Daily Check-In for 1/19 - Page 2

[MrsAprilMay]

Congrats simplehome!

Originally Posted by simplehome

So how do you time how long labor was? The active part of labor for me was about 3 hours, but maybe I should count the stuff before that, too....?

I want to know the answer to this, too. Early labor ( ctx every 10 minutes ) started for me at 3:00pm on 11/5. Active labor ( ctx every 5-7 minutes ) started at 9:30am on 11/6. Transition hit about 4:45pm ( 30 minutes after I was on here posting about stalled labor... ) and DS was here at 6:35pm.

[muttix2]

Originally Posted by simplehome

Not a lot of action on this thread today! Hopefully everyone is resting or out doing something fun!

Well, yesterday was indeed our day! I'll post the short story here---

I had contractions starting around 10AM, and they felt different but didn't hurt. I'd say the more serious ones started around 5PM, the midwives arrived at 7PM, and the much more intense ones (had to start vocalizing) started at 8PM, along with bloody show. DH had it so easy----I wanted no one touching me pretty much the whole time! I ended up outside the tub with my hands on the step going up to the tub and knees on the floor. Transition hit around 10:30PM, and with 3 minutes of pushing she shot out into DH's hands in a few giant splooshes! It was very sudden, and surprised everyone. There was thick meconium, but she was screaming right away, and her lungs cleared right up after she started nursing.

She is a SHE, and was born around 11PM on the 18th of January---8 pounds, a full pound heavier than her brother was. We've had a very mellow day today, and DS is sooooooo much more at ease now that she's on the outside. He just wants to hold her, kiss her, and keeps telling me he's happy I had a baby. Whew!

So how do you time how long labor was? The active part of labor for me was about 3 hours, but maybe I should count the stuff before that, too....?

Congratulations!!