I started having contractions Sunday afternoon, off and on. At about 3 AM on Monday morning they were five minutes apart so I had my husband take me to the hospital.
They checked me and I was dilated to a one. After an hour, they sent me home. I continued having contractions all day Monday. I was having back labor. I tried everything to help because I wanted to go naturally. I took baths and showers, laid on my side, walked around, had my husband use tennis balls in a sock to rub my back, etc.
I'd feel better for a few minutes and then the pain would be back just as bad. Had contractions all day Monday, all night Monday. I barely slept. The contractions were from 3-7 minutes apart. Had contractions all day Tuesday.
Finally, I had my husband take me back to the hospital around 3 PM on Tuesday. I was dilated to a 2. I was miserable, tired, etc. They said they could admit me and they would start me in the morning, I could go home and wait it out, or they could give me some morphine and then send me home and come back in the morning to start Pitocin.
I decided to take the morphine. I went home and slept for about3 1/2 hours and then was wide awake all night with even worse contractions. The next morning I was dilated to a four. My water broke shortly after getting to the hospital. THey gave me pitocin and I got an epidural right after.
Nine hours later, I was dilated to a 10. After 50 minutes of pushing, at 4:53 PM on WEDNESDAY my beautiful baby girl was born. She weighed 7 pounds 15 ounces, 21 1/2 inches long and was very cone headed. But beautiful. She was 6 days late according to my due date.
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Ashley
Ashley, born November 27th 2001.
My doctor had advised me towards the end of my pregnancy that my blood pressure was up and so expect to have an early delivery by induction at 38 weeks. On Friday November 23rd 2001 my doctor had asked me whether I'd like to go into hospital over the weekend to get induced. As my good friend was getting married on the Sunday, I didn't want to miss it and asked if I could go in first thing Monday morning. She agreed.
We had a great time at the wedding knowing that the following morning I was going to have a baby!!! Well, little did I know it was going to take a lot longer than that! I arrived at hospital early in the morning on Monday 26th November 2001, and at around 11am, I was given a drug to bring on labour.
My waters had artificially been broken by the nurses and now it was just a waiting game. Waiting, waiting, waiting. I had been given also an epidural around that time as it was supposed to help bring down my blood pressure. So when the early signs of labour started, I was as happy as larry! Every time a contraction was coming on, I wouldn't feel a thing. If it weren't for the nurses checking on me, telling me that I actually was having contractions, I wouldn't have known the difference!!!
Fast forward to 3am, November 27th. Nothing was going on, we were all really tired and just as my husband dozes off, my OB came in and said my labour wasn't progressing as she would have liked, so she'd like to perform an emergency caesarian. I said, 'right now?' and she said yes.
Before I could even gather my thoughts and try to freak out, I was taken to the theatre rooms, given a top up of epidural, and before I knew it, my son, Ashley was born at 3:30am! And no wonder my labour wasn't progressing....not only was he probably too big to descend into the birth canal (he was nearly 10 pounds) but the umbilical cord was wrapped around his head! As they say, everything happens for a reason!
Tammy (Australia)
My doctor had advised me towards the end of my pregnancy that my blood pressure was up and so expect to have an early delivery by induction at 38 weeks. On Friday November 23rd 2001 my doctor had asked me whether I'd like to go into hospital over the weekend to get induced. As my good friend was getting married on the Sunday, I didn't want to miss it and asked if I could go in first thing Monday morning. She agreed.
We had a great time at the wedding knowing that the following morning I was going to have a baby!!! Well, little did I know it was going to take a lot longer than that! I arrived at hospital early in the morning on Monday 26th November 2001, and at around 11am, I was given a drug to bring on labour.
My waters had artificially been broken by the nurses and now it was just a waiting game. Waiting, waiting, waiting. I had been given also an epidural around that time as it was supposed to help bring down my blood pressure. So when the early signs of labour started, I was as happy as larry! Every time a contraction was coming on, I wouldn't feel a thing. If it weren't for the nurses checking on me, telling me that I actually was having contractions, I wouldn't have known the difference!!!
Fast forward to 3am, November 27th. Nothing was going on, we were all really tired and just as my husband dozes off, my OB came in and said my labour wasn't progressing as she would have liked, so she'd like to perform an emergency caesarian. I said, 'right now?' and she said yes.
Before I could even gather my thoughts and try to freak out, I was taken to the theatre rooms, given a top up of epidural, and before I knew it, my son, Ashley was born at 3:30am! And no wonder my labour wasn't progressing....not only was he probably too big to descend into the birth canal (he was nearly 10 pounds) but the umbilical cord was wrapped around his head! As they say, everything happens for a reason!
Tammy (Australia)
My Four Babies
I have had 4 bubs...all pretty different as far as the actual labours but all with the same outcome! All natural births except for the gas!!!
My first went for 18 hours, they gave me pethadine at the 17th hour as I was only 5cms, within minutes, I fully dilated and needed to push! Poor baby!
The second was definitely the easiest. 4 hours, just gas, My waters broke naturally, and Hayley was born very quickly!!!
My third labour went for 8 hours with a lot of false labours leading up to it for two weeks! Very full on this time, and in the end Lachlan came so fast I was still standing and had to catch him myself!
And the last labour was horrendous! i went ten days over was meant to be induced, started naturally that day...then it all stopped! Went in for the induction and was already 5 cm’s.....They stretched my cervix, and it was all on! No real break at all between contractions, I was stomping around like a horse...and Jett arrived after 3 hours.
My first went for 18 hours, they gave me pethadine at the 17th hour as I was only 5cms, within minutes, I fully dilated and needed to push! Poor baby!
The second was definitely the easiest. 4 hours, just gas, My waters broke naturally, and Hayley was born very quickly!!!
My third labour went for 8 hours with a lot of false labours leading up to it for two weeks! Very full on this time, and in the end Lachlan came so fast I was still standing and had to catch him myself!
And the last labour was horrendous! i went ten days over was meant to be induced, started naturally that day...then it all stopped! Went in for the induction and was already 5 cm’s.....They stretched my cervix, and it was all on! No real break at all between contractions, I was stomping around like a horse...and Jett arrived after 3 hours.
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