Announcing the Arrival of Baby Girl Piglet
Born 11/29 at 6:47pm 7lbs 9oz 20in long
I was facing an induction at 8am on Monday due to Pre-E. For whatever reason, I was really afraid of this induction. I had one for the same reasons w/dd #1 and it honestly went fine. But this one freaked me out. As of the week before, I was 1cm dialated and not effaced. I worried about the induction not taking.
I started EPO at week 37. steadily upping the dose. Started borage oil at 38w steadily upping the dose. Started flax oil 3x a day on Thanksgiving day. Saw the homeopath on Wed who gave me some homeopathics to start labor after making sure baby was ready to be born.
Sat I started the homeopathics and debated Castor oil. Decided against the castor oil. I’d lost some of my plug and started having huge mystery discharge. Adding the big D wasn’t appealing. Sun in the wee hours, I started black cohash and goldenseal.
Sun am started having random painless ctx. Around 11, I hd some bloody show. And told dh things were getting started. He goes off to home depot to buy shades for the baby’s room.
I use the pump for 10min every hour and get some decent ctx which seem semi-regular but not painful. I wonder where dh is. At 2, I want to take a shower but am afraid it will slow down the ctx. I decide to vaccume the floors instead. Wonder some more where the heck dh is. Finally I take a shower since I’m really grubby. A nice long hot one. Ohh, the water felt good on the ctx. I think they’re about 5min apart, but they’re still not *painful* I have to move a bit through them, but they’re ok. Finally dh comes home. I tell him he needs to get ready and take a shower b/c I think I’m in labor. I call my friend A who’s taking dd while I’m in the hosp and around 4pm, I call the ob on call.
I tell him they’re every 3-5min apart, and I have to move and he tells me I’m still not in active labor. Wait a couple hours. Um, ok. Well, I have to steam clean my floors anyways and and do some laundry.
Meanwhile, I’m spending every 5min on the toilet peeing minute amts. I wonder if its just a bladder infection and not really labor since the ob was SO convinced it wasn’t.
My friend A is going out to dinner so I want dh to drop her off by 5. DH says How about we wait till they get back around 8pm. Um, no honey, just do it now. Did I tell you I’m in labor??
He and A call me from their house – they’re debating whether he needs to leave her car seat. Seriously? It’s a britax, easy to install, just give her the seat and get back here. He gets back around 5:30 and I’m moaning through contractions, leaning on chairs etc. I tell him to grab something to eat since we skipped lunch. He sits down and makes 2 sandwiches – takes him 20min. I’m like WTF are you doing? We have to GO. I wonder if this is transition ….. I never swear! I spend more time on the toilet wondering about that 'I need to have a bm feeling.'
Then he makes the bed for the house sitter, puts the couch cover back, and I’m like lets GO just LEAVE it. We walk out the door and he forgets something inside and goes back. I’m writhing on the seat. Then he has to go back and turn the lights off. Really???? We call the dog sitter on the way…. Never mind tomorrow, can you come tonight?
We FINALLY set off and 3 blocks away, I’m like crud, I forgot my labor music. He says oh, where is it. NO WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. FORGET IT.
He takes the scenic route to the hospital. Ugh. Full of potholes. Finally, I’m convinced its really labor. I wonder why I didn’t bother WATCHING the Lamaze videos I borrowed from the library.
We get to the hosp and dh asks me if we should use the valet parking. Um, no, I’d like to stroll thorugh the pkg lot. Turns out valet parking is closed. SO he leaves the car in the ambulance spot and go inside where we have to check in. Admitting takes pity on me calls ahead and basically takes my name edd, and sends me upstairs. But they tell him he needs to move the car. He asks if he can come back for it and they say ok.
We get upstairs and they’re coming right on top of each other. I can barely get a gown in and I wonder fleetingly if I’ve missed the epidural window. b/c damn, this HURTS and I’ve changed my mind about how awesome a natural birth would be.
Turns out, even though I was supposed to be induced the next day and I’d called ahead, they didn’t have any records on me, etc. 3 nurses, the ob, & the resident come in in a whirlwind of activity. I ask for my epidural and they look at each other and say, sure we’ll call anesthesia stat. I get checked by the resident and I’m at a 9 w/just a lip. DH asks if he can go move the car and they shout NO. I’m starting to scream through contractions.
She then turns to me and asks me so, what made you decide to come in? I look at her and say “Seriously? You did NOT just ask me that question right?” She has the decency to blush. They check me again and tell me to start pushing. Um, no I’m not ready. WHY didn’t I watch the damn video???
I cant do it I scream. I want my epidural. Push Push Push they chant. A slightly ashen dh is telling me to breath and push.
6:47pm, baby piglet was born. <20min after we walked into L&D
They wisked her off to the warmer – which pissed me off. I didn’t even get to SEE her for nearly 15min – 10 more till I could hold her. I’ve lodged a complaint w/the hospital about it.
After a bunch of stiches I finally got to nurse her and hold her. She nurses like a piglet.
One of the nurses asked me why I waited so long to come in, Um, well, I did call and the ob told me to wait…… and I still had stuff to do before baby came.
So that’s the story. I’d been envious of women who could do a natural birth. Never thought I could do it. It wasn’t the ‘orgasmic’ birth I’ve read about but it was pretty cool (after the fact).
Dh was amazing. I didn’t think he had it in him. All he had to draw on was the birthing class we took 4yrs ago not paying any attention to the natural birthing stuff b/c I sure as heck wasn’t doing THAT. Any doubts I’ve ever had about my marriage were wiped out last night. He was a rock star.
Finally, A public thank you to all the women who’ve posted birth stories on MDC. I’ve read a lot of them. UC, HB, natural births and hospital births. Ideas I'd never heard of before. This is what I drew my strength on when I didn’t know what the heck I was doing.
Born 11/29 at 6:47pm 7lbs 9oz 20in long
I was facing an induction at 8am on Monday due to Pre-E. For whatever reason, I was really afraid of this induction. I had one for the same reasons w/dd #1 and it honestly went fine. But this one freaked me out. As of the week before, I was 1cm dialated and not effaced. I worried about the induction not taking.
I started EPO at week 37. steadily upping the dose. Started borage oil at 38w steadily upping the dose. Started flax oil 3x a day on Thanksgiving day. Saw the homeopath on Wed who gave me some homeopathics to start labor after making sure baby was ready to be born.
Sat I started the homeopathics and debated Castor oil. Decided against the castor oil. I’d lost some of my plug and started having huge mystery discharge. Adding the big D wasn’t appealing. Sun in the wee hours, I started black cohash and goldenseal.
Sun am started having random painless ctx. Around 11, I hd some bloody show. And told dh things were getting started. He goes off to home depot to buy shades for the baby’s room.
I use the pump for 10min every hour and get some decent ctx which seem semi-regular but not painful. I wonder where dh is. At 2, I want to take a shower but am afraid it will slow down the ctx. I decide to vaccume the floors instead. Wonder some more where the heck dh is. Finally I take a shower since I’m really grubby. A nice long hot one. Ohh, the water felt good on the ctx. I think they’re about 5min apart, but they’re still not *painful* I have to move a bit through them, but they’re ok. Finally dh comes home. I tell him he needs to get ready and take a shower b/c I think I’m in labor. I call my friend A who’s taking dd while I’m in the hosp and around 4pm, I call the ob on call.
I tell him they’re every 3-5min apart, and I have to move and he tells me I’m still not in active labor. Wait a couple hours. Um, ok. Well, I have to steam clean my floors anyways and and do some laundry.
Meanwhile, I’m spending every 5min on the toilet peeing minute amts. I wonder if its just a bladder infection and not really labor since the ob was SO convinced it wasn’t.
My friend A is going out to dinner so I want dh to drop her off by 5. DH says How about we wait till they get back around 8pm. Um, no honey, just do it now. Did I tell you I’m in labor??
He and A call me from their house – they’re debating whether he needs to leave her car seat. Seriously? It’s a britax, easy to install, just give her the seat and get back here. He gets back around 5:30 and I’m moaning through contractions, leaning on chairs etc. I tell him to grab something to eat since we skipped lunch. He sits down and makes 2 sandwiches – takes him 20min. I’m like WTF are you doing? We have to GO. I wonder if this is transition ….. I never swear! I spend more time on the toilet wondering about that 'I need to have a bm feeling.'
Then he makes the bed for the house sitter, puts the couch cover back, and I’m like lets GO just LEAVE it. We walk out the door and he forgets something inside and goes back. I’m writhing on the seat. Then he has to go back and turn the lights off. Really???? We call the dog sitter on the way…. Never mind tomorrow, can you come tonight?
We FINALLY set off and 3 blocks away, I’m like crud, I forgot my labor music. He says oh, where is it. NO WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. FORGET IT.
He takes the scenic route to the hospital. Ugh. Full of potholes. Finally, I’m convinced its really labor. I wonder why I didn’t bother WATCHING the Lamaze videos I borrowed from the library.
We get to the hosp and dh asks me if we should use the valet parking. Um, no, I’d like to stroll thorugh the pkg lot. Turns out valet parking is closed. SO he leaves the car in the ambulance spot and go inside where we have to check in. Admitting takes pity on me calls ahead and basically takes my name edd, and sends me upstairs. But they tell him he needs to move the car. He asks if he can come back for it and they say ok.
We get upstairs and they’re coming right on top of each other. I can barely get a gown in and I wonder fleetingly if I’ve missed the epidural window. b/c damn, this HURTS and I’ve changed my mind about how awesome a natural birth would be.
Turns out, even though I was supposed to be induced the next day and I’d called ahead, they didn’t have any records on me, etc. 3 nurses, the ob, & the resident come in in a whirlwind of activity. I ask for my epidural and they look at each other and say, sure we’ll call anesthesia stat. I get checked by the resident and I’m at a 9 w/just a lip. DH asks if he can go move the car and they shout NO. I’m starting to scream through contractions.
She then turns to me and asks me so, what made you decide to come in? I look at her and say “Seriously? You did NOT just ask me that question right?” She has the decency to blush. They check me again and tell me to start pushing. Um, no I’m not ready. WHY didn’t I watch the damn video???
I cant do it I scream. I want my epidural. Push Push Push they chant. A slightly ashen dh is telling me to breath and push.
6:47pm, baby piglet was born. <20min after we walked into L&D
They wisked her off to the warmer – which pissed me off. I didn’t even get to SEE her for nearly 15min – 10 more till I could hold her. I’ve lodged a complaint w/the hospital about it.
After a bunch of stiches I finally got to nurse her and hold her. She nurses like a piglet.
One of the nurses asked me why I waited so long to come in, Um, well, I did call and the ob told me to wait…… and I still had stuff to do before baby came.
So that’s the story. I’d been envious of women who could do a natural birth. Never thought I could do it. It wasn’t the ‘orgasmic’ birth I’ve read about but it was pretty cool (after the fact).
Dh was amazing. I didn’t think he had it in him. All he had to draw on was the birthing class we took 4yrs ago not paying any attention to the natural birthing stuff b/c I sure as heck wasn’t doing THAT. Any doubts I’ve ever had about my marriage were wiped out last night. He was a rock star.
Finally, A public thank you to all the women who’ve posted birth stories on MDC. I’ve read a lot of them. UC, HB, natural births and hospital births. Ideas I'd never heard of before. This is what I drew my strength on when I didn’t know what the heck I was doing.
Your dh and OB not taking it seriously totally reminds me of my second birth lol. You are amazing, you did it! Enjoy your little "piglet"! 
