August 10th
7 lbs 6 oz, 20 inches
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To start the story off, Friday was my actual due date. I've conditioned myself not to expect a baby on that day - and that conditioning may have put me in denial that anything was really happening....
I got up to get ready for work. After a quick shower I started squirting out liquid. I thought "how weird". Took another shower, it continued. I thought I must have lost control of my bladder... I got dressed and drove to work. My husband advised me to take extra pants, just in case.
At work it started gushing and I had to change. I mumbled under my breath how nice it was for him to tell me to bring pants... but not underwear! Really, does he think my brain's working?@?
The doctor said I would have to go to Labor & Delivery to have the fluid tested. I still couldn't believe anything had "started" so I took my time at work and drove myself over (despite all the offers to drive me).
When I got to the hospital I had to park on the 4th floor of the garage and the elevators didn't work. Took the very long walk to the l&d elevators, only to find out they changed access and would have to go another way. Fortunatley an employee let me go up with them since it was obvious where I was going.
They put me in an observation room. THey asked if I was having contractions, I said no. The Doctor just looked at me funny as I said it because I was having one then.
Because I was GBS positive and it had been 4 hours since the rupture, they needed to start antibiotics and get the pitocin going. I was so disenheartened by this. I had been planning an all natural vbac and was very afraid that the pitocin would hurt too much. It was 10:00 and I figured this would take all day so I didn't call my husband.
They kept me in this room until about 12:30. I still hadn't called my husband because I figured if I'm not in a delivery room - I'm not in "labor".
Meanwhile the contractions were becoming quite painful. When I finally called him I was just yelling and crying. Poor guy works a half hour away and had to stop at home first. He said he'd leave immediatley.
As they wheeled me into the L&D room I was telling the nurse I thought maybe I should just get a c-section again - that I really couldn't do this. She said why not just try drugs first? I agreed to let her give me an exam and talk to the anesthisiologist. She checked me I was only a 4.
My hope of a drugfree birth out the window. I thought if this is just a 4 I can't do this all day! Some contractions started within seconds of the last and it was more than I could bear any more of. I agreed.
They gave me the epidural. After 10 minutes they started getting nervous. I didn't understand why at the time but the baby's heart rate had decelerated significantly. She checked me again and I was complete. All of a sudden it was an emergency and the house doctor was there telling me I had to push. I was crying because my husband wasnt' even there! I gave a couple pushes and this must have change his position enough he stabalized and we waited.
My husband got there just in time to really start pushing. I was so relieved he made it. I was worried he'd be upset with me for not calling sooner, he was afraid I was upset with him for not being there. Pushing only took about 10 mintues. The baby's heartbeat was decelerating again so they used a suction to hurry the process.
I guess because the delivery happened so fast I didn't have enough of the antibiotics and the blood culture they did on him came back abnormal so they had to do 48 hours of antibiotics on him.
He is just fine and we're at home now. He is breastfeeding easily and seems to be a very content baby so far.
While the birth wasn't as I "planned", I did have my successful VBAC and I have no regrets. I think it really went easy for me since I was only in hospital 4 hours and then he was in my arms!
7 lbs 6 oz, 20 inches
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z...1/IMG_3070.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z...1/IMG_3086.jpg
To start the story off, Friday was my actual due date. I've conditioned myself not to expect a baby on that day - and that conditioning may have put me in denial that anything was really happening....
I got up to get ready for work. After a quick shower I started squirting out liquid. I thought "how weird". Took another shower, it continued. I thought I must have lost control of my bladder... I got dressed and drove to work. My husband advised me to take extra pants, just in case.
At work it started gushing and I had to change. I mumbled under my breath how nice it was for him to tell me to bring pants... but not underwear! Really, does he think my brain's working?@?
The doctor said I would have to go to Labor & Delivery to have the fluid tested. I still couldn't believe anything had "started" so I took my time at work and drove myself over (despite all the offers to drive me).
When I got to the hospital I had to park on the 4th floor of the garage and the elevators didn't work. Took the very long walk to the l&d elevators, only to find out they changed access and would have to go another way. Fortunatley an employee let me go up with them since it was obvious where I was going.
They put me in an observation room. THey asked if I was having contractions, I said no. The Doctor just looked at me funny as I said it because I was having one then.
Because I was GBS positive and it had been 4 hours since the rupture, they needed to start antibiotics and get the pitocin going. I was so disenheartened by this. I had been planning an all natural vbac and was very afraid that the pitocin would hurt too much. It was 10:00 and I figured this would take all day so I didn't call my husband.
They kept me in this room until about 12:30. I still hadn't called my husband because I figured if I'm not in a delivery room - I'm not in "labor".
Meanwhile the contractions were becoming quite painful. When I finally called him I was just yelling and crying. Poor guy works a half hour away and had to stop at home first. He said he'd leave immediatley.
As they wheeled me into the L&D room I was telling the nurse I thought maybe I should just get a c-section again - that I really couldn't do this. She said why not just try drugs first? I agreed to let her give me an exam and talk to the anesthisiologist. She checked me I was only a 4.
My hope of a drugfree birth out the window. I thought if this is just a 4 I can't do this all day! Some contractions started within seconds of the last and it was more than I could bear any more of. I agreed.
They gave me the epidural. After 10 minutes they started getting nervous. I didn't understand why at the time but the baby's heart rate had decelerated significantly. She checked me again and I was complete. All of a sudden it was an emergency and the house doctor was there telling me I had to push. I was crying because my husband wasnt' even there! I gave a couple pushes and this must have change his position enough he stabalized and we waited.
My husband got there just in time to really start pushing. I was so relieved he made it. I was worried he'd be upset with me for not calling sooner, he was afraid I was upset with him for not being there. Pushing only took about 10 mintues. The baby's heartbeat was decelerating again so they used a suction to hurry the process.
I guess because the delivery happened so fast I didn't have enough of the antibiotics and the blood culture they did on him came back abnormal so they had to do 48 hours of antibiotics on him.
He is just fine and we're at home now. He is breastfeeding easily and seems to be a very content baby so far.
While the birth wasn't as I "planned", I did have my successful VBAC and I have no regrets. I think it really went easy for me since I was only in hospital 4 hours and then he was in my arms!
YOU DID IT! CONGRATS ON YOUR VBAC!
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