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Joining from the April board

Twinkler2011Twinkler2011
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Hello. I was previously on the April board until my son arrived early. I'm sharing my birth story with you as an introduction. 

 

 

My water broke around 8:30am on Wednesday (3/27) morning while I was at work.

We (my partner and I) met each other at home and called the midwife. She had us come in just to make sure the water broke. When we got to her office at 10am I was dilated to 4cm. She told us to go home and pack our bags, we were having a baby!

We went home and grabbed some Panera Bread for lunch. Our bags where already packed so we waited on our mothers to get to our house to follow us to the hospital.

I was not feeling any pain this entire time. We checked into our room at the L & D around 12:30. They checked me and I was still only 4cm. At this point my contractions had started and I was uncomfortable. I wasn't checked again until around 5:00. I was still only 4cm. I decided to get the epidural around 5:30pm. This was just what I needed. I was able to relax and by 8:00 I was 8cm and by 8:45 I was 9.5cm.

They had me labor down for the next hour. At around 9:45 I was complete. I started  practice pushes but with every push Miles' heart rate would drop. They tried different positions and nothing seemed to help. The midwife had me try all 4's (I had most the feeling in my legs still). This helped his heart rate, but it still wasn't good.

We knew something wasn't right when the midwife had the Dr called in. He came in and explained to us the importance of getting Miles out fast and safe. He decided to assist my pushing with forceps. With one good push Miles was "pulled" to safety.

Although our labor and delivery didn't go exactly as we planned, we are still happy with the outcome. He is here and he is healthy, that's what matters!

Miles Joshua was born at 10:58 pm weighing 6lbs 12oz and 19.5 inches long.

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