He was born Yesterday at 4 in the afternoon. I went to my midwifes house at 8 am because she was going to stretch my cervix because I was overdue. But she said she touched my cervix and it liquified to 6 cm. So she said she wasn't going to work that day and that she was coming to my house, I felt bad because I wasn't having contractions or anything and was sorry she was going to miss work possibly for no reason lol.
So she sat up all her stuff at my house and Me, her and Dh sat around and stared at each other all day, Nothing happened, we at sandwiches, did some paperwork, it was kind of a watched pot never boils thing I guess. Well she went to Target and came back and checked me again and I was at 8 centimeters but still no contractions or pain, I did feel a lot of pelvic pressure though.
She said If I were in the hospital they would break my water but nobody wanted that so she read a book and sent us to walk around the neighborhood for a walk (YES at 8 cm.) but there was nothing else to do. I didn't have contractions but every time I got where I couldn't see the house I got really scared and we turned back towards the house, maybe after about 20 minutes of walking suddenly I felt like I couldn't walk and I was doubled over walking leaning down and laughing because I couldn't walk any more. Not pain but I just couldn't stand up straight so we went back into the house and I stood at the kitchen counter leaned over it with my arms and face on the counter cause I couldn't stand up.
She then said for me to get into the Birthing tub but I didn't want to because I thought nothing would happen if I did cause I have heard that it slows down labor. But I went and got in it. I sat on my knees and leaned my arms on the side. She was reading a book in the kitchen but me and DH spent an hour laughing, goofing off taking pictures and eating popcorn. No pain at all, But I could feel things getting tight and heavy down there. Then things just totally Changed from goofing off to serious and immediate and I had about 10 minutes of contractions, which totally freaked me out because I realized everything was REALLY happening and I got REALLY scared all of a sudden like a panic. I guess this was the emotional part of transition that I have read about.
Well I didn't want to push cause I was scared that it was going to hurt but the first time I did there was this huge gush into the water and that was the water breaking. Then I pushed a little and the midwife said for me to feel down there and I panicked and I was like god no. Oh my god. She told DH to and he said no to so she did. I guess I pushed the head out, It wasn't anything like I read, it didn't burn or stretch or feel hot or anything, It felt warm and gooey, I just remember the warmth of his body touching my skin.
I must has closed my eyes because all of a sudden she said here take your baby and I realized that my eyes were closed but I felt the baby in my hands. The first thing that went through my mind was that it was definitly a boy because I felt his huge baby balls mushed in my hands and I remember how warm his body was. I was in shock and the lady said put him up to your skin and then she was saying that I had his face in the water.... LOL it seems like that would be the main thing on your mind but I guess I was drowning him. Well I heard her say to DH that his job was to keep the babys face out of the water and he reached down and held his hands, we have a picture of that. I remember wanting to hand the baby to him but realizing that he was connected to me still and that I couldn't, and at the time that freaked me out a lot, I suddenly wanted nothing else than the placenta out of me, got a little obsessed over it, kept asking her but she said she had to wait for certain signs before she could do anything. Well I held the baby and crawled out of the tub which was an aquadoula and harder than you would think to get out of with a baby in your arms, and into bed, after about 30 minutes DH cut the cord and then I delivered the placenta, which felt soo good. The baby has had no problems nursing and has already pooped twice in less than a day so he is really healthy!!
He is 8lbs 14 oz... My biggest yet and was born at 4 pm yesterday. No medical interventions. At home into a warm pool of water.
It was 99% pain free and stress free except for the panic that hit me in the last 5 minutes..
I am having severe afterbirth pains from breastfeeding though, Way Wayyy worse than any labor pains I ever had with any of my children, even if you factor in the times with pitocin. I have had to hand the baby off to DH and ball up around a heating pad and moan while the baby screamed for more. I am on a regimine of Liquid Calcium Magnesium, Mothers Wart, Cramp Bark and Motrin so We will see how it gets now....
Some pictures are on page 1,2 and 3 of this album.. He looks much better on page 3 because we woke up and he was all pink and his head had gotten round LOL.....
http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...lcare/?start=0
So she sat up all her stuff at my house and Me, her and Dh sat around and stared at each other all day, Nothing happened, we at sandwiches, did some paperwork, it was kind of a watched pot never boils thing I guess. Well she went to Target and came back and checked me again and I was at 8 centimeters but still no contractions or pain, I did feel a lot of pelvic pressure though.
She said If I were in the hospital they would break my water but nobody wanted that so she read a book and sent us to walk around the neighborhood for a walk (YES at 8 cm.) but there was nothing else to do. I didn't have contractions but every time I got where I couldn't see the house I got really scared and we turned back towards the house, maybe after about 20 minutes of walking suddenly I felt like I couldn't walk and I was doubled over walking leaning down and laughing because I couldn't walk any more. Not pain but I just couldn't stand up straight so we went back into the house and I stood at the kitchen counter leaned over it with my arms and face on the counter cause I couldn't stand up.
She then said for me to get into the Birthing tub but I didn't want to because I thought nothing would happen if I did cause I have heard that it slows down labor. But I went and got in it. I sat on my knees and leaned my arms on the side. She was reading a book in the kitchen but me and DH spent an hour laughing, goofing off taking pictures and eating popcorn. No pain at all, But I could feel things getting tight and heavy down there. Then things just totally Changed from goofing off to serious and immediate and I had about 10 minutes of contractions, which totally freaked me out because I realized everything was REALLY happening and I got REALLY scared all of a sudden like a panic. I guess this was the emotional part of transition that I have read about.
Well I didn't want to push cause I was scared that it was going to hurt but the first time I did there was this huge gush into the water and that was the water breaking. Then I pushed a little and the midwife said for me to feel down there and I panicked and I was like god no. Oh my god. She told DH to and he said no to so she did. I guess I pushed the head out, It wasn't anything like I read, it didn't burn or stretch or feel hot or anything, It felt warm and gooey, I just remember the warmth of his body touching my skin.
I must has closed my eyes because all of a sudden she said here take your baby and I realized that my eyes were closed but I felt the baby in my hands. The first thing that went through my mind was that it was definitly a boy because I felt his huge baby balls mushed in my hands and I remember how warm his body was. I was in shock and the lady said put him up to your skin and then she was saying that I had his face in the water.... LOL it seems like that would be the main thing on your mind but I guess I was drowning him. Well I heard her say to DH that his job was to keep the babys face out of the water and he reached down and held his hands, we have a picture of that. I remember wanting to hand the baby to him but realizing that he was connected to me still and that I couldn't, and at the time that freaked me out a lot, I suddenly wanted nothing else than the placenta out of me, got a little obsessed over it, kept asking her but she said she had to wait for certain signs before she could do anything. Well I held the baby and crawled out of the tub which was an aquadoula and harder than you would think to get out of with a baby in your arms, and into bed, after about 30 minutes DH cut the cord and then I delivered the placenta, which felt soo good. The baby has had no problems nursing and has already pooped twice in less than a day so he is really healthy!!
He is 8lbs 14 oz... My biggest yet and was born at 4 pm yesterday. No medical interventions. At home into a warm pool of water.
It was 99% pain free and stress free except for the panic that hit me in the last 5 minutes..
I am having severe afterbirth pains from breastfeeding though, Way Wayyy worse than any labor pains I ever had with any of my children, even if you factor in the times with pitocin. I have had to hand the baby off to DH and ball up around a heating pad and moan while the baby screamed for more. I am on a regimine of Liquid Calcium Magnesium, Mothers Wart, Cramp Bark and Motrin so We will see how it gets now....
Some pictures are on page 1,2 and 3 of this album.. He looks much better on page 3 because we woke up and he was all pink and his head had gotten round LOL.....
http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...lcare/?start=0
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