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Published : March 03, 2009 |
Author : Lady Roadkill
Category : D. Birth Stories | Total Views
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 Lady Roadkill
Wife to a wonderful, imperfect man. Momma of 3 boys and a little girl. Homeschooler, friend, child of God, work in progress in so many ways.
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Yesterday I woke up feeling a little crampy. I had a midwife appointment in
the morning and was considered a week overdue, but I didn't really think
it was much more than being sore with my 4th child.
At my appointment,
I was pretty much where I had been the week before, but she did a
stretch and sweep and I headed home. During the drive I had several
real contractions...not the Braxton Hicks I had been having for months. So I
continued home and started timing them to see if they would become more
frequent. (BTW, check out www.contractionmaster.com as a great tool for this) They seemed to stay at 6 minutes apart.
I asked Dh to take me to get groceries, figuring the walking would
either make things pick up or stop it. I got to about 5 minutes between
and started having bloody show each time I used the potty. We figured
things HAD to be moving forward.
It was getting close to the
kids' bedtime, so we decided to head down to the city and made a few
calls. We dropped the kids at a friend's house, ready for bed.
Now,
I had wanted a home birth. I had had 2 midwife attended, uneventful
hospital births; and one that started as a home birth but wound up in
hospital as a c-section because he was a complete face presentation. We
are currently living in a travel trailer, and there was no way it was
suitable for a home birth. I had hired a doula in case I went into
labour when my truck driver Dh was on the road (and he almost was...he was due to go
out last night, but because I was having contractions was able to
post-pone!!) Anyway, the doula is a member of a group of doulas...one
of which has a big home and amazingly, selflessly offered for me to
have the birth at her house to avoid the hospital and all their
protocol for VBACs. So although I still had to pack up and drive to the
city, I birthed in a house without Dr. intervention!!  My semi-homebirth 
You have no idea the giving nature of this Christian, homeschooling mom!! She wasn't even *my* doula!! I paid Tammy...Heather
let us come to her house!!! I had NEVER met her before Tammy introduced
us!! AND she gave up her master suite with big corner tub. AND she
provided beverages for all the attendants and myself. AND she stayed up
all night providing support and help. AND she cleaned up afterward and did my laundry!!!
OK, so now we were down in
the city, at this house, and the contractions are still pretty lame, about
5-6 minutes apart. If I stayed still, they slowed down, if I moved they sped
up...but not much. The MW arrived and wondered if it was just
irritation from the S&S. She suggested bed to see if they slowed
down. So at 10 pm dh and I had a nap. Every 6 minutes I would still
have a contraction and they HURT lying down, so I dozed, sitting up,
between them. By 11, I got up, and they picked up to every 3 minutes.
They HURT!!
Now, my first 2 kids I had achy back labour...not
intense pain. I had read all kinds of things about how if you just
relaxed and found the right position, it wouldn't hurt. I have a fairly
good pain tolerance. These contractions HURT!!!
And I tried a million positions and couldn't find relief. At one point,
I had Dh sitting on the bed holding my upper body up. I was sitting on
the ball, leaning against him and the doula was holding my legs so I
wouldn't have to try to balance. I was able to relax my whole body so I
was dozing for the 2 minutes between contractions, but they still hurt!
I went into the bath, it was somewhat better. The MW was called back in.
From
1 am to 6 am I laboured in active labour. Can I say again...it HURT!!!
I couldn't believe how much and I really tried everything anyone could
suggest, and some things no one thought of to relieve the pain. I was 6
cm and fully effaced at 1 am. I was 6 cm and SWOLLEN at 5 am. I kept
wanting to bear down because it made the contractions not as bad. For
the last hour, I was told not to push down, and things got really bad,
trying to breath through these horribly painful contractions. Finally,
at 6 am, when I was still swollen and not much further along, the MW
told me I had 30 minutes in the tub before we needed to consider
transport to the hosp due to failure to progress and my very obvious
distress. The hope was just to get me a little something so that I
could rest and let things stop swelling. I was OK with it as the pain
was really wearing me down and I could feel myself beginning to get
panicky at the idea of any more contractions.
6:30 and the MWs
packed up their stuff, the ambulance was called, everyone was moving
around. I was on the corner of the bed in the one position I could find
that was the least painful...head on my forearms, butt in the air. They
had me dressed and were trying to convince me to move downstairs to
make it easier for transport. I told them to wait for the next
contraction. I had a big one and just HAD to push. I fully expected to
be yelled at, but the MW toke a look and sent everyone running-unpack
all the stuff, the baby is coming NOW.
Once they gave me
permission to push, things went just fine. Teylah was born at 6:54. The
ambulance attendants arrived at 6:53 and got to see me deliver,
yelling, in the same head-down, butt-up position. Apparently, the
younger guy had the most priceless look on his face when he walked in
the room  Wish someone had snapped a picture, but they were really busy.
My
dd was 9 lbs, the biggest so far. If it hadn't been for the wonderful
skill of the MWs I would have torn. As it is, I am only mildly sore
down there. The muscles in my abdomen hurt from pushing and panting
when trying not to push, but otherwise I feel fine. We left the doula's
house at 10am and came home to sleep
We got the boys back for supper and have spent a lazy evening enjoying
watching the cat freak out every time the baby sneezes, LOL.
There
is SO much more I could say!! About how amazing the team of people
surrounding me was, about how AMAZING my Dh was, about the millions of
other little details that made it such an incredible experience. But
this is long enough. God REALLY blessed us and I am in tears just
admiring my beautiful DAUGHTER (that is SO weird to type after 3 BOYS!!
) I just pray that above everything else, God was glorified this morning. |
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 Posted by fulltime mama on March 03, 2009 |
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Yay for VBACs! :) Thank you for sharing your story!
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