ParisJeTadore
Mum to my beautiful kids!
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It's hard to get a minute to actually sit down and write this but I figure it's either now or never!
Being a ftm I thought I would go late having my baby but boy was I wrong! I experienced a very bloody show at 39 weeks. I got worried because of all the blood so went into triage to get checked out. They told me I was in early labour and that it could be anywhere from 24 hours to a week before I reached active labour. Twenty four hours later...I was 2 cm dilated and 80% effaced. Less than two hours after that I reached 5-6 cm and was absolutely overjoyed. And then things stalled....
Eight hours later after tons of painful contractions that were only intensifying I was told that I wasn't progressing which was very disappointing to hear. They told me my best option was to have my waters manually broken so I agreed. Of course, this amped up my contractions to a pain I cannot describe. Up to this point I had done amazingly well after using the Maggie Howell Hypnobirthing program and the nurses were really impressed with me. They even laughed at how I was able to have a contraction and go right back to having a conversation with them. It was awesome and I highly recommend it for anyone thinking of using hypnobirthing as an alternative to a medicated birth
Anyhow, I managed to stay focused right to the end and three hours after my manual water break our beautiful baby boy arrived into the world without extra assistance (forceps, vaccuum, etc.)!! In the end I only had a first degree tear which I hear is good for a first timer. I give thanks to my dr. who was really awesome at stretching my perenium while I was pushing and constantly poured warm water on it. Made a HUGE difference.
I'd say overall I had the delivery that I wanted. It couldn't have gone better and hypnobirthing did an amazing job for me. I stayed calm, focused, positive and most importantly: fearless. Highly recommend it!!
Oh, and like all mommy's...I am totally in LOVE with my baby boy!!
https://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r503/Nomici/IMG_0749.jpg
Being a ftm I thought I would go late having my baby but boy was I wrong! I experienced a very bloody show at 39 weeks. I got worried because of all the blood so went into triage to get checked out. They told me I was in early labour and that it could be anywhere from 24 hours to a week before I reached active labour. Twenty four hours later...I was 2 cm dilated and 80% effaced. Less than two hours after that I reached 5-6 cm and was absolutely overjoyed. And then things stalled....
Eight hours later after tons of painful contractions that were only intensifying I was told that I wasn't progressing which was very disappointing to hear. They told me my best option was to have my waters manually broken so I agreed. Of course, this amped up my contractions to a pain I cannot describe. Up to this point I had done amazingly well after using the Maggie Howell Hypnobirthing program and the nurses were really impressed with me. They even laughed at how I was able to have a contraction and go right back to having a conversation with them. It was awesome and I highly recommend it for anyone thinking of using hypnobirthing as an alternative to a medicated birth
Anyhow, I managed to stay focused right to the end and three hours after my manual water break our beautiful baby boy arrived into the world without extra assistance (forceps, vaccuum, etc.)!! In the end I only had a first degree tear which I hear is good for a first timer. I give thanks to my dr. who was really awesome at stretching my perenium while I was pushing and constantly poured warm water on it. Made a HUGE difference.
I'd say overall I had the delivery that I wanted. It couldn't have gone better and hypnobirthing did an amazing job for me. I stayed calm, focused, positive and most importantly: fearless. Highly recommend it!!
Oh, and like all mommy's...I am totally in LOVE with my baby boy!!
https://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r503/Nomici/IMG_0749.jpg
