(44) Little Presents - Due in December 2013

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Congrats on the new borns!

DHBH - I can relate, I"m up all night most nights. Finally last night I took Tylenol PM to help me sleep. I got about half a night's sleep, which is a lot more than usual.

Day 6 of being overdue. I went up and down induction lists trying just about everything, this kid does not want to leave this uterus!
 
I had my little Keira on December 10. I went in for my induction at 7pm on the 9th and after a long and exhausting labor she arrived at 4:09 pm on the 10th. She was 7lbs 13 oz and was 21 inches long.
 
Congrats DebbieF! Glad to hear that she finally came! :flower:

Had my checkup today, I'm a whole 1/2 cm dilated :dohh: so not much going on down there, no contractions, just sharp pains from her head on my cervix. She wants me back for an ultrasound tomorrow to check fluid and such. If nothing over the weekend I have another ultrasound and checkup on Monday. If STILL nothing by Christmas, induction is scheduled for 26th at 5:30am.
 
DebbieF said:
I had my little Keira on December 10. I went in for my induction at 7pm on the 9th and after a long and exhausting labor she arrived at 4:09 pm on the 10th. She was 7lbs 13 oz and was 21 inches long.
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congratulations :happydance: lovely name, enjoy!
 
My induction is set for the 26th too - I'll be exactly 42 weeks by then!
 
Just got admitted to the hospital. I was sleeping at home and woke up to my water breaking at midnight (which coincidently makes it my DH's Bday!) waiting in triage for a room, I'm only 1cm dilated and contractions coming every 3 mins so far. They are tolerable but can't sleep through them. My BP is running a bit high, but baby HB is good. They won't look to induce to speed it up till morning. Apparently the labor/delivery wing is crazy tonight.

Can't wait to meet my little girl! :happydance:
 
Congrats DHBH! Good luck! So exciting to have your little girl here for Christmas! :happydance:
 
Molly Marie was born on Tuesday! I went for my sweep, and on the way I had a few contractions in the car that were more painful than the usual Braxton Hicks, but tried not to get excited. During my sweep the midwife said I was already 4cm dilated, and she could stretch it to 5cm. She did a very thorough sweep, due to my asking LOL. Said my cervix was very favourable etc, and that she thought labour would happen soon.

She sent me into the ward for monitoring, and while I was on the machine my contractions went up a gear. Within about 10mins I wanted gas and air. My husband went to sort childcare for our eldest kids, and then to get my MIL (who is a retired midwife and has been present through all our kids' births).

By the time he got back to hospital with her I was crying for diamorphine. By that time I was 6cm dilated. They gave me the IV drip for group B strep, and within an hour I delivered her with two big pushes.

She weighed 7lb 15oz and was 53cm long, but she fits into prem clothing :wacko: Lots of blonde hair and looks like her eldest sister.

From the first strong contraction it was a 4hr labour; 3hrs from the time of the sweep. The best thing is that despite the fast labour I had no stitches! First time I've not needed them :)

Because the labour had been so fast they monitored Molly's heart rate and temperature every hour the first night, so we didn't sleep much, but since then she has been great. She's BF well and taking the bottle too (we are combi-feeding). She's sleeping for long spurts and she's very chilled when her big sisters are mauling her :lol:

We were discharged this morning and settling into our first night at home :cloud9:
 

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Lara310809 said:
Molly Marie was born on Tuesday! I went for my sweep, and on the way I had a few contractions in the car that were more painful than the usual Braxton Hicks, but tried not to get excited. During my sweep the midwife said I was already 4cm dilated, and she could stretch it to 5cm. She did a very thorough sweep, due to my asking LOL. Said my cervix was very favourable etc, and that she thought labour would happen soon.

She sent me into the ward for monitoring, and while I was on the machine my contractions went up a gear. Within about 10mins I wanted gas and air. My husband went to sort childcare for our eldest kids, and then to get my MIL (who is a retired midwife and has been present through all our kids' births).

By the time he got back to hospital with her I was crying for diamorphine. By that time I was 6cm dilated. They gave me the IV drip for group B strep, and within an hour I delivered her with two big pushes.

She weighed 7lb 15oz and was 53cm long, but she fits into prem clothing :wacko: Lots of blonde hair and looks like her eldest sister.

From the first strong contraction it was a 4hr labour; 3hrs from the time of the sweep. The best thing is that despite the fast labour I had no stitches! First time I've not needed them :)

Because the labour had been so fast they monitored Molly's heart rate and temperature every hour the first night, so we didn't sleep much, but since then she has been great. She's BF well and taking the bottle too (we are combi-feeding). She's sleeping for long spurts and she's very chilled when her big sisters are mauling her :lol:

We were discharged this morning and settling into our first night at home :cloud9:
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Congratulations Lara, she is lovely!
 
DHBH0930 said:
Just got admitted to the hospital. I was sleeping at home and woke up to my water breaking at midnight (which coincidently makes it my DH's Bday!) waiting in triage for a room, I'm only 1cm dilated and contractions coming every 3 mins so far. They are tolerable but can't sleep through them. My BP is running a bit high, but baby HB is good. They won't look to induce to speed it up till morning. Apparently the labor/delivery wing is crazy tonight.

Can't wait to meet my little girl! :happydance:
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Good luck! :)
 
On Wednesday afternoon I had my scheduled check up. I was barely 1/2 cm dilated and not having any contractions. It was looking like I would have to be induced after Christmas.

That night I went to bed super early cuz I had no sleep the night before at all. At exactly midnight I woke up to a pop and my water gushing. So glad I had put rags under the fitted sheet weeks ago just in case! I called my husband into the room(he was down the hall on his computer) he helped clean up and I got dressed. We grabbed all our stuff and headed to the hospial. In the car is when I started contractions every 3-4 mins, very mild pain wise.

Emergency checked vitals, my BP shot up pretty high. Then I went to L/D triage to get on monitors and verify it was really labor and my waters. I knew it was but they seemed skeptical. It of course did turn out to be my water but I was only dilated a tight 1cm.

They got me in my room started me on Magnesium Sulfate for BP and I labored till 5ish when more staff was on hand and they started pitocin to get things moving. It didn't take long for my contractions to get too painful so I asked for an epidural. I got the epidural put in, was checked and after a few hours on pitocin was just barely 2cm dilated. All of a sudden my BP went from too high to too low, also baby wasn't tolerating it and had a decel drop once. She bounced back but they had to turn off pitocin which meant I wasn't going to progress, so I had to get a csection. Not what I planned, but our health was on the line.

She was born on the 19th (DH's Bday!) at 12:39pm weighing 7lbs 5oz and 21 inches. She is perfect!

I'm super sore still but looking forward to us all getting to go home tomorrow. I will be on pills for my BP for now since it is still slightly elevated.
 

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Little Joshua charles was born on Wednesday 18th December at 4:20pm weighing 7lbs. But if an eventful and slightly traumatic birth but both ok now and finally home! Will post birth story soon :)

Congratulations on the other newborns!!
 
Wow, great to come on and read such great news.......

DHBH0930, congrats on the safe arrival of Kayla. :happydance: She is adorable. Enjoy every minute!

Hoping girl 2, congratulations! Looking forward to reading your birth story. Hope little Joshua has settled in well at home & you are enjoying your wee man. :flower:

Can't wait for more updates.

Hannah May is just over three weeks now and thriving - she has outgrown all her newborn clothes and is filling up 0-3 months nicely with her really long limbs. We got her an activity mat 'from Santa', but couldn't resist using it with her already. She's a very content wee baby so far, we're very lucky!
 
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