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Benjamin David Walter Smith Sex: boy Born: 19 February, 2008 Age: 0 years & 235 days Birthday in: 130 days Starsign: Aquarius Development: See the 7 months page. Biggest achievement so far: I`ve been holding my head up since the day I was born and if you put me on my belly I can roll over!

Birth details

Type of delivery: Cesarean section
Duration of labor: 12 hours
Weight @ birth: 5lbs 15.5oz
Length @ birth: 19 1/4

Birth Story:
Monday Feb 18 I had a doc appt. I was two days overdue. My blood pressure was a little high and I told my doc that the baby hadn't been as active for the past couple of days, so she decided that I would be induced that night at 9pm. I was 2cm dilated as well. I had a ultrasound at my appt and they said he would be about 7lbs 3oz, so I was a little worried about that. I didn't think I could push out a baby that size. So we get to the hospital a little early and get settled in and all that fun stuff. They inserted this stuff called cervidil to ripen my cervix and at 11pm I took a sleeping pill. I woke up at 3am to severe pressure and pain and I knew I was in labor. They checked me a couple of hours later and I was 4cm dilated. I got the epidural and felt really good. I thought they would give me pitocin to increase my labor but the nurse told me that since I was laboring and contracting on my own there was no need for the pitocin. Well they did have to give it to me after a while because the epidural slowed my labor down a bit. There is such a difference between natural contractions and ones brought on by pitocin. Around noon I told my nurse that my epidural was wearing off so they topped me off but that only lasted about 90 mins so they topped me off again but that only lasted 20 mins. I was checked again and I was 6cm dilated and 100% effaced but baby's head hadn't come down. I was progressing just fine but the baby's heartbeat was having too many variances and the doc didn't like that and at that time I was having sooo much pain and pressure that I told the doc that I would be ok with a c-section, and he agreed that I should have one (because of the baby's heartbeat, not because I practically begged for one). The atmosphere in the operating room was great; since it wasn't an emergency c-section there was no reason to rush. When they pulled Benjamin out he didn't cry at first but I knew he wouldn't because when they broke my water earlier that day there was meconium in the fluid which meant the baby had had a bowel movement in the womb so they told me they wanted to suction him out real good before he took his first breath and not to freak out if he didn't cry right away. Benjamin David Walter Smith was born 2-19-08 at 4:04pm 6lbs 19 1/4 inches long. ( So at my doc appt the day before they were sooo off on his weight). Because of my gestational diabetes he was checked twice on his blood sugars and each was perfectly fine, so all in all he was a very healthy little boy. I did a good job, lol.

Now that I think back about my labor, I wish I had waited to get the epidural. The contractions weren't that bad, but they did get pretty bad and I should have gotten the epi when they got pretty bad. I think the baby would have tolerated the natural contractions better than the induced ones. If we decide to have another baby I've decided to let nature take its course and not worry so much about getting the baby out just because I'm miserable.

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