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15-6-2009 - birth story

My mood while writing this blog: blessed

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Birth details

Original due date: June 18, 2009
Type of delivery: Vaginal (without pain relief)
Duration of labor: 22 hours
Weight @ birth: 7Lb 4oz
Length @ birth: 21 inches

Addison-Rayne-Feezle`s birthstory

Labor started at about 4AM on Wednesday, June 10, 2009. I had been to see the doctor less than 12 hours before, and I was only 1 CM, and he set me for induction the following week because I was not progressing. When I woke up with cramping, I didn`t think I was in labor. I called my mom and sister, asking them what contractions felt like. To me they just felt like menstrual cramps. I lost my mucus plug about 7AM, and started timing the contractions at this point. They were about 7 minutes apart at this point. I woke my husband up, telling him that I didn`t think we were going to wait until next week to have the baby. I told him to stay in bed in case it was a false alarm, since he had to work later in the day. I kept timing them, and they remained consistent. My husband ended up getting up, I am not sure if he was more excited about his baby possibly coming or the thought that he may not have to go to work! I called my doc about 9, knowing he was going to send me to L&D. We arrived about 9:30 (after hitting the Burger King drive through for breakfast, although my husband wanted lunch so we had to wait for them to make that) and I was only 1-2CM dilated according to the staff doctor who checked me, and the contractions were anywhere from 4-8minutes. My doc was at the hospital doing surgeries, so he wanted me to walk around the unit and see if things got more consistent. After walking in circles for almost an hour and a half, I was checked by a nurse, who said I was 4CM. She had another nurse come and check, and they both agreed. I was admitted at 1:30. They broke my water around 5PM, and they expected me to move even more quickly. I was given an epidural, and things were good. My family was there, and we were hanging out. At 7PM they started the potocin, and I was at 7CM. This is where the fun began. I stopped dilating, and the epidural stopped working. At 9PM, I was still at 7CM, and they began talking about a C Section. They changed my positioning again, hoping gravity would help. By 10PM I was dilated to a 9, but the baby was still very high in the canal and did not appear to want to come down. At about midnight I began pushing, trying to move her down. She wasn`t moving, and the nurse determined that she was face up. They began having me push harder and longer, hoping to move her down and turn her. I had no pain relief by the time I started pushing, as she was pushing down on my spine, blocking the epidural. I don`t remember much from this point on, I remember telling my husband over and over that I could not do it, and that she was never coming out. My sister was in the room, and I could see the fear in her face, as she had always had very fast, painless labors. I ended up with a rag over my face, so I could not see anyone, and for some reason the baby moved down between contractions when I would lay on my side. So between pushing on contractions, the nurse and my husband would role me from side to side. During this, another nurse went and got the vacuum just in case, although they hid it from me. After 2.5 hours, she finally made her way down, and my angel was born at 2:29AM, weighing 7LB 4OZ and 21 inches long. I don`t remember holding her for more than a minute or 2, but I remember that the whole thing did not seem real. After the doc stitched me up (I tore pretty badly) I was still bleeding more than usual, so they watched me closely for the next few hours until it slowed down. They figure that I was torn inside as well due to her being stuck for so long. I was feeling somewhat better after sleeping for 2 hours, when they moved me to the mom baby unit, and all I wanted was my baby back. They brought her to me, and the first thing I did was unwrap her and stare. I had my baby! She had a large bruise on her head from pushing against my spine, and my husband and sister both said that her head had been very mis-shaped when born, and the nurses even commented about how quickly the swelling went down. Also turns out that she fractured her left clavicle bone during the delivery, they are not sure whether or not it was when she was stuck in the canal or the actual delivery. She is such a great baby though, they didn`t realize it until her last day in the hospital when the doctor noticed that it was clicking and ordered an X-Ray. No one could believe the results when they came back, she had been lifting her arm and using it, and never cried when it was touched or anything. She is truly the light of our life already, and worth every second of the pregnancy and delivery.

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2 Comments on birth story


kelly5150rn - Tuesday, 16 Jun
Congrats! Still waiting for my turn....

youngmom3 - Monday, 15 Jun
Congrats! My son just turned 1 yr old. When he was born the dr. broke his left collar bone and his right arm!