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30-6-2008 - BIRTH STORY OkMy mood while writing this blog:
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JUNE 27TH MY PAIN STARTED EARLY IN THE MORNING AND I KNEW SOMETHING WA GOING TO HAPPEN. I WAS UP EARLY HOPING TO GET MY FINALS DONE IN CASE I HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. I TRIED TO RELAX AND ACTUALLY HOPED FOR THE BABY NOT TO COME THAT DAY BECAUSE OF MY FINALS. MY PAINS FINALLY SLOWED DOWN AND WENT AWAY FOR PART OF THE DAY. THAT EVENING WE WENT TO VISIT MY FATHER IN LAW AND I WAS FEELING VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. STILL PAIN, BUT NO MORE CONTRACTIONS CLOSE TOGETHER. WE STAYED VISITING UNTIL AROUND 10PM AND HEADED HOME AND ARRIVED AROUND 10:30P AND THEN I GOT DISAPPOINTED THINKING NOTHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, THAT I WOULD PROBABLY GO FULL TERM. I THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE MY CONTRACTIONS JUST WENT AWAY. WELL 11PM ROLLED AROUND AND MY HUSBAND WANTED TO WATCH ANACONDA. I WAS VERY TIRED BECAUSE I HAD BEEN UP SINCE LIKE 3AM. ANYWAY I POPPED SOME POPCORN AND TRIED TO STAY AWAKE. AT AROUND 11:30P I STARTED FEELING REALLY STRONG CONTRACTIONS, BUT I THOUGHT NOTHING OF THEM BECAUSE OF THEM GOING AWAY EARLIER THAT DAY. SO I LAID THERE AND FELL ASLEEP. AROUND 12:20 JUNE 28TH I GOT UP TO USE THE RESTROOM AND I WAS STILL CONTRACTING PRETTY GOOD. I LAID BACK DOWN AND THEN WHAT DO YOU KNOW, 10 MINUTES LATER I HAD TO PEE AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME, IT FELT DIFFERENT. I TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT I HAD JUST GONE AND IT WAS WEIRD I HAD TO GO SO SOON. SO I GO AND WHEN I AM GETTING UP FROM THE TOILET I HEARD A POP AND FELT IT TOO, THEN CLEAR FLUID JUST GUSHED. I SAID TO MYSELF THAT MY WATER BROKE, BUT I WASN'T SURE SINCE WITH MY FIRST TWO, THAT NEVER HAPPENED. THEN I WIPED AND I HAD A SMALL TRICKLE. I PULLED MY PAJAMAS UP AND THEN I HAD A GOOD SIZE WET AREA. MY HUSBAND HAD TO USE THE RESTROOM SO HE ASKED HOW LONG I WAS GOING TO BE. I OPENED THE DOOR AND TOLD HIM I THOUGHT MY WATER BROKE. HE ASKED ME IF I WAS SURE AND I WASN'T, SO I JUST KEPT SAYING "WELL MY PANTS ARE WET AND IT'S NOT A LITTLE WET, AND I KEEP LEAKING" SO HE JUST KEPT ASKING IF I WAS SURE SO I TOLD HIM I WOULD CALL MY SIL AND SEE IF SHE KNEW. I EXPLAINED TO HER THE POP NOISE AND SHE SAID OH YEAH, IT BROKE. SO WE HEAD TO THE HOSPITAL AT AROUND 12:50AM, FIRST DROPPING THE YOUNGEST OFF AT MY SIL. MY CONTRACTIONS DIED OFF AGAIN AND MY HUSBAND KEPT SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO SEND ME HOME, BUT I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT ONCE THE WATER BROKE, THEY COULDN'T AND THAT THIS WAS IT, BLAKE WAS GOING TO BE HERE!!! ANYWAY I WAS ALL HOOKED UP BY 2AM AND THEN THE JOURNEY BEGAN. I WAS CONTRACTING EVERY 5 MIN AND WAS 4CM DILATED. THEN BY 3AM I WAS 5CM AND STAYED THERE TIL AROUND 6-7AM. THE BABIES HEART RATE KEPT DROPPING WITH EVERY CONTRACTION SO EVERYONE BECAME CONCERNED. SINCE HIS RATE KEPT DROPPING THE DOCTOR WANTED TO SPEED THINGS UP TO SEE IF I COULD DILATE MORE SO THE FAMOUS PITOCIN WAS STARTED SLOWLY. THEY SAID IF HIS RATE KEPT DROPPING, I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A C-SECTION. I JUST PRAYED THAT I WOULDN'T, I KNEW THINGS WOULD BE FINE. BY 8AM THE PITOCIN WAS INCREASED ALMOST TO THE MAX AND MY CONTRACTIONS WERE BACK TO BACK. I CALLED FOR MY HUSBAND, HE WAS RESTING IN THE WAITING ROOM, BECAUSE I WAS DILATED TO ALMOST A 7. MY PAIN WAS GETTING WORSE AND MY HUSBAND TALKED ME INTO AN EPIDURAL. HE SAID THAT EVEN IF IT FEELS LIKE IT'S NOT HELPING, THAT IT IS AND I WOULDN'T FEEL AS MUCH PAIN. SO THEY CALL THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST AND OF COURSE SHE TOOK A WHILE SO I WAS 8CM WHEN SHE GOT THERE. I GET THE EPI AND STILL HURT ON THE LEFT SIDE, BUT THEY JUICED THAT EPI UP THAT I BARELY FELT WHEN I WAS AT 10CM WHICH WAS AT 10AM. I TOLD THE NURSE I HADD TO PUSH AND SHE SAID OKAY, TO GO AHEAD, BUT NOT TOO HARD, JUST A LITTLE SO HE CAN MAKE HIS WAY OUT. I WOULD QUIETLY PUSH WHEN I HAD A CONTRACTION. THE DOCTOR GOT THERE AND GOT EVERYTHING READY AS I PUSHED WHEN I FELT LIKE IT. THEN I FELT THAT THE HEAD WAS RIGHT THERE SO I TOLD THE DOCTOR AND HE SAID OKAY PUSH WITH THE NEXT CONTRACTION. I PUSHED AND IN BETWEEN THE PUSHING HE SAID STOP SO HE CAN SUCTION HIS NOSE AND MOUTH AND THEN HE SAID OKAY AND I BARELY PUSHED AND HE CAME ON OUT. I WAS LAUGHING AND JUST TALKING UP A STORM RIGHT BEFORE HE WAS BORN. THE DOCTOR SAID I SHOULD BE HIS POSTER LADY FOR HAVING KIDS BECAUSE I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS DOING. HIM SAYING THAT MADE ME FEEL GOOD.OH YEAH THERE WAS A DOUBLE NOT IN THE CORD, ALMOST A TRIPLE. THE DOCTOR SAID THAT WAS HIS FIRST DELIVERY WITH A KNOT LIKE THAT. HE SAID WE GOT LUCKY BECAUSE DEATH WAS A POSSIBILITY. I GUESS THAT IS WHY THE BABY HAS BEEN WANTING TO COME EARLY. I WAS ABLE TO COME HOME THE FOLLOWING DAY AT 11AM. I BARELY HURT AND I AM UP AN ABOUT, BUT TAKING IT EASY. THEY SAY I HAD A SMALL TEAR WHICH I CAN'T EVEN TELL UNLIKE WHEN MY SECOND BABY WAS BORN. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND THE PAIN WAS NOT EVEN THAT BAD. I MADE IT TO AN 8 BEFORE THE EPI SO I KNOW MOST OF YOU CAN DO IT TOO.


7 Comments on BIRTH STORY


amcailles - Wednesday, 2 Jul
Wow! Thanks so much for sharing your birthing experience, I am glad to hear that the baby made it fine...despite those risky knots in the cord. Praise God, that your baby is alive and well! Can't wait to share my birth story with you, and every1 else! Hopefully it'll be a good one too!

♥Annabel


amandag7 - Tuesday, 1 Jul
Oh yay congrats! Our babies are only one day apart! :) I'm glad everything went well and you didn't push for too long!

DianaBanana - Monday, 30 Jun
Thank you so much for sharing your story hun! Holy! I hope that I can be a super hero like you! LOL! It must be so wonderful to have your little one in your arms now! All the best always,
Sincerely, Diana


blessed-in-atl - Monday, 30 Jun
I know it has been a long hard road. I am glad everything went so well with your delivery. Congrats on finding the time to post your birth story. My son was born 4 weeks early on the 16th, thats been 2 weeks and I still haven't posted mine.

shirmar - Monday, 30 Jun
congrats.nexbit.....................great birth story.glad it all worked out ok.....x

mamajohnson - Monday, 30 Jun
CONGRATS!!! SOUNDS LIKE A PICTURE-PERFECT BIRTH! I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A KNOTTED CORD BEFORE, BUT I'M SO THANKFUL YOU AND BABY WEREN'T AFFECTED! CONGRATS!

NumberFive - Monday, 30 Jun
wow awesome story, and u let ur hubby rest, u were brave girl,,,,,
I would not let mine out of site, I even brought mine with me to pee, and my epi didnt work:(
BUt I was in dieing pain, after 5 I was far from the poster girl for giving birth wait to go, u did awesome, how big was he? cngrats
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