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River's speedy natural birth

ChibiMommyChibiMommy member
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River Miranda was born at 7:52 this morning. She weighs 7lbs 1oz and is 19.5 inches long.

 There is only the short version of my birth story lol.  I had 511 contractions all day yesterday and by 11pm they were still only moderate so we went to bed. They woke me up every hour but I kept going back to sleep.  At 3 am one woke me up and I couldn't go back to sleep something told me to go check my pad and Lo and Behold- bloody show.  I woke DH up and we made breakfast before heading to the hospital.  By the time we got to l&d I couldn't sit through them and I had the shakes. How had I forgotten that part? Oh the shakes were the worst part.  I sat on the ball long enough to have my iv antibiotic and my mom arrived just as I was being unhooked.  

I labored in the shower after that.  Since L&d was packed they called in my mw and she stayed with me the entire time, applying counter pressure to my back and talking me through the rough ones.  She checked me at 6am and I was at a 7 with a bulging bag.  My water broke at 10 with a lip  so I had to try to not push (ha!). I was on all 4s on the bed when River began to crown.  I said "Oh my butt hurts, something is burning" and reached down to feel the top of her head. I said oh I'm crowning, I didn't feel this last time" too which the mw replied not yet and put her hand down there to feel. She hastily had me lay on my side because she was indeed crowning much to everyone's surprise and I was about to tear.  After a few small pushes I was pulling her on to my tummy.  She came so fast(with in 15 min of my water breaking) and had a short cord do she didn't immediately start breathing so they took her to the warming table where she instantly screamed. She pooped all over my belly. 

 

I have to say, that while my induction was easy this birth was so much easier.  Up until the last 15 min I could talk and laugh between contraction. 

eta: I didn't end up tearing, just a stress pull that the mw stitched to prevent burning when I peed. lol 

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  • mystranamystrana member
    Congratulations! It sounds like you had a lovely birth!
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  • nosoup4unosoup4u member
    Congrats! That sounds like a fast and easy birth - good job!!
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  • phdwyfe2013phdwyfe2013 member
    Congrats! May all of us have such speedy and easy births!
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  • punkrockabyepunkrockabye member
    I'm pretty sure I would call that a completely perfect birth! I hope I have even half of your luck! Congrats, mama!
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  • JcrabJcrab
    Good work Momma! Congrats on your baby girl!
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  • ChibiMommyChibiMommy member
    Thanks! We are still in the hospital because of breathing issues but an all together perfect experience birth wise.  I still feel great today physically, a not quite right baby (with no explanation) is very draining and worrisome.
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