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The little guy is finally here! Birth Story, xposted
FInally! After all the hyperemesis, cerclage, preterm contractions,
plus a solid week of mild early labor, etc...we all figured he would arrive early but no such luck, my due date came and went. I never had time for an epidural with DD, and I wanted to try to go natural this time as well. With DD, since I didn;t dilate to the last minute, no one ever thought I was in "productive labor" and I was in a lot of pain and too goofy from the Ambien they gave me (saying "go homr and get some rest, come back when you're in real labor) to focus and breathe. But I felt so good immediately afterwards that I was glad I hadn't had any drugs. So DH and I decided to try the Bradley method. This time, I really did not want to be induced, but was having problems walking from sciatica and DH was already taking his scheduled time off so we agreed to an induction. We dropped DD off at the grandparents and tried everything to get him to come naturally, including mexican food, hobbling around the mall, pulling out my old breast pump, etc....So at about 11 pm the night before the induction my contractions picked up and became more frequent, but not too painful. I wanted to hang out at home, but when they got to 3 min, 3 min, 5 min, I figured I should call and check with the doc on call, who told me to hurry up and get there. (DD was born 40 minutes after we got there last time and about 15 minutes after a nurse checked me and said I was still 1 cm) Things slowed down a bit in the hospital, but they admitted me anyway and by 5 AM I was in definite labor, but still only 3 cm. By 7, even though I was having pretty intense contractions, I was getting tired, having been up for over 24 hours, and since I was still 3 cm I agreed to let them break my water. Things really picked up then and it got tougher and tougher to breathe and relax, but DH was great, and we had a wonderful and very supportive nurse. After about 2 1/2 hours I was only 5 cm and was ready to quit, thinking I had a long way to go so I gave in and got nubain (sp?) which was perfect since it took just enough of the edge off so I could focus again. But within about 5 minutes I had to push and sure enough, was fully dilated and just about crowning. This time my OB actually made it in time, a bit sweaty from running over, and DS was born just as he pulled on his gloves. I don't think they ever even had time to tell me to push, since the whole thing was over while they were still trying to get ready and telling me to breathe through contractions. DS was a bit blue and quiet, and had had the cord around his neck. Oddly though, I never even worried. I think I just assumed that they wouldn't lay him on my chest if they were really worried about him. Or I was still too drugged to worry? Anyway he woke up almost immediately and pinked up just with some rubbing. It was kind of a shame that I gave in and took the IV meds at the last minute since we were both a bit groggy, but I suppose we had no way of knowing it would go that fast at the end. DS didn't want to nurse much the first day and it was pretty frustrating. We had one nursery nurse who drove me nuts since she wanted to give him a bottle so badly. His glucose was a bit on the low side, and his temp was the low end of normal, and I think she was worried about my milk. I kept expressing it into his mouth, but it wasn;t enough for her. Finally I suggested that if they were going to insist on a bottle, at least let me pump. She was a bit dubious, but I'd been somewhat engorged for a week, and pumped out 2 oz in 5 minutes. So DH actually got to feed him his first meal. I was pretty upset about it being from a rubber nipple, but at least everyone backed off us for a while. It was pretty special for DH. The same pushy nurse kept coming in at odd times and insisting that he come to the nursery for various things related primarily to her convenience, not believing me that I had plenty of milk and insisting that I get him to nurse at least 10 minutes every x hours. Finally, I got really ticked and just told her flat out "NO! You can't take him and if you are so worried about him eating, why do you keep trying to take him away from me. Just leave us alone, and I will try every hour until he gets some." So finally she left and must have reported back to the next shift, since no one ever asked to take him away after that. I am so glad that this happened with DS and not DD since by now I have enough confidence in myself as a nursing mom to know that if he's pooping and peeing and trying for even a few minutes that he's fine. Keep in mind he'd already pooped 4 times, and peed several, including a six foot geyser that got DH sleeping across the room. Guess I need to get used to boys! So we are all home now, and nursing like a champ, fortunately no nipple confusion issues. I am making waaaay too much milk again so will probably wind up donating again. I know I should avoid pumping, but I've been too engorged for him to latch in the afternoon the last two days. I only needed one stitch, and physically, I feel great, if tired. DD (23 mo) is doing well so far. She kissed him and held him while I was in the hospital, then ignored him to playwith his stuff, climb in the bassinet, etc. I think they worked out a timeshare deal on mommy, so he is awake all night and she's awake all day. I never coslept with DD but gave in to the little guy after 2 sleepless nights.....he is much more of a sucky guy that she ever was. Ah well, we'll cross that bridge later. JJ |
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The little guy is finally here! Birth Story, xposted
congratuations JJ
you know that pain relief at the end of labour probably didn't have time to even make it through to the baby, so you may have perceived him to be groggy due to that, but he was maybe just a tired newborn, it's exceedingly common for women at that point to cry out for pain relief when they really are doing fine and it won't be long, it takes a skilled carer to know whether to coach you through it, or consent to your wishes. If you ever have a third and need to kick start feeding, it's better to give it via a syringe, we had to with DS, though it was a totally different experience, the wonderful lacation consultant taught me to hand express the colostrum and we gave DS a meal via a syringe that way. The sad thing is that the hospital only pays her for 4 hours work per week, she spent an hour with us, helping 4 women a week is really not adequate. Anne |
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The little guy is finally here! Birth Story, xposted
Congratulations on both your little one and on standing up to the overbearing
nurse! -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
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The little guy is finally here! Birth Story, xposted
JJ wrote:
FInally! After all the hyperemesis, cerclage, preterm contractions, plus a solid week of mild early labor, etc...we all figured he would arrive early but no such luck, my due date came and went. Congrats and welcome to the new guy! And BOOOOO to the nurse. -- Cheri Stryker mom to DS1 - 7 yrs, and DS2 - 5 months Check out my new breastfeeding T-shirts on CafePress! http://www.cafepress.com/dancingbones |
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The little guy is finally here! Birth Story, xposted
"JJ" wrote in message ps.com... FInally! After all the hyperemesis, cerclage, preterm contractions, plus a solid week of mild early labor, etc...we all figured he would arrive early but no such luck, my due date came and went. ((((((Hugs)))))) Congratulations! Good show telling that officious nurse to get lost! It is enough of a challenge being a new parent without that! You did a great job! Carl |
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The little guy is finally here! Birth Story, xposted
"JJ" wrote in message ps.com... FInally! After all the hyperemesis, cerclage, preterm contractions, plus a solid week of mild early labor, etc...we all figured he would arrive early but no such luck, my due date came and went. Congratulations!! Joy |
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