Natural Birth
Baby is HERE!
I think I just finished typing up his beautiful birth story, but want to know from you... what kind of details do you want to read in a NB story? A lot of the labor is a blur and I don't know exact times for things.
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Re: Baby is HERE!
Elizabeth 5yrs old Jane 3yrs old
Everything! well mostly, when it started and how, how it progressed, what you felt, what worked, what didn't, what positions, how was transition, how was pushing, etc
and rough amounts of time
I think I answered most of the questions people asked... if I knew the answers anyway.
As far as TMI details (I didn't include them in my story because it was originally posed to FB)...
Nothing exciting to my water breaking... forebag broke in bed and the rest while I was on a birth ball during a contraction- it was a painful pop.
I did cry some... some from pain and some from hormones going crazy. I do think I laughed a few times... or tried to. I was joking around about throwing up... The funniest part to me was the look on the new nurse's face when I asked for ibuprofen for PP cramping right after I did everything else so naturally. She didn't understand at all (she also got the stink eye from the midwife a few times, so says DH).
I did poop. A lot. I asked for an enema at one point (and got it) because I was feeling so much pressure to push and I knew it wasn't time yet. I was actually REALLY looking forward to it because I know being so full slowed my labor with DS1 and I didn't want to face that obstacle this time. I'm pretty sure my pooping so much is why no one suggested I get in the tub.
My DH was AMAZING. Totally awesome. Couldn't have asked for a better birth partner. I'm a VERY needy wife. I know this. It drives him crazy but he knew that going into our marriage. :-) And definitely going into labor. I needed him right in front of me pretty much the entire time. I remember telling him to go pee at one point, but he didn't leave me for more than to grab my water bottle or gatorade or something else I was asking for. (I didn't ask for much, he usually suggested it or asked if I wanted whatever specifically... he did ask which gatorade flavor I wanted). He was exhausted afterward, but I know he's proud of me for doing it my way. He won't read my birth story though, because he says he doesn't want to re-live it unless its for another baby.