Post by helloerrbody on Feb 3, 2018 10:36:44 GMT -6
I’m an over-sharer so feel free to skip to the end! 😉
On Thursday, my midwife checked me for the first time and I was at a 4! (I was 39w 5d.) I was shocked. I had had some cramping the day before but nothing significant. She said cervix was thin and she could feel baby boy’s head moving against her fingers. She was on call that day until 7am next day so told me to call her later when I was having the baby. I thought for sure it would still be a few days.
I was having some intermittent cramping from the time my midwife checked my cervix (11am) until 2:30 when I started leaking while making a sandwich. It continued to leak, so I knew it was my water. DH headed home from work and in-laws came over. I still planned to stay away from hospital as long as possible - so planning to head there at 8pm unless contractions picked up.
While nursing DS1 after he woke from nap at 3:30 I started having very painful ones and several in a row. Told DH, “okay we can go to the hospital.” (He is terrified of having a car baby and had already asked me if we could go in and I said no.) I couldn’t believe I went from basically no measurable contractions to ones that were 3 mins apart!
Contractions were pretty painful in the car and about 2 mins apart. Got there and had to stop a few times walking to L&D. Refused to sit in the wheelchair because it hurt. We got into the room at 4:15ish.
I screamed at the nurse who checked me because it hurt like a motherfucker. I was 8cm. They did give me some saline fluid because he wasn’t moving as much as they wanted on the monitor. I do med-free, so this was a little annoying because I couldn’t get off the monitors but of course I wanted his safety to be first. So I was laboring in the bed on my back which wasn’t the greatest. Contractions were every 2 mins and getting stronger and stronger.
This was now 4:45. My midwife was there (she got to room about 4:30) and I was heading quickly into transition. She checked me and I was a 9 so she made me get on my side with the peanut ball and I lost it. Sooooo painful. Screaming like a wild banshee lol. Squeezing the shit out of DH. I was only like that 5 minutes or so and we moved me on my back with legs pulled back to push with mirror.
Callum’s heart rate dropped so they gave me oxygen in between pushes. Oh, and there was meconium in my fluid so NICU team was in room. It took me 30 minutes to push him out. He was sunny side up! Ugh. He cried immediately and was pink so NICU team didn’t touch him and left. I did immediate skin to skin.
He has the coney-est of cone heads just like big brother did lol. But he’s perfect. Penis is all good which is such a relief after what we’ve been going through with DS1. I was nervous to look. I didn’t tear which I give credit to my barre class lol.
Thank y’all for all the love!!!
Cal.lum Alexa.nder
Feb 1st
5:27pm
7lbs, 7oz
20 inches
On Thursday, my midwife checked me for the first time and I was at a 4! (I was 39w 5d.) I was shocked. I had had some cramping the day before but nothing significant. She said cervix was thin and she could feel baby boy’s head moving against her fingers. She was on call that day until 7am next day so told me to call her later when I was having the baby. I thought for sure it would still be a few days.
I was having some intermittent cramping from the time my midwife checked my cervix (11am) until 2:30 when I started leaking while making a sandwich. It continued to leak, so I knew it was my water. DH headed home from work and in-laws came over. I still planned to stay away from hospital as long as possible - so planning to head there at 8pm unless contractions picked up.
While nursing DS1 after he woke from nap at 3:30 I started having very painful ones and several in a row. Told DH, “okay we can go to the hospital.” (He is terrified of having a car baby and had already asked me if we could go in and I said no.) I couldn’t believe I went from basically no measurable contractions to ones that were 3 mins apart!
Contractions were pretty painful in the car and about 2 mins apart. Got there and had to stop a few times walking to L&D. Refused to sit in the wheelchair because it hurt. We got into the room at 4:15ish.
I screamed at the nurse who checked me because it hurt like a motherfucker. I was 8cm. They did give me some saline fluid because he wasn’t moving as much as they wanted on the monitor. I do med-free, so this was a little annoying because I couldn’t get off the monitors but of course I wanted his safety to be first. So I was laboring in the bed on my back which wasn’t the greatest. Contractions were every 2 mins and getting stronger and stronger.
This was now 4:45. My midwife was there (she got to room about 4:30) and I was heading quickly into transition. She checked me and I was a 9 so she made me get on my side with the peanut ball and I lost it. Sooooo painful. Screaming like a wild banshee lol. Squeezing the shit out of DH. I was only like that 5 minutes or so and we moved me on my back with legs pulled back to push with mirror.
Callum’s heart rate dropped so they gave me oxygen in between pushes. Oh, and there was meconium in my fluid so NICU team was in room. It took me 30 minutes to push him out. He was sunny side up! Ugh. He cried immediately and was pink so NICU team didn’t touch him and left. I did immediate skin to skin.
He has the coney-est of cone heads just like big brother did lol. But he’s perfect. Penis is all good which is such a relief after what we’ve been going through with DS1. I was nervous to look. I didn’t tear which I give credit to my barre class lol.
Thank y’all for all the love!!!
Cal.lum Alexa.nder
Feb 1st
5:27pm
7lbs, 7oz
20 inches
