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Babies: 6 - 9 Months
Funny delivery room stories
Who was in the room when you gave birth? For me, it was my F, my mom, my aunt, and my 2 little sisters (16 and 13 at the time). My youngest sister L looked like she was going to pass out at any minute. After E was born I asked her how she felt and she said this gem that still makes me crack up, "well I was fine until they pulled that sac thing out! I thought it was all over once Ella came out and then BAM!! Out comes that nasty sac thing". She's so funny. Originally it was only going to be my F and mom in there but at the last minute my doc said they could stay in too. Anything funny/interesting happen when you delivered?
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Re: Funny delivery room stories
I had this poor intern type person in there named Ben. I think he was in school to be an EMT (?) Ben was all of *maybe* 23? But, he had to assist in labor and delivery for 24 hours.
Well, I was 1 of 2 in labor that night. The other lady was having a C-Section. So I got the full attention of Ben.
The nurses made poor Ben hold my foot while pushing "To get the full experience" (I didn't want DH to and DH didn't want to).
Ben almost passed out.
I always thought I'd be so nervous and paranoid with someone else in the room. At that point I did not care one tiny bit.
They cleaned J up and were bringing him back to hand him to me. The nurse started to unwrap him from the blanket so we could do kangaroo care & the blanket got caught & she almost dropped him. Luckily she caught him by the arm.
It was just that time for me to get the epidural and I was high as a kite. The nurse had gave me two ambiens to help me sleep, I was induced and I was told nothing would happen till 12+ hours, so they wanted me to sleep. Anywho the anesthesiologist came in and did his biz and I grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him close to me. I "whispered" to him "hey make sure they take care of you!" I then proceeded to shout "someone tip that bartender!!" I also swear I saw my mom's dog running about the hospital room, which I felt the need to tell the nurses. Damn ambien!
My dad stayed in the room. It was super awkward until K was born and I saw him quietly shed a few tears.
This picture was probably about 15min after Alayna was born. At this moment I had an attending about elbow deep in my shiit trying to get Livian to engage. I don't even remember doing this at all. It always cracks me up though.
About 3 min. after this picture, all hell broke loose after they broke my water and Livian's cord started to prolapse.
ETA: My Mom was in the room also, She took this picture.
I had a pretty smooth experience. I got into the hospital at 5cm and my water hadn't broken yet, so I was just chilling, laughing with the nurses. Everytime a new one came in, they'd look over my shoulder and I was like WFT?! And they were surprised I didn't have an epi yet. So when they broke my water, they said contractions would hurt more, so I got an epi. 15 hours later, still 5 cm, no progress so they asked if I wanted a c-section, I said sure!
I could actually feel pain while they were doing the csection so the nurse gave me some crazy drug ( which turned out to be ketamine) and I was seeing lego blocks with faces floating around... Apparently I said " I feel fvcking loopy..pardon my french" and then when they were wheeling me from the OR to the recovery room, I high fived everyone.
After over 3 hours of unmedicated pushing (and something like 18 hours of labor), they were wheeling me in to get a C section. i had already been drugged up, and I was like, "Wheeeee! two more weeks off of work!" And then, the anesthesiologist kept putting more stuff in my IV. At one point I asked him:
Me: Now what are you giving me?
Him: Ketamine
Me: SPECIAL K???
*Everyone in the room starts cracking up*
Me: (totally serious) WHAT??? That's the street name!
While I was pushing, I kept farting too. I could not freaking control it. Everytime I let one go, I would get all shy and say, "oops! Sorry. Excuse me." Finally my midwife broke out in laughter and said, "listen, you're giving birth to a baby boy right now. The last thing we care about is you passing gas." Then my wonderful H said, "yea, it's nothing compared to the poop you just made on the table." Bahahahaha! My mom almost died laughing.
It was kind of needed because things were getting stressful.
Also, before i got my Epi i got on my hand an knees in the hospital bed because it was the only comfortable position i could find while i was laboring. She bursted into the room with my forbidden forest up in the air and all of us know that hospital gowns dont cover sh!t, so she saw it all, granted she saw it all when i pushed C out anyway, but it kind of took her by surprise.
I totally said the same thing!! Did it make you go all BSC?! I saw some weird sh!t!!!
Demerol messes me up! I didn't have it when I was in labor, but they gave it to me a couple months ago when I had a gallbladder attack. I was so fvcking high. We were walking through Walgreens waiting for my prescription and my H looks at me and told me not to talk to anyone because I just looked high and he didn't want me to embarrass myself/him.
At some point during pushing I thought I told H "I don't want to do this anymore. let's stop." but apparently it was all in my head.
We did have a bit of a party in my room with friends and family while I was in labor. I had a PERFECT epi and felt nothing other than a little pressure. Not too bad for 33 hours from start of induction to birth.
With my oldest one my DH kept asking the nurses how much longer after I had been in labor about 12 hours. They kept saying you can't put a time on it. Another 8 or so hours pass and a nurse comes in to relieve the other one for lunch and immediately fusses at me that if I do not progress any further in the next hour the doctor was going to come in and call for a C-Section. DH got mad and spit on the floor and told her to get the doctor on in here now. Both of our mothers were in the room and I think his mother wanted to crawl in a hole. I was so out of it that I didn't care. It wasn't like I was sitting there with my legs crossed refusing to deliver the baby. I had pushed for over 2 hours at that point with little success.
Finally the doctor decided that the C-Section was going to be the right thing to do. My BP was elevated, the baby had passed meconium already and at this point was absolutely stuck in the birth canal. After they got me opened up in the operating room it took about 15 minutes for them to get him out.
I was lurking but had to add my story....
One of the nurses was FLIRTING with my husband. Yes flirting. She was asking him where he was from because "he's got such a nice accent" (We're all from the same state - INDIANA!) and how much she loves his "southern charm" (again - he's not from somewhere else - we live in INDIANA, both born & raised!) and kept talking to him about how she wants more kids and can't wait to find someone after her divorce was final. Yeah. Super awkward. Finally the other nurse steps out of the room, tells another nurse to pull her out of my delivery room. Never saw her again.
Hubby couldn't believe it, neither could the other nurses. Totally bizarre.
Also, my stirrup broke, so I kept kicking my doctor in the head.
I have two. My wonderful OBGYN called down to the floor a few hours after I was admitted and asked the nurses how I was feeling. They said, "Well, she's playing Angry Birds with her little girl." His response, "She's not hurting enough if she can play Angry Birds, give her more Pitocin." That aside, he was an awesome doctor. The other involved DH. With both my babies, once I hit seven cm, things went fast. I started having decels and the nurses put oxygen on me and started flipping me. My doctor came in quickly and said we needed to push and DH (who's a pedi and should know better) said, "Wait, stop everything! Don't push yet I have to pee!" So, we waited till he peed and then DS was born ten minutes later!
Ambien is some strange sh*t. H had sleeping problems in college, and used to take it every night. One night he was actually perched on the desk, ready to fight invisible ninjas. I wish I was kidding.
That is really kind of sweet. If my dad had been in the room, it would have been super akward as well. But he might have cried too.
That picture is priceless! Your birth story is amazing!