some back ground info: i had an unecessary cesarean in 2004 due to doctor impatience. during that labor i was dilated to 6 when i got to the hosptial and stayed at 6 for 8 hours when they labeled me ftp. i didnt feel the labor was painful and that misled me into beliving that for me labor was not painful, anyway i had 3 miscarriages after that cs in a row and dont know if they were due to the cs or to low hormones but i took progesterone with this pregnancy and was fine.
so tuesday i was 39 weeks and wondering why i hadnt had my baby yet cuz kissa and i were both born at 38w4d. i had a huge cheezeburger delux from coney island with fries then my step sons wanted to go to the library. this was no gas day and my tank was empty so i decided to walk to the library to hopefully induce labor. at seven i felt my first contraction but wasnt sure what it was cuz it started raining and i was just trying to get dd into the car, we called dad to get us. that night i had ctx about every 5-15 min and had to wake up for each one so not much rest, at 7 am i called the mw and she said she'd come out after she took her kids to school to check me. my ctx were irregular all this time and only lasting 40 seconds, not painful at all. at 950am i went to the potty and my water broke. when the mw got there she checked me and i was 5cm. so i had no pain yet and believe i wouldnt have any. she stayed an hour to check me again to see if she should stay. after an hour i was 6cm. so me and the doula went for some walks and later got checked and was 6.5 at 2pm i was still smiling and the mw didnt like this so she went home and told me to call her if something changed. at 5 i called her and she got back around 630 and i was like 7 or 8. this was the point i decided i didnt want to do it anymore. but i didnt have any choice. i guess around 8pm i was 9cm. then 9 cm with a lip. the lip would not go away. the other mw told me to do 4 ctx on one side 4 standing 4 on the other and maybe the lip would go away. they both tried to see if they could stretch the lip over the babies head but they could not. so i'm in transition ctx the worst pain in life for 9 hours. around 2-3 am both midwives and the doula went downstairs to take a nap so me and dh could have some time together, then dh took a nap too. i guess the ctx spaced out according to mw but they were still painful and i didnt even have anyone to support me during them. i had no back labor pain was like in my butt and my thighs. so dh and the doula and sometimes the mw had to press on my bottome and hips really hard. the mw woke up and came and tole me to do nipple stimulation and also gave me black and blue cohosh to bring up my labor. around 4 they said i could push a little with each ctx but keep in mind i still had a lip. around 5 i started pushing forreal and it was not fun. i was screaming at the top of my lungs and woke john up but non of the kids woke up. as it turned out i couldnt get out of the tub so i just leaned back on john and pushing in teh lithomy position. they said i was such a good pusher but i didnt feel so. i was holding back wating until the last possible second to push and even stopped pushing before the ctx was over. the ring of fire wasnt that bad but i had to sheee shee shee through it cuz she told me not to push so hard. the head was out and it was like i had no control anymore. the urge was overwhelming to push out the shouldures. i put the baby on my chest and sat there shivering adn couldnt even speak. i couldnt believe i did it. i pushed for 45 min, and it took 15 min to push the placenta out, that also was an uncontrollable urge. the baby pinked up really quick and had apgars of 10 and 10. we didnt cut the cord till the placenta was out. i didnt tear just some skidmarks. she breastfed for an hour about an hour after she was born. she lookes alot like my first dd. i was not prepared for this birth because i fooled myself into thinking it would not be painful. it was the most painful think i've experienced in my life. i was so traumatized. i do feel better now, and i'm glad i finally know that birth does hurt and dont have to wonder the rest of my life if everyone else just has low pain tolerances. oh yeah while i was chilling at 9cm for 9 hours the midwife said she was considering giving me pitocin, her partner said she was leaving if she did, but she ended up giving methe b and b cohosh and i didi the nipple stim, thats how bad it was. i was ready to go the the hospital areound 2 am
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so tuesday i was 39 weeks and wondering why i hadnt had my baby yet cuz kissa and i were both born at 38w4d. i had a huge cheezeburger delux from coney island with fries then my step sons wanted to go to the library. this was no gas day and my tank was empty so i decided to walk to the library to hopefully induce labor. at seven i felt my first contraction but wasnt sure what it was cuz it started raining and i was just trying to get dd into the car, we called dad to get us. that night i had ctx about every 5-15 min and had to wake up for each one so not much rest, at 7 am i called the mw and she said she'd come out after she took her kids to school to check me. my ctx were irregular all this time and only lasting 40 seconds, not painful at all. at 950am i went to the potty and my water broke. when the mw got there she checked me and i was 5cm. so i had no pain yet and believe i wouldnt have any. she stayed an hour to check me again to see if she should stay. after an hour i was 6cm. so me and the doula went for some walks and later got checked and was 6.5 at 2pm i was still smiling and the mw didnt like this so she went home and told me to call her if something changed. at 5 i called her and she got back around 630 and i was like 7 or 8. this was the point i decided i didnt want to do it anymore. but i didnt have any choice. i guess around 8pm i was 9cm. then 9 cm with a lip. the lip would not go away. the other mw told me to do 4 ctx on one side 4 standing 4 on the other and maybe the lip would go away. they both tried to see if they could stretch the lip over the babies head but they could not. so i'm in transition ctx the worst pain in life for 9 hours. around 2-3 am both midwives and the doula went downstairs to take a nap so me and dh could have some time together, then dh took a nap too. i guess the ctx spaced out according to mw but they were still painful and i didnt even have anyone to support me during them. i had no back labor pain was like in my butt and my thighs. so dh and the doula and sometimes the mw had to press on my bottome and hips really hard. the mw woke up and came and tole me to do nipple stimulation and also gave me black and blue cohosh to bring up my labor. around 4 they said i could push a little with each ctx but keep in mind i still had a lip. around 5 i started pushing forreal and it was not fun. i was screaming at the top of my lungs and woke john up but non of the kids woke up. as it turned out i couldnt get out of the tub so i just leaned back on john and pushing in teh lithomy position. they said i was such a good pusher but i didnt feel so. i was holding back wating until the last possible second to push and even stopped pushing before the ctx was over. the ring of fire wasnt that bad but i had to sheee shee shee through it cuz she told me not to push so hard. the head was out and it was like i had no control anymore. the urge was overwhelming to push out the shouldures. i put the baby on my chest and sat there shivering adn couldnt even speak. i couldnt believe i did it. i pushed for 45 min, and it took 15 min to push the placenta out, that also was an uncontrollable urge. the baby pinked up really quick and had apgars of 10 and 10. we didnt cut the cord till the placenta was out. i didnt tear just some skidmarks. she breastfed for an hour about an hour after she was born. she lookes alot like my first dd. i was not prepared for this birth because i fooled myself into thinking it would not be painful. it was the most painful think i've experienced in my life. i was so traumatized. i do feel better now, and i'm glad i finally know that birth does hurt and dont have to wonder the rest of my life if everyone else just has low pain tolerances. oh yeah while i was chilling at 9cm for 9 hours the midwife said she was considering giving me pitocin, her partner said she was leaving if she did, but she ended up giving methe b and b cohosh and i didi the nipple stim, thats how bad it was. i was ready to go the the hospital areound 2 am
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: . Anyhow, congratulations!
, way to go on the HBAC!! You are such a stong mama!
. And mine was nothing like your 9 hours at 9 cm!!
: I found that reading this thread, and hearing the stories of tons of other mamas also going through the same labor pains and still being successful really helped me come to terms with the memory of how much more intense the labor was than I was expecting. But I still know that I wouldn't never have done it any other way, I just didn't know what to expect.
