So it turns out I was in labor!
I finally called my doula around 8:30 to come by just in case. My midwife arrived around 12 and I was 5 cm.
Somewhere between Tuesday and Friday baby turned posterior and resulted in some insanely nasty back labor. I tried the sterile water injections, which were the most painful thing ever. I actually screamed through them and them were pretty worthless. I ended up begging to transfer for pain relief for about 2 hours before everyone gave in and let me go. Had a super quick ambulance ride to the hospital and once I got there was told it was too late to have drugs. Apparently everyone wanted to stick to my birth plan but me! I pushed for an hour and half at which point I started begging for an ob to come suction the baby out which they agreed to, but again were lying because the ob just ignored my requests and made me push...lol.
I had my vbac at 5:04pm on Friday. I managed to turn Isobel a bit with pushing but she still came out facing mostly up. She was 7lbs 15 oz and is 19" long. She looks exactly like dd1. Surprisngly enough dd1 slept through the entire pushing phase despite all the noise, so hubby got to help support me through pushing.
I'm actually happy that I transferred. I ended up with some big tears, he inability to pee and some serious tail bone pain. I checked myself in for an overnight stay so I could get some relax and relief.
It wasn't my planned homebirth but it was a vbac!
I finally called my doula around 8:30 to come by just in case. My midwife arrived around 12 and I was 5 cm.
Somewhere between Tuesday and Friday baby turned posterior and resulted in some insanely nasty back labor. I tried the sterile water injections, which were the most painful thing ever. I actually screamed through them and them were pretty worthless. I ended up begging to transfer for pain relief for about 2 hours before everyone gave in and let me go. Had a super quick ambulance ride to the hospital and once I got there was told it was too late to have drugs. Apparently everyone wanted to stick to my birth plan but me! I pushed for an hour and half at which point I started begging for an ob to come suction the baby out which they agreed to, but again were lying because the ob just ignored my requests and made me push...lol.
I had my vbac at 5:04pm on Friday. I managed to turn Isobel a bit with pushing but she still came out facing mostly up. She was 7lbs 15 oz and is 19" long. She looks exactly like dd1. Surprisngly enough dd1 slept through the entire pushing phase despite all the noise, so hubby got to help support me through pushing.
I'm actually happy that I transferred. I ended up with some big tears, he inability to pee and some serious tail bone pain. I checked myself in for an overnight stay so I could get some relax and relief.
It wasn't my planned homebirth but it was a vbac!
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happy baby mooning!
Congrats on your VBAC!
