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May 2016 Moms
Kurrant
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Lucine Seta
Kurrant
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Lucine Seta was born April 28th at 5:31 pm after several curveballs... my water broke at around 2am on April 27th and contractions came right away. They were 6 minutes apart from the get-go and quite painful. The hospital asked me to wait to come in till they were 3 minutes apart for at least an hour.
25 hours later and the contractions were so strong that I was almost in tears with OTC pain meds but they were still 6 minutes apart the whole time. I told DH "I don't care what they said I want to go now!" So we packed the car left the house at 3am on the 28th. The hospital confirmed that I was actually in labor but that for some reason it wasn't progressing. My OB arrived and told me I was 100% effaced but only 2cm so at 6 am they gave meds to induce labor to speed up the process.I was still sticking with my "no epidural" plan but decided to have laughing gas for pain relief. It helped a wee bit but the pain was still very real, especially if the contraction caught me off guard and I didn't pre-gas. Contractions got harder and more severe with 3 every 10 minutes. At 1pm, 7 hours after induction my OB came back in to check on me and told me I should be fully dilated with how much medication they had me on but I was still only 4cm. She suggested I take the epidural because it would get worse from there but like a stubborn mule I refused. They upped my meds and away we went!
I stuck with using the gas for another hour and the contraction pain went from excruciating to unbearable. I was bawling my eyes out. When I finally gave in and asked for the epidural my midwife said she was surprised I held off for so long with how intense he contractions were. I wanted to go the whole way mostly because DH considers me to be a pain wuss but I think he change his mind when she said that because he kept asking if it was abnormally intense and why. The epidural was great except for one spot very low to one side that wasn't pain free at all.
At 4pm OB came back and checked me again and informed me that I was still only 4cm and that something surely must be wrong. After some examination she informed me that my baby was very stuck and that's what was causing all the trouble. She said that I wouldn't be able to have a vaginal birth.
They pulled my epidural back a cm to see if that fixed the issue with the spot that wasn't working right and gave me some new meds through it instead of a block and off we went to the surgery room. DH was freaking out by this point and informed me that he had all these nightmares in the weeks leading up till now that baby and I didn't make it through the birth...thank you for telling me now, as if I wasn't already freaking out.
They told me I wouldn't feel anything except a strange pushing and pulling sensation...boy were they wrong. That spot was still not 100% numb. I started crying out in pain and heard the OB talk about how she was really, actually stuck in my pelvic area. I don't know what they were doing in there but it hurt...a lot. I was full on crying and they gave me laughing gas and wouldn't take the mask off me till I felt like I was floating on a cloud of dizzy drunkenness.
They finally got her out and I heard her sweet little cry and saw her face as they held her up over the dividing sheet for me to see. I was crying now not only from the pain but from the overwhelming emotions of seeing my sweet little angel for the first time. I was also overcome with sorrow knowing my mother would never see or know this amazing little person that just took over my heart so fully and instantly.
We are still in the hospital and are going home on May 2nd. Lucy is doing great and breast feeding regularly. Latching properly took a bit of practice for both of us but we have it down now mostly. I just can't wait to get this little munchkin home at last!
25 hours later and the contractions were so strong that I was almost in tears with OTC pain meds but they were still 6 minutes apart the whole time. I told DH "I don't care what they said I want to go now!" So we packed the car left the house at 3am on the 28th. The hospital confirmed that I was actually in labor but that for some reason it wasn't progressing. My OB arrived and told me I was 100% effaced but only 2cm so at 6 am they gave meds to induce labor to speed up the process.I was still sticking with my "no epidural" plan but decided to have laughing gas for pain relief. It helped a wee bit but the pain was still very real, especially if the contraction caught me off guard and I didn't pre-gas. Contractions got harder and more severe with 3 every 10 minutes. At 1pm, 7 hours after induction my OB came back in to check on me and told me I should be fully dilated with how much medication they had me on but I was still only 4cm. She suggested I take the epidural because it would get worse from there but like a stubborn mule I refused. They upped my meds and away we went!
I stuck with using the gas for another hour and the contraction pain went from excruciating to unbearable. I was bawling my eyes out. When I finally gave in and asked for the epidural my midwife said she was surprised I held off for so long with how intense he contractions were. I wanted to go the whole way mostly because DH considers me to be a pain wuss but I think he change his mind when she said that because he kept asking if it was abnormally intense and why. The epidural was great except for one spot very low to one side that wasn't pain free at all.
At 4pm OB came back and checked me again and informed me that I was still only 4cm and that something surely must be wrong. After some examination she informed me that my baby was very stuck and that's what was causing all the trouble. She said that I wouldn't be able to have a vaginal birth.
They pulled my epidural back a cm to see if that fixed the issue with the spot that wasn't working right and gave me some new meds through it instead of a block and off we went to the surgery room. DH was freaking out by this point and informed me that he had all these nightmares in the weeks leading up till now that baby and I didn't make it through the birth...thank you for telling me now, as if I wasn't already freaking out.
They told me I wouldn't feel anything except a strange pushing and pulling sensation...boy were they wrong. That spot was still not 100% numb. I started crying out in pain and heard the OB talk about how she was really, actually stuck in my pelvic area. I don't know what they were doing in there but it hurt...a lot. I was full on crying and they gave me laughing gas and wouldn't take the mask off me till I felt like I was floating on a cloud of dizzy drunkenness.
They finally got her out and I heard her sweet little cry and saw her face as they held her up over the dividing sheet for me to see. I was crying now not only from the pain but from the overwhelming emotions of seeing my sweet little angel for the first time. I was also overcome with sorrow knowing my mother would never see or know this amazing little person that just took over my heart so fully and instantly.
We are still in the hospital and are going home on May 2nd. Lucy is doing great and breast feeding regularly. Latching properly took a bit of practice for both of us but we have it down now mostly. I just can't wait to get this little munchkin home at last!
Re: Lucine Seta
At at first I was a bit disappointed that I didn't get to have the vaginal delivery that I wanted but everytime I go use the bathroom I think to myself "this would possibly hurt if I tore..." I'm trying to keep the pluses in mind when I feel disappointed. Of course the biggest plus of all is I have a beautiful healthy baby girl and no matter how she arrived I am just happy she made it.
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
Take care and God Bless!
Mama to Three Girls:
Twins born March 2014 at 26 weeks due to preterm labor
and our 37weeker born May 9th, 2016!
DS: 9/18/12 - 40w5d // DD: 05/17/16 - 40w
Congrats on your little ones arrival. Good job on being so strong.
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!I definitely had the same birth experience as you both! A little from each one actually, the epidural not working and feeling the c-section with the intense pushing but no progress!
Thank you for sharing your stories! Glad to know there are other moms with the same experience.
Your DH makes me face palm, though. Dude has no chill