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So here is a quick story:
I had a horrible day yesterday feeling ill, just like I had a stomach virus or something and I was starving all day. I even asked DH to come home early from work. At about 8:30 pm I put my son to bed and fell asleep too. At 11 pm I woke up to what I thought was a strong BH and went to the bathroom. Then I went back to bed and tried to lie down but I had some pain, thinking it was nothing I decided to go to the lounge and see what happened. After 5 min nothing happened so I though I will go back to bed but oops then I had another contraction and started thinking hmm these feel like contractions, by the way not at all like bad period pains.
So I decided lets see if I have another and sure enough I did but I thought they were only lasting about 30 seconds, i could not manage to time them on my own so I woke DH after having 3 contraction in 20 minutes.
He timed them and said they were actually 5 to 7 min apart lasting 1 min 20 seconds! what? I thought they are supposed to be far apart in the beginning so I said okay lets see if I have a few more, which I did, and I needed to breathe through them too. I could not talk through them. I had my neighbors birthing ball and it was a big help, I kneeled on the floor over it finding a focal point and breathing through the contractions which were very sore. My DH was like um I think we should go the hospital you are meant to go when they last over a minute and are 5 to 3 minutes apart. I didnt want to go yet cos I thought that I was not sure if I really was in labor but he said call your mom ( who had an hours drive to get to us) so I did.
It started to look like we were running out of time when the contraction which had only started 1.5 hours ago were already 3 min apart, so DH said lets ask the neighbor to come til your mom gets here it will only be 30 min. I didnt want to wake her at 12:30 pm but I did. She was great came right over to help and rub my back while DH went to the atm to get some money for my moms taxi . All this time thank G-D mr LL was asleep in my bed. I kissed him goodbye with some tears and we made our way to the hospital.
On the way I was having contractions every 3 min and they hurt! There were lights out and the road was being worked on but we got to the hospital in 15 minutes. Took a while to get inside with the contractions but we did.
Was told to pee in a cup straight away and put on a monitor, I was checked and was 5 cm in active labour and told I could go on to the labor ward.
Right then I was asked if I wanted pain relief I said yes and when should I take it thinking maybe I should wait til 7 cms but they said its now or it might be too late. So I got inside was given a room and a midwife ( the same one I had for mr ll!!!) and put on a monitor again. I was given a liter of fluids and blood was taken to determine if I could have an epidural. It came back all okay and the aneathetist came, I dont know why but he could not get the damn thing in, I kept thinking one more contraction and its over one more, but he was struggeling , he almost called someone else after 45 min but managed on the last attempt to get it in. It was very sore, and took a lot of patience and I kept having contractions. Finally it started working and was bliss
This time it worked a little less well than last time cos I could still feel the pressure of each contraction just not the pain - which was great the way it should be , last time I was totally numb..
Anyway at this stage after 3 hours of labour I was 6cm. I didnt feel great for a few hours, I could not sleep but managed to rest a bit and told them a few times I was feeling very faint and weak but there was nothing wrong with my bp, so I just persevered, they gave me some extra fluid, which helped a bit and I asked DH to pull me up on the bed which also helped. I eventually got after a few hours to 9 cm. I started having a bit more pain and then finally felt the urge to push like needing a poo. I started pushing on my back but it was not getting the baby down so the midwife suggest on all fours on the bed, which was a very nice position, but it was still not getting the baby down, so she said lets wait a bit , stay in the all fours position but breathe through the contractions like you are blowing up a balloon. so I did, this took some effort but it got the baby down. Then she put me back on my back and told me come on now a few long hard pushes and he is out. So after 10 good pushes I felt the head crown, didnt feel burning cos of the epi but lots of pressure, then I felt the body and they asked me to push very slowly and ease him out which I did. Then he just came out.
(Oh I forgot about my waters, in the beginning they leaked a bit , and at about 7 or 8 they really popped, I felt the bed shake! )
It was after 9 hours of labour start to finish and only about 30 min of pushing what a difference to my first! I had no stitches! and this baby weighed 100 grams more than my first. He has much lighter hair and less hair than mr ll, and almost no eyebrows
The placenta came on its own and was intact. I stayed in the delivery room for an hour, they made sure I was not bleeding too much and I had a shower and was given a pad to put on. The baby was cleaned up and weighed and given a shot and put under a warm light. I nursed the baby a bit, hes very good at it!
Anyway now its late and I want to sleep a bit the baby is asleep so soon I have to put him in the nursery for the night.
thanks for reading and thanks to all for their support along the way.
he doesnt have a name yet as per our tradition. he will named on day 8 at his circumsicion.
I had a horrible day yesterday feeling ill, just like I had a stomach virus or something and I was starving all day. I even asked DH to come home early from work. At about 8:30 pm I put my son to bed and fell asleep too. At 11 pm I woke up to what I thought was a strong BH and went to the bathroom. Then I went back to bed and tried to lie down but I had some pain, thinking it was nothing I decided to go to the lounge and see what happened. After 5 min nothing happened so I though I will go back to bed but oops then I had another contraction and started thinking hmm these feel like contractions, by the way not at all like bad period pains.
So I decided lets see if I have another and sure enough I did but I thought they were only lasting about 30 seconds, i could not manage to time them on my own so I woke DH after having 3 contraction in 20 minutes.
He timed them and said they were actually 5 to 7 min apart lasting 1 min 20 seconds! what? I thought they are supposed to be far apart in the beginning so I said okay lets see if I have a few more, which I did, and I needed to breathe through them too. I could not talk through them. I had my neighbors birthing ball and it was a big help, I kneeled on the floor over it finding a focal point and breathing through the contractions which were very sore. My DH was like um I think we should go the hospital you are meant to go when they last over a minute and are 5 to 3 minutes apart. I didnt want to go yet cos I thought that I was not sure if I really was in labor but he said call your mom ( who had an hours drive to get to us) so I did.
It started to look like we were running out of time when the contraction which had only started 1.5 hours ago were already 3 min apart, so DH said lets ask the neighbor to come til your mom gets here it will only be 30 min. I didnt want to wake her at 12:30 pm but I did. She was great came right over to help and rub my back while DH went to the atm to get some money for my moms taxi . All this time thank G-D mr LL was asleep in my bed. I kissed him goodbye with some tears and we made our way to the hospital.
On the way I was having contractions every 3 min and they hurt! There were lights out and the road was being worked on but we got to the hospital in 15 minutes. Took a while to get inside with the contractions but we did.
Was told to pee in a cup straight away and put on a monitor, I was checked and was 5 cm in active labour and told I could go on to the labor ward.
Right then I was asked if I wanted pain relief I said yes and when should I take it thinking maybe I should wait til 7 cms but they said its now or it might be too late. So I got inside was given a room and a midwife ( the same one I had for mr ll!!!) and put on a monitor again. I was given a liter of fluids and blood was taken to determine if I could have an epidural. It came back all okay and the aneathetist came, I dont know why but he could not get the damn thing in, I kept thinking one more contraction and its over one more, but he was struggeling , he almost called someone else after 45 min but managed on the last attempt to get it in. It was very sore, and took a lot of patience and I kept having contractions. Finally it started working and was bliss
This time it worked a little less well than last time cos I could still feel the pressure of each contraction just not the pain - which was great the way it should be , last time I was totally numb..
Anyway at this stage after 3 hours of labour I was 6cm. I didnt feel great for a few hours, I could not sleep but managed to rest a bit and told them a few times I was feeling very faint and weak but there was nothing wrong with my bp, so I just persevered, they gave me some extra fluid, which helped a bit and I asked DH to pull me up on the bed which also helped. I eventually got after a few hours to 9 cm. I started having a bit more pain and then finally felt the urge to push like needing a poo. I started pushing on my back but it was not getting the baby down so the midwife suggest on all fours on the bed, which was a very nice position, but it was still not getting the baby down, so she said lets wait a bit , stay in the all fours position but breathe through the contractions like you are blowing up a balloon. so I did, this took some effort but it got the baby down. Then she put me back on my back and told me come on now a few long hard pushes and he is out. So after 10 good pushes I felt the head crown, didnt feel burning cos of the epi but lots of pressure, then I felt the body and they asked me to push very slowly and ease him out which I did. Then he just came out.
(Oh I forgot about my waters, in the beginning they leaked a bit , and at about 7 or 8 they really popped, I felt the bed shake! )
It was after 9 hours of labour start to finish and only about 30 min of pushing what a difference to my first! I had no stitches! and this baby weighed 100 grams more than my first. He has much lighter hair and less hair than mr ll, and almost no eyebrows
The placenta came on its own and was intact. I stayed in the delivery room for an hour, they made sure I was not bleeding too much and I had a shower and was given a pad to put on. The baby was cleaned up and weighed and given a shot and put under a warm light. I nursed the baby a bit, hes very good at it!
Anyway now its late and I want to sleep a bit the baby is asleep so soon I have to put him in the nursery for the night.
thanks for reading and thanks to all for their support along the way.
he doesnt have a name yet as per our tradition. he will named on day 8 at his circumsicion.
