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I have had 2 C
Sections. Jakob was an emergency C after 26 hours of PIT due to a
prolapsed cord. and Syd was a forced section( I went into labor on
my own and was dilated to 6 when I got to the hospital) but due to
my ob being out of town. and the back up ob's was not willing to do
a VBAC.
On 12-8 I noticed that I had started to lose the rest of my plug and
at 11 am I had my bloody show. I called dh(he was at work) to let
him know what was going on. Now mind you I had been having contrax
all night and the day before I felt great LOL. We did some shopping
and I power walked walmart for 2 hours and had the best night sleep
in months. I woke up with the nesting burst and I cleaned the whole
house and even the fridge LOL. At 200 pm my mom called to say she
was stopping by before work. After I got off the phone with her I
went back to cleaning. At 230 I walked into the kitchen and felt a
POP and then a HUGE gush and I mean HUGE gush. I called my mom back
she was walking up my drive to let her know my water broke LOL. She
ran to me LOL helped me clean up and then ran to the store to get me
some depends since dh had my suv and everything baby was in it ready
to go LOL.
I called Dh and said he could come home if he wanted but not to
rush. My contrax were at about 5 min apart..
I called my MW and let her know what was up. Our other MW was going
to stay at the birthing center so when we were ready we could just
head in. BIL and SIL came over we watched a couple movies and ate
dinner. At about midnight we headed in. I got checked and was still
at 3 and 60% effaced. We spend the night and at 6 am my contrax
stalled OY. dh had to be at his ex's at 9 to get his son. We think I
made myself stall labor due to dh having to be with his son all day.
So I decide to go to my moms and try sleeping and resting.
I had contrax but not the bad take your breath away contrax all day
the 9th. My MW lives around the block from my moms and she came over
3 times on the 9th and 10th we tried jump starting my stalled labor
with castor oil and the stuff is NASTY YUCK YUCK. Nothing worked
LOL.. I started taking oral antibodies and watching for any type of
infection. So far so good no fever or feeling sick. Just scared my
body didn't know what do to on its own. I starting praying to god to
let my body go into full blown labor that I could do it. I knew I
was strong enough to push my baby out.
On the 11th My MW and I had a long talk LOL. If things didn't start
that night then we would try the using my breast pump and black/blue
colosh on the 12th in the am. Before bed dh had a long talk with my
belly LOL and at 305 am the 1st contrax hit. And I knew that was it.
I labored on my own using my moms ottoman to kneel over since being
on all 4 worked the best. At 7 my lil brother got up for work and I
asked him to get dh up. I called my mom at work and told her she
needed to get home ASAP and asked her to call my sister. Dh had
another visit with his son from 9 to 1 that day. But I told him
sorry I was not going to try and hold him in any longer and if he
missed Gavin's birth it would be on tape lol but i had my mind made
up. My MW got to my moms at 9 and checked me I was at 6 and 80 %
soft. So we stayed at my moms and with the help of my sister rubbing
my back and putting pressure on my lower spine and hips during a
contrax ( He wasn't sunny side up but he had his hand up by his
face) which caused the back labor I was having. At noon I was at 7
and 100% effaced. So we called dh to let him know that we were
heading to the birthing center in a few and to meet us there. Once
we got to the birthing center I got in the tub and boy did that
help. I still needed the counter pressure on my back during contrax
but just floating in the water made things easer to escape. I stayed
in the tub from 2 till 630. My MW decide to get me out of the tub
since I was not dilating anymore and we tried squatting and walking
for a bit. at 715 I felt like I had to push and let me till you my
body took over. but i still had a lip of cervix on the back side I
was sooo tired I kept praying to god and talking to Gavin asking him
for help and god for strength to be able to push him out. My MW
pushed it back and with 6 good pushes and a few lil ones out came
his head and his left hand on the side of his face then a HUGE gush
of fluid out he came. Gavin was placed on my belly at 727 pm. I
balled like a baby and I kept saying I did it I did it. I just
totally push my baby out. a few min later I pushed out his placenta
and from the size of it we knew that Gavin was a twin :( His brother
saved him by giving up his own. I had my mother, my sister in bed
with me helping me in every way., my best friend who taped the whole
birth, my dh and doula both holding my legs back and MW's there. My
dad and lil brother missed the birth by 5 min's. It was soo
beautiful and Gavin was soo alert he nursed with in 10 min of being
born. He just looked up at me and knew I was his momma. John was soo
amazed( he got a lil freaked out when Gavins plecenta came out LOL)
and in love with his new son. and being able to help catch him and
place him on his momma belly.
After he nursed and we had some cuddle time. Everyone was taking
guesses on how big he was. His stats are weight 8 lbs 7 oz
he was 23.5 ins long
his head was 14
and his chest was HUGE well to me LOL that was the hard part to push
at 16.5. Even with how big he was mommy did NOT tear at ALL :) Just
a tiny tiny lil skidmark and some brusing WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO :)
All in all we are in heaven and mommy is on cloud 9. I still cant
get over I did this with NO Drugs and No help other then my faith
and determination on having a natural birth. I didn't get my water
birth but I did get everything else I wanted.
and just know that at anytime my MW felt that Gavin or I were in
danger we would have gone to the hospital. We(dh and I) have full
faith in her and our faith in god that everything was going to be
perfect.
Just to know I did it. I was able to birth my baby. Gavin is now 5
months old. He has grown soo much in this short time. I cant wait
until our next baby. We hope to have a Home birth for the next one.
To all the C sections mommy's out there. I know how hard it is.
Sometimes it has to happen for the heath of our babies. But most of
the time its for the money in a doc's pockets book. Trust your body,
and Trust your gut. Hugs and Prayers to all the new mommies to be.
Stacie
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