This article was originally published on shelbysaywhat.com
Before I went into labor I loved reading other bloggers birth stories. Our labor and delivery was quite outstanding and I’m so excited to share it with the world.
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I went into early labor 24 hours before we went into the hospital. Jarrett and I tracked all of my contractions from the notes section on his iPhone. They started roughly at 5pm the day before Maisey was born. Although they weren’t intense or frequent enough for me to worry about.
The contractions became more consistent overnight from 1am to 5am.I woke up that morning and the feeling of the contractions had actually subsided significantly and I became super discouraged. I thought for sure I was going to be ready to go in for labor that morning. (If only I knew.. lol)
Maisey was born on her grandma Kim’s (Jarrett’s mom) bday, so Jarrett left that morning to go visit with his mom. I was still feeling contractions so I stayed back. While Jarrett was out visiting with his folks, the contractions picked back up again. At this point I was texting Jarrett the exact hour and minute of each contraction I was having. (Of course as soon as my husband leaves the house my contractions were happening every 5 mins or so.) The contractions weren’t lasting a full minute so I still didn’t feel any rush to go to the hospital.
My sister in-law had taught me to hum through my contractions. This literally saved my life! And if you get as far along as I did through the labor it will sound like you are trying out for tone deaf musical. The louder the hum, the better! spending most of my labor at home was very peaceful. I had my candles lit, music playing, and my kitties were near me. I would roll and bounce on my yoga ball up until we left for the hospital.
Jarrett and I decided early on that we didn’t want to take any birthing classes. There were a few reasons I didn’t want to take a birthing class:1) it’s an 8 hour class (usually held on weekends and I don’t have weekends off) so who has time for that? especially when you are pregnant and feeling awful, that’s legit the last thing I wanted to do with my time off.2) Every mom I’ve ever talked to said “biggest waste of time” and I took their word for it.3) This 3rd reason holds the most truth as to why I didn’t seek birthing advice, as I wanted a complete open mind to the experience. I wanted to trust my body and just listen to my inner voice. Women have been having babies since the beginning of time. I trusted I would know what I needed to do in that moment and that was enough for me. If I didn’t know, I knew the nurses and my midwife would guide me. Which they totally did btw.
I tried to last as long as I could at home. I liked being in the comfort of my own home vs. a hospital room. The pain eventually got to the point it was so intense it was hard for me to even stand. The “pain” I experienced was a tightening sensation in my lower back, which is actually how I experience cramps when I’m on my period. So the best way I can describe contractions is a more intense period cramp. At this point I called for Jarrett and told him it was time to head to the hospital. He already had the car all packed up with our hospital bags. luckily for us we only live 2 minutes from our hospital.
Once we arrived at the hospital I was already 6 cm dilated. VAY! I think this took my midwife and nurses by surprise. I can remember how relieved I was when they told me I was 6 cm dilated. My greatest fear was being sent home and told I hadn’t even started labor. Everyone always tell’s you, “you’ll know when you are in labor”. I think that holds some truth, but in my case my water didn’t break, there was no blood, and my contractions only lasted 30 seconds (not the standard 1 minute they tell you to wait for) so I wasn’t crystal clear if what I was feeling were labor pains.
By the time they admitted us into our birthing suite I was very ready for the epidural. My contractions seemed to be about 1-2 minutes apart and lasting well over a minute. By the time I got the epidural I was 8 cm dilated. The one thing I had stressed in my birthing plan was to get this damn epidural! As Jarrett would say “the second [I] got an epidural I was a changed woman.” ÇOK KOMİK! I wish he was wrong but it was so true. I felt so relaxed and I was ready to have this baby. any worry I had going into labor completely vanished. Basically my epidural was life changing.
My midwife predicted the baby would come around midnight. I was getting pretty relaxed at this point knowing we had a few hours to kill before baby would come (it was around 8pm at this time). I can remember the nurse describing to me what it would feel like when I was ready to push. She said “lots of pressure on my butt” and it would feel like “I need to go to the bathroom”. I looked at her and said “yeah.. I’m ready to push if that’s the case.” She almost douKesinliğimi vurdu. Ne kadar genişlemiş olduğumu görmek için kontrol etti. Tabii ki yaklaşık 9 cm vardı. Ebe için aradı ama öğle yemeği molasındaydı. Zavallı hemşire, sanırım ebe geri dönmesi için 15 dakika daha tutabildiğim için dua ediyordu.
Ebe geri döndükten sonra (20:00 civarında) benim için suyumu kırdı ve itmeye başlamanın zamanı gelmişti.
Teslimat
Sol bacağımı tutan bir hemşire vardı ve Jarrett sağımı tutuyordu. Şaşırtıcı bir şekilde, ittiğinizde nefesinizi tutuyorsunuz (bir egzersiz hakkında konuşun). Bu noktada hiç acı çekmedim, sadece bu bebeğe sahip olmaya hazırdım. Yaklaşık 45 dakika itme ve Maisey saat 21: 23’te gelirdi. Hayır, Maisey’i dünyaya getiren itme, daha önce gelen tüm itmelerden farklı değildi. Sadece Jarrett’in yüzünü izleyerek yakın olmam gerektiğini biliyordum. Tüm zaman boyunca beni tezahürat ediyordu ve Maisey çıkışını gözlerini aydınlattığında. Doğduğunda yüzü sonsuza dek hafızamda yerleşik. Sevinçle gelmişti ve I.Bam da öyleydi! Oradaydı. Little Maisey Haziran göğsüme yerleştirildi. İki hemşire onu oldukça hızlı bir şekilde temizlemek için çalıştı. Çok uyanıktı ve bana büyük, güzel gözleriyle baktı. Ben hıçkırık bir karmaşa oldum. Başlangıçta, ona ilk sözlerimin ne olacağını planlamıştım, ama hepsi onunla tanıştığım pencereden dışarı çıktı. Ağladım ve ona ne kadar güzel olduğunu tekrar tekrar söyledim. Bu kadar yüzeysel görünmek istemiyordum, ama doğruydu. Kesinlikle mükemmeldi. 10 aydır inanamadım, bu tatlı kızı taşıdım. Anında ailemiz büyüdü ve şimdiye kadar hissettiğim en güçlü aşk hisiydi.
Ailelerimize gelince – Jarrett hem ailem hem de gün boyu koordinasyon yapıyordu. Kalbini korusun. Ailelerimiz saat 20.00 civarında hastaneye geldi. Kart oyunu elmalarını zaman öldürmek için elmalara getirdiler. Kısa bir süre sonra saat 10’dan sonra ailelerimiz Maisey ile tanışmak için yığıldı. Çok sevgi ile karşılandı !!
Hatırlanabilir anlar
Bu özel günden itibaren birçok unutulmaz anlar vardı. Jarrett, ben emekteyken gerçekleşen bazı şeylerin benimle bir liste oluşturulmasına yardımcı oldu.
Koku: Mum Morningweather kıyı: açık ve güneş molaları ile bulutlu. 57 derece. Emekten önceki gece büyük bir yağmur fırtınasıydı! Ne yapıyordum: kasılmalar arasında bir yoga topu üzerinde yuvarlanma / sıçrama. Ziyaret ettiğiniz yerler: İşçi Partisi’nden iki gün önce Bellevue’ye gittik ve alışveriş merkezine gittik. Bu benim tüm hamileliğimin en büyük özlemiydi.
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