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Pregnant after a Loss
SuperKim13
member
Around 10PM I started pushing. 3.5 hours
later with baby's head turned to the side, they decided to do an
episiotomy and vacuum assisted delivery. I wound up with a 3rd degree
tear in spite of the episiotomy. Holy yowch! But out came our
beautiful baby boy! I cried, DH cried, I couldn;t believe he was finally here! Due to the meconium, the doctors whisked DS away to
the other side of the room to suction and clean him out, but he was
pretty much wailing the whole time. A few minutes later they brought
him over to me to do skin to skin and he started nursing almost right
away. And he also pooped again, all over me - nice that they put a hat on him but no diaper, lol. He was 7lbs, 8oz, and 20 inches long.
The past two
weeks have been a bit of a blur, I've had a rough recovery from my new
vaganus, and DS is still an absolute champ at the breast (he was back
above his birth weight at 4 days old) which means I am nursing a lot!
I
cannot thank all of my TTCAL, PgAL and PAL friends enough for the
support over the past year and a half since our loss. You have all kept
me sane, made me smile, and at times, made me cry. This community has
been my rock. I will continue to check in on all of you here and on
TTCAL and will be watching for you to meet your rainbow babies soon!
Long Overdue Superbaby Birth Story
SuperKim13
member
Short version: We are team green turned blue! Our son was born at 1:33
AM on 7/28 (his due date) weighing 7lbs, 8oz and 20 inches long. He is
absolutely adorable!!
Long version:
I started having some contractions on Friday afternoon at work. They were about 10-15 minutes apart and pretty irregular, but I decided to bail and head home. Naturally, on the way home, the contractions stopped altogether and stayed gone all night. Saturday morning, since it looked like nothing was happening, I decided to go wedding dress shopping with my sister, out to lunch, walk around the mall, etc. After that, I went home, walked the dog, washed and vacuumed the car, ran a bunch of errands, including to Babies R Us to pick up a few little things. On the way home, I started having a couple of contractions again - but I sort of put it out of my mind. Around 9 or 10PM I started really feeling the contractions and asked DH to time them. By 10:30 they were 3-4 minutes apart. We went back and forth about calling the hospital because although the contractions were less than 5 minutes apart, I hadn't been in labor very long. Finally, after a trip to the bathroom and a bunch of blood on the TP, we decided to call and head into L and D.
They assessed me at 4-5cm
and well on my way. They admitted us and got the antibiotics going
since I was GBS+. At this point, I was handling things pretty well and
confident that since we were already so far along, I'd be able to have
the med free birth I had hoped for - I was thinking we would have a baby
by breakfast time -ha! I labored in our room for several more hours,
on the birthing ball, in the shower, etc. DH must have sprayed my back
in the shower for hours! Finally around 10 or 11AM on Sunday I asked to be
checked again, just to see where I was at. I was at 5! WTF?!?!? I
started getting kind of discouraged here because the contractions were
2-3 minutes apart for hours and soooo strong. DH and all of the nurses
were totally in support of my plan to go med-free and were so
encouraging. I decided to stick it out. They checked me again around 3
or 4 in the afternoon and I was at 7-8 with a bulging amniotic sac.
They wanted to break my water, but warned me that the contractions would
get more intense at that point. I was already so completely frayed, I
decided that it was time for an epidural. For what it's worth, I hear
lots of stories about hospital staff pushing drugs and intervention, but
in this case, every single member of the care team asked to make sure I
was sure I wanted to proceed with the epidural at that point - they
were really committed to helping me stick to my original plan. That
said, I was more than ready for the epidural. Epidural in, they came
and broke my water and found a good amount of meconium. They were
pretty calm about it, but I started to get anxious now and pretty much
would have gone with any plan to get the baby out asap. I went back to
7cm after my water breaking, because apparently the sac was pushing my
cervix open. They started pitocin, and with the epidural in, even
though there was a window on one side where I could still feel the
contractions, I felt like I got to rest for a couple of hours - and it's a
good thing! Long version:
I started having some contractions on Friday afternoon at work. They were about 10-15 minutes apart and pretty irregular, but I decided to bail and head home. Naturally, on the way home, the contractions stopped altogether and stayed gone all night. Saturday morning, since it looked like nothing was happening, I decided to go wedding dress shopping with my sister, out to lunch, walk around the mall, etc. After that, I went home, walked the dog, washed and vacuumed the car, ran a bunch of errands, including to Babies R Us to pick up a few little things. On the way home, I started having a couple of contractions again - but I sort of put it out of my mind. Around 9 or 10PM I started really feeling the contractions and asked DH to time them. By 10:30 they were 3-4 minutes apart. We went back and forth about calling the hospital because although the contractions were less than 5 minutes apart, I hadn't been in labor very long. Finally, after a trip to the bathroom and a bunch of blood on the TP, we decided to call and head into L and D.
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
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Re: Long Overdue Superbaby Birth Story
BFP 4/17/13, MC began 5/2/13 @ 6 weeks
My FF Chart
TTC #1 since January 2013
BFP #1: April 5, 2013; EDD December 11, 2013; Missed M/C May 15, 2013
BFP #2: February 17, 2014; EDD October 30, 2014; M/C March 15, 2014
BFP #3: August 1, 2014; EDD April 14, 2015 - Praying for our RAINBOW!
BFP #2: EDD 9/3/13~~Slow HB at 1st U/S~~MMC -Loss on 2/13/13
TTC since Sept 2011, Unexplained IF
Oct 12 - Jan 14: 3 clomid/TI cycles, 2 hysteroscopies, 2 IUIs, 1 BFP (MMC @ 12w), 2 more IUIs
Feb 14: Gonal-f + IUI #5 = BFP! (EDD 11/4/14)
Baby boy arrived 11/13/14!
Femara + Gonal F + Ovidrel 3/6/14 IUI #3 (plus 2x acupuncture)
Team Pink!!
ALL ARE WELCOME
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!!!!
TTC Since 04/01/13
BFP #1 04/28/13 Its twins! EDD 01/08/2014 MMC confirmed 06/27/13 D&C 07/17/13
BFP#2 05/19/14 EDD 01/30/2015 Please be our rainbow!
My Ovulation Chart
*~*~* All AL Welcome*~*~*
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#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!
BFP #2 11/3/10; BO at u/s 10w6d 12/16/10; Natural MC 1/7/11; D&C 4/21/11
BFP #3 10/27/11 Please stick, LO!! 2/6/12 It's a Girl! Alexis Grace born 6/29/12
BFP#4 4/27/14 Stick, stick, stick!! 8/11/14 It's a Boy! Evan Wesley born 1/8/15
"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow, that is patience." Let it Be (blog) ♥ My BFP Charts
This time I'm not leaving without you.
BFP #2: m/c at 7w, February, 2014
BFP #3: It's a BOY! Please be our rainbow! Due February, 2015
*everyone always welcome*
January PAL siggie challenge; Good advice: