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Isabelle's Birth
Story
I had spent a total of
five months on bed rest and underwent a surgery at 18wks
pregnant to place a cerclage on my cervix. Needless to say I did not
have an easy pregnancy and my labor and delivery was not much
easier.
I woke up at 5:00am
on Dec. 12, 2000 to go to the bathroom. As soon as I stood up, my
water broke. My husband had just left for work a few minute
earlier, so I called him on his cell phone. He had only made it
down the street so he didn't have far to come back home. When he got
home I took a shower and shaved my legs. When I got dressed I
soaked through my undies because I was gushing amniotic fluid like
crazy. I kept changing my underwear, which was totally useless.
There was too much fluid! I was also contracting every 5 minutes,
HARD.
We called the hospital and
told them we were on our way, and off we went. I stood at the
admissions desk gushing and contracting for like 5 minutes before
someone offered me a wheelchair...I started to get a little cranky
at that point.
So, I got checked in, and
up I went to my room. The nurses came in, hooked me up to the
monitors, stuck me with an IV and all of that fun stuff. Then the
doctor came in and told me that he had to remove my stitch from my
cervix. YIKES!! That hurt a lot, he did it right in the middle
of a contraction. He got it out and checked me, I was dilated 2-3 cm
and he told me everything should start going fast, and I would have
my baby soon.
Boy was he
wrong!
I continued to contract
every 3 min. for hours and when I was checked I was still at 3 cm.
So, I walked, and walked and walked, I used the birthing ball and
walked some more. I was checked again....4cm. I was making virtually
NO progress.
They decided to
start me on Pitocin, even though my contractions were strong and
regular already. They got unbearably strong after that and I was
offered an epidural. I turned down the epidural, I was really hoping
to go as natural as possible.
I continued to labor the
whole day of Dec. 12th and still made no cervical change, I was
still only 4 cm. The doctor started talking about a C-Section
because my water had been broken for so long and there was a
risk of infection to the baby. I was on IV antibiotics though and
had been since I got to the hospital and I said NO to the
C-Section. As long as the baby was not in distress, I was going to
try a natural delivery.
After about 15 hrs of
labor I let them give me a shot of Demerol and something else to
help me sleep. They turned down the Pitocin and I slept for 3
hrs.
When I woke up they turned
the Pitocin back up and I started walking again. They
checked me every couple of hours and I was still at 4 cm. My doctor
came in and told me that I needed to seriously consider a
C-Section. I really didn't want one, but I started to give up hope
that I was going to have my baby naturally. I decided to go a few
more hours. I was checked again and was only 4-5cm. Then my doctor
stopped giving me a choice and said that I really needed to have the
C-Section because it was getting dangerous for my
baby.
I agreed to the C-Section.
Things started happening immediately after that. I was given an
epidural, the nurses came in and prepped me, and within a half
an hour I was brought to the operating room.
My husband was at my side
during the surgery, as he had been through all of my labor, and at
6:55pm Dec. 13, 2000 Isabelle Pearl was born via
C-Section.
She was crying and pink
and healthy. She weighed 6lbs 15oz and was 19 1/4 inch.
long.
I got to see her for a
couple of seconds and my husband cut her cord. I cried almost as
much as she did. We were so happy she was finally
here!
While I was getting
stitched up my husband went to the nursery with Isabelle, I was so
jealous! I couldn't wait to hold her. I had to wait though, almost
an hour. Finally though, in recovery they brought her to me and I
got to hold her and she was
perfect!
It was a rough pregnancy
and a rough labor and delivery but she was the most beautiful thing
I had ever seen and I was instantly in love with her. I'll always be
a little disappointed that I didn't get to deliver her naturally,
but really the only thing that matters is that she is here and fine
and almost 3 years old now and I couldn't be
happier!
What
a way to say
hello!!
When my husband
and I met I had my tubes tied. After we were married we had
them reversed. What a long and stressful road to conception.
IUI's, fertility pills, fertility shots, one miscarriage on
Father's Day, that was the worst!! But then two weeks after we quit
trying for awhile because I couldn't handle it anymore guess
what...... I WAS PREGNANT!!! We were so excited!! It was
a fairly normal pregnancy, except for one bought with kidney stones
OUCH!!! Then comes the night of the delivery, two days before
my husband was to have knee surgery. About 8 hours of
labor, the baby was stuck around the small of my back!!
Finally got him threw, not before slipping a disc which later
required surgery, and he was here!!! Out he comes, as they place him
on my belly....... HE DECIDED HE NEEDED TO PEE RIGHT IN MY
EYE!!!!!!!!! Now if that isn't a how dee do for you I don't know
what is!! All I went through and that was the thanks I got! Needless
to say my husband was laughing hysterically because I told him he
was going to be the first to get it since he had never changed a
little boys diaper before!! Little did I know then :)!! And he is
still a daddy's little boy to this day!!!! So heed this a warning to
all you mother's of little boys!!
DUNK!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@
Amber
F.
Ohio
Spencer Alexander's Home Birth
Story
At 10:50pm on the night
of June 10, 2003, I felt and heard a "click" in my pelvic
region. Then I had a contraction. Then I started to
feel very wet and I didn't think I was peeing, but you never know
when your pregnant! I got up to use the bathroom and sat down
on the toilet. Fluid started coming out and I knew then for
sure that I wasn't peeing. I had turned the bathroom light on,
which I didn't usually do so my husband asked me what was going
on. I asked him what time it was because I was starting to
have another contraction. It was 10:52pm. I told him I
thought that my water broke. So we got up and I had a couple
more contractions a few minutes apart and decided it was time to
call the midwife. They were coming every couple of minutes but
I could talk through them just fine. She said to wait 30
minutes to see if they got stronger. This was at
11:20pm. About 10 minutes later, they were REALLY
strong. My husband said, that's it we're going to the birthing
center NOW. It was a 30 minute drive from our house. I
had another contraction and felt like I needed to use the bathroom
so I went and sat down and proceeded to do my "business."
While I was using the bathroom, my husband was paging the midwife to
let her know we were on our way. WELL, while I was pushing out
poop, my body decided that it was time to push out the baby. I
yelled to my husband that I couldn't stop pushing. He said
"YES YOU CAN!" He checked to see if there was a head and he
didn't see one, but then I started pushing again, and sure enough
there was a head! He helped me off of the pot and on to our
bed. As I climbed up on to the bed, Spencer Alexander's head
popped out. I had no idea it was out. I still didn't
even think I was really in labor!! It was all happening so
fast. We both yelled for Sonja, the lady that came to watch
our kids while we went to the Birthing center. She came in and
was just as calm as could be and informed me that we had a head and
that I just needed to finish pushing this baby out. I was
shocked! So I pulled up my legs and pushed really hard and out
came our little one. Exactly one hour after my little
"click." Sonja had called 911 in the process of it all and the
EMT's came and took us to the BC where we both got a clean bill of
health. Two hours later we where back in the bed where Spencer
arrived. What a night that was. He was nine days early
and weighed 8lbs and was 20 inches long. We've decided that
the next one will be a planned home birth, so at least we won't have
to hunt down the bulb suringe the next time!
