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Uniah Sex: boy Born: 20 July, 2004 Age: 5 years & 128 days Birthday in: 237 days Starsign: Cancer Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Uniah was 8lbs 4oz..20&1/2"..nubane and an epidural

I was induced. The night before the induction my huband and I did the deed and about a half an hour later I started getting contractions. The lasted all night long about 10 minutes apart and fizzled out about 7am. My husband went off to work and I continued to have contractions on and off all day long. About one an hour. The induction was scheduled for 9pm. We went in and the nurse hooked me up to an i.v...the doctor came in and inserted a foley cathader and they turned the pitocen on. I was 1 cm and 70%effaced. The contractions started coming every 4 minutes but I could tolerate them pretty well. Mu husband and I did crosswords and layed around and watched tv. At about 2:30 am I got up to pee and the foley fell out in the toilet!! I was finally 4&1/2 cm...The nurse came in to check me and was like do you want anything for the pain??? I told her no-(I really was fine) but she was like "you've been at this for a while,are you sure?" So I caved in and opted for the nubane...can you say heaven!! It was like floating on a cloud. The onlly problem is that I was so high I just wanted to sit and giggle instead of rest-not good. My husband was like "Go to sleep!!" I was just having too much fun, I couldent!! Well the nubane started to wear off an hour later and holy crap contractions hurt!!! I wish I never would have gotten the nubane..I was doing just fine, so I started begginf for an epidural around 5cm(3-4am)...A half an hour later the doc came in and gave me the epidural...It was great-----at first..then I started feeling really sick and couldnt open my eyes...the pressure was so intense I thought I was being ripped open. I didnt think the epidural was working,thats when the nurse told me there was a push button...Duh- why didnt anyone tell me this sooner....it didnt matter---I hated it.....Finally someone came in around 11am and checked me and I was 7cm...she told me I still had at least 2 hours to go. 15 minutes later Istarted feeling so much pressure down there I thought Uniah was going to fall out!! I begged someone to come check me and I was 10cm!!! After pushing for an hour he got stuck due to shoulder dyscotia but the midwife cut me and he came out about 10 minutes later...He was beautiful...All I could say was "He's so cute!!!!

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Gloria Sex: girl Born: 24 November, 2006 Age: 3 years & 1 days Birthday in: 364 days Starsign: Sagittarius Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Gloria was 7lbs 1 oz-20" long w/some pain relief

We were driving home from my sisters after eating Thanksgiving dinner and I started feeling funny..now that I think about it they were painless contractions..This was 3 days before my due date. When we got home I took a shower and went to sleep. At 10:30 I woke up to a really bad stomach ache. At first I though I had indegestion due to all the food I ate but then I realized the pain was coming every 12-20 minutes and lasting about 40 seconds......I laid there for about 2 hours and then went into the spare bedroom to start timing so I wouldnt wake up my husband (he is a beast if he doesnt get hie beauty rest!). I laid there untill about 2am using nipple stimulation when the contractions would slow. Finally I started to realized that I could keep the contraction regular with the stimulation so I went downstairs called my mom to see what she thought..She arrived at 2:30am,when I went to pee I thought I felt some water leaking out ,and then I wiped and sure enough there was my bloody-show so I woke up the beast and we headed to the hospital. We were in a good mood despite the pain, laughing and joking....When we got there they checked me and did a fern test to see if it was my water..I was 3&1/2cm and sure enough I had a very small leak so they made us stay. At about 4:00 am my husband called in work and we headed to the birthing suite. She checked me again and I was still the same so we went walking to try and speed things up...Everytime I had a contraction I felt like I had to pee so it was alot of rushing ot the bathroom. I had an iv in cause I was group b positive had the medicne actually hurt going in..Finally I was getting tired and fed up so we headed back to the room it was 5:30am. They checked me again and I was 4-5 cm my mood turned pretty bad and I started feeling like I wanted the epidural just so I could rest..I was so tired. After alot of debating and realizing Gloria was "sunny side up" I went ahead and got the epidural--big mistake again!! So I started feeling really nauseous again, just like last time and the doc who gave me the epi tried to say that I was wrong and the epi wasnt causing it..Whatever,,,I felt like crap...about an hour went by, my contractions stopped,they had to up the pitocen-then my husband noticed that my eye was sagging, I couldnt open my eye at all!! I couldnt move my arm, infact I couldnt move anything on the left side of my body!!!! The anastheioslogist was called back in and they had to turn it off...He told me I had something called Horners syndrome..this was just a TERRIBLE experience...The nurse was rude I couldnt stand her-she had a stick up her ass-the anasthesiologist was a jerk and G-G was in the wrong position.....At about 1pm I was ready to push....I was standing in the stirrups, it was crazy..I just felt like I couldnt do it...I was a mess. I pushed so hard and when I started to feel the burning "ring of fire" I started screaming to PUT HER BACK IN!! Everyone was laughing at me but in my head it made perfect sense..Push her back in Ill have a c-section and all will be well...whatever--- she seemed to crown forever and finally out she came at 1:37pm...what felt like forever was only a half an hour of pushing....she was so pale I was scared to death, I though something was wrong---but she was just fine....

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Jonah Sex: boy Born: 12 June, 2009 Age: 0 years & 165 days Birthday in: 200 days Starsign: Gemini Development: See the 5 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Original due date: june 20 2009
Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: 12 hours
Weight @ birth: 8.1
Length @ birth: 21 inches

Jonah-`s birthstory

Well I went in at 5am for my induction..my first son got stuck on the way out so I was induced because Jonah was getting big, maybe too big for my pelivs...I had to have the foley cath because I was only 1-2cm dilated..They turned the pitocen on at 10:30 and it only took about 3 hours to dilate to 5..Once I got to 5 I was stuck there for about 3-4 hours..I had made it this far without the epidural but I was getting extremely discouraged and the contractions were so intense I was trembling all over and in an unbearable amout of pain..my jaw wouldnt stop chattering!! The contraction were every 2 minutes and extremely strong so I caved and asked for the epidural..I got the epidural and it only took on my left side! The nurse checked me right after I got the epidural and I went from 5 to 8cm in 10 minutes!! The doc came in and re-did my epidural..this time it was TOO strong...I was so numb it was freaky!! Anyway...at about 8pm I was fully dilated but could not feel a thing!! I had to sit and wait for the epidural to wear off so I could feel where to push! Around 9:30pm I started getting my legs back so I knelt at the edge of the bed and BAM-my husband was like I can see his head!! He ran and got the doctor, the doctor didnt believe him and was like give me one more push like that, when I did his litte head almost popped out! The doc was like get back on the bed so I can work and less than 10 minutes later Jonah was born.........Here is the scary part....I hemmoraged afterward....they could not get me to stop bleeding. Every one started running around like ants and all I heard my doctor say is Im concerened..you just wont stop bleeding. Him and the nurse had to "massage" my uterus to make it stop and it was the most severe pain I have ever felt. I was screaming at the top of my lungs...they did this on and off for an hour it was so bad...I had to have a cytotec pill in the booty and it made it stop...I am still SO SORE and have been on some pretty strong pain meds..the good thing is I dont even feel like I gave birth "down there"..nothing is sore or tender...just my uterus..

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