Post by dragonflyinn on Jan 18, 2018 3:02:55 GMT -6
It’s not the most dramatic but I think it’s funny bc it went almost identical to DD’s birth— just a week later & a bit quicker. 
So Friday morning I had an appt (39w4d) and got my first cervical check— 2cm & 75%. I told my dr how DD was born 5 days after my first check w her where I got the same results so wouldn’t that be funny if he came soon too. Also joked about how great it’d be if he came this weekend because I wanted to watch the Vikings game & not be distracted. 😂
Well I woke up the next day 1/13 around 6am & had bloody show around 7am. That’s when I realized the cramps I’d been having all night might be labor! I had contractions 10-12 min apart all morning but they slowed down around lunch so I thought maybe it was a false alarm. I laid down for a bit in the afternoon just in case & eventually they picked back up again— around 6pm they were 7-8min apart. All of a sudden at 7pm they went from 7min to 4min & got really intens. I told H so we called our childcare & headed to the hospital around 8:30.
At hospital got a cervical check & I was 6cm & 75% which amazed me bc with DD I was crying for the epi at 4cm & couldn’t believe I made it to 6 on my own this time! But omg I was starting to hurt. Around 11pm I got the epidural & got checked again at 11:30– 7cm. Around 12:15 I started feeling really uncomfortable so they checked & I was 8cm, 90%. My water broke while they did this one & then everything really got painful haha.
The pressure as he moved down was ridiculous. DD was so tiny I don’t remember it being so intense but I was hurting. They sat me up i the bed so that gravity could help & OMG OUCH. I kept calling them back in because I was sure it was time to push but they said nope, let’s labor down a bit longer & let your body keep bringing him down so you don’t wear yourself out. At 2am they switched my position to help me fully dilate— I had an anterior lip on my cervix they wanted to give a chance to move itself. Around 2:30 I told H I really felt funny, like sick & I needed to poop & throw up & sit up & everything at once. Which I figured was the urge to push (I didn’t feel any of this with DD). So they came in & sure enough we were ready to go! Started pushing around 2:45. Pushed 2.5 times & he was out! 2:48am, 8 lbs 15 oz, 21” long. I only had one 1st degree tear which shocked me bc with my tiny peanut DD I had 2nd degrees allllll over the place. Anyway we got an hr of skin to skin & he nursed the whole time!
My doctor laughed when I saw her the next day & said I totally called it that id have a baby that weekend. The Vikings ended up winning too & all my nurses came in to congratulate/celebrate with us because they knew the story of how I wanted him born before the game so I could relax & watch it. 😂😂
So Friday morning I had an appt (39w4d) and got my first cervical check— 2cm & 75%. I told my dr how DD was born 5 days after my first check w her where I got the same results so wouldn’t that be funny if he came soon too. Also joked about how great it’d be if he came this weekend because I wanted to watch the Vikings game & not be distracted. 😂
Well I woke up the next day 1/13 around 6am & had bloody show around 7am. That’s when I realized the cramps I’d been having all night might be labor! I had contractions 10-12 min apart all morning but they slowed down around lunch so I thought maybe it was a false alarm. I laid down for a bit in the afternoon just in case & eventually they picked back up again— around 6pm they were 7-8min apart. All of a sudden at 7pm they went from 7min to 4min & got really intens. I told H so we called our childcare & headed to the hospital around 8:30.
At hospital got a cervical check & I was 6cm & 75% which amazed me bc with DD I was crying for the epi at 4cm & couldn’t believe I made it to 6 on my own this time! But omg I was starting to hurt. Around 11pm I got the epidural & got checked again at 11:30– 7cm. Around 12:15 I started feeling really uncomfortable so they checked & I was 8cm, 90%. My water broke while they did this one & then everything really got painful haha.
The pressure as he moved down was ridiculous. DD was so tiny I don’t remember it being so intense but I was hurting. They sat me up i the bed so that gravity could help & OMG OUCH. I kept calling them back in because I was sure it was time to push but they said nope, let’s labor down a bit longer & let your body keep bringing him down so you don’t wear yourself out. At 2am they switched my position to help me fully dilate— I had an anterior lip on my cervix they wanted to give a chance to move itself. Around 2:30 I told H I really felt funny, like sick & I needed to poop & throw up & sit up & everything at once. Which I figured was the urge to push (I didn’t feel any of this with DD). So they came in & sure enough we were ready to go! Started pushing around 2:45. Pushed 2.5 times & he was out! 2:48am, 8 lbs 15 oz, 21” long. I only had one 1st degree tear which shocked me bc with my tiny peanut DD I had 2nd degrees allllll over the place. Anyway we got an hr of skin to skin & he nursed the whole time!
My doctor laughed when I saw her the next day & said I totally called it that id have a baby that weekend. The Vikings ended up winning too & all my nurses came in to congratulate/celebrate with us because they knew the story of how I wanted him born before the game so I could relax & watch it. 😂😂
