In the spirit of the predictions thread.... tell us about your previous birth experience(s)!
Due Date:
Date your DC arrived:
Weight & Length:
Hours of Labor:
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural:
Vaginally/C-Section:
Total weight gain:
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital:
Anything else you want to share?:
Re: Re: predictions thread for 2+ moms
Due Date: June 24, 2010
Date your DC arrived: June 26, 2010
Weight & Length: 7lbs, 2oz
Hours of Labor: From first hard contraction to delivery it was 11 hours
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: I loved my epidural experience
Vaginally/C-Section: Vaginal
Total weight gain: I think it was around 40 pounds
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: Very hot and sunny in Savannah, GA
Anything else you want to share?: Everything went so much smoother than I could've imagined. It was a great experience.
Due Date: March 17th, 2009
Date your DC arrived: March 19th 2009
Weight & Length: 8lbs 2oz, 20in
Hours of Labor: 15
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: Completely Natural
Vaginally/C-Section: Vaginally
Total weight gain: 43 lbs
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: Sunny
Anything else you want to share?: I might sound crazy but I am actually looking forward to doing it again!
It's fun to reminisce!
Due Date: 10/4/2009
Date your DC arrived: 9/30/2009
Weight & Length: 6lbs, 1oz; 19 inches
Hours of Labor: 16
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: epidural
Vaginally/C-Section: vag
Total weight gain: 40 lbs
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: cold and rainy
Anything else you want to share?: the hospital was so overcrowded with births that I was in a triage room for the first night, then again the entire first day of DD life. We stayed for 3 days because DD was jaundice and my BP wouldn't go down. They finally gave me BP meds and we got home just in time for the Bears game
Due Date: November 9, 2009
Date your DC arrived: October 30, 2009
Weight & Length: 7lbs, 8oz; 20 inches long
Hours of Labor: 11
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: Epidural
Vaginally/C-Section: Vaginally
Total weight gain: 80lbs (gasps!)
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: A beautiful fall day, sunny.
Anything else you want to share?: Aside from my insane weight gain (same way this pregnancy) I love being pregnant. More than that, labor and delivery was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I wish I could do it all over again. It was beautiful. (Minus recovery of course, that was tough) :-)
BFP 2/25/09
HCG 3/6=518 3/8=1230
1st Ultrasound 3/18 FHR=103
2nd U/S 3/20 FHR=118!!
3rd U/S 4/1 FHR=169
BIG U/S 5/22=IT'S A BOY! FHR-148
DS Born October 30, 2009
BFP 5/27/11 Stick baby, stick!
HCG 5/31=140 P=9 HCG 6/2=292 P=11
1ST Ultrasound 6/15 FHR=109!!
U/S 8/18=IT'S A BOY! FHR-141
Due Date: Jan 29th, 2008
Date your DC arrived: Feb 5, 3008
Weight & Length: 6 lbs 0 oz 19.5 in
Hours of Labor: From 1st mild contraction 7 hours, Active labour 2.5 hours.
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: Natural
Vaginally/C-Section: Vaginal
Total weight gain: 40 lbs
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: Chance or rain and snow, raining when we drove to the hospital, turned into one of the worst snowstorms in years overnight.
Anything else you want to share?: I was supposed to be induced the next morning due to high bp, the night before going into labour I ate spicy indian. I didn't believe I was in labour, dh and I spent the whole day shopping and walking around.
I had an extremely fast labour. When I arrived at the hospital at 7:30pm I was 4cm, membranes intact, contractions 4 minutes apart. I was still in triage when I started feeling the urge to push. The nurses didn't believe me so I told them I wanted to use the bathroom knowing they would have to check me that way before they let me go, turns out I was right dd was ready to come and was born at 9:09. I had to be wheeled down the hall on the triage gurney and they barely got the Dr. to the room on time. It was actually quite humorous although painful and a bit nerve wracking! I'm pretty nervous that it will happen even faster this time and I won't make it in time.
ETA: Wanted to add, my water never broke. It was bulging as I began to push and then finally my pushing broke it. I didn't even know that could happen.
Isobel
5 February 2008
Due Date: December 23, 2009
Date your DC arrived: December 18, 2009
Weight & Length: 7lbs 4oz
Hours of Labor: 15 hours of labor until my emergency c/s due to fetal distress
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: I got an epidural so I could sleep!
Vaginally/C-Section: Section
Total weight gain: Upwards of 50
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: A snowy Michigan winter day!
Anything else you want to share?: The feeling of getting to actually hold and kiss your baby for the first time is like nothing else on the planet.
Due Date: September 11, 2008
Date your DC arrived: August 27, 2008
Weight & Length: 7 lb 14 oz, 19 inches
Hours of Labor: 19 hours
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: Epidural
Vaginally/C-Section: Vag
Total weight gain: 68 lbs (gahhhhhhh)
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: 75 degrees and sunny
Due Date: April 8
Date your DC arrived: April 18
Weight & Length: 7.5 pounds, 21 inches
Hours of Labor: 16
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: natural labour, but got the meds minutes before my c-section after three hours of pushing
Vaginally/C-Section: section
Total weight gain: 27 lbs
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: no idea. It snowed when I was in the hospital, though
Due Date: February 3, 2010
Date your DC arrived: January 31, 2010
Weight & Length: 7 lbs, 12 oz, 20 inches (I'm guessing on length, I can never remember)
Hours of Labor: 25 hours - but about 9 hours of hard labor, 3 hours of pushing.
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: Nothing, natural
Vaginally/C-Section: Vaginal
Total weight gain: 35 lbs, lost it all within a month or less.
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: Cold... I feel like maybe it snowed while we were there but I don't remember really.
Anything else you want to share?: I had zero (and I mean ZERO) indicators that labor was on the way before contractions started - so don't fret if you don't feel anything, including braxton hicks contracts, prior to your due date! I had my bloody show, lost my mucous plug all the day I gave birth - they had to break my water for me when I was 10cm.
Edited to add: I totally didn't think labor was that bad at all. Yeah, pushing was hard and tiring but I will absolutely attempt another natural birth. At no point did I ever even feel like I wanted an epidural even - it was irrelevant because there would have barely been enough time to get one, but I definitely had a positive birth experience and would love it to happen nearly the same way with maybe a BIT less time pushing
Due Date: 05.27.2010
Date your DC arrived: 05.17.2010
Weight & Length: 7lbs, 6oz - 21.25 inches
Hours of Labor: 5.5
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: Natural
Vaginally/C-Section: Vaginal
Total weight gain: 13lbs
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: 70's and sunny
Anything else you want to share?: I only had to push through one contraction, total of about a minute. Was an awesome birth experience, and the complete opposite of what they tell you a "first time mom should be."
Due Date: June 1, 2009
Date your DC arrived: June 8, 2009
Weight & Length: 8 lb, 2 oz
Hours of Labor: approx. 10
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: 1 hit of analgesic medication about 2/3 into labor
Vaginally/C-Section: Vaginal
Total weight gain: 42 lbs
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: I don't remember. It was dark when I got to the hospital, so I don't even know if it was sunny.
Anything else you want to share?: Nope
Due Date: August 6, 2010
Date your DC arrived: August 11, 2010
Weight & Length: 6 lbs, 15 oz; 20 inches
Hours of Labor: 15 hours
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: Epidural
Vaginally/C-Section: C-Section, dialated to 9, waited an extra 3 hours to get to 10 but the baby couldn't drop, pelvis was too narrow
Total weight gain: 16 lbs
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: Sunny and hot
Anything else you want to share?: Having a C-Section wasn't the end of the world.
Due Date: October 3rd 2008
Date your DC arrived: September 30th 2008
Weight & Length: 8lbs 1oz 20 1/2 inchs long
Hours of Labor: 18 hours
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: Epidural!
Vaginally/C-Section: Vaginal delivery
Total weight gain: 34 lbs
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: Sunny and hot
Anything else you want to share?: Labor was super easy, the only not easy thing is that I didn't get to eat a damn thing
Due Date: 3/8/10
Date your DC arrived: 3/8/10
Weight & Length: 8 lbs 1 oz, 20.5 inches
Hours of Labor: n/a
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: spinal and epidural
Vaginally/C-Section: unscheduled/non-emergency c-section
Total weight gain: 47 lbs (yikes)
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: 60 degrees and sunny which was very unusual
Anything else you want to share?: I went in on my EDD for a fluid check/NST since I hadn't gone into labor - standard practice at my OB office. They finally discovered what I had been telling them for a good 8 weeks, that DD was breech. It was too late to attempt to do a version. I am not sure I would have done it anyway. They had me schedule the c/s for that day since I was 40 weeks and also had borderline low fluid - no sense in waiting.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face. -Eleanor Roosevelt
After 1 year of TTC#2 BFP May 2011 m/c #3 4w2d. Off to RE.
Round 1: Femara + Ovidrel +TI = BFP! EDD 2/20/12
2IF does not always equal 3IF...Surprise!
Due Date: 4/11/08
Date your DC arrived: 4/01/08
Weight & Length: 6 lbs 14 oz's and 19 inches long
Hours of Labor: 48+ hours
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: 3 failed epidurals
Vaginally/C-Section: Vaginally
Total weight gain: 0
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: It was dark and foggy
Date your DC arrived: November 25th
Weight & Length: 9lbs 1 oz, 22.5"
Hours of Labor: Induced at 10:30pm, born at 8:56am
Epidural/Other pain meds/Natural: Epidural
Vaginally/C-Section: Vaginal
Total weight gain: 30 pounds
Weather forecast on the day you drove to hospital: cool and cloudy
Anything else you want to share?: