For those who need an "easy" labor story. Sorry for any typos!
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I woke up at 1:45 on Tuesday morning to DS crawling into bed with us (a normal nightly occurrence).
I fell back asleep but at 2:30 I woke up again with some back pain. I
couldn't fall back asleep so I went to play on the computer. I started
to feel contractions so I started timing them and was surprised to see
that they were 3 minutes apart.
After 45 minutes I called the midwife on call to let her know what was
going on. I was surprised to have her answer right away and she didn't
even sound tired. I would later find out that another woman was in labor
with her first and had arrived at 1am that morning. She told me to
continue to time them and when they continued to stay 3-5 minutes apart
for a full hour to call back.
They continued so I woke up DH and told him I was going to take a
shower. DS woke up and wouldn't go back down so he and DHstarted
watching Madagascar 2. I called the midwife, Brita, again and mentioned
that they weren't super intense. I also told her about my 8:30
appointment that morning and we both agreed to just have me come in then
to see what was going on. She also assured me that she would be at the
center so I could come in at any time if things changed.
By then it was 5am so we called MIL to see if we could drop DS off at 8am before my appointment and started getting ready for the
day. We called MIL back a few minutes later to see if she could come
pick DS up instead of us dropping him off. I continued having regular
contractions and they started to feel a little more intense.
Ann came by at around 6:30 and DS was ready to jump in the car. I
guess he knew what was going on to a degree and had no problem heading
off with Grandma. Or he knew Papa was at Grandma's and he wanted to play
with him. He kissed us goodbye and was on his way...
By 7:50 we were in the car heading to the birthing center. On the drive
over the contractions got more intense and maybe 2-3 minutes apart. But
they were definitely bearable. We circled around to find un-metered
parking since we didn't know how long we would be there. I checked in at
8:30 and waited for the midwife. She was still with the woman who was in
labor.
She came and got me at about 8:45 and had me pee in a cup. Then she
measured the fundal height and checked DDs heartbeat. She then
checked to see how dilated I was. She exclaimed "Wow!" And I asked if
she felt DDs head thinking she was just responding to how low she
was. She them told me I was 8cm dilated and fully effaced. OMG!
She admitted me at 8:50 and showed me my room. She asked if it were ok
to have me in the back room since she had to go from the woman in the
front room to me and going up the stairs may be harder. I had no
preference and didn't mind at all. She then asked if I wanted a water
birth and I said I would try it. But when she drew the bath and I got in
she quickly realized that I was too tall for the tub in the room. She
assured me that we could move upstairs if needed and I told her that it
wasn't a problem.
I got out of the tub and started having contractions one after another
with maybe 30 seconds of reprieve in between and asked the labor
assistant when the m/w was going to check me again. She ran to get the m/w(she was w/ the other laboring woman) and when the m/w checked me I was at
10. I quickly got on the bed to allow them to check the baby's
heartbeat since they couldn't find it while I was swaying at the bedside
trying to get through the intense contractions.
The m/w also told me the only thing holding back DD was my bag of
waters so I asked shat would happen when she broke it. She smiled and
said that as soon as I started pushing the bag should break on its own.
By this time I really don't think I knew exactly how close I was to
having this baby. I got on my hands and knees and began pushing with the
next contraction. Next thing I knew my water broke. The midwife asked
if this was how I wanted to push her out and I told her I had no clue.
She tried to get a reading on DDs heartbeat but couldn't find it
in the position I was in so she asked if I could turn around for just a
second. I got slightly on my side and put my leg up on her shoulder.
I was ready to push this baby out and push her out now. I started
pushing and the midwife asked if I was pushing with a contraction. I
told her I had no idea when the contractions were coming, I just needed
her out now. She than felt my stomach and would tell me when to push.
She and DH both told me how strong I was and how close I was to
meeting my daughter. The midwife asked if I wanted to see or feel her
and I quickly turned her down (I guess I am pretty mean and snappy when I
am in pain ) quickly and just wanted to focus on pushing.
I felt the midwifes hands and didn't understand why Molly wasn't out
yet. Later on I would find out that the midwife just wanted to help
prevent any damage to come with her coming so fast. I finally was at the
point where her head was crowning and got to push her out. As soon as
her little body was out she was on my chest. The midwife looked at the
clock and told us she was born at 9:45.
I was shocked at how fast it all went! In less than an hour from being
admitted I was holding my little girl. The midwife later on mentioned
that she thinks my body just went for it after she told me I was 8cm
since I had such a huge grin on my face after she told me.
DD latched on as soon as she cleared out her lungs with some
screaming and nursed for a good 30-45 minutes. I had a 2nd degree tear
so as I got stitched up DH got some skin-to-skin time with DD.
Re: My Natural Birth Story
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