Scarlett81
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Well, after soooo much planning and dreaming its here finally!!
I am so happy-we both are, its a peace I've never felt before. Here's a little about my birth experience.
Friday night I had diarhea, and a tummy ache-well I thought it was a tummy ache! My mil thought I was in early labor and I was sure I wasnt. I went to bed and the ache started coming in waves, but still was just an ache. I woke up at 2 am and it felt like mild period cramps, so I knew. We timed them and they were 7-10 mins apart, very sporatic. The doc told me to go back to bed and come in when they are 5-6 mins apart and 30 secs long. At 7 am they were 5-7 mins apart and 45 secs long, so we went in to nyc, 1 hour ride in car. We took our time and didn't rush out the door, so we got there calmly at 9:30. I was handling contracs very well, completely letting my body go limp and breathing slowly. My mil said I was very relaxed the whole time.
The doc checked me at 10:30, I was 1 cm. I was disapointed but she and the doula insisted it was ok bc I was all effaced and very soft and it was normal to only be 1 cm. Contracs picked up, and the doula took me in the hall to walk. I walked for 20 mins, came back and rested and had juice and crackers, went back and walked for 20 mins-I did this cycle for 4 or 5 times. During contracs I leaned on my doula or hubby and let my whole body go limp-no tension anywhere.
At 1:00 they checked me and I was 3 cm. The doc broke my water then, and it hurt but I got through it.
Contracs really picked up strong then. They were getting hard, I went in the shower 2 times and sat on a birth ball while my team supportesd my whole body so I could be totally limp during contracs. At this point I started to go into a whole different mental zone. I don't remember everything-I would not black out, but block out noise and talking a almost go into a sleeplike state between contracs. At 4 pm they came to check me and though I was handling the contracs well according to everyone, I thought to myself if I am less than 7 cms I have to get an epidural. To the WHOLE rooms shock I was fully dilated and the doc said time to push.
I was floored. Listen, I'm not gonna lie, it was tough. Tough pain, really intense. But when she said time to push I couldn't believe her bc I thought it had to get alot worse than it was for me to get fully dilated. Anyway, we started pushing. It took a while to get the technique of that down and I was getting frustrated. I was also very tired and sleeping in between contracs still-which the doc and doula said they've never seen before-weird!! Don't ask me, I can't explain it. I th9ink my body just responded to the pain in a unusual way-like instead of fighting it, it shut down. The doula was so concerned about how relaxed I seemed that she thought my labor was stalling and they'd have to give me pitocin or something. But I wasn't, I was just handling them in a different way.
So the doc started me on a saline drip and oxygen to give me energy. It worked. The whoel time I should add, breathing didn't interfere in anyway at all. Lungs were clear and served me well.
I had the baby at 6:23. 1 1/2hrs of pushing.
My little lady was a posterior baby-face up instead of face towards the spine. They decidede not to tell me this bc they thought it would make me panic, and I'm glad they didn't. I pushed her out anyway.
They did an episiotomy bc she was posterior, it looked like I was going to tear my rectum so the doc asked my hubbys permission and he said yes. They also didn't tell me this and I'm so glad of that. I ddin't need to know and it would have only scared me.
What made me able to go natural? I had an esy start to labor I think, I relaxed my body like my life depended on it, and having my doula and mil there-there is NOOOOO way I could have done it naturally without their support. No way. I needed those women there to support me.
After I pushed her out, I sat up and held her, nursed right away and she latched immediately! OH she was so tiny and beautiful. An amazing experience. My doc was incredible-as you can see, very respectfuol of all my wishes for natural birth.
Thanks for all your well wishes and thoughts! I'll try to get pics up asap!
Love to everyone and hope to hear from you all soon!!
I am so happy-we both are, its a peace I've never felt before. Here's a little about my birth experience.
Friday night I had diarhea, and a tummy ache-well I thought it was a tummy ache! My mil thought I was in early labor and I was sure I wasnt. I went to bed and the ache started coming in waves, but still was just an ache. I woke up at 2 am and it felt like mild period cramps, so I knew. We timed them and they were 7-10 mins apart, very sporatic. The doc told me to go back to bed and come in when they are 5-6 mins apart and 30 secs long. At 7 am they were 5-7 mins apart and 45 secs long, so we went in to nyc, 1 hour ride in car. We took our time and didn't rush out the door, so we got there calmly at 9:30. I was handling contracs very well, completely letting my body go limp and breathing slowly. My mil said I was very relaxed the whole time.
The doc checked me at 10:30, I was 1 cm. I was disapointed but she and the doula insisted it was ok bc I was all effaced and very soft and it was normal to only be 1 cm. Contracs picked up, and the doula took me in the hall to walk. I walked for 20 mins, came back and rested and had juice and crackers, went back and walked for 20 mins-I did this cycle for 4 or 5 times. During contracs I leaned on my doula or hubby and let my whole body go limp-no tension anywhere.
At 1:00 they checked me and I was 3 cm. The doc broke my water then, and it hurt but I got through it.
Contracs really picked up strong then. They were getting hard, I went in the shower 2 times and sat on a birth ball while my team supportesd my whole body so I could be totally limp during contracs. At this point I started to go into a whole different mental zone. I don't remember everything-I would not black out, but block out noise and talking a almost go into a sleeplike state between contracs. At 4 pm they came to check me and though I was handling the contracs well according to everyone, I thought to myself if I am less than 7 cms I have to get an epidural. To the WHOLE rooms shock I was fully dilated and the doc said time to push.
I was floored. Listen, I'm not gonna lie, it was tough. Tough pain, really intense. But when she said time to push I couldn't believe her bc I thought it had to get alot worse than it was for me to get fully dilated. Anyway, we started pushing. It took a while to get the technique of that down and I was getting frustrated. I was also very tired and sleeping in between contracs still-which the doc and doula said they've never seen before-weird!! Don't ask me, I can't explain it. I th9ink my body just responded to the pain in a unusual way-like instead of fighting it, it shut down. The doula was so concerned about how relaxed I seemed that she thought my labor was stalling and they'd have to give me pitocin or something. But I wasn't, I was just handling them in a different way.
So the doc started me on a saline drip and oxygen to give me energy. It worked. The whoel time I should add, breathing didn't interfere in anyway at all. Lungs were clear and served me well.
I had the baby at 6:23. 1 1/2hrs of pushing.
My little lady was a posterior baby-face up instead of face towards the spine. They decidede not to tell me this bc they thought it would make me panic, and I'm glad they didn't. I pushed her out anyway.
They did an episiotomy bc she was posterior, it looked like I was going to tear my rectum so the doc asked my hubbys permission and he said yes. They also didn't tell me this and I'm so glad of that. I ddin't need to know and it would have only scared me.
What made me able to go natural? I had an esy start to labor I think, I relaxed my body like my life depended on it, and having my doula and mil there-there is NOOOOO way I could have done it naturally without their support. No way. I needed those women there to support me.
After I pushed her out, I sat up and held her, nursed right away and she latched immediately! OH she was so tiny and beautiful. An amazing experience. My doc was incredible-as you can see, very respectfuol of all my wishes for natural birth.
Thanks for all your well wishes and thoughts! I'll try to get pics up asap!
Love to everyone and hope to hear from you all soon!!