Lucas Dean is here!!! Birth Story with pictures

[Wilsey]

Yay!!! We got home yesterday (14th). So nice being home!

Ugh, my milk always comes in hard and fast. Boobs are rock hard - so painful!!!

 

[Amsan]

Yep its the 14th here now. My milk has yet to come in..

Oh and I also found out today that the reason his heart rate kept dropping was because the cord was wrapped around his neck! I guess had he not been so quick to come out, I would have had to have a c section. My mom intentionally did not tell me about the cord but my Dr let it slip today!

 

[BubbleGum12]

Aawww Congrats!!

He is perfect

An infinity of blessings your way

 

[Toms Mummy]

Congratulations, he's cute

 

[Cccbb61013]

So.....super jealous you did not feel anything while pushing. Your doctor needs to talk to my midwives!! Also pretty jealous your baby is here & I'm still pregnant. Buuuuut, he is absolutely beautiful and I'm so happy for you girl, congrats!

 

[Amsan]

So.....super jealous you did not feel anything while pushing. Your doctor needs to talk to my midwives!! Also pretty jealous your baby is here & I'm still pregnant. Buuuuut, he is absolutely beautiful and I'm so happy for you girl, congrats!

I'm a little scared though since I still don't know what to expect for the next one if there ever is another! And thank you!! He really is the perfect baby. I didn't sleep last night but so far tonight I actually had to wake him up to eat.

 

[BubsMom17]

Hi girly!!! I am so happy for you!!! Congrats on your gorgeous little boy!!!

 

[Amsan]

Hi girly!!! I am so happy for you!!! Congrats on your gorgeous little boy!!!

Thank you!!!!

 

[Rato]

Now that I'm *somewhat* less drugged, I'll see how much of my birth story I can remember lol.

I started having some pretty inconsistent contractions Friday afternoon around lunch time. I didn't think anything of it because, well, it had been pretty normal and I wasn't 100% sure I was having actual contractions as they weren't terribly painful. Work was letting me off early anyway, so I wasn't too worried but I still started to time them. They were pretty inconsistent, usually between 5-10 minutes apart. I thought it was nothing, so mom and I went and had dinner. At dinner, the contractions finally were starting to hurt. I figured after dinner, I'd go home and shower and see if they were the real deal. By the time we had gotten home and I had showered, they REALLY hurt and there was NO denying it!
Got to the hospital around 5:30-6:00 pm. The doctor was telling me that the machine wasn't picking up my contractions, and he couldn't feel my stomach tightening up either with his own hands. When we got there, I was only dilated to a 1 still. After he told me this, I had just lost it. I knew there was no way I could handle "real" labor, if that in fact wasn't it!
Another nurse came in and suggested I sit up and see if the contractions would be picked up then. And wouldn't you know it, they started to register on the monitor! An hour after getting to the hospital, I was already dilated to a 3 so they finally admitted me and gave me a shot of synthetic morphine to take the edge off until I get the epidural.
Sent me upstairs, by the time I got the epidural I was at 4 cm dilated. Then it just stalled out. Finally at 5 cm they broke my water to help speed things up.
After I got the epidural I wasn't feeling ANYTHING. I could move my legs, etc but I wasn't feeling ANY contractions. At all. And I was NOT complaining.
During this time, they started to notice that Lucas' heart beat was dropping significantly low to about 60 bpm during my contractions, but would also jump right back up to his normal rate. They put me on oxygen and did an amnioinfusion to see if that would help things out. It didn't. They didn't want it to turn into an emergency scenario so they had discussed doing a c section. At this point I believe I was at a 5 or 7 cm dilated and they were waiting on my regular OB to come in and make the decision. While they were waiting, they decided to go ahead and prep me for a c section, meaning they gave me ANOTHER dose of an epidural, as well as a shot to stop my contractions to give the baby a break.
As soon as my doctor got there, he decided we would try a vacuum assist instead of a c section as I was already at 9 cm dilated. By this point, with the second epidural, I felt absolutely NOTHING. I couldn't move my legs. I couldn't feel anyone touching my legs. I couldn't feel ANYTHING from the waist down. I was terrified I wouldn't have been able to push because I couldn't feel anything to push! My doctor decided to do a few practice runs to see how well I would do with pushing since I couldn't feel anything. He started saying anything and everything to piss me off to get me to actually push. I finally told them to shut the epidural off so I could feel something in order TO push. This was done at 2:30am on 10/12/13. By 3:19, I had finally managed to feel enough to push this little guy out! And I didn't feel ANYTHING. I felt the pressure from him coming out, and that was it. I didn't feel the crowning. Nadda.
And he is so far perfectly content and happy and healthy!!!!

Just wanted to update on a separate thread so it wouldn't be hard to go through 50+ pages just for the birth story and pictures!
Can't wait to hear from the rest of you ladies and I will see you in the baby club!

Your baby was born on my birthday! I loved your story, so pain free I think I might consider an epidural next, if they can't offer the c section!
He is adorable and remind me of my little Emily when she came out! Congratulations! xx

 

[Amsan]

Now that I'm *somewhat* less drugged, I'll see how much of my birth story I can remember lol.

I started having some pretty inconsistent contractions Friday afternoon around lunch time. I didn't think anything of it because, well, it had been pretty normal and I wasn't 100% sure I was having actual contractions as they weren't terribly painful. Work was letting me off early anyway, so I wasn't too worried but I still started to time them. They were pretty inconsistent, usually between 5-10 minutes apart. I thought it was nothing, so mom and I went and had dinner. At dinner, the contractions finally were starting to hurt. I figured after dinner, I'd go home and shower and see if they were the real deal. By the time we had gotten home and I had showered, they REALLY hurt and there was NO denying it!
Got to the hospital around 5:30-6:00 pm. The doctor was telling me that the machine wasn't picking up my contractions, and he couldn't feel my stomach tightening up either with his own hands. When we got there, I was only dilated to a 1 still. After he told me this, I had just lost it. I knew there was no way I could handle "real" labor, if that in fact wasn't it!
Another nurse came in and suggested I sit up and see if the contractions would be picked up then. And wouldn't you know it, they started to register on the monitor! An hour after getting to the hospital, I was already dilated to a 3 so they finally admitted me and gave me a shot of synthetic morphine to take the edge off until I get the epidural.
Sent me upstairs, by the time I got the epidural I was at 4 cm dilated. Then it just stalled out. Finally at 5 cm they broke my water to help speed things up.
After I got the epidural I wasn't feeling ANYTHING. I could move my legs, etc but I wasn't feeling ANY contractions. At all. And I was NOT complaining.
During this time, they started to notice that Lucas' heart beat was dropping significantly low to about 60 bpm during my contractions, but would also jump right back up to his normal rate. They put me on oxygen and did an amnioinfusion to see if that would help things out. It didn't. They didn't want it to turn into an emergency scenario so they had discussed doing a c section. At this point I believe I was at a 5 or 7 cm dilated and they were waiting on my regular OB to come in and make the decision. While they were waiting, they decided to go ahead and prep me for a c section, meaning they gave me ANOTHER dose of an epidural, as well as a shot to stop my contractions to give the baby a break.
As soon as my doctor got there, he decided we would try a vacuum assist instead of a c section as I was already at 9 cm dilated. By this point, with the second epidural, I felt absolutely NOTHING. I couldn't move my legs. I couldn't feel anyone touching my legs. I couldn't feel ANYTHING from the waist down. I was terrified I wouldn't have been able to push because I couldn't feel anything to push! My doctor decided to do a few practice runs to see how well I would do with pushing since I couldn't feel anything. He started saying anything and everything to piss me off to get me to actually push. I finally told them to shut the epidural off so I could feel something in order TO push. This was done at 2:30am on 10/12/13. By 3:19, I had finally managed to feel enough to push this little guy out! And I didn't feel ANYTHING. I felt the pressure from him coming out, and that was it. I didn't feel the crowning. Nadda.
And he is so far perfectly content and happy and healthy!!!!

Just wanted to update on a separate thread so it wouldn't be hard to go through 50+ pages just for the birth story and pictures!
Can't wait to hear from the rest of you ladies and I will see you in the baby club!

Your baby was born on my birthday! I loved your story, so pain free I think I might consider an epidural next, if they can't offer the c section!
He is adorable and remind me of my little Emily when she came out! Congratulations! xx

Thank you!! I'm having some pains from the epidural still though so hopefully it let's up soon. I can't believe its been a week ago already!!!

 

[buzzy]

Oh Amsam! He's perfect! I'm thrilled for you! What a beautiful name too!!
Well done you!!

 

[Amsan]

Oh Amsam! He's perfect! I'm thrilled for you! What a beautiful name too!!
Well done you!!

Thank you!!! And he's SUCH a chill little baby too. He's awesome.

 

[MrsH1980]

Congrats sweetie

 

[missjennakate]

Ahh thanks for sharing!! He is lovely, look at all that hair! x

 

[Bevziibubble]

Congratulations! Lovely name

 

[liz1985]

Congratulations x

 

[ocean_dew]

Congratulatons! He looks just like you!