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The Birth Story of Zoey
I never thought that I'd be writing this but here it is.
On the early morning of March 19th around 3:30 AM, as I was laying in bed in my sleep, I felt period like cramps around lower bump and my back. Felt like peeing, as usual, so I get up to pee. I wiped and saw blood. OMG!!! Finally, something is happening, right, I thought. Okay, okay, breathe. Now, I go back to bed. I get up again around 4:30AM because I had to pee again, but I also felt crampy. I go to pee and again, the same bloody show: light pink without mucus.
Fast forward to around 7:00AM, I couldn't sleep. I was having what I thought was braxton hicks. I wasn't timing them yet but felt they were coming every something minutes lasting for something seconds. But around 8 AM, I decided to keep count of it. They were actually 3-5 minutes lasting for about 60 seconds. I called L&D and they said to come in. I told OH and he said it's up to me. I could stay at home and go through it until I can't take it or just go in and check how dilated and see what happens from the the hospital.
Well, I decided to handle it at home for some time. OH made some breakfast. Hey, why not? Just because they said to come in if it's 3-5 minutes lasting 60-90 seconds doesn't mean you should, only if this is all that's happening. So I kept track of it. They were 5-8 minutes lasting 60 seconds around 9 AM. The "pain" was beginning to get a little more intense, although tolerable, but I decided that yeah, THIS IS IT. I told OH let's load our bags and get going. We are going to have this baby later in the day or early the next day.
We arrived at the hospital around 10:30AM. I go in and get settled. The midwife came in and checked my cervix. Omg, it was uncomfortable when she stuck her fingers in. Well, she said I was 2 cm, 100%, and baby at 0 station, so she is low and birth ready for the day. Because I was only 2cm, she sent me to go for a 2 hour walk. By the time I got back, I was 4 cm!
I rested in bed until I was 6cm. How can I describe the following contractions? Because by now, I have entered active labor and my contractions would start and intensified for a few seconds, and then it'd die down. OH asked if I wanted pain meds. The mw came in and asked if I would like to do anything for the contractions because at this point, the contractions were getting stronger to where it would cloud your mind. I was VERY tempted to get an epidural, but I realllllyyyyy reallllllyyyyyy wanted to go for all natural with no meds and I kept thinking about the bad side effects of epidural and that long needle, the catheter they insert in you and that you lose control of any mobility down there. Hell NO! I don't want to feel or be confined. I want to be IN CONTROL. I was thinking women have done without meds for centuries in history. I'm gonna do it too.
So from thereon after, I decided to take the increasing intensity of the contractions. OH told me I can do it. And I believe I could. He turned his Pandora music app on relaxation music and from this point on, I had my eyes closed and was lost in the zone of meditation and relaxation. I only spoke (with my eyes closed) when the contractions wore off. But once it starts, I needed complete silence. OH would not speak during contractions in order for me to focus. I breathed through all of it.
MW came in to check up on me to ask if I wanted epidural and I said no. I'm gonna do this naturally. She checked me once again and I was 7 almost 8cm. They then transferred me to my own delivery room. It was a HUGE room. Wow. I felt special lol. Around this time, it was around 9 PM. OH's parents came to visit. I was a little angry because I thought that they'd distract me by their presence, but I managed to still stay focused. MW broke my membrane and I felt a warm trickle coming out. She warned me that doing this will speed things up and that the pain will be stronger. I said okay and prepared myself mentally for what's to happen. And sure enough, the contractions would start every 3 minutes and would last sometimes longer than 90 seconds and would stay leveled until the next contractions so I never really have that in-between, relief break. The next time mw and the nurse came in, they asked if I felt the urge to push yet. I kept telling them no. But really, I didn't know if I did or didn't. So she checked me. By this time, it's about 11PM and I was nearly 10 cm. It was time to push. And OMG OMG OMG!!! The pushing part was THE MOST PAINFUL PART OF THE THIS WHOLE LABOR!!!!!! I was shaking all over. Everyone kept encouraging me to push and that I was doing good. Baby's HR was getting low so they had me on my left and put an oxygen mask on. I hated that mask, btw. So Anyway, I pushed, pushed, pushed, and pushed for an hour long. I wanted to give up by the 5th push. It was tiring!!! But I had to and gave it my all. I remember during the break in between pushings, that I knew I was pooping too. HAHAHA!!!! I was worried about this! I was one of the ladies on BnB who worried about pooping while pushing. Well, the ladies always said you don't even care anymore once you're in the moment of pushing. Things are too intense and all you want is the baby out, you don't care about poop or if the MW was taking a sneak peak at your vagina (if you're the shy type and I was the shy type). Anyway....after so many pushes, her head was coming out. I felt her head and the ring of fire as her head was coming out. I wanted to push her out more, but MW told me not to. I tried to push her out anyway because with her body still in, that caused me more pain. OH later told me the reason mw didn't want me to do that was because the cord was around her neck. Finally, mw pulled her slimy body out and placed her on my chest. I was all naked and I remember OH's mom was cam cording the birth and viewing the baby. I didn't care anymore. She was born and had the cutest cry ever
OH did cut the cord. I didn't see him do it. I was a little dazed from the pushes.
Now, the next pain I felt was when she had to stick me. I had a tear on my lower half of the left labia. She kept reassuring me it's just cosmetic fixture, don't worry, don't worry. She was so nice, I like my mw. When they had to massage my uterus, that was painful for me too. I mean, I made sure to pay attention to everything possible.
Later, they transported us to Post partum room. I want to let you ladies know something because NOBODY has ever told me that post partum recovery of the aftermath shock of pushing would be so hurtful and painful to the ENTIRE body, both muscle and skeletal system. When I said the whole body, I mean the WHOLE body. I could NOT walk. It hurt my pelvic, especially my right side. My arms hurt, my butt hurt, even the facial muscles were sore. The nurse told me it's normal and it will subside in the next few days with pain meds.
Anyway, that is my birth story. In conclusion, it was a very good labor and delivery. My L&D was very positive. I did not think I could do it natural. Everybody used to tell me during pregnancy, "Oh, you'll be asking for it (epidural). Everybody wants to do it naturally but trust me, you will ask for the epidural." Well, HA HA to the people who didn't think I could do it.
I think it is doable overall, but every woman IS different. And then it also depends on baby's position, your thoughts on pain, and your own confidence and beliefs. If you believe you can do it and you set your mind to focus, then you can!
I am sorry if this is long, but I wanted to be one of the ladies to share my wonderful birth story of my wonderful little Zoey. She is such a good baby. I am a proud mom.
Now off to sleep.
I never thought that I'd be writing this but here it is.
On the early morning of March 19th around 3:30 AM, as I was laying in bed in my sleep, I felt period like cramps around lower bump and my back. Felt like peeing, as usual, so I get up to pee. I wiped and saw blood. OMG!!! Finally, something is happening, right, I thought. Okay, okay, breathe. Now, I go back to bed. I get up again around 4:30AM because I had to pee again, but I also felt crampy. I go to pee and again, the same bloody show: light pink without mucus.
Fast forward to around 7:00AM, I couldn't sleep. I was having what I thought was braxton hicks. I wasn't timing them yet but felt they were coming every something minutes lasting for something seconds. But around 8 AM, I decided to keep count of it. They were actually 3-5 minutes lasting for about 60 seconds. I called L&D and they said to come in. I told OH and he said it's up to me. I could stay at home and go through it until I can't take it or just go in and check how dilated and see what happens from the the hospital.
Well, I decided to handle it at home for some time. OH made some breakfast. Hey, why not? Just because they said to come in if it's 3-5 minutes lasting 60-90 seconds doesn't mean you should, only if this is all that's happening. So I kept track of it. They were 5-8 minutes lasting 60 seconds around 9 AM. The "pain" was beginning to get a little more intense, although tolerable, but I decided that yeah, THIS IS IT. I told OH let's load our bags and get going. We are going to have this baby later in the day or early the next day.
We arrived at the hospital around 10:30AM. I go in and get settled. The midwife came in and checked my cervix. Omg, it was uncomfortable when she stuck her fingers in. Well, she said I was 2 cm, 100%, and baby at 0 station, so she is low and birth ready for the day. Because I was only 2cm, she sent me to go for a 2 hour walk. By the time I got back, I was 4 cm!
I rested in bed until I was 6cm. How can I describe the following contractions? Because by now, I have entered active labor and my contractions would start and intensified for a few seconds, and then it'd die down. OH asked if I wanted pain meds. The mw came in and asked if I would like to do anything for the contractions because at this point, the contractions were getting stronger to where it would cloud your mind. I was VERY tempted to get an epidural, but I realllllyyyyy reallllllyyyyyy wanted to go for all natural with no meds and I kept thinking about the bad side effects of epidural and that long needle, the catheter they insert in you and that you lose control of any mobility down there. Hell NO! I don't want to feel or be confined. I want to be IN CONTROL. I was thinking women have done without meds for centuries in history. I'm gonna do it too.
So from thereon after, I decided to take the increasing intensity of the contractions. OH told me I can do it. And I believe I could. He turned his Pandora music app on relaxation music and from this point on, I had my eyes closed and was lost in the zone of meditation and relaxation. I only spoke (with my eyes closed) when the contractions wore off. But once it starts, I needed complete silence. OH would not speak during contractions in order for me to focus. I breathed through all of it.
MW came in to check up on me to ask if I wanted epidural and I said no. I'm gonna do this naturally. She checked me once again and I was 7 almost 8cm. They then transferred me to my own delivery room. It was a HUGE room. Wow. I felt special lol. Around this time, it was around 9 PM. OH's parents came to visit. I was a little angry because I thought that they'd distract me by their presence, but I managed to still stay focused. MW broke my membrane and I felt a warm trickle coming out. She warned me that doing this will speed things up and that the pain will be stronger. I said okay and prepared myself mentally for what's to happen. And sure enough, the contractions would start every 3 minutes and would last sometimes longer than 90 seconds and would stay leveled until the next contractions so I never really have that in-between, relief break. The next time mw and the nurse came in, they asked if I felt the urge to push yet. I kept telling them no. But really, I didn't know if I did or didn't. So she checked me. By this time, it's about 11PM and I was nearly 10 cm. It was time to push. And OMG OMG OMG!!! The pushing part was THE MOST PAINFUL PART OF THE THIS WHOLE LABOR!!!!!! I was shaking all over. Everyone kept encouraging me to push and that I was doing good. Baby's HR was getting low so they had me on my left and put an oxygen mask on. I hated that mask, btw. So Anyway, I pushed, pushed, pushed, and pushed for an hour long. I wanted to give up by the 5th push. It was tiring!!! But I had to and gave it my all. I remember during the break in between pushings, that I knew I was pooping too. HAHAHA!!!! I was worried about this! I was one of the ladies on BnB who worried about pooping while pushing. Well, the ladies always said you don't even care anymore once you're in the moment of pushing. Things are too intense and all you want is the baby out, you don't care about poop or if the MW was taking a sneak peak at your vagina (if you're the shy type and I was the shy type). Anyway....after so many pushes, her head was coming out. I felt her head and the ring of fire as her head was coming out. I wanted to push her out more, but MW told me not to. I tried to push her out anyway because with her body still in, that caused me more pain. OH later told me the reason mw didn't want me to do that was because the cord was around her neck. Finally, mw pulled her slimy body out and placed her on my chest. I was all naked and I remember OH's mom was cam cording the birth and viewing the baby. I didn't care anymore. She was born and had the cutest cry ever
OH did cut the cord. I didn't see him do it. I was a little dazed from the pushes. Now, the next pain I felt was when she had to stick me. I had a tear on my lower half of the left labia. She kept reassuring me it's just cosmetic fixture, don't worry, don't worry. She was so nice, I like my mw. When they had to massage my uterus, that was painful for me too. I mean, I made sure to pay attention to everything possible.
Later, they transported us to Post partum room. I want to let you ladies know something because NOBODY has ever told me that post partum recovery of the aftermath shock of pushing would be so hurtful and painful to the ENTIRE body, both muscle and skeletal system. When I said the whole body, I mean the WHOLE body. I could NOT walk. It hurt my pelvic, especially my right side. My arms hurt, my butt hurt, even the facial muscles were sore. The nurse told me it's normal and it will subside in the next few days with pain meds.
Anyway, that is my birth story. In conclusion, it was a very good labor and delivery. My L&D was very positive. I did not think I could do it natural. Everybody used to tell me during pregnancy, "Oh, you'll be asking for it (epidural). Everybody wants to do it naturally but trust me, you will ask for the epidural." Well, HA HA to the people who didn't think I could do it.
I think it is doable overall, but every woman IS different. And then it also depends on baby's position, your thoughts on pain, and your own confidence and beliefs. If you believe you can do it and you set your mind to focus, then you can!
I am sorry if this is long, but I wanted to be one of the ladies to share my wonderful birth story of my wonderful little Zoey. She is such a good baby. I am a proud mom.
Now off to sleep.
You did amazing, natural birth is not a small feat, give yourself a pat on the back! 
