Beach I know sometimes dopplars hurt more than they help especially if you cannot find a heart beat on them but I was lucky enough to find his at 8 wks so maybe if your able to do that you can get a dopplar and the next few weeks use it every day that is what kept me sane. FX tomorrow will be a perfect scan and there is a very strong hb still beating away.
Will catch up with everyone else but its quiting time now so time to go but here is my birth story. Kinda long
Birth Story
At 37 wks I started to bounce on the ball and started the Red Rasberry leaf tea then to (I think). I also had sex a few time after 37 wks however I think it was only 2 or 3 times. I did not feel any different all day at 39+3 I went out after work in the garden and picked some squash, cucumbers and alot of pepers and did a little walking. My dh had a friend over. I had just put left overs in the oven to heat up. When I closed the oven door I felt a small trickle. I wondered if it was my waters but it was not much however I did not believe I peed on myself. I went outside where they were and sat in a chair to visit with them. I felt a pop and started to feel really wet down there. I got up from the chair and walked a little funny to the door. My dh asked if I was alright. I told him I will let him know in a minute. I went inside and went to the bathroom and there was alot of this fluid that kinda looked like ewcm except not as stretch but it did not have a consistancy of water like you would think. It also did not smell sweet it smelled hospitally to me.
I put on a pad and changed underwear and shorts and went back outside and said "uh I think my water just broke" he was like are you serious. I said yeah. I said but we don't have to rush because I am not having any contractions yet. He asked if he had time to take a shower I told him yes. so he got a shower and got dressed in jeans and a polo shirt not sure why he thought he was going out and had to look nice lol. While he was in the shower I felt like I had to poop but i was not able to but the more I pushed the more fluid came out so I knew it was my water.
He called one of his clients and told him (he is an ER dr) he was not on call but told him to take me straight to L&D and by pass the emergency room. I texted eveyone that I think my water just broke and we were headed to hospital. I told dh he did not have to kill me before we got there he did not have to drive fast b/c I was not having contractions yet and it will be a while however I was gushing fluid on the way and when we got there my shorts were soaked. I undressed and the tested the waters with the strip of paper and it turned blue so they said it was definalty my waters.They checked me and said I was 1 1/2 cm and 70% efaced I was confused b/c at my appt the week before I was 1 1/2 cm but the nuse said I was only 30% efaced then I said the ob never told me that . They asked me my pain level from 1 to 10 and I told them at that time a 2.
I was sooo hungry and so was dh b/c we did not get to eat the left overs that I was heating up (they were turned off but left in the oven lol). The dr on call was one I previously went to that was good but after my 4th mc which were twins/triplets I had to beg him to send me to a RE. The nurse asked him if I got eat something and he allowed it. My dh had one of his friends to bring us something. I chose a big mac meal from mcdonalds. It was so good.
My contractions began to start not sure of exact time maybe an hr later they were 5 to 10 minutes apart and would last about a minute. I tried to tolerate it for as long as I could. The clean out was also happening at this time to. So everytime I went to the bathroom to poop it would help out the pain for a minute or two after I was done. I think I went like 7 times. They were starting to get more intense but still not bad. I figured I have had bad cramps before so that is what it will feel like. Well I was right they did feel like cramps. My second to last mc was pretty painful and they were the worst cramps I had experienced because the pain raidated down my left leg. Well the contractions were surpassing the regular 1st and 2nd day period cramps and began feeling like the mc cramps. I still hung in there. Dh tried to sleep on the couch/rock that was in the room as they were getting more intense. They checked me a a few hrs later and I was at 2 cm. They asked my pain level again and I told them a 5. I could still breath through the contractions but I did not figure out that the fast breathing was not what helped it was the long deep breaths is what helped alot. I started to get to where I was shaking from the pain now they were about 3 to 5 minutes apart and felt like they were lasting 2 minutes but it was proably a minute also at least that is what I was gageing from the machine. It took me forever to realize that the one I had been looking at was the babies heart beat It as surprisingly accurate with the contractions though.
I had finally had enough she checked me again which is by the way very painful. She said I was 3 cm maybe 3 1/2 I told her I give, I need pain medicine. She went and got it and gave it to me. In a few minutes I was drunk and could still feel the pain but not as intense or at least it was not bothering me as much She asked about my pain level again and I said before the medicine it was about an 8. That was 12:55 am. I called them at 2:15 and asked when would I be able to have another they told me they could only do it every 2 hrs. Great it started to wear off at an hr and 1/2 so for the last 30 minutes I had to grit and bare it which by the surpassed the mc cramps tremendously. but at 2:55 I was feeling good again. I got through those 30 minutes with deep breathing exercises however I never went to birthing class or looked it up online I guess it was instinct. Going to the bathroom while drunk was not fun either since I almost fell over a few times and dh was asleep even though he said he was not .
Morning came and I was starting to feel pain again b/c it was about 1 1/2 hrs since last medicine. They checked me and said I was still at 3 1/2 cm maybe 4. They said they could not give me any more pain med. and they started pitocin at 5 am. I really don't remember much about those 30 mins but my dr came in at 5:30 am and put my epidural in (I was very nervous about this part but to me it was nothing to it and I finally felt releaf and was able to get some good sleep. My dh was in the room while he was doing this. My dh likes to be a smart ass and so he asked him when are we going to get this show on the road. He said by 12:18 pm my dh call bs. Through the morning after the epi I slepted good and just woke up to them checking me. One time I was 5 cm then next time I was 7cm. Then I started to feel some weird pain on my left side of my stomach. My dh ran to get the nurse b/c I was not suppose to feel anything. She checked me again and said well there he is. At this time it was around 11:30. The got eveything set up and my legs in the sturips and I was telling them that I did not want an episodmy if not medically necessary they said that was up to the dr. It told them I wanted to do skin to skin and to breast feed. They said ok. Dh got dressed in dr gear from the cap to the gown and he had the nurse (that was on the other side of me) take a pic so he could send it to his dr clients. Thank God that my oxygen sensor on my finger was positioned where it was b/c if not he would had sent a pic of my hoo ha to everyone. However I am in the pic starting to push, did not even realize they were taking pic's.
I never had the urge to push I was just pushing like I was trying to poop. They had me put my chin to my chest and to take a deep breath and push when I had a contraction. I swear I only pushed for 10 min but dh said it was about 20 or 30 min. it really did not feel like long. It was 12 pm and the dr was no where to be found. He was called and paged and paged at the clinic guess he was still eating lunch . The nurse said don't worry I have done this plenty of times. Finally about 12:03 ot 12:05 pm he came in. I think I only pushed 2 or 3 more times and heard 2 snips and he was out Mason Alexander Jr. was born 7.84 lbs and 19 1/2 inches.
He came out crying and they took him cleaned him and as he was sewing me back up my dh asked him (being a smart ass again) to put to extra stitches in it with square knots (that is the kind of knot he said he used on my cervix to stictch it). The nurses died laughing and the dr kinda smirked and shook his head lol. But they cleaned him up and gave him to me to nurse before weighing him. I nursed him for about an hr when I finally got him latched. He was a beautiful baby looked just like a baby doll to me. But it was so surreal I still could not believe I was a mom and I did not feel like one. I cannot believe I did not cry either I actually was about to and held back the tears. I think I was still in shock. Now the second part of the story was the breast feeding which was a bitch!!! but my hands are tired and I will save that for later.
I was hoping you we're on your way to the hospital by now. How are you feeling?
he's beautiful!
Sorry to bust in on the thread, but I was around for a long time some time ago. Wishing you all baby dust!
hope all is well with you and anyone else I may have missed. (sorry!)
I hope that the cocktail party is enjoyable and you have a great time!
