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I started regular although light birthing waves around 4am Oct 10th, I tried to sleep, but after an hour of in and out sleeping I got up and timed them, 8 mins apart...
I did hypnobabies so I wasn't sure if I was further along then the lack of intensity that i felt from the waves, but one thimg that was noticeable was that my dd1, sensed something amiss, and was a wild child with lots of tantrums and I really kept my cool, and listening to the hypnobabies, I remembered a message "during your birthin g time you will remain calm and centered" so that did work!
Around 4p we decided to call my midwife, the waves were staying at 3 mins apart, my mom, dd, and I went out side, midwife said she would cook dinner for her fam and meet us at the birthing center, she would call first, it was cooling off a tad. I watered plants, sat on the ground while dd climbed a tree.
My grandma took dd when we left to get checked, I ended up being just 3 cm dilated but leaving the birthing center, I felt pretty woozy and things picked up a bit.
When I got home, I decided to eat, rest a bit, showered. I discovered a birthing ball in the shower is really a good tool!
Around 9pm, I started vocalizing and puked, so mom said that we should go back. I said I probably wasn't far enough along, b/c it still wasnt really THAT intense, just a little more discomfort then before, but agreed b'c I didn't want to ride all the way to the birthing center w/ intense contractions.
WHO KNEW, that when I was walking up the ramp to the center, and I stopped to smell a rose, that I was almost 9 cm dilated!!!!
My midwife said she could have moved my cervix lip over and I could have started pushing right then, but wanted me to labor down.
I went in the jacuzzi, things were very intense, but to shorten the story up a bit, when I had an urge to push, midwife checked me, the bag of water hadn't broke, so she broke it, I got out to the bed, and within 10 mins I pushed Xianya out!!
7 lbs 9oz, same as her sister! It was around 11:30.
http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a86...yabirth030.jpg
http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a86...yabirth090.jpg
A professional nurser!!
I started regular although light birthing waves around 4am Oct 10th, I tried to sleep, but after an hour of in and out sleeping I got up and timed them, 8 mins apart...
I did hypnobabies so I wasn't sure if I was further along then the lack of intensity that i felt from the waves, but one thimg that was noticeable was that my dd1, sensed something amiss, and was a wild child with lots of tantrums and I really kept my cool, and listening to the hypnobabies, I remembered a message "during your birthin g time you will remain calm and centered" so that did work!
Around 4p we decided to call my midwife, the waves were staying at 3 mins apart, my mom, dd, and I went out side, midwife said she would cook dinner for her fam and meet us at the birthing center, she would call first, it was cooling off a tad. I watered plants, sat on the ground while dd climbed a tree.
My grandma took dd when we left to get checked, I ended up being just 3 cm dilated but leaving the birthing center, I felt pretty woozy and things picked up a bit.
When I got home, I decided to eat, rest a bit, showered. I discovered a birthing ball in the shower is really a good tool!
Around 9pm, I started vocalizing and puked, so mom said that we should go back. I said I probably wasn't far enough along, b/c it still wasnt really THAT intense, just a little more discomfort then before, but agreed b'c I didn't want to ride all the way to the birthing center w/ intense contractions.
WHO KNEW, that when I was walking up the ramp to the center, and I stopped to smell a rose, that I was almost 9 cm dilated!!!!
My midwife said she could have moved my cervix lip over and I could have started pushing right then, but wanted me to labor down.
I went in the jacuzzi, things were very intense, but to shorten the story up a bit, when I had an urge to push, midwife checked me, the bag of water hadn't broke, so she broke it, I got out to the bed, and within 10 mins I pushed Xianya out!!
7 lbs 9oz, same as her sister! It was around 11:30.
http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a86...yabirth030.jpg
http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a86...yabirth090.jpg
A professional nurser!!
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