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Post by ovenrack on Jul 3, 2017 11:59:07 GMT -6
Post one GIF that sums up your birth story (or your participation in your partner's birth, or meeting your adopted child, or whatever applies to you)!
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Post by ovenrack on Jul 3, 2017 12:01:24 GMT -6
 H: 46 hours from water breaking to birth, 32 hours of active labor. Time wasn't linear during those days, I swear. |
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Post by Dramaphile on Jul 3, 2017 12:02:05 GMT -6
 Almost 3 hours of pushing, unmedicated no less. also  My water broke while I was in the tub, and there was meconium in it, so I was taking a poop bath. and then my newborn pooped all over me while we were doing skin to skin after she was born. |
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Post by ovenrack on Jul 3, 2017 12:05:01 GMT -6
 M: I was very emotional and cried a lot. |
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Post by stringy on Jul 3, 2017 12:14:04 GMT -6
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Post by sarenu on Jul 3, 2017 12:19:40 GMT -6
Lots and lots of time:  Then having 10-15 people run into my room because C's stats dropped on the monitors and them telling me to calm down.  Placing the epidural, but still feeling pain in my hip and every contraction. Then they tell me to lay on the side that's painful for 5-6 hours because it's less stressing to the baby. Why did I bother with the epidural?  And finally falling asleep between contractions while pushing.  |
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Post by stringy on Jul 3, 2017 12:20:21 GMT -6
Oh I'm supposed to explain things?
(note: dont google surgery gifs)
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Post by mathrun on Jul 3, 2017 12:48:41 GMT -6
DS1 was unexpectedly 5.5 weeks early. So lots of this:  And this:  Followed by this when he was born:  And after almost 25 hours of labor I did this:  |
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Post by ovenrack on Jul 3, 2017 12:59:12 GMT -6
Oh I'm supposed to explain things? (note: dont google surgery gifs) The instructions I provided said "one gif," but it doesn't really matter, so all bets are off. There are no rules. And I won't! |
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Post by mathrun on Jul 3, 2017 12:59:49 GMT -6
Ds2 was born less than 4 hours after I felt the first contraction. So something like this without the reptile:  |
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Post by sak on Jul 3, 2017 13:24:34 GMT -6
Boy#1 got stuck and crooked trying to get out. He clawed his face and was all crazy and swollen  |
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Post by sak on Jul 3, 2017 13:26:30 GMT -6
Boy#2 I was hospitalized for a week before they finally decided to deliver him early. Longest week ever  |
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Post by sak on Jul 3, 2017 13:28:38 GMT -6
Boy#3 C passed out during my csection and I spent the entire surgery trying to talk him though it.  |
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Post by sak on Jul 3, 2017 13:30:59 GMT -6
Boy#4 this was the first of the cs that was totally scheduled. By then I had it down  |
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Post by rugger on Jul 3, 2017 13:34:23 GMT -6
R: wanted a natural, unmedicated birth. Labor stalled, she never dropped, pitocin made me swell and lose 1/2 a centimeter in dilation, and the epi sucked and didn't help. Ended up with a c/s because she just wasn't coming out  |
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Post by rugger on Jul 3, 2017 13:39:56 GMT -6
A: scheduled a c/s for a week past hey due date, hoping for a VBAC. she also never dropped, so c/s it was.  |
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Post by nikkipal on Jul 3, 2017 13:46:07 GMT -6
I passed out during my c-section, sooooooo...  |
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Post by sak on Jul 3, 2017 13:47:59 GMT -6
Boy#3 C passed out during my csection and I spent the entire surgery trying to talk him though it. C just corrected me. He fully passed out for #2. Only had to go sit down and put his head between his knees for #3. Poor middle children. I can't even keep their birth stories straight. |
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Post by charlotte on Jul 3, 2017 14:04:15 GMT -6
At first it was like...  Because we had some complications throughout but when all was said and done it was like...  |
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Post by milano on Jul 3, 2017 16:02:50 GMT -6
I had two scheduled, uncomplicated c-sections. Wouldn't have wanted it any other way.  |
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Post by joyfultrex on Jul 4, 2017 5:32:39 GMT -6
 both boys were fast and out of control. Barely got to the hospital both times. |
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Post by piccyami on Jul 5, 2017 11:01:21 GMT -6
 I was told to walk straight over to the hospital, and I was completely unprepared.  We're still oscillating between those two. |
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Post by pbandj714 on Jul 5, 2017 11:39:18 GMT -6
Got to the hospital at 5:30 am for my induction. Took full advantage of being allowed to have Italian ice.  After a few hours, I asked for my epidural. I flinched the first time they tried and got reprimanded by the anesthesiologist. For try #2, all I could do to keep from flinching was focus on the giant tear hanging from my eyelashes.  My blood pressure dropped really low, so they were checking it what felt like every 30 seconds and freaking out.  The resident broke my water.  I pushed for 3 hours with no success. Baby B's head was blocking Baby A's way out.  Decided on a CS at 7 pm.  At 7:11 pm, L was born.  At 7:12 pm, G was born.  After it was all said and done and family came to our room at 10 pm.   Pretty much every day since.  |
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Post by mimsy on Jul 5, 2017 12:28:43 GMT -6
 Also part of the barely made it crowd. Water broke at 730p, called the doctor and got to the hospital by 9. Fully dilated and effaced and ready to deliver. Except the OB wasn't there and lived an hour away. The Sageling was born just after 11p. Living 45 min from the hospital puts me at risk for subsequent deliveries. The nurses actually told me that I could be that person delivering on the side of the road if I didn't come in the moment my water breaks. |
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Post by Dramaphile on Jul 5, 2017 13:24:38 GMT -6
Also part of the barely made it crowd. Water broke at 730p, called the doctor and got to the hospital by 9. Fully dilated and effaced and ready to deliver. Except the OB wasn't there and lived an hour away. The Sageling was born just after 11p. Living 45 min from the hospital puts me at risk for subsequent deliveries. The nurses actually told me that I could be that person delivering on the side of the road if I didn't come in the moment my water breaks. Someone in my BMB gave birth on the side of the road! She was 45 min from the hospital and it was her third kid. Got pulled over by a cop and her H caught the baby while the cop just stood there like a dingus. Not to scare you or anything... |
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Post by mimsy on Jul 7, 2017 10:59:35 GMT -6
Also part of the barely made it crowd. Water broke at 730p, called the doctor and got to the hospital by 9. Fully dilated and effaced and ready to deliver. Except the OB wasn't there and lived an hour away. The Sageling was born just after 11p. Living 45 min from the hospital puts me at risk for subsequent deliveries. The nurses actually told me that I could be that person delivering on the side of the road if I didn't come in the moment my water breaks. Someone in my BMB gave birth on the side of the road! She was 45 min from the hospital and it was her third kid. Got pulled over by a cop and her H caught the baby while the cop just stood there like a dingus. Not to scare you or anything... A is snipped. So the chances of another pregnancy at this point are slim. |
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