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Serafina's birthstory part 1 - early labor recap



 
 
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Old August 11th 05, 04:57 PM
SuperEeyore
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Default Serafina's birthstory part 1 - early labor recap

Wednesday night at 38 weeks and a half during my summer school speech
class, I started having regular contractions. They felt rather early
and not nearly forceful enough to actually go into the hospital to get
checked for labor. Homer was excellent in following my lead, despite
his genetic make up that desperately wanted to drag me in and get the
baby out. We ended up telling everyone that labor seemed to have
started but that it was still very early in the game.

By Saturday night, the contractions remained the same, but ended up
intensifying in my pelvic area. I was really encouraged because it was
something new instead of just days of the same early labor
contractions with no sign of being different. Sunday morning I was
seriously not liking my hips and pelvis and I noticed that Someone New
had dropped about what seemed to be 6 inches downward which was
another sign towards impending stronger labor coming closer (hours,
days, weeks, who knows)

Monday, contractions pretty much were really light, Sunday was just a
positioning day I think. My pelvis was glad for the break. I knew once
I was at class later that day that the walking would trigger them to
gain some power back. I really felt like the day was different and
thus went really early to class to make sure I was signed up for the
first speech of the night. The speech went alright, I went over time
but oh well. =oP I listened to four other speeches and scared some
good old southern boy during his speech by getting up to turn the
lights on and off when needed. When the break came, my contractions
were about every four to seven minutes fairly strong (in the mild
sense of he water hadn’t broken, they were annoying me enough to get
annoyed at everyone around me) but walking to the car set them
approximately 2 to 3 minutes apart and twice as strong as sitting. My
body was telling me to walk, so we went to the mall for dinner.

We were supposed to go to my dad’s house to install the carseat, but
like the crib last pregnancy, labor took over those plans. We ate
dinner and I walked the upstairs part of the mall (cushy supported
carpeting, ideal for laps) and the contractions amped up in length and
strength, again remaining 2 to 3 minutes apart. I decided that I would
go in to get checked just to see if this was the slow going jump of 3
cms dilated to 4 cms dilated. So we went home and packed our things
for the hospital. Juliet in case you were wondering woke up at 9:00
that morning and had no nap that day. So she was tired by this point,
but refused to sleep.

I got to the hospital around 10 I think. Like Juliet’s birth, the
delivery ward was overflowing and so they put me in a room with two
others to determine if they were going to admit me.

To be continued… Is it or isn’t it otherwise known as the beastly bed

Laurel
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birthmom to Bj 4-12-96
mommy to Juliet 4-13-02
and Serafina 8-9-05
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Old August 11th 05, 07:33 PM
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Oh no! A serial! I'll be hanging onto the edge of my seat for a week!

Larry

SuperEeyore writes:
: Wednesday night at 38 weeks and a half during my summer school speech
: class, I started having regular contractions. They felt rather early
: and not nearly forceful enough to actually go into the hospital to get
: checked for labor. Homer was excellent in following my lead, despite
: his genetic make up that desperately wanted to drag me in and get the
: baby out. We ended up telling everyone that labor seemed to have
: started but that it was still very early in the game.

: By Saturday night, the contractions remained the same, but ended up
: intensifying in my pelvic area. I was really encouraged because it was
: something new instead of just days of the same early labor
: contractions with no sign of being different. Sunday morning I was
: seriously not liking my hips and pelvis and I noticed that Someone New
: had dropped about what seemed to be 6 inches downward which was
: another sign towards impending stronger labor coming closer (hours,
: days, weeks, who knows)

: Monday, contractions pretty much were really light, Sunday was just a
: positioning day I think. My pelvis was glad for the break. I knew once
: I was at class later that day that the walking would trigger them to
: gain some power back. I really felt like the day was different and
: thus went really early to class to make sure I was signed up for the
: first speech of the night. The speech went alright, I went over time
: but oh well. =oP I listened to four other speeches and scared some
: good old southern boy during his speech by getting up to turn the
: lights on and off when needed. When the break came, my contractions
: were about every four to seven minutes fairly strong (in the mild
: sense of he water hadn’t broken, they were annoying me enough to get
: annoyed at everyone around me) but walking to the car set them
: approximately 2 to 3 minutes apart and twice as strong as sitting. My
: body was telling me to walk, so we went to the mall for dinner.

: We were supposed to go to my dad’s house to install the carseat, but
: like the crib last pregnancy, labor took over those plans. We ate
: dinner and I walked the upstairs part of the mall (cushy supported
: carpeting, ideal for laps) and the contractions amped up in length and
: strength, again remaining 2 to 3 minutes apart. I decided that I would
: go in to get checked just to see if this was the slow going jump of 3
: cms dilated to 4 cms dilated. So we went home and packed our things
: for the hospital. Juliet in case you were wondering woke up at 9:00
: that morning and had no nap that day. So she was tired by this point,
: but refused to sleep.

: I got to the hospital around 10 I think. Like Juliet’s birth, the
: delivery ward was overflowing and so they put me in a room with two
: others to determine if they were going to admit me.

: To be continued… Is it or isn’t it otherwise known as the beastly bed

: Laurel
: --
: birthmom to Bj 4-12-96
: mommy to Juliet 4-13-02
: and Serafina 8-9-05
 




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