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Laila arrived on the evening of September 12. My birth was complicated and a little scary at times.

My water broke at home but I didn't notice because there was a lot of meconium in it and because it was green and light brown i mistook it for my plug. When it kept coming I knew something was up but before I got a chance to call L&D back labor hit fast and hard. I progressed really fast and come to find out I had two bags so the doctor ended up breaking the second one. My contractions were erratic and strength varied a ton. I ended uo getting an epi then pit for the remainder. The pit would cause some to peak and take forever to come down. Even with the epi I could feel the stomach contractions but they were tolerable. I got to 9 1/2 and she got as far as +2 station (US) and nothing was working. She was there almost 2 hours. the doctor came in and informed us and said if I wanted to avoid a csection I was going to have to start pushing so i pushed hard for two hours. I got her to crowning but ran out of steam and begged for vacuum help. I somehow still manged to push her out with minimal help. She had the cord around her neck once and was full of meconium and fluid. They got her crying fast but had to suction twice since there was so much junk in her lungs. 12 hours of labor. one tiny first degree tear.



We just got home. and still working on the breast feeding. shes not it easy and my boobs make it complicated.

going to bed now ladies catch you later :)
 
Congratulations!!!! Sorry to hear it wasn't the ideal birth but she got here safe and sound and that's what matters.

Best of luck for these first weeks. They are tiring but amazing. x
 
Congratulations army! Enjoy these special weeks with your newborn daughter. Love the name!
 
Yay i was hoping to find an update! Congratulations armywife! Now the fun and sleepless nights start!

Tho saying that... She did it again! 3 nights in a row of sleeping from 11.30 till 6.30! :happydance:
 
Good idea about the bedtime routine wilsey! What age did u start to introduce ur rough routine?
 
Congratulations Army!!! I'm sorry it was a difficult labor but happy to hear that you are both home safe
 
Not sure when we started but it's been a while. We started going through the motions, feed, bath, story, feed, bed. But if it didn't go down quite like we wanted we didn't get upset. Sometimes they have ideas of their own and I think it's best not to be strict about it. So you just start to introduce it and see how it goes.
 
Thank you guys!!

Breast feeding getting better lack of sleep not so much. She slept well almost the whole night every night until last night (let cluster feeding begin). I am trying to figure out how to work around feeding her and still taking care of myself. We are doing feeding on demand because it works best for her and me at this point. Hubby is doing a great job and is super dad. I couldn't do this without him!!!
 
Wow, here we aren't allowed to let them go more than four hours without a feed when they are newborns. I only ever had my 'four hours is up' alarm go off twice, he usually fed every 2-3 hours. So never got the opportunity for him to sleep the whole night until he was a few weeks old.
 
She's a beauty, army! Congratulations!

You ladies with good sleepers are lucky! Ethan is still waking up every 2-3 at almost 3 months old!
 
Congrats Army! I love her name and she is just gorgeous..
Best piece of advice i received was to sleep whenever bub is sleeping! Makes the long nights slightly easier :)
 
Wilsey said:
Wow, here we aren't allowed to let them go more than four hours without a feed when they are newborns. I only ever had my 'four hours is up' alarm go off twice, he usually fed every 2-3 hours. So never got the opportunity for him to sleep the whole night until he was a few weeks old.
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I should clarify she doesn't sleep the "whole" night but wakes for a quick snack then right back to sleep. She has to co-sleep with us for now since she doesn't typically cry for food just makes the smacking noises and roots. Now that we are using our cloth nappies we have to change her every four hours or so and she eats then.


I poorly worded that earlier post :dohh:

We had our newborn photos done today. She was wide awake for them which is great because her eyes are open in almost all of them. We had to fake sleeping photos.

How is everyone else doing??
 
rosabelle said:
Congrats Army! I love her name and she is just gorgeous..
Best piece of advice i received was to sleep whenever bub is sleeping! Makes the long nights slightly easier :)
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Easier said than done. I am not a good napper. :haha:
 
Well ladies it's official we're having a little girl and a little boy!!!
 
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