{"id":229,"date":"2010-07-18T19:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/permissiontolive\/2010\/07\/my-fast-birth\/"},"modified":"2010-07-18T19:29:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-18T19:29:00","slug":"my-fast-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/permissiontolive\/2010\/07\/my-fast-birth.html","title":{"rendered":"My Fast Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I still get emotional re-reading my birth stories, so I thought I\u2019d share them here. This is the story of the arrival of my secondborn. It was written a few weeks after her birth.\u00a0After having <\/em>my\u00a0first birth<\/em><\/a> successfully at home, I was excited to try it again.\u00a0I am not saying it is the right choice for everyone, but it was a great choice for me. I am so thankful that I was blessed with another uncomplicated birth.<\/em><\/p>\n

And yes, this story has accounts of body fluids and bodily functions, so if anything like that makes you uncomfortable, proceed with caution.<\/em> <\/p>\n

We still lived one state over from the state where our Home Birth Dr was, so again, we planned on having our baby at my In-laws home.\u00a0I drove over almost 2 weeks in advance\u00a0since my sister was able to help me pack and drive me\u00a0and baby Ms Action. I stayed a week at my families\u2019 house and then my husband came down\u00a0as soon as\u00a0his spring break started and spent the week with me at his families\u2019 house. <\/p>\n

Everything was ready to go, the birth supplies were all pulled together, I was really uncomfortable, my hips were really sore and I was ready to have that baby!! At my Dr appointment\u00a0a week before my due date,\u00a0I was almost completely effaced and dilated to 2 centimeters. I was surprised because with my first birth it took 7 hours of consistent pre-labor contractions to get to that point! I really wanted to go into labor that week while my husband was down, because after spring break was over he would have to go back to\u00a0school. I was uneasy about him not being there with me, because I\u00a0worried that he would not be able to make it down in time to be at the birth. Everyone kept telling me there was no way that my labor would be shorter than the 3 hour drive and that my husband would be able to make it down. And even though I\u00a0completely agreed (no labor would be that fast!) I\u00a0was still nervous.\u00a0But\u00a0Spring Break was coming to a close, and nothing\u00a0was happening. We went on lots of walks, had lots of sex, nothing! Everyone kept asking if I thought it was going to be soon and it was driving me crazy because even though I was really uncomfortable I wasn\u2019t having any signs that it would be soon. (No contractions, no bloody show etc.)<\/p>\n

5 days before my due date\u00a0I was pretty emotional because I knew that my hubby would be leaving the next day and I was worried. That afternoon I went to a baby shower for a friend and told everyone there that no, I wasn\u2019t in labor yet. That night we went to sleep. I was feeling like it would never happen. I woke up a few times to pee (like usual) and I had some crampiness. At about 4 in the morning I kicked my hubby to wake him up because I was so uncomfortable I couldn\u2019t go back to sleep and figured that if I couldn\u2019t sleep he could at least\u00a0keep me company.<\/p>\n

So we got up and walked around the kitchen a little and\u00a0<\/em>I\u00a0started having contractions. They were really inconsistent and didn\u2019t seem very productive at all, they were less than 30 seconds long and I could still talk thru them. However, my husband was convinced I was in labor, so he showered and dressed. By 4:30 I was breathing thru the contractions because they were getting stronger. They were about 3-5 minutes apart and pretty strong, but still very short, 30 seconds at the most. I wanted to wait on calling the Dr because I was sure that even if this was the real thing, it would be a while yet and it was so early in the morning I felt bad for waking him. But by 4:45 my husband called anyways and the Dr said that he was on his way. <\/p>\n

I walked around,\u00a0stopping to breath through contractions. The Dr got there at about 5:15 and I was pretty sure I was in labor by then, the contractions were about 3 minutes apart and getting stronger and longer. He checked me and I was at 4 cm. My husband said \u201cso we are going to have a baby this morning?\u201d<\/em> and the Dr said \u201cI think we\u2019ll have time to set up the pool<\/em>\u201d. They started throwing together the birthing pool and I lay down on my side to help with the intensity of the contractions. I\u00a0vomited, and then over the next 45 minutes I wondered why I was reacting so strongly to these contractions?<\/p>\n

\u00a0I was having a hard time remembering to breathe through them, and I kept tensing up with each one instead of relaxing. I\u00a0kept shaking and trying to regain control. The commentary in my head was something like, \u201cI can\u2019t be more than like 5 cm right? Why am I making such a big deal out of this? I knew I was going to fall apart this time, I made it through labor\u00a0just fine last time, what is wrong with me?\u201d<\/em> With my first labor I would get a contraction and then have a few more of that intensity and then I would have a slightly stronger one and then a few more like it etc. etc. This time each contraction was that much stronger and they were coming right on top of each other. <\/p>\n

So I\u00a0lay on my side and held my husbands hand and whined that I wanted to get in the pool, (it wasn\u2019t full yet). In between each contraction I kept saying \u201cI\u2019m not ready yet, I\u2019m not ready\u201d<\/em> and my husband and the Dr kept reassuring me that yes I was! I\u2019m not sure what I didn\u2019t feel ready for, the next contraction or the labor itself! The Dr kept saying \u201clet me know if you want to push\u201d, and I remember thinking \u201chow could I want to push? I\u2019m not even dilated yet.\u201d<\/em> At around 6 the Dr said I could get in the water (there was about a foot of water at this point) and I was soooo happy to get in finally! The tension in my lower back got better right away. <\/p>\n

My water broke with the very\u00a0next contraction and I suddenly felt like I had to go to the bathroom and I told my husband \u201cI need to get out and go to the bathroom\u201d and the Dr said \u201cthat\u2019s the baby, you can push any time\u201d At this point I still couldn\u2019t believe that the birth was actually that close and I kept protesting until the next contraction hit and I HAD to push, and I felt the baby move down. I reached down and I could feel the head right there<\/strong>, <\/em>I remember saying \u201cthis baby has alot of hair!\u201d <\/em>In that little moment of calm my hubby felt the babies head too and we marveled as how close we were to having this baby. With the next contraction the head was crowning and I had that incredible urge to push like crazy, it was like the contraction that wouldn\u2019t end, (or maybe they were so close together that it felt like one big one!) I just kept pushing and the head was born, and the shoulders didn\u2019t move, at that point I was saying that I needed a break, but the contraction just kept going, I was on my hands and knees and the Dr turned the baby a little and the shoulders came too. The shoulders actually stung more than the head, the pressure with the head was so intense I don\u2019t think I noticed the stinging as much. <\/p>\n

As soon as the baby came free, I shifted and pulled her up out of the water to my chest. She didn\u2019t really cry, she just looked at me. I couldn\u2019t believe that she was there! My husband was crying, but I was just so happy to have her in my arms, I was almost laughing! I got to hold her for a good 10 -15 minutes just sitting in the water resting. My one year old daughter came in to check out the baby and laughed and tried to get in the pool too. It was so special to hold\u00a0my new baby girl\u00a0and just revel in that moment!\u00a0That incredible feeling of empowerment. I felt great, full of energy, and a little shell-shocked that it was all over and I was holding her in my arms.<\/p>\n

Ms Drama\u00a0made her entrance\u00a0at exactly 6:30 AM,\u00a04 days before her due date,\u00a0after 2 \u00bd hours of labor. She was 22 inches long and exactly 8 pounds. She was born with a ton of black hair, and looked completely different from her older sister\u00a0and she was a great nurser! I had no tearing at all and it made such a difference with the recovery! I felt like myself a few days later!\u00a0This birth was totally different than my first one. It was nice to have the baby there so quickly, but a shorter labor is definitely more intense! I think that shorter labors are a little more embarrassing too, it\u2019s kind of like your body has taken control and you are desperately trying to hang on for the ride. But it was\u00a0an awesome birth. <\/p>\n

Stick around for the home birth story of Baby Girl. Again, it is completely different than either of my other two.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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