Show us your labour photos !

Aww thanks :)

Isaiah was the baby in the pics ;) that one of him immerging out of the water is my favorite oh and those are his daddys arms pulling him out :cloud9: i am so glad the nurse picked up my camera and started taking pics!...and i couldn't have done it without the water! i dont know how ppl give birth on land :haha: i just cant imagine it at all!...they actually wanted me to get out of the tub while i was pushing, but i refused :haha: ...you never come between an unmedicated mom and her pushing :bodyb: :rofl:

Elliot will be a waterbirth at home :D i can't wait!

Oh gosh sorry hun that'll teach me to type without my glasses on, that's an even nicer name than Isaac! I'm hoping for a waterbith at home next time fingers crossed :)
 
:haha: no problem sweetie! :flower:
i hope you get your HB H20 birth next time :cloud9:
 
tiger, i will send :dust: that you go into labor before you section date :winkwink:
There is a large support system on BnB for VBACers though. and I dont know much about them but from what little ive seen they are great. ...i think its normal to be afraid the second time around, even if you didn't have a c-section....i cried when i found out i had another anterior placenta and was soooo fearful of birth at the prospects of another posterior...even know i have my scare moments. I think its only natural. and sure i didn't have a section but that was a long painful birth and im sure if i had any other care provider thats where it would have gone (the nurses kept pushing for a section and about every other intervention but the doc basically told them to F-off :haha:.
No matter how your sweetie arrives its going to be lovely. And if you do decide to VBAC, i think there are lots of women who can reassure you and bring back some confidence :hugs:

dan-o, they are horrible! I really feel like if it wasnt for back labor and such lack of sleep, i dont think it would be too bad...you are so lucky to have a baby that quick and being back to back! That is sooo rare! You should be proud of that! I know the docs/nurses were complimenting me on doing it in 30 hours, let alone any quicker! That is amazing...can i have your body please :rofl:

Anyone notice how water logged i was?! :rofl:
 
ugh i love these photos haha !
dan-o - you look AMAZING for being 9.5cm !
naturalmumma - your baby looks huge ! how big was he ?
beany- you look like you enjoyed the gas as much as i did :haha:
millybert- i love how the first time round, you were cautious of how u looked in the pics and second time round you just dont care :rofl:

He was 8 lbs even and gained 1 lb in his first week. To this day he is 20 months and has a very stalky build. He is the complete opposite of my first son.

The gas thing must be a out of states thing because they don't do that here in the states!! I have some pictures but they are not on my computer otherwise I would share!!

I think it's in 1 or 2 US hospitals, but yes, mostly a UK thing.

Leaning against the birth pool during a contraction
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6 minutes after birth. Waiting for the placenta to come out and he's still attatched to the cord
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Loving the rubber duck is in the photo chilling ;)!!! haha.

Beautiful photos though. Shame I didn't take any photos :cry:.. Suppose hopefully if we have another I can do :)

Haha, the rubber ducky was ds1's (older brother to baby in photos) favorite toy for the longest time after ds2 was born. But then it broke :(
 
wow, my son was 8 pound 8 oz, and im so scared this little girl is going to be bigger :wacko:
 
Guppy-thanks for posting your photos-they are amazing! :) You must look back at the photos and think wow! and the placenta is amazing too-to think baby lived from it for all those months inside you.

I love reading all these birth stories and seeing the photo's-our bodies do some fantastic things!
 
We didn't get any pics during the labour but here we are shortly after the birth, in the comfort of our own home :cloud9:
 

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Roxy, that is precious :cloud9:

thanks mummykcc! It STILL brings tears to my eyes! I dont forget anything from the birth (that i was aware of, while i was laboring lol). I had an out of body experience during transition...it last the entire 9 hours...so i can still see my self laboring, i can remember all the details as if i was watching myself...i dont know how to explain it...and im sure i sound like a crazy women :blush: but it really was an out of body experience...i can still see it happening to me, i can see my supporters..i can see the room..i can smell it...its unlike anything i have experienced before.
 
What wonderful photos, ladies. We only have a few but here is me having had the epidural and loving the G&A still - I was not as relaxed as this an hour or so previously when I was struggling with a back to back 10lb 14oz-er...
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And in recovery about an hour after ds was born....
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xx
 
You did a great job booda!!! dont feel bad about! my baby was back to back for 30 hours and i thought that was horrible! you should be proud of yourself!!!!
 
You did a great job booda!!! dont feel bad about! my baby was back to back for 30 hours and i thought that was horrible! you should be proud of yourself!!!!
Thanks....I just wish I hadn't agreed to the epi, I wanted to feel everything, but the midwife and registrar thought an epi would be a good idea to "let me get some rest before pushing" so my overtired exhausted stoned self said yes :/
 
:hugs: well i think you did a fab job and those are great labor photos :cloud9:
 
Lovely photos ladies, i can;t wait to get some of me in a few months, if a agree at the time!! Seeing these photo's makes me feel much more relaxed about the thought of labour and birth.
Thanks again ladies and well done! :) xx
 
I have always been a very reserved individual when it comes to my body. Even when i first went into labor i was really shy and embarassed to be seen naked..well by the time i was in active labor i didnt give two craps who saw me naked! Heck the President of the United States could have saw me naked and i wouldnt hace cared!....even more than that, i had NOooo idea pics were being taken of me! The only time i knew was when i looked up during pushing! So you can imagine my surprise when i browsed through the pics on my camera! :haha: but imreally glad i have them! I actually have some graphic pics of him crowning and everything but wasnt sure if i should post or not
 
I never thought I would want pictures taken during my most intimate and vunreble moments, as I dont even like getting my picture taken with make-up on and hair done... :haha:

But after seeing all these, I think I will go and take the plunge if I get to labour naturally (I will be VBA3C'ing, hopefully!)
 
You've all changed my mind about having a few photos during labour/birth if the oh gets the chance they are all beautiful
 
wow ladies these are all beautiful pictures. and with my next baby i am definitely going to try and have a water birth and take lots of pictures.
 
Such beautiful pictures ladies! I have some of my second birth, as my sister in law attended. My first and third I don't have any. I only have a blurry photo of my third before we left the house. I was laying on the couch trying to rest. However, that labor was only 9 hours, so pretty quick. My first was 27 hours, posterior, second was 13 hours induction. Wish I had taken more pictures of all 3.
 

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