Show us your labour photos !

[tiger]

i was going to say... if you look that good while you are in labour... i hate you lol

 

[Reedy]

These photos are amazing, thank you for sharing x
I'm pretty gutted I didnt take any photos during labour but its convinced me to ask my sister to be there from start to end next time as she's a photographer & I know she'll get some great pics x

 

[clarsair]

I've got a great one somewhere of me doubled up laughing and sucking the gas while DH is doing a stupid grin and giving a double thumbs up - we look like a couple of idiots! Is was about 6/7cm dilated at the time I think.

I'd love to have more photos next time (or video if I had the nerve!).

 

[princess_vix]

 

[Mommy2BeSoon]

My labour pictures and daughter.
I was induced at 39 weeks, 5 hours in total. No drugs besides the induction

 

[tiger]

 

[booda]

This thread, coupled with watching OBEM, makes me want another one - NOW!!!!! Seriously, if work/finance was suited to it - i'd be TTC/NTNP right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tiger]

glad we could do our part in populating the world

 

[Guppy051708]

 

[beanzz]

Lovely photos everyone! I asked my OH to take photos whilst im in labour and i want one of LO as he's just come out.. His reaction was " euurrghhhhhh" .. yea thanks

Hopefully he'll do it though! Camera is in my hospital bag

 

[bumphenders]

I love these pictures, they're amazing!

Hopefully I'll be able to get a few if my Birthing Partner isn't in to much of a flap

 

[elliep]

Great photos ladies! I'd never thought about pics of labour before, but I think they are good to have for the memories

 

[Guppy051708]

I really hope i can get some good pics, unfortunatly my good friend, who was going to be at the birth as support and picture taking, is moving back home maybe one of the midwives will be able to help...or dh.

 

[shelbie1313]

Having seen all your photos I will be getting hubby or mum to get the camera out. It's lovely to think I will have something like that to look back on.

 

[mummykcc]

I thought i'd just pop in to have another look at the photos I have no photos from my 2nd birth sadly-as it all happened so quickly (35 minutes) and my OH was in a panick as baby was back back so i was screaming in agony and we didn't have time to even think.

Thanks again to those who have shared their photos, still makes me a bit teary thinking about it

 

[Guppy051708]

As promised! Here are the photos from Elliot Nehemiahs' Birth (born Feb 12th, 2012)

Kendra [my friend] sent me a CD of some of the birth photos. Didn't get a cool "being born" moment like i did with isaiah, but still neat to see.

***Warning, but not anything bloody..nice thing about water births...just boobies LOL

He was born in our bedroom.

Spoiler

https://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af180/Guppy051708/IMG_7935.jpg

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https://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af180/Guppy051708/IMG_7959.jpg

That takes care of the booby pics LOL

...does this photo of dh look familiar? [1st pic] he did the same thing during isaiahs birth...which is why i practically broke the poor student midwife's [second pic] hand [3rd pic]

https://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af180/Guppy051708/IMG_7953.jpg
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Ignore my double chin
https://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af180/Guppy051708/IMG_8004.jpg

https://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af180/Guppy051708/IMG_8013.jpg

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Stephen said he needs to send this picture to Mr. Shryer (guy that runs the Honors Shryer Program at Penn State) The shirt he is wearing was from his academic time spent there

https://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af180/Guppy051708/IMG_8059.jpg

Isaiah woke up right as his head was popping out. Was perfect timing for his nap! lol

https://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af180/Guppy051708/IMG_8083.jpg
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i cut the cord this time
https://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af180/Guppy051708/IMG_8045.jpg

One of the MWs [Cindy, the older one] examining him on our bed. Apgars were 7 at 1 min and 10 at 5 minutes...not too bad for a precipitous labor, shoulder dyscotia, short cord and one nuchal cord!

https://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af180/Guppy051708/IMG_8095.jpg
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This is how they weigh them at a home birth. They get this blanket, lay the baby on it, it's attached to some type of scale, and then they hold that in the air (over the bed, not too high though!) and then read the scale

https://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af180/Guppy051708/IMG_8117.jpg
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Elliot's eyes were SO swelled because of how quickly he came down (4cm-placenta in 1 hour 40 minutes) and probably the shoulder dyscotia had something to do with it. Im not sure when the swelling went down, but he practically looked like a bug

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Shot with both midwives and the student midwife. I only wish isaiah was in this one Cindy is the older woman in the blue. She was hands off but only helped when she was needed, basically a fly on the wall unless we needed her. Which is exactly what she did. She was lovely and only helped when his head came out, to unwrap the cord, and when we realized the shoulders were stuck. She was so smooth and calm about it. The room was amazingly calm, not what you would expect with shoulder dyscotia.
Kate literally was walking in the bedroom door when his head came out. She's the one in the green kneeling in the front. There were a lot of labors that weekend and she was stuck at the Concord Hospital (an hour away), with a homebirth transfer. LOVE her! The other girl...im embarrassed to say, but i can't remember her name for the life of me which is redic considering i thought i was going to break her hand HAHA

After this pic they had me eggs and fruit ready to eat. They cleaned my house while i was in early labor too. I was surprised when i came down the steps to a clean living room, dishes done, and kitchen swept!

https://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af180/Guppy051708/IMG_8151.jpg

I really really enjoyed it so much (well...i mean, as much as one can "enjoy labor" but any other children we have, im def doing it this way again (unless im not low risk or need a transfer). They were great and it was a million times better than my hospital birth!...though isaiahs birth was much more magical...for sure...elliots....we were talking in between contractions the entire time, even while i was pushing! I was SO aware of what was going on...but with isaiah, that was not the case at all. LOL

 

[Ersurgeongirl]

Wow such amazing photos!

 

[ttc_lolly]

Awesome photos Guppy

 

[Guppy051708]

Lovely photos everyone! I asked my OH to take photos whilst im in labour and i want one of LO as he's just come out.. His reaction was " euurrghhhhhh" .. yea thanks

Hopefully he'll do it though! Camera is in my hospital bag

During my hospital birth with DS1, the nurse picked up the camera and took pictures DH didn't want to take pics bc he wanted to be invovled with the process, not stuck behind a camera. Just leave it out somewhere and have someone remind the nurse (your OH could do that), they are usually pretty willing

 

[Kat541]

Man, they don't let you get gas in the US.
I wish they did, though.