What was your first record/8trak/tape/cd that you bought? Hmm that would probably be a Robert Palmer tape
If you would, please share with us one or some of your most valuable mothering tips...
Hmm mothering tips. I would say don't be afraid to take mommy time outs. When my kids are driving me nuts I a break and tell my kids I am in time out, they respect that, or we go for a walk to mellow out.
Would you like to share your birth stories? My birth stories
My oldest I was 2 days past my due date and was feeling huge and sure I was never going to go into labor. But it started in my back and never left. It came on hard too. I went in because it was my first and didn't know what else to do. I was at a 3, but because of the back labor I was having they gave me tranquilizers so I could get some sleep. Worst thing i could have done. All they did was make me so tired but I couldn't sleep through the pain which was every 4 minutes. Dh said I was sleep walking to get through the contractions and even tried to pee in the closet. I was so relieved when they wore off. I spent the next day walking around, showering and in the early afternoon went back into the L&D unit at the army hospital.
I was a 4 at that point. And so frustrated because it had been so long and I had only made it 1 cm. They sent me home but we lived a ways away and in Alaska in the middle of winter and didn't want to be too far from the hospital so we went to Sams club and Fred meyer and walked. At 5 pm we went back and they told me I was a 4.5 and were ready to send me back home and told me I likely wouldn't deliver until the next day. I started crying because the back labor was so horrible. Also there no one else in the l&d and I think they just didn't want to work. My husband and I begged and they let us stay.
I immediatly asked for an epidural. I was told I had to wait until I was a 7. About an hour later I was a seven and told them to give it to me now. They ordered it and about 20 minutes later the guy got there to do it. THey checked me and told me I was a 10 and couldn't have one and needed to start pushing. I again started crying because I was so exhausted and didn't know how much longer I could handle it.
But my dh talked me through it and we started pushing. 45 minutes later my little boy was born, we didn't know the sex but I had always suspected he was a boy. THe best moment of my life was when he came out and they said It's a boy! We had a few issues nursing, but got through them and were all good. He was 8lbs 10 ozs which seemed pretty big for my petite frame.
My second was so wonderful, I was determined to have a much better birth than my first and I did. I woke up at 5 am with contractions thinking oh, these kind of hurt. I started timing and they were 3 minutes apart. Dh and I timed them for about a half hour and noticed they were getting closer and closer. We dropped off older ds at the sitters and headed to the hospital. I think the longest part of labor was the drive because I couldn't walk. We got to L&D and I was in a good mood because I was going to have a baby. The nurse didn't believe me that I was in labor but said she'd check me anyway. When she checked me I was an 8.
Dh was great rubbing my back and I had a midwife this time. Thank heavens I didn't have back labor this time which made a huge difference. About an hour later I was at a 9 and we decided to go ahead and break my water. Shortly after I started feeling the need to push, my midwife suggested I get on my hands and knees so I did, about 15 minutes later he was born and dh caught him. I turned and layed down and they put him on my chest cord still attatched. He immediatly latched on and nursed like a champ. His labor was maybe 3 hours from start to finish. I could have 50 kids if they all went that nicely.
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