We went once before for a scare and the hospital just about scared me into my first homebirth! The rooms were super tiny and you just felt so uncomfortable.
Oh and lets add...March 10th!!!
Here's the story of Little Mr.
Tommy's E6 exam was March 7 and I was forced to keep my son in until at least the night of the 7th, someone just had to take his test before I could give birth! I was miserable, tired, achy and sore and the only thing I wanted was the giant basketball in front of me removed!
So friday night Ruby and Mommy bounced on our Yoga balls and tried our hardest to get brother out!!!
We both had a blast...but by the time Little Miss went to bed there was no sign of a Little Mr!
But little did I know, this would be the last family picture with just Little Miss!
Little Miss went off to bed and so did Mommy & Daddy....
Daddy was deployed when Little Miss was born so the only way to encourage her out was with the help of our Midwife, this time around Daddy was here...and lets say Mommy and Daddy helped Little Mr along...
About 10:30pm I was struck with some intense contractions....I was worried I wouldn't make it to the hospital because with Ruby I felt no painful contractions till my water broke...so intense I couldn't time them anymore! After about an hour and half of these contractions I decided to try and get Tommy up....ha stupid idea! His response to me was this "It's to hard to stay awake!" and then he turned over and went back to sleep!
I got Beth up and we time them for about 15 minutes....they were 1 and a half minutes apart and getting more and more painful....Beth was more able to pull Tommy out of bed than I was, and so she about threw him out of bed!
He strolled out of the room half asleep with that, "You really aren't in labor, can we please go back to bed" look!
I called my Midwife and she concluded I should have been at the hospital a long time ago! So off we went...so not ready for what was about to happen...our birth plan was left behind on the bookshelf!
We arrived at the hospital at about 1:30am and made a dozen stops in the hallways for those nasty contractions. We got to the front window and I was called back, at first they were going to place me in a monitoring room to see if I really was in labor....after they took a good look at me and listen to my crazy breathing they decided I should just go to a room! And we went to 3 different rooms before they found an empty one for me!
They started to get me settled in and for some reason forgot to send Tommy back...and the nurse told me he'd be back once I was settled....little did she know there was no time for getting settled!
After she made 2 trips in and out of the room Tommy finally appeared, and thank God he did!
The nurse hooked me up to be monitored and then checked me....6cm dilated!!! Holy Crap was all I could think!
The contractions were getting more and more intense, my midwife finally made it in and hung out for a while. I finally got to the breaking point of wanting and NEEDING drugs, my midwife reassured me I could do it and I reassured her that I couldn't!
She offered to break my water telling me "It could speed things up or things could stay the same"...after about 5 or 6 contractions I told her to "Just do it!"...she responded with "Do what?". She then broke my water and the kind nurse turned the shower on for me and I about ran there! The hot water helped a bit, but not for long....after about 4 or 5 contractions Little Mr about dropped out of me! I told Tommy I had to push and needed to go to the bed, both him and Beth tried to dry me off and I just bolted for the bed!
I again started begging for drugs and both Tommy and Kim, my Midwife, reassured me that I didn't need and that I needed to try and get through one more contraction!
Kim finally called for the Drug Dr...I was begging that much!
All of a sudden I had the sudden urge to push, Kim checked me and told me that I couldn't just yet. I was about 9 cm dilated. I nicely (that's a butt load of sarcacism) told her that I had to poop...those of you who haven't had children that's what it feels like. She reminded me that I couldn't push yet, but she was going to check me again......
Just as she was about to check me Little Mr decided to show his head....along with the Drug Dr.
Little Mr Thomas III was in my lap in less than 20 minutes!!!
He was born with a short umbilical cord so they couldn't put him up to my chest right away, but even still he was the most perfect Little Mr ever!!!
And I magically did it all without drugs...I am still to this day shocked.
I couldn't have asked for a better labor or a better man to share it with....even though he tried to sleep through it!
My labor started at about 10:30 pm Friday night and he was born 4:28 am Saturday morning...I was rather impressed!
My midwife never took apart my bed, there were no nurses in the room she had to call them in and I barely tore!
I am truly one lucky Mom!!!
Yeah!! Beautiful!!
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