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Charlie Grace's birth story! (MrsH)
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Short story: Charlotte (Charlie) Grace born 5/2/14 at 9:30 am. 6 lbs 7 oz, 20 inches of perfection.
Super Long Story: Wed night (4/30) around 6:00 PM I decided to take a shower. I felt like earlier I lost my mucus plug, but turns out it was just a piece of the bag breaking. No gush, no crazy story, just felt like I was leaking more than usual into panty liners. I called the hospital and they told me to come in just in case. Got there, tested, and my water had broken. Yay!
I was admitted at 8:00 and was already having contractions about 2-3 minutes apart but I didn't feel them. About 4 hours later with no progression we started the pit drip. By 8 the next morning I was only dilated to 2 or 3 so they kept turning up the drip. I started to feel lots of pain and asked for my options. New Dr came in and said I should do pain meds for 4 hours and she would come back and check to see about the epidural. The next 2 hours were excruciating as the pit was turned up so high I was having 90 second contractions with about 10 seconds in between, and having back labor which we discovered later. Enter ugly meltdown and asking for epi NOW. Yikes.
I then continued on the drip for another 15 extremely frustrating hours, dilating SO slowly. Finally at 6:30 am on Friday they said I could start pushing. I felt pretty hot, and they realized I had a fever of 103 and that because my water broke so long ago, I had chorioamnionitis, an infection in the fluid. Because of that, after she came out she was going to have a stay in the NICU to get antibiotics for 48 hours to make sure she didn't also get infected. So push and push I did, and she was slowly moving down but they figured out she was sunny side up so I pushed on my side to try and flip her. After 3 hours of pushing and breathing oxygen in between contractions, Charlie's little heart rate was declining rapidly so the doc quickly decided she needed to use the vacuum. 3 more pushes and out she came, cord wrapped around her neck and meconium all over her. My OB told me not to worry but I wouldn't hear her cry until they cleaned her lungs out. I immediately looked at my husband and started sobbing, and he did too. Then we finally heard her cry and my heart exploded. He was able to take a few pictures of her and they brought her to me to see her before they took her away.
The next 2 days were filled with pumping and trying to nurse and going back and forth to the NICU. We are now at home and after a really hard first few days, she is now successfully nursing with nipple shields and gaining weight back well. The transformation I have seen in my husband has been amazing and he is a total softie now! I fall more in love with him every time I see him hold and kiss her.
Thank you ladies for all of your continued support, advice, love tits, and hugs. My life has been changed by meeting you all and I am so thankful to have found this group. Good luck to all of you and I can't wait to lurk and see everyone's amazing rainbows! XOX
My little Charlie Bear:
Super Long Story: Wed night (4/30) around 6:00 PM I decided to take a shower. I felt like earlier I lost my mucus plug, but turns out it was just a piece of the bag breaking. No gush, no crazy story, just felt like I was leaking more than usual into panty liners. I called the hospital and they told me to come in just in case. Got there, tested, and my water had broken. Yay!
I was admitted at 8:00 and was already having contractions about 2-3 minutes apart but I didn't feel them. About 4 hours later with no progression we started the pit drip. By 8 the next morning I was only dilated to 2 or 3 so they kept turning up the drip. I started to feel lots of pain and asked for my options. New Dr came in and said I should do pain meds for 4 hours and she would come back and check to see about the epidural. The next 2 hours were excruciating as the pit was turned up so high I was having 90 second contractions with about 10 seconds in between, and having back labor which we discovered later. Enter ugly meltdown and asking for epi NOW. Yikes.
I then continued on the drip for another 15 extremely frustrating hours, dilating SO slowly. Finally at 6:30 am on Friday they said I could start pushing. I felt pretty hot, and they realized I had a fever of 103 and that because my water broke so long ago, I had chorioamnionitis, an infection in the fluid. Because of that, after she came out she was going to have a stay in the NICU to get antibiotics for 48 hours to make sure she didn't also get infected. So push and push I did, and she was slowly moving down but they figured out she was sunny side up so I pushed on my side to try and flip her. After 3 hours of pushing and breathing oxygen in between contractions, Charlie's little heart rate was declining rapidly so the doc quickly decided she needed to use the vacuum. 3 more pushes and out she came, cord wrapped around her neck and meconium all over her. My OB told me not to worry but I wouldn't hear her cry until they cleaned her lungs out. I immediately looked at my husband and started sobbing, and he did too. Then we finally heard her cry and my heart exploded. He was able to take a few pictures of her and they brought her to me to see her before they took her away.
The next 2 days were filled with pumping and trying to nurse and going back and forth to the NICU. We are now at home and after a really hard first few days, she is now successfully nursing with nipple shields and gaining weight back well. The transformation I have seen in my husband has been amazing and he is a total softie now! I fall more in love with him every time I see him hold and kiss her.
Thank you ladies for all of your continued support, advice, love tits, and hugs. My life has been changed by meeting you all and I am so thankful to have found this group. Good luck to all of you and I can't wait to lurk and see everyone's amazing rainbows! XOX
My little Charlie Bear:
Married 9/18/10
TTC 1/1/12
BFP #1 12/13/12 MMC Confirmed 1/30/13
BFP #2 6/17/13, (Clomid+Ovidrel) CP Confirmed 6/26/13
BFP #3 8/14/2013 (Letrozole+IUI) Charlie Grace born 5/2/2014
Laparoscopic surgery 8/15 to remove misplaced IUD
BFP #4, #5, #6 (Letrozole+IUI)all MMC, BFP #7 EDD 1/3/2017
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Re: Charlie Grace's birth story! (MrsH)
Began trying for a baby January 2012
BFP 4.25.2013 EDD 1.3.2014 MMC 6.3.2013 D&C 6.19.2013
BFP 11.3.2013 CP 11.6.2013
BFP 3.31.2014 EDD 12.10.2014 Baby boy Carlson born 12.19.2014
BFP 3.8.16 EDD 11.20.16
Married DH 3/14/09
TTC Since Jan 2011
Diagnosed with PCOS Jan 2013
BFP#1 June 2013/ EDD 2/23/2013 Blighted Ovum confirmed July 18, 2013
took Cytotec July 20, 2013
BFP #2 12/28/2013 EDD 9/11/2014 Its A Girl!!! Rebecca Ann!
Rebecca Ann born 8/31/2014 6lb 1oz 19 inches long 8:55am!!!!
BFP#4 3/17/14 - rainbow Baby BOY arrived 11/10/14 !!
DX: Uterine Septum - Resection 9/5/13 || MTHFR Hetero A1298C || My Chart
DX Endometriosis 2/2002 (lost left tube due to a cyst), PCOS 6/2010
BFP - 10/18/2012, EDD - 6/26/2013, Baby Girl lost at 22 weeks (T21), D&E 2/15/2013
BFP - 4/23/2014, EDD - 1/2/2015 Twin Boys lost at 12 weeks, M/C 6/25/2014
My chart here All ALers welcome!
married my best friend 10/04/08, TTC since July 2012
BFP#1 Thanksgiving 11/22/12, mo-mo twins(one sac), traditional EDD 7/27/13, EDD due to risk 6/15/13
mmc Angel 2/7/13 @ 15w3d, mmc Aubrey 2/13/13 @ 16w2d, D&E 2/16/13
BFP#2 9/21/13, EDD 6/2/14, DD born 5/17/14
All AL always welcome in my threads!
Off BC, NTNP since June 2011
Started acupuncture/herbs July 2012
First BFP 9-8-2012,EDD 5-15-2013, heartbeat of 175 at 8w2d, mmc discovered on 10-26-12 (11w6d) Cytotec on 10/26/12
8/23/13 DX with non-IR PCOS
Second BFP 9.12.13, EDD 5.29.14, heartbeat of 114 at 6w1d, mmc discovered on 10-18-13, D&C on 10/23/13 (baby girl/Trisomy 10)
Third BFP (surprise at Beta draw after d&c) on 1/10/14 (15dpo), EDD 9.20.14 Please be our RAINBOW!
little chkn born 06/30/11
baby chkn born 04/22/14
05/13
07/13
BFP # 1 - 12/19/09 EDD 08/27/10 - D&C 1/26/10 @ 9w5d
BFP # 2 - 06/05/10 EDD 02/17/11, DS1 born on 2/14/11
BFP # 3 - 04/10/13 EDD 12/21/13 - D&C 05/15/13 @ 8w4d
BFP # 4 - 07/27/13 EDD 04/08/14 - CP 07/29/13
BFP # 5 - 09/14/13 EDD 05/28/14, DS2 born on 5/22/14
BFP#1 9/7/11 EDD 7/23/11 mc @21 weeks caused severe bladder obstruction on 3/14/12
BFP #2 9/9/12 EDD 7/19/13 started to mc @ 8w1d on 12/7/12 ended up with d&c 12/18/12, stopped developing @5w5ds
Unexplained IF
BFP#3 3/3/14 After 1st iui and clomid cycle
beta 1: 137 beta 2: 268
Beta 3:1248
****Hoping for a rainbow baby!!!****
A little bit about me...
Married my awesome guy on 12/27/08
DD Lucy Rae born on 11/16/2010
Loss #1: November 29, 2012 at 8w1d
Loss #2: June 9, 2013 at 13w (Amelia Grace)
BFP #4: We are having a BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peter Matthew was born on July 16, 2014!!! Welcome to our family!
"If anyone asks me how many children I have, the answer is 4. Just two of them live in Heaven."
*All are welcome in my posts*BFP #2 February 2009 | m/c March 2009 | 4 weeks 3 days
BFP #7 10/15 | DS born 6/4/16 @ 36 weeks
BFP #8 9/28/17 AHHH!!! | EDD 6/6/18
All are welcome!
Wishing you a speedy recovery, and enjoy getting to know your little one.
January PAL siggie challenge; Good advice:
TTC since October 2012
BFP#1 1/11/13, EDD 9/19/13, M/C at 9wk6dy
BFP#2 11/12/13, DS born 7/28/14!
Chart
Everyone is welcome
BFP#1 4/17/2013 EDD 12/25/2013, MC 5/17/2013 8 weeks 3 days D&C 5/18/2013
BFP#2 1/20/2014 EDD 9/28/2014, Baby Evie born on 9/23/2014 at 8:50pm. 6 lbs 15 oz!
Femara + Gonal F + Ovidrel 3/6/14 IUI #3 (plus 2x acupuncture)
Team Pink!!
ALL ARE WELCOME
BFP 4/17/13, MC began 5/2/13 @ 6 weeks
My FF Chart