MarieMo7
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Birth story:
Background: I was induced with my first daughter at 39+2. It wasn't for medical reasons - my first OB was on maternity leave and my replacement OB was about to go on a 2 week vacation, and I desperately wanted my doctor there. So we induced. We inserted cervadil at 5pm, started pitocin at 5am, and broke my water at 12pm. After all that, by 3pm I was dilated to 1.5cm - and only 0.5cm was done by my own body - the dr did a stretch to break my waters. Baby was still high, my body wasn't dilating or effacing, so I opted for a c-section. I don't regret her birth, but I do wonder what would've happened if I'd waited for her to come on her own. Would I have been able to deliver vaginally? My nurse told me that the OB mentioned to her that my pelvis seemed really small, and it's possible baby couldn't get through on her own.
I wanted a VBAC with my second pregnancy. I wanted to give things more time to see if they would happen on their own. My doctor was fully supportive, though she warned me my chances were less than 50% given my history - she was honest but again, always supportive. We agreed to schedule a RCS for 41 weeks, in case baby didn't come on her own prior to that.
At 40 weeks, she was still high, cervix was tightly closed, 50% effaced. Friday morning (40+2) I woke up at 3am to pee, and wiped away a large portion of my mucus plug tinged with old blood. I started having strong, painful contractions that day, though they were inconsistent and not incredibly frequent. I went for a walk, ran errands, bounced on my birthing ball...no change.
Woke up at 2am Saturday (40+3) to really painful contractions. They were so bad I got out of bed and went to the living room and started timing. For 5 hours, they came every 7 minutes never closer than 6 minutes, never farther than 10 minutes. And then...they fizzled. Spent the rest of Saturday with inconsistent, sporadic contractions, still painful. Went to bed early, and had a great night's sleep.
On Sunday (40+4) at around 11am, I went into labor again. Contractions were super hard and painful, and we're back to every 7-8 minutes. Again, though, they didn't get any closer together. They also didn't stop. I labored all night long.
On Monday (40+5) I was still contracting. We had scheduled our RCS for that morning at 10am, with the option to push it back if I didn't feel ready. I'd made up my mind that if I had dilated reasonably, we'd wait and try for the VBAC. As it turns out - I had only dilated to 0.5cm. And once they hooked me up to monitors, they saw that baby's heart rate was dropping with every contraction! My nurse told me that if I wasn't coming in for a c-section, they'd have to try to get that to stop, or else I would have ended up with a section anyway!
So we kept our appointment, and delivered our beautiful baby girl on Monday, November 24 at 12:22pm, weighing 7lb 9oz and measuring 19.5 inches. Reese Maxine is perfect! Her head was a little bit come-shaped because of the long labor, and the doctor said the contractions had caused my uterus to be suuuuuper thin, but other than that, everything is perfect. She looks just like her big sister, which I am beyond excited about!
Tubes are officially cut/tied as well. We have two amazing girls - our family is complete!
Background: I was induced with my first daughter at 39+2. It wasn't for medical reasons - my first OB was on maternity leave and my replacement OB was about to go on a 2 week vacation, and I desperately wanted my doctor there. So we induced. We inserted cervadil at 5pm, started pitocin at 5am, and broke my water at 12pm. After all that, by 3pm I was dilated to 1.5cm - and only 0.5cm was done by my own body - the dr did a stretch to break my waters. Baby was still high, my body wasn't dilating or effacing, so I opted for a c-section. I don't regret her birth, but I do wonder what would've happened if I'd waited for her to come on her own. Would I have been able to deliver vaginally? My nurse told me that the OB mentioned to her that my pelvis seemed really small, and it's possible baby couldn't get through on her own.
I wanted a VBAC with my second pregnancy. I wanted to give things more time to see if they would happen on their own. My doctor was fully supportive, though she warned me my chances were less than 50% given my history - she was honest but again, always supportive. We agreed to schedule a RCS for 41 weeks, in case baby didn't come on her own prior to that.
At 40 weeks, she was still high, cervix was tightly closed, 50% effaced. Friday morning (40+2) I woke up at 3am to pee, and wiped away a large portion of my mucus plug tinged with old blood. I started having strong, painful contractions that day, though they were inconsistent and not incredibly frequent. I went for a walk, ran errands, bounced on my birthing ball...no change.
Woke up at 2am Saturday (40+3) to really painful contractions. They were so bad I got out of bed and went to the living room and started timing. For 5 hours, they came every 7 minutes never closer than 6 minutes, never farther than 10 minutes. And then...they fizzled. Spent the rest of Saturday with inconsistent, sporadic contractions, still painful. Went to bed early, and had a great night's sleep.
On Sunday (40+4) at around 11am, I went into labor again. Contractions were super hard and painful, and we're back to every 7-8 minutes. Again, though, they didn't get any closer together. They also didn't stop. I labored all night long.
On Monday (40+5) I was still contracting. We had scheduled our RCS for that morning at 10am, with the option to push it back if I didn't feel ready. I'd made up my mind that if I had dilated reasonably, we'd wait and try for the VBAC. As it turns out - I had only dilated to 0.5cm. And once they hooked me up to monitors, they saw that baby's heart rate was dropping with every contraction! My nurse told me that if I wasn't coming in for a c-section, they'd have to try to get that to stop, or else I would have ended up with a section anyway!
So we kept our appointment, and delivered our beautiful baby girl on Monday, November 24 at 12:22pm, weighing 7lb 9oz and measuring 19.5 inches. Reese Maxine is perfect! Her head was a little bit come-shaped because of the long labor, and the doctor said the contractions had caused my uterus to be suuuuuper thin, but other than that, everything is perfect. She looks just like her big sister, which I am beyond excited about!
Tubes are officially cut/tied as well. We have two amazing girls - our family is complete!
any advice?
