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What's one thing you would change about your L&D experience (can you tell I'm bored)
What is one thing you would change about your L&D experience if you could go back in time?
Me I'd have more photos, maybe even a photographer (for AFTER tyvm). We had all kinds of cameras including a Nikkon SLR and DH was so flustered we really didn't get much of anything. Our first family shot (and only one right now) was take with his iPhone 
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Re: What's one thing you would change about your L&D experience (can you tell I'm bored)
I would have made sure there were absolutely no pictures taken of me. None at all.
I would have had DH take more pictures of Katie when she was in the NICU. We have a bajillion pictures of Natty from the days following their birthday, but only one or two of Katie.
I would have ordered food from out, not from the cafeteria.
I would have slept more.
Unable to even.
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I'll second the sleep one---I'd have asked for something to help me sleep.
I wish more pictures were taken in the hospital.
And I wish we would have stayed home for a bit and not rushed in (thanks DH).
Born 7lb, 15oz, 21-1/4, 2 mo - 12lbs, 14oz. 25", 3mo - 14lb, 4oz 26in , 4 mo - 16lb, 1oz, 26 3/4 in, 5 mo 18 lb, 4oz 27-3/4 in, 6 mo 28 3/4 in 19lb, 14oz
Don't get in the birthing tub too soon!
I planned for a medfree waterbirth at a birth center and got in the tub around 7cm. My progression slowed down significantly and those last 3cm took nearly 8 hours! I wouldn't have cared except it was already midnight.
Once Joy was born, all three of us slept most of the day.
I wish I had allowed the c-section from the beginning and not the induction at 37 weeks due to pre-e. I wouldn't have had the looong labor and know what it felt like to go from 4-10cm in 30mins.
Sleeping more would have also been amazing, but with nurses in and out every 5 minutes it was impossible.
1. More sleep.
2. More sleep.
3. More help.
4. More postpartum pain meds.
5. Oh and more sleep.
This time: pretty much nothing.
I learned from the many mistakes the first time around!
With DD#1, I wouldn't have had the epidural.
With DD#2, I wouldn't have delayed the cord clamping.
I would have demanded to get up and out of the bed more. They had me stay in the bed the whole time and I hated it.
I would also sleep more. I wanted nothing to do with them taking my LO to the nursery so I could sleep and I really paid for it the first night home. I was a mess.
DD - Juliana Joan - Born October 27, 2010 - My Little Princess
BFP 1/14/13 - M/C 1/22/13 @ 5 weeks
BFP 3/20/13 - EDD 11/11/13
Definitely more pictures.
I was 10 days late and had to be induced. The meds put me in a terrible amount of pain and did NOTHING for me. I ended up needing an emergency c/s. I wish I had known that was how it was going to go and I would have just scheduled the c/s and saved myself the hours of unbelievable pain.
Although I had no control over it, I would have made baby not be sunny side up, and not have a c-section.
I def would have slept more.
I would have walked the halls more to start the recovery process.
I would've made the whole thing shorter if possible (the 63 hours was a bit much). I would've gone into labour naturally and not been induced. I would've made him smaller. Haha.
But all of those were nothing I chose, so I guess if I could do it over I wouldn't have been able to change all that.
I would have looked up at DH when they put Alex on my stomach, but I was so enthralled I forgot until he was cutting the cord.
I would have asked earlier when I could take a shower. I was waiting for a nurse to tell me, and ended up asking and getting "Of course!". I felt so much more human after that.
I would not have had SO's mom in the room, ugh.
I would have had DS come visit as soon as she was born, but of course XH is a dink, and wouldn't bring him to me.
I would have waited until after I gave birth to tell friends and family, instead they all camped out in my room while I was induced until I had the nurse kick them out then they camped out in the waiting room and tried listening to me push (that just grosses me out!)
I would have tried getting a better first family photo but the silly nurse jumped in the picture so now my first family photo is me, dd, dh, and the nurse!
Oh, and more pain meds for when I left the hospital!
The fact that DH was really sick the entire time. He woke up the morning of my induction at 3am with food poisoning. I was scheduled to come in at 6am, we rushed him to the ER at 3am. I stayed with him there until I had to go up to L&D, he showed up about 8am looking totally drained and sick. He slept throughout 3/4 of my labor (which I was totally okay with, but it really sucked not having him there for support). I had the nurse wake him up when it was time for me to push, and he was so encouraging, even though he was really, really sick.
One thing I would never change, however, is the nurses I had! They were FANTASTIC! My family lives in NYC, and DH's family didn't come until I was pushing, so they were all the support I had for the most part.
BFP 11/29 - m/c @ 5w
I would have let the Dr. know that DH wanted to cut the cord. We just assumed that they would ask him and we were preoccupied so we didn't even realize that it had been cut.
BFP:11/1/11 EDD: 7/3/12 M/C:11/22/11 8w1d
BFP: 5/23/12 EDD: 2/2/13
I would have gotten there sooner (my first check ever was 9cm and station2).
And like pp, more sleep!
Santas little helper!
Breleigh & Mason
Besides the fact that I got a beautiful, healthy baby boy in the end, everything.
I would have skipped the 24 hours of failed induction.
DH being sick the entire time, which meant we have no video or pictures of DS when he was first born AND my mom stayed in the hopsital with me because DH couldn't. Him not being there and the pp hormones REALLY messed me up. So I could also have done without the major anxiety attack in the hopsital that followed.
I would change the fact that I lost so much blood I almost died.
Oh, and also could my MIL maybe not have shown up intoxicated?
Why not?
I wish I would have asked my nurse (and basically having to hold the monitors on) to leave for a little while so I could try to cope with just my DH there.
I wish I would have pushed for some kind of pain reliever to hold me over until they allowed me to get the epi.
I wish I would have had a couple of pics of me and the baby the day he was born. My grandma took one, even though I didn't want her to. I just felt like such a hot mess and was so groggy that I kept telling everyone no pics of me.