Members

As a member you'll be able to receive and send messages, keep your own photobook, agenda, ask questions, participate in the chat, and make new friends. All is free and you don't need email.
Sign up (free & anonymous)

Name: Password:

---

Activity
• Now online | Member search | New members | Comment Spy
• New blogs & Questions | Recently updated profiles
• New photos: Pregnancy | Babies | Bellies | Ultrasound | Member pages
• Latest comments: Forums | Week by week | Baby development

Olivia Sex: girl Born: 17 February, 2008 Age: 3 years & 364 days Birthday in: 1 days Starsign: Aquarius Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: Walking in her walker at 6 months.

Birth details

Due date: February 29 2008

Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)

Duration of labor: from the time when water broke till the actual delivery: 27 hours. 1st part: 15 hours of drug free labor with a very little discomfort. 2nd part: 6 hours on pitocin with extremely painful contractions that were 1-2 min apart. 3rd part: 6 hours on pitocin + epidural: 5 h and 20 min of sleeping and then 40 minutes of pushing.

Weight @ birth: 6 lbs 14 oz

Length @ birth: 19

Olivia`s birthstory

I did not try to induce my labor in any way. I was not dilated, effaced or anything at 37 weeks appointment. I was planing a natural labor and delivery without pain medication. I took several ChildBirth classes and HypnoBirthing classes and nothing went as I planned, but it was a positive experience at the end.

At 38 weeks and 2 days, on Saturday at 2:25 am I woke up, nit even moving yet and my water started to flow. I called my hospital at 3:30 am and went there at 7 am. My contractions were 5-10 min apart and not painful at all.

I was given antibiotics through IV because I was Strep B positive.

At about 1 pm, doctor started to insist on starting Pitocin. I refused as long as I could and when she checked me at 6 pm I was only half cm dilated! They started Pitocin and after 6 hours at midnight I was only 2 cm and I asked for epidural because contractions were just impossible to tolerate! I found out later that they turned the dose of Pitocin up every 1 hours...

After I got epidural at midnight I fell asleep and the nurse woke me up in 4 hours at 4 am and I was 9 cm dilated. I finally felt relaxed and rested after taking such a long nap.

I started to push at 5:20 am and my baby girl was born at 6:03 when the sun just started to come up on the beautiful Sunday morning!

It was a great experience even though nothing went as I planned!

---

Emily Sex: girl Born: 04 April, 2009 Age: 2 years & 317 days Birthday in: 48 days Starsign: Aries Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Original due date: April 10, 2009
Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: 10 hours (5 hours at home and 5 at the hospital)
Weight @ birth: 8 lbs 2 oz
Length @ birth: 20 in

Emily`s birthstory

Emily was born at 39 weeks 1 day, on 4/4/09 at 8 pm. I can`t believe when they said she was 8 lbs 2 oz and 21 in! So I started having some painful contractions at 9 am on Saturday morning. They were anywhere from 2 to 7 min apart! I had some pink blood with mucus too so that`s when I realized that could be it. Also the contractions kept getting more intense even though I tried to shower, drink lots of water and walk! At 2 pm I called the doctor and he said I am probably in active labor especially since this is my second baby. I got to the hospital by 3 pm and I was 3 cm dilated (I was already 1.5 cm on Wednesday by the way). They admitted me and started IV with antibiotics and fluids. At 4 pm I was almost 5 cm. At 5 pm I asked for epidural because contractions started to get really painful. I wanted to pull my husbands fingers and hair out each time I had contraction lol. Epi only made the left side of my body numb and I still felt awful contractions in my right side. At 6 pm they decided to completely redo my epidural, uh oh... It finally worked, thank God. Then in 1 hour, at 7 pm I was 9-10 cm dilated and started pushing at 7:45 pm! She was out at 7:59 pm. I had episiotomy and still got second degree tear because I am pretty small `down there` (I had second degree tear with my first one and she was only 6 lbs 7 oz). Oh and, nope I didn`t poop while pushing :) I was completely numb from waist down, I am surprised how I could push. I didn`t feel any pain even when doctor stuck his hand(s) inside and turned the baby because she was facing wrong way at first. And I didn`t feel when he did episiotomy. But I did feel HUGE relief when she came out. Oh, I am so happy she is out, lol. Right now I am not on any pain medicine and my pain is 1-2 out of 10 around the area where my stitches are, really nothing! Oh, and I am so happy she is breastfeeding so great! My first baby completely refused nomatter what I tried!

---