My 1st baby, Jack William was born on June 18th @ 0605 AM
Full Moon
38 weeks--bedrest since 26 weeks for preterm labor
6 lbs
19 inches
lots of dark hair!
Labor didn't go how I had pictured it but in the end everything worked out perfectly and I have no regrets.
Since 27 weeks, I had many early labor days with bloody show and then it would stop. I thought this would happen until I was 40 weeks so when it started up again, I never thought anything of it.
Now that I know what labor is, I "labored" through the night--sleeping here and there but being awaken by ctx every couple minutes to 1/2 hour. Nothing painful just felt uncomfortably pregnant. Never thought it was labor. This continued through the next afternoon--bloody show and all but nothing serious. I just went about my day since this happened ALL the time. Then in the afternoon, standing in the bathroom--my water broke. YEAH! I made the mistake of calling my HCP (oh the things we regret) b/c then I was "on the clock" and they wanted me to come right into the hospital. I didn't consider anything that was happening "painful"--just exciting. I stalled a few hours but since my baby wasn't moving we decided we should go in. When I arrived I was 5/100/0 !!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!
I jacuzzied, walked, birth balled....and nothing. My baby was posterior. SO, I agreed to pitocin and an IUPC. Then BAM! the ctx pains hit and hours of this and nothing. They were starting to throw around the c/s word b/c the baby was now transverse and "really wedged" so I agreed to an epidural. Hours later with adequate ctx--still 5 cm. My epidural started to wear off big time and we did not re-dose it. I was fully mobile. I got up on my hands and knees and within 20 powerful minutes I was almost crowing! I pushed for less than an hour--no epidural on board and out he came. I would say the pushing was so much more painful than I ever expected. I did tear A LOT inside my vagina and after 25 minutes of crowing and the baby's heart rate was very low--they did cut an episiotomy which has been a totally b*tch to get to heal.
So all in all, things worked out and it was a GREAT experience. The only non-great part has been the healing of my magic parts but with time I'm sure I will forget that part too and be ready to do this again soon.
Full Moon
38 weeks--bedrest since 26 weeks for preterm labor
6 lbs
19 inches
lots of dark hair!
Labor didn't go how I had pictured it but in the end everything worked out perfectly and I have no regrets.
Since 27 weeks, I had many early labor days with bloody show and then it would stop. I thought this would happen until I was 40 weeks so when it started up again, I never thought anything of it.
Now that I know what labor is, I "labored" through the night--sleeping here and there but being awaken by ctx every couple minutes to 1/2 hour. Nothing painful just felt uncomfortably pregnant. Never thought it was labor. This continued through the next afternoon--bloody show and all but nothing serious. I just went about my day since this happened ALL the time. Then in the afternoon, standing in the bathroom--my water broke. YEAH! I made the mistake of calling my HCP (oh the things we regret) b/c then I was "on the clock" and they wanted me to come right into the hospital. I didn't consider anything that was happening "painful"--just exciting. I stalled a few hours but since my baby wasn't moving we decided we should go in. When I arrived I was 5/100/0 !!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!
I jacuzzied, walked, birth balled....and nothing. My baby was posterior. SO, I agreed to pitocin and an IUPC. Then BAM! the ctx pains hit and hours of this and nothing. They were starting to throw around the c/s word b/c the baby was now transverse and "really wedged" so I agreed to an epidural. Hours later with adequate ctx--still 5 cm. My epidural started to wear off big time and we did not re-dose it. I was fully mobile. I got up on my hands and knees and within 20 powerful minutes I was almost crowing! I pushed for less than an hour--no epidural on board and out he came. I would say the pushing was so much more painful than I ever expected. I did tear A LOT inside my vagina and after 25 minutes of crowing and the baby's heart rate was very low--they did cut an episiotomy which has been a totally b*tch to get to heal.
So all in all, things worked out and it was a GREAT experience. The only non-great part has been the healing of my magic parts but with time I'm sure I will forget that part too and be ready to do this again soon.
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Welcome, Baby Jack!!! 
:Sending you healing bottom vibes, mama. Hope your magic bits are all better soon.
