Well, I had my baby on Monday evening. I had very much hoped and planned for a drugfree, intervention free, calm and serene birth at the birth center. But that was not to be.
I started prodomal labor Thursday night. Ctx were intense but irregular. The back pain was just horrendous. By Saturday night I decided it was time to go. We got there and labored all night and the next day. I had got to 8cm by 6 pm, but didn't go any further. We tried everything they had. I stayed at 8 for the next nine hours until I realized I'd hit a wall and couldn't take any more.
So we transfer to the hospital where I get an epidural so I can rest and pit to try to get me over the last hump. It took another ten hours to get me to 10cm, at which point we tried pushing. Nothing doing. I did 4 hours and got nowhere and by now I am incoherent with back pain. I finally consent to a c-section.
I had Elsa at 5:20 pm. I heard them all exclaiming over her size and when they showed her to me I thought she did look a little large. And what seemed like an eternity later they weighed her and announced I'd just had a 13 lb 8 oz baby.
All my regrets flew out the window. I know myself and I do not think she was coming out on her own. And even if she could, I wouldn't have been able to handle what it would have taken. I really feel like I did all I could, and just happened to fall into the statistic of women who really do need a section.
My baby is here now and I wouldn't do anything differently. Breastfeeding has been a little rough, but she has no problems and I'm recovering very well. Hopefully we can go home tomorrow. Just wanted to let everyone how it went.
I started prodomal labor Thursday night. Ctx were intense but irregular. The back pain was just horrendous. By Saturday night I decided it was time to go. We got there and labored all night and the next day. I had got to 8cm by 6 pm, but didn't go any further. We tried everything they had. I stayed at 8 for the next nine hours until I realized I'd hit a wall and couldn't take any more.
So we transfer to the hospital where I get an epidural so I can rest and pit to try to get me over the last hump. It took another ten hours to get me to 10cm, at which point we tried pushing. Nothing doing. I did 4 hours and got nowhere and by now I am incoherent with back pain. I finally consent to a c-section.
I had Elsa at 5:20 pm. I heard them all exclaiming over her size and when they showed her to me I thought she did look a little large. And what seemed like an eternity later they weighed her and announced I'd just had a 13 lb 8 oz baby.
All my regrets flew out the window. I know myself and I do not think she was coming out on her own. And even if she could, I wouldn't have been able to handle what it would have taken. I really feel like I did all I could, and just happened to fall into the statistic of women who really do need a section.
My baby is here now and I wouldn't do anything differently. Breastfeeding has been a little rough, but she has no problems and I'm recovering very well. Hopefully we can go home tomorrow. Just wanted to let everyone how it went.
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