General::Birth

Was your birth everything that you had hoped and planned for?

It's been many months of happiness, nervousness, anxiety and excitement, but atlast there was an ending in sight! The long awaited arrival of your baby has finally come! Is it true that a baby changes everything? Here you can talk about anything related to the labor and birth of your baby. Share your birth story and don't forget to include those special details. Here are some ideas to get you started:

Original due date
Date and time that your contractions started or water broke
Did you make it to the hospital too early, on time or not at all?
Were you able to follow your birthing plan?
How did you manage the pain of childbirth?
What kind of delivery did you have? Was it what you had expected beforehand?
How long was your labor?
What were the baby's Apgar scores?
Were there any complications?
How long did you stay in the hospital?

Comments: General::Birth

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Kyla2010 - 16 days ago.
Wondering what moms to be thoughts are about the H1N1 shot are you getting it yest or no

manda-may - 23 days ago.
titangoddess, it was lovely reading your birth story. Thanks so much for sharing, and all the best with your new pregnancy. Wow!

titangoddess - 23 days ago.
Oh birth stories. It is amazing how they can be so different sometimes. My first child was born twenty years ago. I was 3, yes I said 3, weeks late. Because no one knew exactly when I got knocked up they weren't that concerned with it all. They finally induced me on a friday. I went into the hospital and they started the drip. I was in agony. That was the worse pain I have ever felt to this day. I was in active labor for four days. At 7am on Tuesday the doctor finally figured out that my child was stuck on my bone. He popped her head off the bone and bamn, she was born. She was so far past due that she was very sick. She was purple for hours after birth and she ended up staying in the NICU for 10 days afterwards. She has inhaled fluid and had a fever which is common in children that are born later than expected. My adventure was a nightmare. The nurses were aweful to me and I had NO pain meds. I also lost tons of blood but refused transfusion due to it being the 80's and the AIDS was a big deal then. Well, I summoned up the will power to have another child 14 years later. I dreaded the thought of having him. I did everything I could think of to prepare for another horrible adventure. At 5pm on a sunday I was outside with my daughter weeding the garden and I felt like I was starting my period. Not bad at all and I did not notice any contractions. I got up to go to the bathroom and there was blood. I freaked out and grabbed my baby book, what to expect, and found out that was bloody show. Well, okay I was stoked that something was going on but the book said it could take up to 24 hrs for the labor to start. I told my dh to take me to the grocery if they wanted to eat for the next week so off we went. We got halfway to the store and dh made me at least call my doctor and tell him about the bleeding as he was a little freaked out too. I got them on the phone and they told me to go directly to the hospital. I got there at 515pm. I had NO pain at all and was still wondering what was going on. We got up to the room and the nurse checked me. I was at 4cm and having, at least they told me I was, contractions every 3 minutes. They were supposed to be super strong but I did not feel a thing. The nurse would not let me go to the store to get the food. I was ticked off. I made her swear that I was in labor and if I stayed I would be walking out with a baby and not just a discharge slip. She laughed at me and swore I was going to have a baby. At 1115pm my son was born. I pushed two times and there he was. Absolutly perfect in every way. No cone head and no indentions like my daughter had. He was almost two pounds less than her at 7lbs14oz so maybe that was just small enough. My daughter was 9lbs12ozs. She was only 19 inches long and my son was 22. I did everythign that I could read about to get ready for birth the second time. My son was a test tube baby also because after the birth of my daughter I wanted NEVER to do that again and tied my tubes. I had to pay for him which is good so I guess I could take the pain a bit more...LOL...I am now 40 and 16wks pg with the 'OMG how did this happen baby!' No IVF or anything and NO clue how this happend. I am ready for ths one though. I am going to do all the exercises like I did with my son and I am not afraid of the epidural like I was with my daughter. Good luck to you all that are doing it the first time or the 5th time. No two labors are alike except for the final outcome... a baby

manda-may - 24 days ago.
With my twins my waters didn't break by themselves, my midwife broke the first, and the specialist broke the second. I noticed I had been having clear mucus discharge for the last day, then around 3pm there was blood in it. (think this was my mucus plug and show). I had mild period type cramps coming and going from about mid day about 10 - 15 minutes apart. I already had an appointment that day with the midwife at the hospital at 4.30pm, so went to that and I was 4-5cm dilated. Around 2am I delivered twins with the help of an epidural, forcepts and the specialist. 12hours since I first started feeling cramping/contractions. I didn't think it was too bad actually, but then I didn't push them out in the end, the doctor grabbed them for me! lol.

Beautiful Bre - 24 days ago.
second one goes way faster! i had my first one within 3 and a half hours of them breaking my water. and my second 2 and a half hours after breaking my water. thank heavens i was already in the hospital when they broke it the 2nd time!. i live in hour away with lots of construction to get to the hospital!

Marta915 - 24 days ago.
With my first pregnancy my son was born 12 days early. my water broke at 2:57 am contractions followed with in a few minutes, they started at 2 minutes apart. by the time i got to the hospital they were about a minute apart. they gave me an epidural right away (they said it would slow the labor down a little so the doctor could get there because i was the only one there delivering) he was born by 5:55 am :) now im pregnant again and nervouse b/c i heard the second one is faster.

newborn305 - 104 days ago.
i was wondering what cloths is confterable for the baby because of the umblitical cord??

jingles - 117 days ago.
I have Kidney disease. I am due in Nov. and was wondering if anyone was one a similar situation at any point. My question was if due to avoid added stress on organs, would the doctor recommend a C Section , or does natural Child birth not affect kidneys in any way?

erose - 253 days ago.
hiya i have made a website (totally free of charge) so people can keep intouch with friend they have made over the past months they have been pregnant, they can share photos, videos, comments etc so they can keep intouch on how baby life is.. totally safe way to stay in touch. www.m8b8.com its a new site so more members that join the more chance you may come across someone you may know..xxxxxxx

babynguyen2 - 278 days ago.
A friend of mine is in the hospital right now having her baby girl!

sarah0o4 - 295 days ago.
Hello Ladies......I have a question... Any reply will help...I had gotten my period on december 31 and it lasted about 5 days....Now me and my boyfriend had sex since it ended at least once a week. I noticed yesterday i was having brown discharge come out...not alot but it was just like my period was ending except a little bit less. I looked up brown discharge on google and it told me it could be early pregnacy...now with the brown discharge i have had very light cramping with it....and now my breast are a tiny bit sore. I havnt taken a test cause everytimne i get excited it turns out negative. I figured since you ladies have went through the whole process, can you let me know Did you have brown discharge in early pregnancy?...About how much was it? (i know its gross but im worried) and How long did it last? Thanks so much and im sure you all are wonderful mommies!!!!!

-x-charlee-x- - 295 days ago.
I was due my first baby 5th March 2008, and he was born 6th March. I lost my plug on the 29th Feb and from then on was experiencing back ache and braxton hicks, but nothing much else. I woke up at around 4am on the 6th March experiencing period cramps down very low, i took some paracetamol and curled up into a ball it was so painful. I went into hospital at 7pm and was examined and wasnt even dilated atall, it wasnt untill i got examined the second time that i was dilated to the size of the midwifes tip of her little finger. I was like OMG come on!! The contractions were coming strong every 3 - 4 minutes, but then they stopped. My midwife told me to walk around and hell that certainly got them going again! I was in agony! I asked for gas and air and had that all the way through and 2 doses of pethadine, but that didnt even touch the pain. I was left for 1 1/2 hours and then was examined again, i was 3cm gone. I was given a drip to speed things up and i had my waters broken for me... thats when the screaming began and i was in absolute agony, to the point were i was screaming for an epidural.. i waited 45 minutes but it was too late, i was examined and was 10cm dilated and i felt the urge to push. I was pushing for 20 minutes and Ashton was born. Weighing 8lb 8oz and born at 22.39pm. Obviously this is just breif details, but 18 hours of labour was NOT pleasant and im am soooo not looking forward to going into labour a second time =( Im due August 14th 2009.

Elliott-James-mummy - 295 days ago.
The birth of my baby was so much better than i expected. I am a first time mum and my due date was 8th November, I actually give birth on the 4th november 4 days early and was only in labour for 2hours 57minutes. I had expected to be in labour for 12 hours minimum, so was shocked when it all happened so quickly. The midwives said i was so lucky to have such a short labour.

izziebo - 295 days ago.
its a big old myth really iv not had my cycle back yet n amys almost 5 months n im breast feeding but some ppl get it, the problem with boobf eeding n cycles is u dont acutlly know when ur due coz u dont know when uv ovulated (thats how ppl get caught out been pregnant againt etc it happend to my mum when i was a baby) it comes back but no one knows when, i was really regular before i got pregnant n im still waiting lol i think if u breast feed exlusively it takes longer to come back than if u only manage to feeed once or twice a day etc not 100% tho

tasha1977 - 296 days ago.
That is not true, just because you are breast feeding does not mean that you won't get your cycle. I got mines 3 months after I had my daughter. Prior to being preggers, I got my cycle every 28 t0 30 days. When you're cycle is regular expect it to come back fast. I'm still bfing and my daughter is 8 months.

mammo - 296 days ago.
hi there hope all mums and mums to be are doing great im a first time mum and give brith 19 weeks ago and today i started my periods for the first time just wanted to know is it normal to start after 19 weeks cuz i heard that you wont have your period for at least a year after giving birth im doing breast feeding wich but its limited to nights only as im working so please help me

Aussiemumma - 301 days ago.
Well my due date was 12th Dec 07. My mucus plug came loose early in the morning on Sat the 8th of Dec and my contractions started shortly after that. They got strong really quickly, and I remembered back to my birthing class where the midwife said that during early labor contractions don't hurt much and you'll be able to talk through them...YEAH RIGHT! I timed the contractions and at about 7pm that night they were 5-7 minutes apart and hurt so bad. I wanted pain relief and I wasn't coping so I went on in to the hospital. When I got checked the midwife told my I was hardly dilated and sent me home with A panadine Forte and a sleeping tablet. She said not to come back in until my contractions were 3 min apart. Well needless to say i was so disappointed but I went home and took them and managed to sleep on and off until early morning. When I woke up I was in agony and tried so many things to help the pain but nothing worked. It wasn't til 10pm that night that my contractions were 3-5 mins apart. I wasn't coping at all and said to my husband I was going to hospital and STAYING THERE!!! When I got in i was 2cm dilated and pissed off! Got a shot of Morphine which did nothing for the pain but my water broke straight away and got things going.. an hour and a half later I was getting the urge to push but didn't know that meant I was fully dilated and cried out to my husband that I wanted an epidural NOW (yeah, just like in the movies) but when my midwife came in to check me she said I was 10cm and ready to go!! After only 30min of pushing my son Jaxson was born weighing 6lb 2oz. He wasn't breathing well when he was born and had to go to the NICU for 2 days. It was because of the morphine I had. He was ok but it was still scary so next time i'll prob go without drugs..what a scary thought!!!! Well all I can say about birth is that it is wonderful and horrible at the same time!! It's all worth it in the end though!!!1

readyfor2 - 317 days ago.

AprilChristine - 359 days ago.
I need your help ladies. :), If your from the Tennesee area. I'm searching for my older half brother. We lost contact about 9 years ago. His name is Jeremy Keiper. I beleive his middled name is Carl. I should know this, but we didn't exactly grow up together. He's in his early thirties. I was lucky enough to find him last time. someone who worked at a court house had looked up his address for me. We stayed in touch for about half a year, and then unfortunately we both moved within days of eachother. Me back to Pa, and him, somewhere else in TN. We lost eachothers numbers because they changed. This was before the days of cell phones where your number went with you. I've put feelers out everywhere, I have tried googling his name, nothing. at least not my brother, there are a few other jeremy keipers out there. If any of you ladies know of him, or even know him, or have the contacts or ability to look, I would greatly appreciate any help you can give. Being a mom now, I really want him to know his neice, and I want to know how he's doing. I cant afford those people search things. they are a rip anyway. thanks everyone. :)