Where were you born? - Page 2

[artgoddess]

My ex-DH's birth is a great one. Long...but the punchline is great.

Ex-MIL is in labor, and it's really going fast. She was only 21 and when she had her first at 18 he was born in less than 3 hours. So I guess they called emergency, and she said she was pacing around her living room, and there were firemen, and policemen and paramedics all over the place, and she didn't want anyone to see her naked so she refused to take her panties off in front of anyone. The paramedics finally got everyone out of the house and she let them examine her. They took a look at her turned to ex-FIL and said, "your wife is going to have this baby here in the living room, there is no time to get to the hospital." Well being the early 70's ex-FIL freaked out and somehow managed to get the paramedics to try and get her to the hospital in his panic. So they lived in SF area and the hospital was accross the San Mateo Bridge. They didn't make it to the hospital. She in fact, gave birth to my ex-DH right smack in the middle of the bridge. The ambulance driver pulled over the ambulance on the bridge, jumped out, assisted the paramedic in back, before driving off to the hospital. So when it came time to file the Birth Certificate the baby was born right on the city line, the bridge is the border, so instead of a town name it say 'En Route' on his Birth Certificate.

I'm not making this up, my ex was born in En Route, California. : The fact that it's a true story makes it even funnier.

[ryansmom02]

Enroute now that is funny...... :

[UnschoolnMa]

Dh was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1969. He was 11 lbs

I was born in Eugene, Oregon in 1976. I believe I weighed 8-7

Ds was born in Albany, Oregon in 1991 weighing in at 9-11

Dd was born in Albany, Oregon in 1993 weighing in at 9-10

All of us were born in hospitals. Though I did labor much of the time in water with Ds, which was cool.

[ryansmom02]

I should have gotten to labor in the water but the stupid nurse did not believe that my little belly was really 36 wks so she had to call in the head doc.... then My cord prolapsed and my son was born cord over his head with out me even really pushing... the midwife came in and i was on my left side and she had to catch him bare hands and all...... she didnt even have any shoes on...SHe was sleeping they didnt tell her I was there as they did not believe me.. He popped out a healthy 7lbs 8 oz 4 weeks early.. he was a bit blue from cord compression but he was fine in the end. He is 3 now

[Jennifer Z]

I was born in a 10 room rural hospital after a full week of hard labor. I was only 4lbs, but I was still a high forceps delivery because my mom couldn't push me through her pelvis effectively. They couldn't believe I was so small because she looked 9 months pregnant with twins by the time she hit 6 months. (I inherited that tendency. yeah me)

My dh was nearly 10lbs, vaginal birth, and his mom nearly died (or they did actually lose her, not sure) during his birth. She never had any more children because the labor was so bad for her.

[Jennifer Z]

Originally Posted by PadmaMorgana

Me neither I looked 9 months pregnant at 6 months. There was just nowhere for them to drop to. With both I carried very high (they needed forceps and the ped leaning on my belly to get DD out )

It is a genetic thing. My mom was told her pelvis was too small. She had the same problem.

Lightbulb moment here. That sounds exactly like my mom and me. Both of us show incredibly early (like being in maternity clothes within the first 6-8 weeks), carry very high and out, have histories of endo and scarring (mine was concentrated heavily on my lower uterus and cul-de-sac (lower pelvis). I was only 4 lbs, and a high forceps delivery (in a labor length that would never be allowed now). My ds never dropped at all. Both of us have been described as having a very small pelvis.

[eightyferrettoes]

Lubbock, TX. My dad always referred to it at "a pimple on the a$$ of America."

We didn't stay long.

DH was born in Jackson, MO. His mama was put under "twilight sleep" back in 1965 with her first son, and it made her crazy, so she avoided the hospital for as long as possible the second time. She said they tried to start the medication when she finally arrived, but she was already pushing him out.

Side note: the nurses told her she had to wipe her nipples off with alcohol pads before every nursing session. So she had to get up, go to the sink, wash her breast, and use an alcohol wipe every single time. Sheeeeeesh.

[alicia622]

I was born at the hospital- my mother was induced because the dr. was going on vacation and needed me out before he left. My mom always told me how horrible her first deliveries were- because the medical community was so dr. focused. She told me about being shaved, having an enema, and being in a non- gravity assisted way for the pushing. She also formula fed my older sister and myself. By the time my younger brothers came around, my mother and my stepfather became hippies and my brothers were born in much more mama focused manners. My youngest brother was born in a family friends living room! My mom had just gone to the dr. for a visit, everything looked fine so they were driving home and decided to vist with an old family friend. While there my mother ended up delivering her last child on the woman's couch By this time, my mom had also learned the benefits of breastfeeding so my brothers were both breastfed. My older sister and I were born in South Jersey (65 and 67) while my brothers were born in rural Maine (74 and 77).

My husband was born in Maine in 68. His mother was older, 35, when she had him, an only child. I know he was born at a hospital and his mom was in labor for some 30+ hours (she- pleasantly- reminds him of this on each birthday).

[Sharlla]

I was born in Florence Or

DH Everett Wa

DS1 Bend Or

DS2 Springfield Mo

[stafl]

I was born at MCV, on a stretcher in the hallway, as my mother was being wheeled into the operating/delivery room. That's how fast and easy her deliveries were, not even time for any drugs or other interventions, and I was her first! Back then, they were still delivering babies under twilight anesthesia. Then she went home immediately afterwards, while they kept me in the nursery for 24 hours observation. Luckily for me, both of my grandmothers were working there as nurses, and I was held almost the entire time instead of being left alone in a bassinet in a room full of other babies.

My husband was born in the hospital here where we live, while his mother was knocked out cold. They broke his collar bone forcing him out of her birth canal, so it's probably a good thing she can't remember it.

[Melda]

I was born in Detroit , MI ... natrual birth for my mom (i was the 4th of her children she always says she went in the morning and was hungry and told them she was going to have me before lunch so she could eat) ...

DH poughkipsee (sp) NY ... He was 10 lbs 2 oz and his mom had him in a hospital. I think she had a saddle block (???) with him ...

DS and DD were both born in the hospital with the same midwife in the same room. If i had a chance to have another there is no dought it would be a home birth. MY first birth was very hard so i when apprached about homebirth i said NOWAY but my second birth of my DD was a walk in the park so easy and i know for sure i could have had her at home and had no problems.

Melda

[mwherbs]

I was born in a AFB hospital upstate NY- low forceps ( I remembered my own birth while having #3 at home)in the 50's
DH was born Santa Monica CA, c-section premature complete previa in the 50's
Our children were born
#1 hospital no drugs Kennewick, WA
#2 hospital, no drugs less than 1/2 hr after we arrived Portland, Ore early in the morning before Mt St Helens blew ulp
#3 homebirth Kennewick, Wa
#4 homebirth,UC, Lyle, Wa

[zonapellucida]

Me: Hyannis Cape Cod MA
DH Boston , MA
Myles Cape Cod Hospital, MA
Gigi, CChospital, MA
Gwen CCHospital MA
Izzy Cooly Dick in Norhthampton MA--was finishing my BA and woucldn't make it home to the cape to have the baby
Ameilia CCHospitalAM
Ella Water homebirth, COsceola county FL
Tenton water homebith Polk county FL

[Artisan]

I was born in a military hospital. My mom was 19, and had a natural delivery despite being flat on her back and having an episiotomy.

[Momto2boysNagirl]

I was born in a hospital in Oak Park IL. Unmedicated very fast labor.

Dh was born in a hospital near Maywood IL.

ds1 hospital birth in Winfield IL. Medicated vaginal birth.
ds2 same place. Induced and medicated vaginal birth.
dd same place. All natural vaginal birth. Best experience ever!

[sevenkids]

I was born in Massachussettes, 45 minutes after my mother's water broke in a pizza parlor. She just made it to the hospital (she wanted to finish her pizza!) and I was born in the hallway of the labour floor.
My brother was born in the same hopital, but in the ER entrance.
My next 2 brothers born at home in Jamaica, unplanned UC, my step-dad caught the babies and the midwife arrived later. My youngest brother was born halfway from the bathroom to the bed, he was in a hurry! She had 15 minutes of labour with him.

Dh was born at home, 2 months early and breech, by a midwife in Panama.

[burke-a-bee]

I was born in Georgia..my mother took castor oil.. a few hours later I kicked her and broke her water....My grandfather drove her to the hospital where they knocked her out with drugs...when she woke up a few hours later I was in her arms. I was 7lbs 6oz and she had only gained 17lbs the whole pregnancy.

Hubby was born in MA..his mother went into labor after downing a martini while waiting for a table at a restaurant. They almost ran out of gas on the way to the hospital. But they made it and she delivered without drugs. Unless you count the martini.


My great grandmother had my grandfather at home by herself while waiting for her husband to return with the doctor.


DS #1...Tallahassee, Fl...hospital birth..8hrs of labor.
DS #2...Miami, Fl...birth center..3 hrs of labor..born on the toilet.
DS#3...Hollywood, Fl...homebirth.. after 35 minutes of labor from start to finish....caul baby.

[never]

I was born in Alliston, ON and the story goes that after my mom pushed me out, the doctor held me up for a second and I pooped meconium all down the front of her.

My husband was born at home in a little cabin in Key West, FL.

[Periwinkle]

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[Ravenmoon]

I was born in Kalamazoo,MI during a tornado.The sirens went off and they put my mom in the hallway and while she was laboring with the tornado approaching i flipped from head down to breach.I think i was scared :LOL they had to pull me out.You would never guess i am a Taurus.

My husband was a homebirth in Sheridan,OR he was a major shoulder dystocia baby stuck with only his head out for 1hr.

All 4 of my kids were wonderful homebirths