bio. that's not that "young" as you say. She was a first time mom in a scary situation and she wasn't thinking her baby would come this early. It's a shock. I was 5 days late and I was still quite shocked at all I went through even KNOWING it was coming and wanting it to come!
Your body natural forces you to push the baby out...even when the doctor and nurses told me to save my energy between contractions I was pushing. I couldn't help it...you'll soon find out, especially if you go natural like I did.
way to be a douche.
OP, congrats on your LO and so glad he's doing well. When it's time, it's time huh! Glad everything worked out in the end, and WOW what a story you will have tot ell that little guy when he's older lol.
Ok Seamama
I like to say that I can try and respect everybody opinions about this, but for one, you need to try and use any common sense you have and think clearly about the things you are saying b/c/ they are insulting and disrespectful to me. And the reason why most of the people who commented they way they did about the story I told, was b/c they feel you have no clue about anything. And thats putting it bluntly.
And let me get this straight with you, I AM A 25YRS.OLD WOMAN!!! Not some young teenager, not a young little girl. A woman. And this is my first child and was my first pregnancy. Do not expect me to have known what contractions feel like (since people describe them in different ways), do not EVER think I had a million preventions to not have a baby inside the car (since I can't control a baby coming in this world). Also, I did not wait till contractions were 2 mins apart b/c my contractions went warp speed on me. And about my mother and grandmother controling my situation, they were which is why I didn't give birth in the bed with the cord wrapped around his neck and no medical assistance. How dare you? And, oh yes, you saying I let my doc control my situation, I will listen to my OB since I trusted him with my prenatal care throughout the whole pregnancy anyway.
I was not trying to change your birth plans by scaring you because I respect any way of how you want to do it. I have no place to tell anyone how they should do it. But you have no place in saying anything about what I should have done. If I did remotely anything you have said and "control" my labor and "control" pushing, I would have given birth to a DEAD baby!!!
This whole thing was scary for me because I was new to this and I told the story cause being in labor and giving birth can be scary for women who never done it before. And I hope no one ever have to go through the frantic I went through. But you cant control everything . Good luck with your birth.I'm going to jump on the bandwagon too and call you a judgemental douche. My nurse delivered my son because the my OB and the on call doctor couldn't make it to deliver him I went so fast. When you have to push your body takes over and no matter what you do you can't stop it.
You'll find out soon what labor is like, maybe try to "not" push and "take control of the situation" and report back to us.
OP, congrats on your little one and good job! It sounds like you and your family members stayed calm given the situation. That is an amazing birth story.
Wow. Have you even given birth before? It sure seems like you haven't. You do realize that people have no control over their labor/contractions right? My contractions went from 20 minutes apart to 2 minutes apart in a very short time span - so guess what - I was on my way to the hospital when my contractions were 2 minutes apart. Does that make me irresponsible too? Not everyone has a textbook labor and delivery. FWIW, your body DOES force you to push when it's ready.
To the OP: I'm glad everything turned out okay and your LO is doing well. Congratulations!
I guess this is one of those situations where I"m going to look at it from the point of view that everyone else thinks I'm an a**hole, so I must have been being an a**hole. I'm sorry - truly. I guess that 1) the best I can say for myself is that I probably read your story in the wrong "context" - it's hard to hear people's "voice" in writing sometimes, especially strangers - so for whatever reason, I took it the wrong way. 2) I just want to be clear that although you can't tell from my original response I am happy you and your baby are healthy and I am CLEAR that we cannot "control" our labor & delivery and the whole thing just came out sounding wrong.
I'm not going to blame being pregnant - I just had a moment of douchebaggery - probably combined with hormones and my own fears about labor. Epic Fail on my part. I really do apologize. And the age comment was just flat out inappropriate.
Carry on ladies. My bad. Seriously.
Seriously you sound like YOUR the young one. What does the storytellers "voice" of the story have to do with anything? Go crawl back to where ever you came from. You don't go dissing people's birth stories ya douche.