We want to hear about the surprisingly good stuff
that happened during your labor. Did you end up being besties with your
nurse? Did you see firsthand how much your partner loves you? Maybe you
appreciated the fact that you were in charge? Or that all your body
issues disappeared? What surprisingly good things happened while you
were in labor?
Re: Do you have any good stories from your labor?
DS born 9/3/13; DD born 7/22/15; LO due 5/28/18
FS (age 5) and FD (age 2) to become AS/AD very soon!
My water broke at 39 weeks at 11 pm at night, but no contractions. I ended up getting induced at about 2am. Contractions started at 7am and epidural went in at 8:15am. Epidural wore off at 11:45am (after bolusing twice). Pushed from about noon and my sweet baby boy was welcomed into this world at 12:45pm. All in all, just under 14 hours from water breaking to baby born!
We went to the hospital around 2am. I got one epidural and it didn't take so I finally got a second one around 6am and my husband slept through it! He woke up a while later and said "did they ever come back?" haha!
Was already dilated to 6 so was able to get the epidural and relax until about 3am until it was time to push. Pushed for 3 hours until my son was born, Dominic Jayden. Then 33 min later my daughter was born, Ciara Aliyah. She was stubborn and didn't want to come out. Doc almost had to use forceps, but I was able to push enough for her to make her way out naturally also.
Overall I great first delivery. Didn't know I had it in me until it came time to meet my babies.
BFP#2 • 6/30/13 EDD 3/9/14...TWINS!! Baby A (BOY)-167 HB • Baby B (GIRL)-174 HB
January 31, 2014 • Dominic Jayden 4lbs. 8oz. • Ciara Aliyah 3lbs. 11oz. at 34w5d
I know many first time moms say this but for me it was true, I almost died.
My labor pains started Friday morning March 21, 2014. I had pain all through the day but the contractions did not get any closure so the doctors did not want me to come in yet, but wanted updates as I had preeclampsia. My back was killing me and the only thing that would relieve the pain was taking a hot shower and letting the water hit my back, so I took a lot of showers that day.
About 8:00 pm I began to vomit and my Doctor wanted me to come to the hospital at this point. At 10: 00 AM on Saturday March 22nd they broke my water to help speed things up. At 2:00 pm my platelet count had begun to drop a significant amount and I began to bleed from everywhere. They placed a urinary cath. and I had four IV caths. the bag attached to me urinary cath. contained all blood my husband later told me, he also said that every time they checked to see how dilated I was it was as if someone poured a pitcher of blood out of me. My parents and husband did not tell me this until much later for fear it would scary me. I was also bleeding from my nose, very heavily and started to go in and out of consciousness. I ended up having to receive blood.
They called in a specialist and at 6:45 pm took me into to do an emergency C-Section, they would not allow my husband in the OR as the completely knocked me out and intubated me. There was a total for 4 doctors and 8 nurses in the operating room. The doctors had me sign a waiver saying that if it came down to it to save my baby instead of me. My family was then told that I may not make it through the surgery and to pray.
By the grace of God I made it through, I spent a week in the hospital and was told I could not have any more children. God allowed me to live and raise a beautiful happy healthy baby boy.