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Hello I"m home
Thanks for all the well wishes, the super quick run down (i'll have to post the real story later)
I thought the baby wasn't moving the morning of the 2nd, so after some walking and pumping which did start contractions I got a bit panicked and called the midwife, she suggested we meet in a few hours to get a nst, but after I thought about it for a couple minutes I realized that no I really thought there was something wrong and should go to the hospital immediately
We got there and he finally moved, his heart rate was fine but non responsive (didn't go up when he moved or contractions) so it was recomended I not go home but I was in pretty active labor by that point anyway
I labored in the shower for a while and then on hands and knees active labor started about 2 or 3 oclock still a pretty monotone heart rate
baby crowned and head came out only to discover the tightest nuchal cord around his neck (in retrospect the cord was only 10 inches long total) couldn't lift it over his head and he wasn't coming out with it around his neck so they clamped and cut while I pushed the rest of his body out (he was born pretty immediate after the cord was cut)
but he was unresponsive blue and limp they had to call a code blue and perform cpr his apgar for 2 min was a 1 but they went up from there apgar was 4 at 5 min and 6 at 10 minutes they took him to the nursery with respiratory and a pediatrician and suctioned his stomach and lungs and then he was able to fully inflate his lungs
he was great by about 20 minutes and totally normal by 1 hr he was born at 6:29 pm on may 2nd and I was able to nurse him by 8pm he was on room air after about 7pm and he was monitored in the nursery overnight with no problems (nursed three times that night) and then released to my room to room in until this morning when we finally got to go home
he's sure a cutie
and I'm totally okay with not getting a homebirth, because I knew before I went to the hospital instinctively that that was where he needed to be born
Hello I"m home
Thanks for all the well wishes, the super quick run down (i'll have to post the real story later)
I thought the baby wasn't moving the morning of the 2nd, so after some walking and pumping which did start contractions I got a bit panicked and called the midwife, she suggested we meet in a few hours to get a nst, but after I thought about it for a couple minutes I realized that no I really thought there was something wrong and should go to the hospital immediately
We got there and he finally moved, his heart rate was fine but non responsive (didn't go up when he moved or contractions) so it was recomended I not go home but I was in pretty active labor by that point anyway
I labored in the shower for a while and then on hands and knees active labor started about 2 or 3 oclock still a pretty monotone heart rate
baby crowned and head came out only to discover the tightest nuchal cord around his neck (in retrospect the cord was only 10 inches long total) couldn't lift it over his head and he wasn't coming out with it around his neck so they clamped and cut while I pushed the rest of his body out (he was born pretty immediate after the cord was cut)
but he was unresponsive blue and limp they had to call a code blue and perform cpr his apgar for 2 min was a 1 but they went up from there apgar was 4 at 5 min and 6 at 10 minutes they took him to the nursery with respiratory and a pediatrician and suctioned his stomach and lungs and then he was able to fully inflate his lungs
he was great by about 20 minutes and totally normal by 1 hr he was born at 6:29 pm on may 2nd and I was able to nurse him by 8pm he was on room air after about 7pm and he was monitored in the nursery overnight with no problems (nursed three times that night) and then released to my room to room in until this morning when we finally got to go home
he's sure a cutie
and I'm totally okay with not getting a homebirth, because I knew before I went to the hospital instinctively that that was where he needed to be born
You're going to have a little term baby VERY soon!!!! 
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