Our baby boy was born Sat Oct 20 at 1:42 pm. He weighed 8lb15oz and is 21 in long. He is perfect and I can't stop staring at him.
His name is Noah Mahmoud
I started contracting Thurs night but nicely spaced 20 min and this lasted all night Thurs (not much sleep) and all day Fri. I basically went about my day with my other dds. Fri night, just when I was about to try to rest again, they picked up to 10 min apart then 7 etc.. I labored all night by myself, listening to my hypno babies scripts and sitting on my ball. It was very peaceful and exactly how I imagined this stage. At 8:00 am I called my mw to tell her I had been laboring. I was not sure I wanted to leave for the hospital yet and she said that I shouldn't then. I went back to laboring on my ball. It was harder to stay focused though because at that point my kids were up and distracting me. I stayed home until 10:30 when I started to feel a little shaky and started crying. By the time we got me in the car comfortable, drove to the hospital and walked from the distant corners of the parking lot we arrived at l and d just after 11:30. I was 7 centimeters!! My mw brought me a ball and some socks... had forgotten to pack socks. I stayed very focused this entire time with my hypnobabies cd. I lost track of time completely at this point. My df was also present with my dh and mw. Everybody was taking turns rubbing my back and fending off the nurses. I was oblivious to anything going on around me. I suddenly just felt the urge to move and change positions but could not find one comfortable as the contx were coming very quickly. I decided to lay down as I was tired. I then had 2 transition contractions and then had the urge to push. I pushed out my baby boy about 2 hours after arriving at the hospital at 1:42 pm. He was placed at my breast immediately, his cord pulsed and then cut and he latched on right away and nursed for about 45 minutes. He is a great nurser. This is exactly the birth that I wanted for him. I am so happy. I have a slight tear...only 1 stitch. (with my other 2 babies I had large episiotomies) I feel amazing!!! Yeah hypnobabies.... Hope you are all holding your sweet babies soon
peace
jen
His name is Noah Mahmoud
I started contracting Thurs night but nicely spaced 20 min and this lasted all night Thurs (not much sleep) and all day Fri. I basically went about my day with my other dds. Fri night, just when I was about to try to rest again, they picked up to 10 min apart then 7 etc.. I labored all night by myself, listening to my hypno babies scripts and sitting on my ball. It was very peaceful and exactly how I imagined this stage. At 8:00 am I called my mw to tell her I had been laboring. I was not sure I wanted to leave for the hospital yet and she said that I shouldn't then. I went back to laboring on my ball. It was harder to stay focused though because at that point my kids were up and distracting me. I stayed home until 10:30 when I started to feel a little shaky and started crying. By the time we got me in the car comfortable, drove to the hospital and walked from the distant corners of the parking lot we arrived at l and d just after 11:30. I was 7 centimeters!! My mw brought me a ball and some socks... had forgotten to pack socks. I stayed very focused this entire time with my hypnobabies cd. I lost track of time completely at this point. My df was also present with my dh and mw. Everybody was taking turns rubbing my back and fending off the nurses. I was oblivious to anything going on around me. I suddenly just felt the urge to move and change positions but could not find one comfortable as the contx were coming very quickly. I decided to lay down as I was tired. I then had 2 transition contractions and then had the urge to push. I pushed out my baby boy about 2 hours after arriving at the hospital at 1:42 pm. He was placed at my breast immediately, his cord pulsed and then cut and he latched on right away and nursed for about 45 minutes. He is a great nurser. This is exactly the birth that I wanted for him. I am so happy. I have a slight tear...only 1 stitch. (with my other 2 babies I had large episiotomies) I feel amazing!!! Yeah hypnobabies.... Hope you are all holding your sweet babies soon
peace
jen
