It was so intense that on the way to the hospital - a 10-minute drive - I was afraid I was going to deliver in the car. I had skipped the manageable buildup of early labor and was in the thick of active labor. Within 30 minutes my contractions were two-to-three minutes apart and were literally breathtaking. Not too intensely or with regularity, so I didn’t think much of it. On the car ride home, I started contracting. It was uncomfortable, but it paled in comparison to the 24/7 discomfort I was experiencing. “You’re already 4 centimeters, are you sure?” I was already 4 centimeters dilated and my baby’s big ol’ head was very low. I grunted and asked her to check my cervix. It was a nice gesture, but it wasn’t good enough. I took a long walk.Īt my 40+ week appointment two days later, I pleaded with my doctor to “get this f*cking baby out of me.” She looked at me knowingly (she was pregnant as well) and said we could schedule an induction if labor didn’t commence within the next few days. I got on my hands and knees and scrubbed the kitchen floor. I’d read about certain physical activities rumored to help induce labor and tried them all. The day before my due date, I decided to take matters into my own hands. And when I lost my mucus plug at 39 weeks, I put my hospital bag by the front door. It was my second pregnancy and I had been contracting on and off for weeks. I was certain I’d deliver before my due date. At my 40+ week appointment two days later, I pleaded with my doctor to 'get this f*cking baby out of me.' My hips and knees ached, my lower back was in constant pain and I peed every three minutes. My doctor estimated that my baby was 9 pounds (she was close! He clocked in at 8 pounds, 14 ounces) and carrying that load was miserable. By my ninth month, I couldn’t take being pregnant one moment longer. From the moment of conception, it was a bumpy ride: severe nausea, UTIs, Group B Strep, false labor, and sciatica so bad I had to rely on a cane to walk. Frankly, I was content with remaining pregnant until she was ready to come out. With my first-born, I was very blessed to have an easy pregnancy it wasn’t until the very end of my third trimester that I started to feel uncomfortable. My enthusiasm on GTBOOM was great enough that I had my membranes stripped to induce labor, and for those of you anxiously awaiting the stork, I have good news on that natural induction technique. I was absolutely one of them, especially with my last pregnancy. Overall so much more intense considering how much faster it went than I imagined but I am now so happy it was not a long labor.If I were a betting woman, I’d wager that most every pregnant woman nearing or past her due date has begged a doctor to “get this baby out of me” (GTBOOM). Then pushing was nice and calm once the epidural kicked in and I was able to manage it for exactly two hours before my baby girl made her appearance at 6:30am exactly weighing 7lbs 14 oz! And she had been projected to be much bigger at all my ultrasounds. Basically squeezed in the epidural after my body was already starting to push but I was in so much pain I needed it. And then proceeded to have a much faster labor than I ever would have expected as a first time mom! Dilated from 3cm to 10 in about 2 and a half hours begging for the epidural but things were moving so fast I hadn’t even had time to finish the IV bag of fluid in order to get the epidural. Had the sweep at about 12:30pm and literally had my first contraction at 12:15am that night almost exactly 12 hours labor. I will say doc said I seemed pretty ready- mostly because cervix was thin. I had to come back and comment on my birth experience after a membrane sweep. My mind is so all over the place right now!�� But also didn’t know if it would work if I’m still only 1-1 1/2 dilated. I’m just wondering if I ask him to do a membrane sweep tomorrow and then hope something happens before that night. My doctor doesn’t want me go more than a week late I think just because I’m 35. I just now feel this anxious ticking clock feeling because I’m starting to really want her to come naturally. I have my next weekly appointment tomorrow where he said we can see where we are again. I was 1-1 and a half cm dilated at my last two appointments with no progress between the two. I just feel like if I give her a few days she’ll come on her own even though this is just a feeling and I’m not really showing physical signs. I’m REALLY having second thoughts about induction this early. I’m 40 weeks and 3 days now and my doctor has an induction tentatively scheduled for tomorrow night but I’m seeing him early in the day. FTM here! I’m so curious about membrane sweeps.
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