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Successful GD Induction!

prothumiaprothumia
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GD got me a date with an induction last Wednesday, my actual due date.  We had wanted a natural birth with no intervention or meds, but got the opposite.

They started picotin right away and the contractions came hard and fast.  We played trival pursuit between contractions....highly recommended!

I had nothing to compare, but the pain got pretty difficult.  My Lamaze breathing was overtaken by plain ole wailing...which really made me feel better.  The birthing ball and walking did nothing for me!

After I got to five centimeters, the nurse said that Picotin usually dilates at 1 cm an hour.  The thought of five more hours of this without any meds sounded downright insane.  My husband and I set a time goal and we waited until then to decide what to do. 

I finally decided to get an epidural and it was super easy to have administered.  Then, I could actually communicate with my husband and the doctor and the nurses.  I found this to be a real benefit to the epidural.  I jumped to ten centimeters fast.

All of a sudden, they were preparing the baby warmer and putting up the stirrups.  I must be a champ at pushing, because suddenly that baby popped out!

I couldn't believe that something so big had been inside me!  My husband and I were overcome.  We had been team green, so we were thrilled to meet our little girl for the first time:  Astrid!

After all the nonsense with GD, my baby was 6 pounds and ten ounces and her blood sugar was normal. I'm back to eating chocolate chip pancakes!  Take that GD!

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  • pixiegirl131415pixiegirl131415 member
    Yay, that's awesome! She's adorable, and you look great, too! Way to go with the flow and be flexible to your needs. Congrats!

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  • ncarpenter2ncarpenter2
    Congratulations! And thank you for sharing your story I too have GD and am due in five weeks and this has been a concern of mine. Enjoy your little peanut!
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  • rainlilyrainlily member
    Congrats on your sweet, baby girl!  You and your DD look beautiful in your picture.  I am glad that everything worked out well and that your DD had normal blood sugar after birth.  Enjoy your baby and have a chocolate chip pancake for me!
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  • Mom2EleanorMom2Eleanor
    Congratulations! Thank you for sharing your birth story and photo. Your DD is precious! Enjoy your freedom of eating "normal" food.
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  • mandyhall2882mandyhall2882
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    I'm back to eating chocolate chip pancakes!  Take that GD!

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    Congrats on your new baby girl! I'm glad the birth went well! 

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  • memali26memali26 member
    Congrats!! I'm glad everything went so smoothly. Enjoy some chocolate chip pancakes for the rest of us ;)
    Mama to two sweet girls
    DD1 Feb 2010
    DD2 Sept 2011


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  • DesignerLCDesignerLC
    I am SO happy to hear your experience!  I'm not 100% convinced I won't have any medication, but I've got a doula and am hoping to keep things as "natural" as possible.  I SO fear an induction and pitocin!  I am thrilled to hear that your labor went well and fairly quickly.  You're an inspiration!  We're in the process of learning about possible low amniotic fluid and also finding out the size of the baby b/c of GD and the words c-section, induction and early delivery are starting to pop up.  It's nerve wracking, but hearing your success story helps!  Thanks for sharing.
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