seattlemama
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I couldnt wait to finally be in here writing my own birth story, and here I am!
I started feeling kinda crampy around 4:30pm but no contractions so I took a bath and relaxed a bit. At about 5:30pm I had my first contraction and they were coming 2 min apart, ah! It was crazy! Then they were anywhere between 2-5 min apart and getting a lot more painful so we decided to head to the hospital at 6:30pm. We got there at about 7pm and they monitored me and I was having regular contractions and so they checked me at about 7:30pm and I was 4cm and fully effaced and his head was at 0 station. I was taken to my LDRP room and at this point I was begging for the epidural! I was having a lot of back labor because he was posterior and also because of that my contractions were coming one after another so it felt like one never ending contraction. I couldnt even talk to anyone all I could do was close my eyes and try to breath and not cry lol. So I finally got my epidural at about 8:30pm and let me just tell you, AMAZING stuff! I highly recommend it to everyone! I couldnt feel a single contraction or pain after that. They checked me at 9pm and I was 6cm and his head was +2 station. They told me to let them know when I was feeling pressure. Because he was posterior I had to lay on my side almost halfway on my belly to try to get him to turn so my neck was killing me, but I tried to sleep and relax as best I could. I figured we would be there at least til morning waiting for me to dilate. At just past 11pm my water broke on its own. At 12pm I started feeling a little pressure so they checked and I was fully dilated and his head was +3 station. They had to get a little more of my antibiotics into me before he could be born so I had to wait to start pushing until 2am. I started pushing just after 2am and he was born at 2:59am weighing 7lb 2oz and 19.5in long. His cord was around his neck one time so they had to work a bit to get it off but he was fine. I was surprised at how quick it all went! I did tear a little bit so I have some stitches and unfortunately hemorrhoids yuck... But overall it was an amazing experience.
Labor was absolutly nothing like I had pictured or imagined. The pain was so different from anything else you could describe and now I understand why no one can ever explain it.
I am soooo in love with my little Cameron, he is amazing! He is a great sleeper and is so sweet
I started feeling kinda crampy around 4:30pm but no contractions so I took a bath and relaxed a bit. At about 5:30pm I had my first contraction and they were coming 2 min apart, ah! It was crazy! Then they were anywhere between 2-5 min apart and getting a lot more painful so we decided to head to the hospital at 6:30pm. We got there at about 7pm and they monitored me and I was having regular contractions and so they checked me at about 7:30pm and I was 4cm and fully effaced and his head was at 0 station. I was taken to my LDRP room and at this point I was begging for the epidural! I was having a lot of back labor because he was posterior and also because of that my contractions were coming one after another so it felt like one never ending contraction. I couldnt even talk to anyone all I could do was close my eyes and try to breath and not cry lol. So I finally got my epidural at about 8:30pm and let me just tell you, AMAZING stuff! I highly recommend it to everyone! I couldnt feel a single contraction or pain after that. They checked me at 9pm and I was 6cm and his head was +2 station. They told me to let them know when I was feeling pressure. Because he was posterior I had to lay on my side almost halfway on my belly to try to get him to turn so my neck was killing me, but I tried to sleep and relax as best I could. I figured we would be there at least til morning waiting for me to dilate. At just past 11pm my water broke on its own. At 12pm I started feeling a little pressure so they checked and I was fully dilated and his head was +3 station. They had to get a little more of my antibiotics into me before he could be born so I had to wait to start pushing until 2am. I started pushing just after 2am and he was born at 2:59am weighing 7lb 2oz and 19.5in long. His cord was around his neck one time so they had to work a bit to get it off but he was fine. I was surprised at how quick it all went! I did tear a little bit so I have some stitches and unfortunately hemorrhoids yuck... But overall it was an amazing experience.
Labor was absolutly nothing like I had pictured or imagined. The pain was so different from anything else you could describe and now I understand why no one can ever explain it.
I am soooo in love with my little Cameron, he is amazing! He is a great sleeper and is so sweet
