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woke up last Friday at 5 AM and went to the bathroom. I got back into
bed and my water broke. I jumped out of bed since I did not want to
ruin my mattress. (I definitely recommend keeping towels by your bed
since it was amazing the amount of fluid that came out. A nurse told me
it is about 2 litters.) I was in shock since I was only at 37 weeks
and since this is my first baby I thought I would be overdue. I woke up
DH and he called my midwife. She said I could labor at home until the
contractions were two to three minutes apart. I had taken a
Hypnobabies course so I used relaxation exercises to stay calm. DH even
put on his CD from the course to help him stay calm. I was not feeling
any contractions. Just continuous light period-like cramps. We started running around the house finishing packing (which we had planned to do that Saturday). At
6 AM I started having contractions and they quickly built to 2 to 3
minutes apart by 7 AM. I jumped in the shower. I even begged DH to
remove my old toe nail polish. (So much for that pedicure planned for
the next week.) I put on my headphones and started listening to my
Hypnobabies CD as we jumped in the car. DH stopped for donuts for the
nurses. (Birth instructor suggested we do something nice for the
nurses.) We arrived at the hospital by 8:30 AM. I went to sign in
and the nurse at the front desk asked if I was there for an
appointment. He was surprised when I told him I was in labor since I
looked so calm. We were taken back and they started monitoring me. I
kept my headphones on. The nurse had to watch the monitor to tell if I
was having a contraction. I just looked too peaceful. I kept telling
myself every contraction is one less and brings me closer to seeing my
baby. My midwife arrived and wanted to do an u/s to confirm the baby
was still in head down position. She had been in that position for
every appointment since 30 weeks so I was not concerned. I could not
believe it when the mw tells me that Natalie was now breeched. Since my
water had broken there was really no time to mess with trying to turn
her. She said we could try a trial labor to see if it changes, but she
wanted to do an internal to check where the baby exactly was. She did
the internal and tells me I am 3 CM dialated, 100% effaced. But, the
baby's foot was already coming down the birth canal. She told me we
had to do a c-section. I was heart-broken. I really wanted to have a
natural birth. I wanted to hold my baby as soon as she came out. I had
done all this preparation to help that happen. I decided to have a
spinal so the baby would be more awake for bfing right after birth. My
midwife is actually the midwife for my birth instructor so she knew
Hypnobabies. She helped me go into hypnosis so I would not be so
frightened and not be in pain while I got the spinal. Everyone was
impressed how calm I got. They broguht DH in. They started working on
me and told me that DD had the cord wrapped three times around her
neck. She was totally tangled. DD had flipped to breech since my one
vertebrae sticks out too much. The surgeon and the midwife told me I
will always need c-sections. There is just no room. Thank goodness I
live in modern times since before c-sections; mothers and babies died
in labor in situations like this according to my surgeon. After two
minutes of surgery they brought over my daughter. She opened her eyes
as I talked to her. They let me give her a kiss and her and DH went to
recovery to wait for me. She was alert in recovery and I was able to
start bfing. Recovery from the c-section has not been easy. I want to
jump up and take care of my baby. Bfing has been challenging trying to
find a comfortable position. But, we have caught on. I am upset I
will never get my natural birth; but I have a wonderful baby. The
surgeon told me it is a good lesson for parenthood--expect the
unexpected.
Re: So much for Hypnobabies Natural Birth--Birth Story
Congrats on your baby girl!
I can imagine that would be disapointing by at least the end result is the same. ; )
Sounds like hypnobabies did work for you - you were very relaxed in a stressful situation. Congrats.
Don't rule out a VBAC - a different OB that is experienced in VBACs might give you a different opinion in the future.
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