Belated Birth Story

[Charmie981]

I had some issues writing the second half of my birth story and just finished it tonight. I also didn't want to post it until everyone had their baby. It's not a perfect birth story. There were complications, one of which was pretty serious, which I hate because I'm supposed to be an expert in "normal" birth but I can't seem to manage to have one for myself.

Without further ado: The Birth Of Libby Gayle

[october]

Wow what a story! Thank you for sharing. You are so incredibly strong. What a beautiful baby!!

[Plummeting]

1ht

I was just wondering where you had been. I'm sorry you had some difficulty, but your DD is absolutely gorgeous! Congrats!

[cocoanib]

what a story! glad yo and little one are o.k!

[LittleLegos]

Wow...glad you are ok. Beautiful pics!
Amy

[Right of Passage]

The birth of your daughter was wonderful, everything that followed is awful. My heartbroke at what you remembered your DH saying to the doctor. Thank God everything turned out right. Thank you for sharing!

[ciga]

Your baby is lovely!
Thank you for sharing. I think the reality is just that not all birth stories are pretty. I was really hesitant to post mine because it felt like such a trauma. My son was presenting asynclitic (I just learned the word for it today) which left me with a really long, really hard non-stop labor that my body is still recovering from a month later and I hated to be someone with what felt like a war story birth.
A pregnant friend asked me to share my labor experience with her the other day and I'm still trying to decide if I want to tell her about it before she has her baby in June.

[Juvysen]

Originally Posted by ciga

Your baby is lovely!
Thank you for sharing. I think the reality is just that not all birth stories are pretty. I was really hesitant to post mine because it felt like such a trauma. My son was presenting asynclitic (I just learned the word for it today) which left me with a really long, really hard non-stop labor that my body is still recovering from a month later and I hated to be someone with what felt like a war story birth.
A pregnant friend asked me to share my labor experience with her the other day and I'm still trying to decide if I want to tell her about it before she has her baby in June.

Maybe you could use it as a "hey, this was rough, I wish I knew about spinning babies" (or what have you) to help her know how to avoid it - if there even is any way to avoid it... it's pretty rare for babies to still be asynclitic in labor, I think, though...

Charlotte - what a crazy story! I'm embarrassed to say that i'm glad i didn't read yours before I went into labor because I was having some annoying "what if!" issues - feeling like I got lucky twice. But I'm really glad you shared now! Your actual birth sounds like it was wonderful! I'm really curious about the placenta situation... what do you mean the membranes and the cord came out without the placenta? Like they detached from it??

So glad you're ok! I hope your processing of the situation is going well... sounds terrifying, maybe moreso because you knew what the signs you were feeling meant...

[Charmie981]

Originally Posted by Juvysen

Charlotte - what a crazy story! I'm embarrassed to say that i'm glad i didn't read yours before I went into labor

And that's why I didn't post it for a long while. I was one of the first to have my baby and didn't want to scare anyone.

I'm really curious about the placenta situation... what do you mean the membranes and the cord came out without the placenta? Like they detached from it??

Exactly. It was the weirdest thing. Doc thought maybe because the cord didn't insert into the placenta through the membrane and "anchor" them together? It was really odd. I've never heard of anything like it. Here's a picture of the membranes and what was left of the placenta

Ciga, I'd just say to her "gosh, you know, my labor was really, really hard, but I still did it." Maybe tell her a few things about it, stressing that it was different than normal because of baby's position. But if you don't feel comfortable talking about it, you are totally allowed to say "I'm still kinda processing it. It was hard and I think maybe I'd rather talk to you after your have your baby."

[Juvysen]

Originally Posted by Charmie981

Exactly. It was the weirdest thing. Doc thought maybe because the cord didn't insert into the placenta through the membrane and "anchor" them together? It was really odd. I've never heard of anything like it. Here's a picture of the membranes and what was left of the placenta

Whoa. That is crazy!

ETA... I'm sure it would have been ok if i had read it - I should add here that i have a habit of reading pregnancy/birth loss stories (mostly because I sort of have a feeling like those babies deserve to be remembered and I feel the need to help out on remembering), but usually they're not so close a call for the mama, kwim? It's a different kind of scary, to me...