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Juniper's birth story
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short version: Our sweet Juniper Elizabeth arrived safely on 12/11 at 12:53 pm. She's 8 lbs 7 oz of pure sweetness.
Long version: labor started at 1 pm the day before Junie was born, while the housekeeper was cleaning our house (was that the last possible thing left on my to do list before baby?). Contractions started out regular at 6 min apart and got closer together but not yet more intense. When they were 4 min apart we went in to L&D, but 1st DH made me pancakes with blackberries. So sweet!
All was well at L&D but they said I could labor there or at home until ctx were not only close together but intensifying, so we headed back home. We were back in L&D by 8 pm with strong ctx right on top of each other.
On the way in, we almost panicked bc there was a big rig crashed across the road and on fire! It was blocking the only access road out of our neighborhood! We thought we were in a movie or something. Luckily, there was enough room for a single file of cars to pass around the end of the truck, so we eventually got past.
Unfortunately, this whole time I was having back labor bc Junie had gotten herself sunny side up. At the hospital, the tub gave me some relief, and I opted for the epidural a bit earlier than I'd planned at just 4 cm (because holy moley back labor is brutal). It was a huge relief, I was able to rest some, and happily my ctx kept chugging along. Epi was in around 1230 am.
By 7, I was 9 cm but Junie was still at -2 station and waters were bulging. My OB had just come on call (yay!) so she came in to break my waters. I took a couple of hrs to labor down (ouch - epidural did not help this bit). Then it was pushing time for about 1.5 hrs. DH was totally involved, watching everything ( I mean every gory bit!) and keeping me as encouraged as he could.
When Junie was finally out, my OB had me reach down and pull her right into my arms and onto my chest myself. It was incredible!!
I'm so glad my OB got to be there; she's been with us through all our struggles and knows how amazing this is for us. And I'm so grateful for DH who was awesome during labor and is an amazing partner in our adventure as parents.
We brought Junie home today and I couldn't believe it but the crazy CA storms had cleared some and there were RAINBOWS in the sky - one above the hospital, and one we saw over our own neighborhood!
I'm so happy to share this joy with all of you. I'm so grateful for the Pgal board and you wonderful ladies. You've helped me so much!!!
And now the best part - pics! One is from just a couple mins after birth and the other is just before leaving the hospital
Long version: labor started at 1 pm the day before Junie was born, while the housekeeper was cleaning our house (was that the last possible thing left on my to do list before baby?). Contractions started out regular at 6 min apart and got closer together but not yet more intense. When they were 4 min apart we went in to L&D, but 1st DH made me pancakes with blackberries. So sweet!
All was well at L&D but they said I could labor there or at home until ctx were not only close together but intensifying, so we headed back home. We were back in L&D by 8 pm with strong ctx right on top of each other.
On the way in, we almost panicked bc there was a big rig crashed across the road and on fire! It was blocking the only access road out of our neighborhood! We thought we were in a movie or something. Luckily, there was enough room for a single file of cars to pass around the end of the truck, so we eventually got past.
Unfortunately, this whole time I was having back labor bc Junie had gotten herself sunny side up. At the hospital, the tub gave me some relief, and I opted for the epidural a bit earlier than I'd planned at just 4 cm (because holy moley back labor is brutal). It was a huge relief, I was able to rest some, and happily my ctx kept chugging along. Epi was in around 1230 am.
By 7, I was 9 cm but Junie was still at -2 station and waters were bulging. My OB had just come on call (yay!) so she came in to break my waters. I took a couple of hrs to labor down (ouch - epidural did not help this bit). Then it was pushing time for about 1.5 hrs. DH was totally involved, watching everything ( I mean every gory bit!) and keeping me as encouraged as he could.
When Junie was finally out, my OB had me reach down and pull her right into my arms and onto my chest myself. It was incredible!!
I'm so glad my OB got to be there; she's been with us through all our struggles and knows how amazing this is for us. And I'm so grateful for DH who was awesome during labor and is an amazing partner in our adventure as parents.
We brought Junie home today and I couldn't believe it but the crazy CA storms had cleared some and there were RAINBOWS in the sky - one above the hospital, and one we saw over our own neighborhood!
I'm so happy to share this joy with all of you. I'm so grateful for the Pgal board and you wonderful ladies. You've helped me so much!!!
And now the best part - pics! One is from just a couple mins after birth and the other is just before leaving the hospital
Baby GIRL born 12/11/14!!
MC @ 8 wks 7/6/13 - ectopic @ 6 wks 12/28/13
In loving memory of sweet baby HP, and all our angel babies. Forever in our hearts.
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Re: Juniper's birth story
BFP #2: EDD 9/3/13~~Slow HB at 1st U/S~~MMC -Loss on 2/13/13
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BFP# 1 7/7/12 Beautiful DD born still at 36 weeks 5 days on 3/2/13
Diagnosed with PCOS in 2005. Started Metformin July 2013
Please be our rainbow!!
**All AL Welcome**
TTC since 11/2009; Lap/HSG/Hysteroscopy: 5/2011 (endometriosis - removed; endocervical polyp - removed; high pressure in bilateral tubes - cleared)
BFP #1: 8/4/11; DS1 born sleeping on 11/16/11 at 19w1d
BFP # 2: 5/7/12, EDD 1/10/13, DS2 born 1/4/13
BFP # 3: 11/8/13, EDD 7/17/14, mmc 10wks
BFP # 4: 5/16/14, EDD 1/15/15, praying for our 2nd rainbow baby
PS DS came right after I got our house cleaned as well.
Married August 2003
@littlecookie how funny about the house cleaning! And you can bet the rainbows made me tear up. Honestly, I gasped when I saw them
EDD 5/2/14, NMC 9/11/13
EDD 10/15/14, CP 2/8/14
IF Diagnosis: PCOS, MFI
Current Cycle: 5 mg Femara/1000mg Metformin + TI = BFP, EDD 4/23/15 Please be our RAINBOW
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My 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!
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
DS2 born 2/22/13
MMC 5/16/14@8w2d
DD due 5/9/15 Please be our RAINBOW
Me 36 DH 39
BFP 11/28/14 ~ MMC 12/29/14
TTCAL Siggy Challenge
BFP#1 EDD 04.20.2010, SUNSHINE baby boy born 03.31.2010
BFP#2 EDD 12.07.2014, natural mc 04.09.2014 at 5w3d
BFP#3 EDD 01.14.15, RAINBOW baby girl born 01.16.2015
jan'15 january siggy challenge: baby fails
DH & I are both 28 Together: 12 years Married: 09/24/2011
BFP#1: January '12 - DD1 09/16/2012
Preterm labor 31 weeks. Monitored for Hellp and diagnosed with oligohydramnios July '12
BFP #2: 06/25 - EDD 03/05/15 MMC confirmed 8/1 - D&E 8/4 retained tissue discovered 8/20
BFP #3 11/24 - 12/15 Heartbeat detected - DD2 07/29/15
***Losses mentioned.*** TTC #1 since May 2012. Me: 37, OH: 41. Ectopic August 2012 => tubal damage. :'( Stage 1 endo removed June 2013. IVF #1 Oct/Nov 2013: Long Lupron with Gonal-F. 7R, 7M, 7F. 2 txfer@3d. Nothing frozen. => M/C @ 8 wks. :'( Selected RPL panel all normal. Very hyper and brittle response to stims. IVF #2 (antagonist protocol) Feb 2014 => Converted to IUI (Perfect conditions). BFN. IVF #2.1 w/ new RE June 2014: Antagonist protocol. 33R, 31M, 30F, 19 blasts to test!!! I made it through without crashing!!
BFP#4 3/17/14 - rainbow Baby BOY arrived 11/10/14 !!
DX: Uterine Septum - Resection 9/5/13 || MTHFR Hetero A1298C || My Chart
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!
BFP 6/29/2013 - EDD 3/16/14 - MMC 9/5/2013
April 2014 - - 1st ICI Cycle - BFP 5/15/14 EDD: 1/20/15
A/S 8-22-14 - Its a BOY!!
12/15 Checkup & heard his beautiful heartbeat
ALL WELCOME -
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!
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Congrats! Love her name!!! The rainbow part made me emotional!