Birth Stories

[Kaymara]

I thought this would be a neat thread to have pinned up so those expectant mommys could read and everyone else could read thru and see each other's expierences from 1 kid to multiple kids, how it all differed and the like.

So feel free to post your childrens birth stories here!

[Meghann]

My original EDD was Feb. 27, 2005. The 8th of Feb. I was taken off work and put on light bed rest because of early contractions. Well, the rest of the month nothing happened. Finally on Wednesday, March 2 at around 10:45pm I started feeling pains in my stomach that didn't feel like contractions, really didn't feel right at all. So I called my mom and explained the pains to her and she suggested I go in and have a doc check me out. Justin and I debated whether to take our bag and pillows with us or not, and finally about 11:15 we had the car packed and were on our way. On the way to the hospital I started having really minor contractions. 11:45PM we got to the hospital, they put me in a triage room to check me out before deciding to admit me...I was only dilated to 3cm, so they had me walk around the floor "to help speed things up". At 1:00am they checked me again and I was at 3.5cm. So they decided to admit me, but didn't have a room available yet, so they told me to keep walking around. Justin was passed out in a chair at this time, by the way . Finally about 3:00am they got a room for me, but I was still only at 3.5cm. They told me I could try to get some rest or I could keep walking...well, I wanted this baby out so I kept walking. And walking. And walking. Finally at 6:15AM a doc came in and decided to break my water - which was the strangest, most disgusting and embarassing feeling!! They asked me then if I wanted an epidural and I said yes, because the contractions were really beginning to pick up. The epidural in my back wasn't too terribly painful, and it did take the pain away from the contractions but I could still feel the pressure. Once my contractions got really close together, they inserted a catheter because they didn't want me trying to get up to pee anymore. Well, I swear to God that catheter KILLED my epidural!! I was feeling E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!! I mean, I was telling the nurses when a contraction was coming, I was gripping the bed so hard I almost cramped my hands, I was in tears, and the pain was making me feel nauseus. So they sat me up straight and gave me ice chips to chew on, and finally at 11:00am I told the doc and the nurses I needed to push. I could feel him coming with every contraction. So, they prepped me and I started pushing. Well, Bruce was facing up so his face was getting stuck under my pelvic bone and was not coming out; so they had to do an episiotomy and use suction to help him out. At 11:45AM, my beautiful, perfect little baby boy was born. He was 8lbs, 1oz and 20 1/4 inches long. They took him to clean him up and check all his vital signs to make sure he was healthy, and they cleaned and stitched me up. Saturday March 5, they let us go home. And I swear, the recovery from the episiotomy was more painful than the labor I went through! I couldn't find a comfortable position to lay in, I cried when I had to go pee because it hurt to sit down and it stung when I went pee, and it hurt just to walk around my room or out to the car when I was released to go home. But you know what, the entire experience (pain and all) was definitely worth every minute of it because it gave me our son. And we are currently trying for another one.

[froglove]

I was 5 days over due. I went in to see my midwife to get my cervix stretched(ouchie). Well my blood pressure was 140/90 TOO high for her standards(hypertenstion). SO she sent me to L&D to get checked out. Well she told me to tell them that I feel like **** and blah blah blah( she said the more I complain the more likely they will admit me, hehe) Well I went up there and was monitored for several hours.

FINALLY around 4 oclock they decided to admit me since I was over due( I thought they were going to send me home). WHOHOOOOOO SO I called my dh told him that we were going to have a baby that day.

They moved me into my own room and did all the paper work. My dh showed up and around 5ish, after they got my IV started they FINALLY started me on Pitocin(sp).

Did good with that until they broke my friggen water!!! I thought the lady was just going to check to see how dialated I was. NOOOO she stuck this crochet hook looking thing in there and broke my bags of water. OMG that was the yuckiest thing ive ever felt, LMAO!!!! Especially since the lady didnt have that pee pad under me and it went everywhere haha.

AS soon as the bags of water broke all the hormones rushed thru my body and I started shaking and shivering and I couldnt stop. I was told that I have 3 patients ahead of me before I got my epidural and that I would have to work thru the shivering. WELL NOPE it was so bad that they had the ansteseologist( i know bad spelling) skip all the others and do my epidural.

Well they think they broke my water too soon because jacobs heart beat was getting too low and they had to put water back into me because they thought he was laying on his umbilical cord.

Well while getting that set up I found out that I have a curve to my spine cause when he was putting the needle in he asked me if I felt anything in a area that I wasent supposed to and I said yes. He said well you have a curved spine then, lol. Once he got that all in and the meds started my shivering and shaking stopped. OH BOY those drugs are awesome!!!!!! I felt great!!!!!!!

Well that was I believe around 9-10 and I got on the phone and called my family who were near LA on their way there(6 hour drive) and they are like what the hell are you doing on the phone, apparantly I told them that I was feeling GOOD!!!!

Anywho I continued to work thru my contractions for hours and the doctor and nurses had me push thru a few of the contractions to get Jacobs head out more.

Then around 3am it was time to push, push, push!!!!

SO the nurses helped me thru my pushing. I hated one part where I KNEW jacobs head was right there and I had to HOLD him right there, they told me that I would push his head out and then when I stopped pushing he would go back inside(prarie doggin it) BUt they wanted me to hold him there AND work thru contractions!!! OMG I was pissed by that time and kept telling people to shut the hell up!!! LMAO

SO anyways I continued to push and they thought he was going to be a small baby cause they saw his head with all this hair, and then I kept pushing and pushing and at 4:18 am December 17th I had Jacob.

So around 14 hours of labor

[Heather]

what fun!

when I had my son, I went in once before they admitted me. From the begining of active labor to him in my arms was 5 hours 45 minutes. 1 1/2 hours of pushing. I was in labor for the intire week before he was born. I had no drugs with him. I forgot to add that I not slept in about 3 days. I had somthing that was suppost to help me sleep. It made me really groggy but I never slept. My mid wife broke my water for me. I tore a lot and had to have a bunch of stiches. That was the part the hurt the worst. Because I had no drugs I could feel every time they stuck the needle in me. Im sure anyone can imagine how that would hurt! He was very healthy. He had really good scores. He came 2 days before his due date. I think he was late. He looked exactly like my daughter did and they told me she was over due. I think Cory was conceived a few weeks before they thought. I wanted him out about the middle of june. It took a week before I could sit down again. We were in and out of the hospital in about 24 hours. It was so boring. I just wanted to get home and be comfortable. He was 8 lbs 6 oz 20 1/2 in. Born July 6th 1999 at 8:46 am

When I had my daughter I had gone in that morning because I started bleeding but they said it was nothing and sent me home. I started contracting hard later that afternoon but I didn't want to be stuck in the hospital any longer than I need to be so I stayed home as long as I could. At 1 am I got John up and we went in. I was already in active labor when got there. Once I was at 6 cm I asked to have an epidural. It was the best thing. After that my mid wife broke my water for me. It was all green and gross. I pushed 3 times and she was here. I had to wait for the last push because they had to suck all the yucky stuff out of her. I delivered her 5 days before she was due but they said she was over due. I'm not sure about that since I know exactly what day we conceived her! She had trouble keeping her body temp. up so we had to stay an extra day. It was so boring. especially since we had Cory and no one was willing to watch him for us. My dad kept him entertained while I was having her but as soon as she was born my dad went back to work and my mom went to school. my mother-in-law was never one for watching him. Shes always favored our oldest nephew. Lily was 7 lbs 7 oz. 19 in born on January 10th 2003 at 7:55 am (the time was kinda funny because the mid wife I had was off at 8. She said way to go I get to leave on time today. Thanks it was funny)

[Kaymara]

I went 11 days overdue with lil E. Figures...I waited 9.5 years to get pregnant and he wanted to be stubborn

I was orginially due on October 24th. On November the 2nd I had some pretty strong contractions. My mom was in town and Rod was working nights at the time. We would go walking during the day to try and start anything. On the 2nd we went grocery shopping and sure enough. Something started..

My contrax got as close as 15 minutes apart before stopping at 4am. I had a Dr appt on the 4th so I figured I would BEG to be induced...Later that day (November 3rd) My contrax started again. They started around 5pm. Rod went to work and my mom and I timed them. By 11pm they were around 20 minutes apart. I was getting ready to go to bed when they started getting pretty hard. My mom stayed up with me and we continued to time them. By 12am (Nov 4th) they were around 8 minutes apart. Tired of waiting I called the hospital and they told me to come in. I called Rod, he rushed home and off we went.

When we arrived at the hospital they gave me something to sleep because I had not slept in over 2 days. I fell asleep for a bit and my contrax started to stop. (I was currently at 3cm and 100%effaced) My Dr told me NO way was I going home. They had already been worried about Lil mister's size. So the pitocin was started. My contrax started up again with a venegance. I asked for my epidural after I had hit almost 5cm. They gave it to me..It didnt work. They gave me another and this worked for around 30 minutes. They broke my water and we waited some more. They tried to give me a 3rd epidural when I was 9cm and this one didn;t work either. By now I was fully dilated, no pain management and contrax were 1 minute apart. I was in so much pain. I tried pushing, but ended up in tears. I continued to push for almost 2 hours. I tore etc. At that point my Dr said I would need an emergency C-section. E wasn't far enough down to use forceps or a vaccuum and I had been in labor for over 18 hours, pushed for 2 and they needed to get things going.

I was wheeled into the OR and all I remember is flopping into some mans arms asking for help. Apparently they put me under with general because the next thing I know I wake up and a nurse rushes over and tells me "Ma'm you are ok, your baby is ok, you just woke up from surgery. But everything is fine. Your husband will be in with your son in a moment"

Rod came in shortly after and asked if I wanted to meet our son That was the most memorable time of my life. Even tho I went thru so much I would do it ALL over again. E was born via emergency C-section on November the 4th at 6:36pm and weighed in at 8lbs and 12oz

[Jill]

here ya go!!

i woke up around 10:30 am on September 5Th (his due date) with contractions. they were every 10 minutes lasting for about 15-20 seconds. they continue until around 10:30 that night. they were still 10 minutes apart but was getting stronger. so i decided to take a bath......3rd one that day! while i was in the bath my mom had called to see how i was during. while i was talking to her (15 minutes) i had 3 contractions!!! both my mom and dad was telling me that it was time for me to go the hospital but i was thinking i was okay. that they were still 10 minutes apart. finally my dad yelled at me telling that they were 4 minutes apart!!! so he had my sister (they all live in Kentucky) to call my friend who was my birth partner. corey arrived at my house at about 11 pm.

we headed to NAS Jax (about an hour from my house). while we were driving we got stopped at a police check point. the officer asked if we had been driving and my friend yelled that i was having a baby!!! while driving there they starting come every 2 minutes and lasting what i thought was 10 hours!!! my water broke and i knew if we did not get to the hospital soon we were going to have a baby in the car!

finally got to the hospital at midnight. i was walking around my room having contractions and wanting to push. this is all happening while the nurse is asking me how much i weighed, my last period, and what religion i was. i wanted to tell her witchcraft and if she did not hurry up i was going to put a spell on her!!! the Doctor came in and checked me. i was 7-8 Cm's!!!! he asked if i wanted epidural and i said yes!!! the contractions were coming too fast and there was no time for me to recover.

so they take me into the delivery room and tell me that i have to wait 30 minutes before i can get anything because of my blood work. i thought i was going to die!!! finally they gave me my medicine and then checked me. i was 10 Cm's!! i wish they had to checked me before the medicine because if i knew i was the far along i may have waited.

at 2:12 am Trent came out!!! i pushed about 4 times and that was it. as for the birth plan. some things was done how i wanted and some were not. the doctor never once looked at the plan. he cut me without asking or even letting me know. also they cut the cord right when Trent came out. but Trent did not receive vitamin K shot or the eye ointment.

i am pretty happy how the whole went. i got a perfect baby and that is one thing i would not change!!!

[jennyb]

DS #1 2 weeeks early. I woke up around 5 am when Dh was getting ready for work, and felt crappy. I asked him to bring me tylenol and a glass of water. I went back to sleep for about an hour and a half. Woke up at 6:30 having regular semi painfull contractions avery 7 min. stayed in bed and timed them for a while, than they went to 5 min so I called my midwife. She said to come in and get checked. I got in the bath tub to relax while I waited for Jason to get home from the boat. ( I called twice and they hung up on me) Jasn gets home around 8 and we pack some stuff and head to the hospital in morning rush hour. We got there at 10 and I was admited 5 cm,and contracting every 3 min. I was going to start walking a little but when I got out of bed my water broke so I layed back down and got my epidural 20 min later. I slept most of the day than started pushing around 7:45 He was born at 9:58.

[jennyb]

DS#2 also 2 weeks Early Started contracting around 5 pm so we walked around our whole neighborhood waiting for Blakes sitter. Got to the hospital I was 3cm. So I walked around the 1st floor of the hospital for 3 hours and climbed the stairs 9 stories and back down. Went to get checked again and was 4+ a little. so I was admitted and they startde Pitocin. I fell asleep for about an hour and they came rushing in to roll me over cause Jers heat beat went way down. They stopped Pitocin and I slept again. They Broke my water at 4 am, And I was begging for an epidural . Nurse came in an hour later still no epidural but she gave me a shot that felt awesome and let me sleep. That wore off in about 2 houurs and I was hurting BAD! About 11 am the guy finally came to give me my epidural. To my complete horrer it didnt work. So I started pushing around 1:15 Screaming and yelling like I was dying. Jeremy was born at 1:28pm than all the pain was gone!

[~Jess~]

With Ella my EDD was 10/11 I went to my Dr.'s appt on Sept 22nd and I was 4cm and 80%, she told me that I would probably go that weekend or early the next week. So I called my mom and she jumped on the first plane to the states and was here the next day. That was Thur Fri 23rd. We walked and walked everyday all day. I had never walked that much in my whole life. She only had two weeks here and was gonna get this baby out. Well next Wed the 28th came. We decided to try castroil(sp) well that made me poop all day. Then we walked some more. Thursday night my mom left so Josh and I could have sex, this was our last resort to get things moving. Friday morning I woke up at 9am to pee, when I went to the bathroom my panties were wet so I thought I peed alittle. So i walk to the bedroom to change. I put on a new pair and walk to the kitchen no one was home. As I walk back to the livingroom I feel wet, I look down and I'm trickling. I said to myself out loud "oh no" so I call my firend and she said yep your water broke you have 24hrs to get to the hospital. I wasn't contracting so I went to look out the window and my mom was outside cooling off(she's a runner) I leaned out to window and told her. We called the ship and Josh came home. We mad it to the hsopital around noon. I had to wait b/c all the bed's were full(Portsmouth VA SUX) so I sat it my wet clothes still leaking for about an hour. Then I got check and they had to swab to make sure I was really leaking fluid I got into my room at about 2ish and was put on patocin. I didn't start contracting until 9pm. I labored all night and had ella at 6:03 Fri Sept 30th. It was prefect and we went home on Saturday!!

[Nikki]

With Dominick,
I started going into labor on Feb 14 at 35 weeks and 5 days, went into the hospital since my contractions were 1-2 min apart but not very strong. They monitored me over night and I wasn't dialting any further then a 3cm so they sent me home. I laid in bed pretty much the whole day and night of Feb 15th and woke up around 6am on Feb 16th to SOOO much pain, I couldn't stand it anymore... I called my dad ( mind you I was only 15) bawling, he was golfing and I begged him to please come home and call the nurse and tell them they have to do something. I have never felt pain like that in my life. I have a very high tolerance for pain so it wasn't just that I was 15 and didn't know any better. My dad finally convinced them to let me come in, I got there and they checked me out, I had finally dialted to a 4 so they admitted me. They made me walk around because after being admitted at around 11 am and it now almost being 6pm I hadn't moved. They started me on Pitocin and I tried to brave it off without the epidural until around 8pm to where my contractions were so bad I couldn't move. I then labored some more with my epidural only working on the left side of my body, I felt EVERYTHING on my right side and it was no fun. Finally at 7:15am on Feb 17th after an hour and a half of pushing and 36 hours of Hard contractions and labor, I delivered my 7lb 13oz boy.




With the twins

Wow their pregnancy was hard to begin with. I started having pre-term labor at 23weeks. They gave me a cerclage and put me on total bed rest. I started weekly appointments from that point on. They would lie on my sciatic nerve so every time I needed to get up and stretch or try to attempt the bathroom my legs would be completely numb and collapse on me, by 28 weeks I knew they were going to be coming soon. I had an ultra sound done every 2 weeks because one of them was not growing as fast as the other and they started noticing that the lower ones fluid was getting lower and lower. I had a Dr's appt when I was 29 weeks and my dr was asking how I was feeling, I kept telling him I was very ready to have the babies and he kept telling me no, you need to try and wait it out till at least 34 weeks. Well the boys had other plans, Jorden decided to pop a whole in his sack , I had just sat down on the couch to watch the Price is Right, 7:30am, HUGE snow storm outside and I felt like I just sat in a puddle of rain. I ran upstairs to sit on the toilet to see what color the fluid was and noticed it definately wasnt pee so AGAIN I called my dad (I turn to him for everything) started bawling that it was too early and there was too much snow outside. He came and got me and drove me down the road to the Hospital I was getting care at, well they hooked me up to monitors and told me that I needed to be life flighted to the University of Utah since they weren't equipped to handle babies at their gestational age. I cried some more because of how bad it was snowing and I was scared to death to fly, well they decided to take me by ambulance since it was so bad outside... Thank god. I got up to our University, they hooked me up to a bunch of stress test monitors and Iv's and what not. Well then they came in to tell me that they were going to try and keep them in for as long as possible and hook me up to an IV with Magnesium Sulfate.... OMG That was the worst medicine I have ever been on. I would sweat through a set of sheets at least every 2 hours, I puked non stop, it was horrible. It felt like somebody had turned me inside out and put me in an oven. Finally after contracting for 9 days and Jorden (baby who's bag broke) had NO fluid left and me and my family Begging and yelling to please take them, they took me back and prepped me for my C-section since both babies were breach. They were then born on March 19th at 5:06pm and 5:10pm at 30 weeks and 3 days, 4lbs 1oz and 3lbs 11oz. They were in the Hospital for 13 weeks before I got to bring them home.



Wow that was a long delivery.