mom2tig99Nroo03
05-29-2003, 06:38 PM
had checkup on friday afternoon. ob said i was an "easy 3 cm".
started having crampy contrax while leaving the office. they continued all night, dh got up went to work next day. i got online using instant messaging and reading boards to occupy myself and talked to several local friends at intervals throughout the day. towards the evening, talked with them again had several contrax while talking. comments made were "you're gonna go fast like me", "that sounded like a good one" ( as i did DEEP breathing, LOL), "where the h^#@ is grant? you better get him home!" "listen to your body" and so on..
took several showers that day ( as the water helped me relax and made the contrax not hurt as bad). at 7 pm-ish i called over to l&d and said i was having contrax, but they werent regular, and asked for her suggestion. she said come in if they got timeable or if i felt like i needed to come in to go ahead.
* remember in my birthplan i didnt want drugs, one of the best ways to avoid them is to wait at home as long as possible- remember this, LOL)*
i go ahead and call dh and tell him i think it would be good for him to start calling around to get someone to stand in for him for the rest of the shift.
aT about 8:30 pm i was just gettin off the phone with a friend(emmy) and she told me that she could come to the hosp with me if i wanted her to cuz she her mom was home and could watch the kiddos for her. when getting off the phone- she said to call her in an hour to let her know how i was feelin. i get off the phone with her and call grant. had plans to take another shower
when i realize i couldnt lift my legs to get undressed and get in there, LOL hobble over to bed- lay down on side. call grant ...said
"come....home...now" ( was right in the middle of a doozy of a contraction, they were coming pretty quick now).. my sister is freaking out and calls my mom... she says do you want mne to come... i cant talk, but shake my head
yes...i figure mom is on the way up. i will meet her outside ( she lives like 6 minutes from my house.) i am just getting to the door when she gets there, she helps me down steps- we get to the car- sis comes outside- dh os on phone saying his relief is on the wauy in and can i wait for him to get home. i say no he needs to just go strait to hosp;. we get in car- i lay seat down cuz i dont want gravity to help bring down baby. we start going- the phone rings on the way over- it is luv2b... she says where are you? i say just passing your house. she says okay im on my way. ( it is now approx 9:40) the last half of the ride- i fight the urge to push ESPECIALLY when mom has to stop at traffic lights.
we get to the hosp er entrance. i tell mom i cant walk -need a wheelchair. she goes in , tells security guard this- he comes strutting out without the wheelchair ( guess he thought he could just offer me an arm???) he hears me scream- turns around- runs inside- gets the chair- comes back out- lifts me out of car.....at night, everything is locked up (service elevators etc) so i have 2 sec guards- one running while pushing me in chair, one running ahead to unlock everything. the one pushing the chair is trying to ask me how far aPART THE CONTRAX ARE WHEN ANOTHER ONE COMES oops sorry caps- typink onehanded, we get to elevator doors shut another one comes- the guy that was running ahead is tryung to fig out if we should go to registration be4 going to l&d- i glare at him- he decides we go strait there, LOL- neithre of them had any desire to catch this baby, LOL. we get to l&d- i am the only laboring mom there- get to room- have 2 nurses helping me. one asks if i feel like i have to go bathroom i say yes, she asks if i wanna go potty first, i say no i feel like i really gotta go cuz of the baby. she helps me get my shoes and pants off, checks me and says "you are not gonna have time for anything except pushing"- she looks at other nurse who leaves the room.
i say , oh i am at about nine cm or so? she says no, 10. i lose it and say "but my husband isnt here yet"....i tell her again i feel like i gotta push, she says "blow out the candles" so i am doing more of my panting breathing, emmy walks in i say guess who is at 10 cm? her mouth drops open, lol she calls grant's cell for me- he was on his way she tells him i am 10cm dilated. ( i later find out he was going quite a bit faster than legal).
another contraction or 2 and i was afraid iwas gonna crap all over the place so i told em to watch out by screaming "i feel like i gottta, LOL" "it's okay that's just the baby's head putting pressure on you..." she decided then after my reassurance that i was well hydrated that an iv wasnt necessary, lol ( i was drinking water on the way to the hosp even, lol,mom finally gets into the room ( she was detained by registration)
again i say i gotta push nurse says please dont dr on the way. " i ask which dr is on call tonight she says dr w ( my fave). i say how far away does she live? she says right around the corner...
i keep panting and "blowing out candles, LOL. nurse asks other nurse if she should start breaking down the bed. she says no, cuz if i am gonna catch, i prefer to sit righjt here on the edge.
my water broke with a big gush.. i between contrax am asking if it was clear or meconium stained- nurse says- just a tiny bit... i ask about baby's heartbeat ( nurse was holding it on me- never even got the little band to hold it on, lol. emmy tells me- everything looks good.
dr gets there, says you can push with the next contraction- emmy calls grant- he listens to me scream once, then he gets to hear his daughter's first cries.
i had her in one contractions worth of pushes ( so maybe 2 or 3). she was born at 10:33 pm on feb 8, 2003 at 7 pounds, 1.6 oz and 19.5 inches long.
she was laid on my abdomen briefly, then taken over and suctioned well( cuz of the slight meconium). they handed her back to me and she was completely alert, nursed like a champ ( well as well as she could considering her itty bitty mouth compared to the wide circumference of mom's nipple). dh arrives
and after he and grandma and emmy hold her- it is time for her to go get bathed, etc... i take a shower. the other 3 go with baby to
watcyh first bath etc. once i am done in shower, the room has already been mostly cleaned- my stuff is in the pp room, so i go hang outside of the nursery with the others until we can get baby back.
started having crampy contrax while leaving the office. they continued all night, dh got up went to work next day. i got online using instant messaging and reading boards to occupy myself and talked to several local friends at intervals throughout the day. towards the evening, talked with them again had several contrax while talking. comments made were "you're gonna go fast like me", "that sounded like a good one" ( as i did DEEP breathing, LOL), "where the h^#@ is grant? you better get him home!" "listen to your body" and so on..
took several showers that day ( as the water helped me relax and made the contrax not hurt as bad). at 7 pm-ish i called over to l&d and said i was having contrax, but they werent regular, and asked for her suggestion. she said come in if they got timeable or if i felt like i needed to come in to go ahead.
* remember in my birthplan i didnt want drugs, one of the best ways to avoid them is to wait at home as long as possible- remember this, LOL)*
i go ahead and call dh and tell him i think it would be good for him to start calling around to get someone to stand in for him for the rest of the shift.
aT about 8:30 pm i was just gettin off the phone with a friend(emmy) and she told me that she could come to the hosp with me if i wanted her to cuz she her mom was home and could watch the kiddos for her. when getting off the phone- she said to call her in an hour to let her know how i was feelin. i get off the phone with her and call grant. had plans to take another shower
when i realize i couldnt lift my legs to get undressed and get in there, LOL hobble over to bed- lay down on side. call grant ...said
"come....home...now" ( was right in the middle of a doozy of a contraction, they were coming pretty quick now).. my sister is freaking out and calls my mom... she says do you want mne to come... i cant talk, but shake my head
yes...i figure mom is on the way up. i will meet her outside ( she lives like 6 minutes from my house.) i am just getting to the door when she gets there, she helps me down steps- we get to the car- sis comes outside- dh os on phone saying his relief is on the wauy in and can i wait for him to get home. i say no he needs to just go strait to hosp;. we get in car- i lay seat down cuz i dont want gravity to help bring down baby. we start going- the phone rings on the way over- it is luv2b... she says where are you? i say just passing your house. she says okay im on my way. ( it is now approx 9:40) the last half of the ride- i fight the urge to push ESPECIALLY when mom has to stop at traffic lights.
we get to the hosp er entrance. i tell mom i cant walk -need a wheelchair. she goes in , tells security guard this- he comes strutting out without the wheelchair ( guess he thought he could just offer me an arm???) he hears me scream- turns around- runs inside- gets the chair- comes back out- lifts me out of car.....at night, everything is locked up (service elevators etc) so i have 2 sec guards- one running while pushing me in chair, one running ahead to unlock everything. the one pushing the chair is trying to ask me how far aPART THE CONTRAX ARE WHEN ANOTHER ONE COMES oops sorry caps- typink onehanded, we get to elevator doors shut another one comes- the guy that was running ahead is tryung to fig out if we should go to registration be4 going to l&d- i glare at him- he decides we go strait there, LOL- neithre of them had any desire to catch this baby, LOL. we get to l&d- i am the only laboring mom there- get to room- have 2 nurses helping me. one asks if i feel like i have to go bathroom i say yes, she asks if i wanna go potty first, i say no i feel like i really gotta go cuz of the baby. she helps me get my shoes and pants off, checks me and says "you are not gonna have time for anything except pushing"- she looks at other nurse who leaves the room.
i say , oh i am at about nine cm or so? she says no, 10. i lose it and say "but my husband isnt here yet"....i tell her again i feel like i gotta push, she says "blow out the candles" so i am doing more of my panting breathing, emmy walks in i say guess who is at 10 cm? her mouth drops open, lol she calls grant's cell for me- he was on his way she tells him i am 10cm dilated. ( i later find out he was going quite a bit faster than legal).
another contraction or 2 and i was afraid iwas gonna crap all over the place so i told em to watch out by screaming "i feel like i gottta, LOL" "it's okay that's just the baby's head putting pressure on you..." she decided then after my reassurance that i was well hydrated that an iv wasnt necessary, lol ( i was drinking water on the way to the hosp even, lol,mom finally gets into the room ( she was detained by registration)
again i say i gotta push nurse says please dont dr on the way. " i ask which dr is on call tonight she says dr w ( my fave). i say how far away does she live? she says right around the corner...
i keep panting and "blowing out candles, LOL. nurse asks other nurse if she should start breaking down the bed. she says no, cuz if i am gonna catch, i prefer to sit righjt here on the edge.
my water broke with a big gush.. i between contrax am asking if it was clear or meconium stained- nurse says- just a tiny bit... i ask about baby's heartbeat ( nurse was holding it on me- never even got the little band to hold it on, lol. emmy tells me- everything looks good.
dr gets there, says you can push with the next contraction- emmy calls grant- he listens to me scream once, then he gets to hear his daughter's first cries.
i had her in one contractions worth of pushes ( so maybe 2 or 3). she was born at 10:33 pm on feb 8, 2003 at 7 pounds, 1.6 oz and 19.5 inches long.
she was laid on my abdomen briefly, then taken over and suctioned well( cuz of the slight meconium). they handed her back to me and she was completely alert, nursed like a champ ( well as well as she could considering her itty bitty mouth compared to the wide circumference of mom's nipple). dh arrives
and after he and grandma and emmy hold her- it is time for her to go get bathed, etc... i take a shower. the other 3 go with baby to
watcyh first bath etc. once i am done in shower, the room has already been mostly cleaned- my stuff is in the pp room, so i go hang outside of the nursery with the others until we can get baby back.