February 2014 Moms
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Soap1 Birth Story!
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Finn Lucas arrived Tuesday 1/28 at 5:38pm!
I was in early labor all day Monday. Had a plan to be induced at 39 weeks, so I went in Tuesday morning at 4cm dilated and was induced. They broke my water and started Pitocin around 8am, I still sat in early labor until around noon when the contractions picked up big time. I kept walking and bouncing on the labor ball until 3:45 when I asked for the epidural. I was around 6cm at the time. I got a low dose epidural which I highly recommend! I could feel pressure and contractions but could still talk through them.
I got to 10cm about 5pm and started pushing around 5:15. It was actually my longest labor and longest push time (only around 20 minutes of pushing, but that's longer than either of my first two!) I got a 1st degree episiotomy because the scar tissue from DS2's episiotomy wouldn't give way. He came out and went straight to my chest!
He's nursing pretty well and doing great. The recovery on a 1st degree episiotomy is so much better than the 3rd degree I had for DS2, to give hope to any mamas with previous bad tears/epis. Overall a very easy delivery, and we're home and enjoying it!
I was in early labor all day Monday. Had a plan to be induced at 39 weeks, so I went in Tuesday morning at 4cm dilated and was induced. They broke my water and started Pitocin around 8am, I still sat in early labor until around noon when the contractions picked up big time. I kept walking and bouncing on the labor ball until 3:45 when I asked for the epidural. I was around 6cm at the time. I got a low dose epidural which I highly recommend! I could feel pressure and contractions but could still talk through them.
I got to 10cm about 5pm and started pushing around 5:15. It was actually my longest labor and longest push time (only around 20 minutes of pushing, but that's longer than either of my first two!) I got a 1st degree episiotomy because the scar tissue from DS2's episiotomy wouldn't give way. He came out and went straight to my chest!
He's nursing pretty well and doing great. The recovery on a 1st degree episiotomy is so much better than the 3rd degree I had for DS2, to give hope to any mamas with previous bad tears/epis. Overall a very easy delivery, and we're home and enjoying it!
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TTC #1 since 1/10
DX: Unexplained/??? MFI issues
Our lil' lost sparks:
5w3d loss 7/30/10 - EDD March 2011
8w loss 4/15/11 - EDD November 2011
8w3d loss 8/2/12 - EDD March 2013
4w c/p loss 10/29/12 - EDD July 2013
Long story: trying on our own + testing testing testing with 6 rounds of Clomid, more testing, injectables + TI, laparoscopy - one tube blocked, 2 IUIs with Follistim...BFNs.
RPL testing all normal, Karyotyping normal
Moving on to IVF.
IVF #1 April 2012 = BFN, IVF #2 June 2012 = BFP. U/S 7/23 = saw heartbeat but measuring behind. Follow up U/S on 7/30 - no heartbeat. D&C 8/2. Trisomy 12. IVF #3 Oct 2012 = Chemical Pregnancy
Phone consult with CCRM on 12/12/12 - ODWU 1/4/13 - both tubes clear(!) - AFC 24, AMH 3.2, FSH 9.6, LH 5.4, E2 25. DH has high frag rate but improved!
IVF #4 March 2013 CCRM. EP protocol w/ Menopur, Gonal-F & Dexamethasone. ER 3/29 & IMSI, PICSI. 43R 13M 10F 6blasts bio'd. CCS testing reveals 3 normals!!!
FET 5/31/13 of 1 4AA blast - thawed and expanded. 4dp5dt BFP.
Beta 9dp5dt = 181, 11dp5dt = 427. 1st u/s showed a healthy heartbeat! EDD 2/16/14
After 4 years of hoping and heartbreak, our sweet little bean was born on 2/19/14
We are so in love with her.
"I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it."
Everybody is welcome!!!
First BFP 5/29/13 : )