Our tenth child was born June 19th, 2006. Our 9th baby( almost 2 1/2 now!) was born via c-section, due to her spina bifida and other birth defects.
My VBAC success story
I am so thankful!My due date was 6/29, but my son decided to make an early appearance. Father's Day last week, I spent cleaning my neighbor's house. She hired me, as her mother was finally coming home 7 months after a fatal car accident in which her father died. I cleaned 11 hours! I got home 11pm and dropped on the couch. About 2:30am, I started having contractions about 9 minutes apart.
At 4am, I called my mom to stay with my 9 other kids, until my sister could get there to take the youngest 3 for the day.(My kids are 16,15,13,11,9,7,5,3and 2.)
We got to the hospital, and the contractions were getting closer together, but not stronger. For the 1st 8 births, I need pitocin to get things jump started, and then after AROM, each baby was born within the hour!
They said the most they could do to start was AROM. They did that about 11:45am. Though contractions were close, they weren't getting stronger. They said the only other thing they could do was to start pit at the lowest dose possible, upping it every 1/2 hour. If that didn't work, it was going to be a repeat c-section.They did that at 3pm, and upped it at 3:30pm. I never take any pain meds during labor other than tylenol. By the time I asked for it, I was 9 1/2 cm. I never did get any tylenol during the entire visit! Anyway, I felt the urge to push just after 4pm, and told dh to get the dr. He did, and I told her I couldn't wait. She took her sweet time, and I proceeded to birth his head, while she struggled to get gloves on and make sure he didn't go flying. I blew through the next few contractions until they could get everything ready. Aaron Michael was born at 4:19pm, weighing in at 6lbs 14oz, and 18 1/2 in long.
I was so ready to go home the next morning, but they said I had to stay an entire day, and released me Wednesday morning.
Boy, am I relieved I didn't need a repeat section. I've been enjoying the babymoon, even with the nutso house I run!
My VBAC success story
I am so thankful!My due date was 6/29, but my son decided to make an early appearance. Father's Day last week, I spent cleaning my neighbor's house. She hired me, as her mother was finally coming home 7 months after a fatal car accident in which her father died. I cleaned 11 hours! I got home 11pm and dropped on the couch. About 2:30am, I started having contractions about 9 minutes apart.
At 4am, I called my mom to stay with my 9 other kids, until my sister could get there to take the youngest 3 for the day.(My kids are 16,15,13,11,9,7,5,3and 2.)
We got to the hospital, and the contractions were getting closer together, but not stronger. For the 1st 8 births, I need pitocin to get things jump started, and then after AROM, each baby was born within the hour!
They said the most they could do to start was AROM. They did that about 11:45am. Though contractions were close, they weren't getting stronger. They said the only other thing they could do was to start pit at the lowest dose possible, upping it every 1/2 hour. If that didn't work, it was going to be a repeat c-section.They did that at 3pm, and upped it at 3:30pm. I never take any pain meds during labor other than tylenol. By the time I asked for it, I was 9 1/2 cm. I never did get any tylenol during the entire visit! Anyway, I felt the urge to push just after 4pm, and told dh to get the dr. He did, and I told her I couldn't wait. She took her sweet time, and I proceeded to birth his head, while she struggled to get gloves on and make sure he didn't go flying. I blew through the next few contractions until they could get everything ready. Aaron Michael was born at 4:19pm, weighing in at 6lbs 14oz, and 18 1/2 in long.
I was so ready to go home the next morning, but they said I had to stay an entire day, and released me Wednesday morning.
Boy, am I relieved I didn't need a repeat section. I've been enjoying the babymoon, even with the nutso house I run!
Glad to hear Aaron is healthy and that you got your VBAC!
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