Parkep
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Well, where to start!!
The short version our baby girl (Kira Elisabeth) was born July 21 at 6:53 weighing 8 pound 8 oz and was 21 inches long.
Now for the people that want the dirt
My contractions started sunday night, where coming every 4-5 mins lasting 30-40 seconds long, then then after 2 hours would go to every 7 mins then back to 4-5 did that all night long. Had some contractions monday during the day, then more regular at night. Same for tuesday (was getting tired of all this
). So i finally crawled into bed Wed. morning when i couldnt stay up any longer, after OH went to work so i could squirm in peace lol well i was laying there almost asleep got another pretty mild contraction, and felt a kinda pop, thought oh the baby must have moved funny. Then i felt the gush lol. Ran to the bathroom called OH, who had not reached work yet then phoned the hospital. They wanted me to come in right away to get assessed.
So OH comes home starts running around like a chicken with his head cut off haha I laughed at him and told him to breath shes not going to pop out right now. (hadnt started having contractions yet) so we packed the car, stopped off for some drinks then i started having contractions. Came on a little strong had to breath through them but i was ok
got to the hospital about a 30 min ride, the contractions were regular but mild.
We went into the assessment room, the nurses were doing a shift change, and they were all so sweet!! They asked me questions, tested my pee to make sure it was my waters (it was) they were talking about sending me home ect then a dr checked me OMG NEVER AGAIN ive never felt such pain and she was such a bee with an itch!! kept telling me to hold still ect its not that bad, i wanted to hit her!!! And i was 3 cm!! So they didnt send me home.
Got to my room, in this hospital you labor give birth and recover all in the same room, you have your own shower and bathroom and the rooms are private and huge
(reason i picked this hospital and drove out of my way to get there). And i met my nurse, Carrie she stayed with me the entire time, (except for her lunch breaks) and she was amazing i couldn't have done it without her!!
So i got comfy, and the contractions started to pick up, i found i was most comfortable leaning over a counter and swaying my hips back and forth. I ended up in the shower at some point, OH MY it was heaven! Only issue was it was on a slider pole and the clamp was broken so OH had to hold it. I got out after about an hour (i think lol) ended up being sick once but after i felt a lot better! My legs were getting tired from standing (it had been about 4 hours) but i could not sit, when i got a contraction the pain was times 10. I tried a yoga ball but couldn't do it. The contractions started to pick up I used the gas and air, which was fun but didnt cut the pain so I asked for an epidural because i was sooooo tired from no sleep for 3 nights and standing for so long. I got checked and it didnt hurt! nothing like earlier in the day, the doctor was awesome!!!! i was 5-6 cm. So after about 45 mins the man showed up to do it, and im not going to lie i cried, i dont know if i was scared because of him doing things to my back or my contractions and sitting still, but Carrie was awesome talking me through it. And when he was done RELIEF!!! oh wow! i slept for a little bit, but just sitting was amazing my OH slept for about 4 hours lol. Carrie left for her break and I had two nurses come in to replace her, when Carrie came back, they started talking about giving me meds to speed up contractions, which i was fine with, get her out quicker. So they hooked me up after checking how dilated i was still 5-6 cms. So they hooked me up after about 30 mins i started feeling tightnings near my belly button, Carrie had gone on another break, and i told the other nurses that and they said its fine probably just pressure, so when Carrie came back i told her that i was feeling them and it was getting a little worse so she hit the top up ten mins later i was still getting them and it was getting worse, so they called the anesthesiologist but he was in surgery. At this point OH was up from his nap. And I started feeling the contractions pretty quickly top ups where doing nothing, then the epi wore off completely!! This all happened very quickly, got checked again was still about 5 cms, found out she had turned and was back to back, the pain was unimaginable. My poor OH didnt know what to do. They called the anesthesiologist again he came in and said my epi probably moved but he will try something but if it doesn't work im doing it natural so he puts the medication in it, and said he has to wait ten mins so what does he do while im crawling up the side of the bed in pain play on his phone!! lol i could have killed him, the medication he gave me did not work. All i had was gas and air. Apparently I was saying somethings that were hard for my OH to hear, nothing bad but i remember asking him to help me, and that i wouldn't do it anymore. It was very hard for him to see me like this. So i ended up getting lots of pressure on my bladder about an hour after they checked me, so Carrie decides to check me again just to be sure even tho everyone said that i wouldn't be close. Sure enough i was 10 with a small lip, so i started to push, im not going to lie, there was not this all mighty urge to push and the only reason i did want to push was to get rid of the pain, i pushed for about an hour in the worse pain of my life when i actually started to feel her move down with the pushing it was so much easier. Well then this doctor came in and decided i need a vacuum delivery. Carrie was not impressed she thought i could do it on my own, at that point i was in too much pain to know what was going on. So i got cut and he used a vacuum on her, i was pushing for a total of an hour. I also tore up as well, that i could feel while it was happening, worse feeling! She was born with Apgar score of 9. We waited till the cord stopped pulsing, and OH cut the cord. They "froze" me to start stitch me up well it didnt work and the lovely dr stitched me up anyways, i can not describe the pain. They put my daughter back on my chest she was amazing. Carrie and my OH were amazing through my whole birth and i really really couldnt have done it without them.
The short version our baby girl (Kira Elisabeth) was born July 21 at 6:53 weighing 8 pound 8 oz and was 21 inches long.
Now for the people that want the dirt
My contractions started sunday night, where coming every 4-5 mins lasting 30-40 seconds long, then then after 2 hours would go to every 7 mins then back to 4-5 did that all night long. Had some contractions monday during the day, then more regular at night. Same for tuesday (was getting tired of all this
). So i finally crawled into bed Wed. morning when i couldnt stay up any longer, after OH went to work so i could squirm in peace lol well i was laying there almost asleep got another pretty mild contraction, and felt a kinda pop, thought oh the baby must have moved funny. Then i felt the gush lol. Ran to the bathroom called OH, who had not reached work yet then phoned the hospital. They wanted me to come in right away to get assessed. So OH comes home starts running around like a chicken with his head cut off haha I laughed at him and told him to breath shes not going to pop out right now. (hadnt started having contractions yet) so we packed the car, stopped off for some drinks then i started having contractions. Came on a little strong had to breath through them but i was ok
got to the hospital about a 30 min ride, the contractions were regular but mild. We went into the assessment room, the nurses were doing a shift change, and they were all so sweet!! They asked me questions, tested my pee to make sure it was my waters (it was) they were talking about sending me home ect then a dr checked me OMG NEVER AGAIN ive never felt such pain and she was such a bee with an itch!! kept telling me to hold still ect its not that bad, i wanted to hit her!!! And i was 3 cm!! So they didnt send me home.
Got to my room, in this hospital you labor give birth and recover all in the same room, you have your own shower and bathroom and the rooms are private and huge
(reason i picked this hospital and drove out of my way to get there). And i met my nurse, Carrie she stayed with me the entire time, (except for her lunch breaks) and she was amazing i couldn't have done it without her!! So i got comfy, and the contractions started to pick up, i found i was most comfortable leaning over a counter and swaying my hips back and forth. I ended up in the shower at some point, OH MY it was heaven! Only issue was it was on a slider pole and the clamp was broken so OH had to hold it. I got out after about an hour (i think lol) ended up being sick once but after i felt a lot better! My legs were getting tired from standing (it had been about 4 hours) but i could not sit, when i got a contraction the pain was times 10. I tried a yoga ball but couldn't do it. The contractions started to pick up I used the gas and air, which was fun but didnt cut the pain so I asked for an epidural because i was sooooo tired from no sleep for 3 nights and standing for so long. I got checked and it didnt hurt! nothing like earlier in the day, the doctor was awesome!!!! i was 5-6 cm. So after about 45 mins the man showed up to do it, and im not going to lie i cried, i dont know if i was scared because of him doing things to my back or my contractions and sitting still, but Carrie was awesome talking me through it. And when he was done RELIEF!!! oh wow! i slept for a little bit, but just sitting was amazing my OH slept for about 4 hours lol. Carrie left for her break and I had two nurses come in to replace her, when Carrie came back, they started talking about giving me meds to speed up contractions, which i was fine with, get her out quicker. So they hooked me up after checking how dilated i was still 5-6 cms. So they hooked me up after about 30 mins i started feeling tightnings near my belly button, Carrie had gone on another break, and i told the other nurses that and they said its fine probably just pressure, so when Carrie came back i told her that i was feeling them and it was getting a little worse so she hit the top up ten mins later i was still getting them and it was getting worse, so they called the anesthesiologist but he was in surgery. At this point OH was up from his nap. And I started feeling the contractions pretty quickly top ups where doing nothing, then the epi wore off completely!! This all happened very quickly, got checked again was still about 5 cms, found out she had turned and was back to back, the pain was unimaginable. My poor OH didnt know what to do. They called the anesthesiologist again he came in and said my epi probably moved but he will try something but if it doesn't work im doing it natural so he puts the medication in it, and said he has to wait ten mins so what does he do while im crawling up the side of the bed in pain play on his phone!! lol i could have killed him, the medication he gave me did not work. All i had was gas and air. Apparently I was saying somethings that were hard for my OH to hear, nothing bad but i remember asking him to help me, and that i wouldn't do it anymore. It was very hard for him to see me like this. So i ended up getting lots of pressure on my bladder about an hour after they checked me, so Carrie decides to check me again just to be sure even tho everyone said that i wouldn't be close. Sure enough i was 10 with a small lip, so i started to push, im not going to lie, there was not this all mighty urge to push and the only reason i did want to push was to get rid of the pain, i pushed for about an hour in the worse pain of my life when i actually started to feel her move down with the pushing it was so much easier. Well then this doctor came in and decided i need a vacuum delivery. Carrie was not impressed she thought i could do it on my own, at that point i was in too much pain to know what was going on. So i got cut and he used a vacuum on her, i was pushing for a total of an hour. I also tore up as well, that i could feel while it was happening, worse feeling! She was born with Apgar score of 9. We waited till the cord stopped pulsing, and OH cut the cord. They "froze" me to start stitch me up well it didnt work and the lovely dr stitched me up anyways, i can not describe the pain. They put my daughter back on my chest she was amazing. Carrie and my OH were amazing through my whole birth and i really really couldnt have done it without them.
