https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 16:09:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808941 Sat, 10 Mar 2018 15:05:06 +0000 periwinklebee 2808941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's beautiful - congrats!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808929 Sat, 10 Mar 2018 13:41:10 +0000 petitenoisette 2808929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: @raspberries: @snowjewelz: @autumnleaves: @jhd: @birdofafeather: @Ina85: @babypugs: thank you!</p> <p>@Bluemasonjar: recovery has been pretty good! I am still taking ibuprofen around the clock so that helps! Im glad to give you more clarity around your decision, I still don’t know what I’d do if I were to do it again! My whole pregnancy the goal for labor was to not have the same thing happen again and so I totally get why’d you’d just choose c-sec. I was also worri d that recovery from a vbac would be worse than from a c-sec and I don’t think I realized until I was pushing unmedicated how much I was worried about that! So this time at last you’ll know what it’s going to be like plus your body will be in much better shape from not having labored/pushed first.<br /> @DesertDreams88: yea, I still can’t believe that happened so fast! My body was up for that part at least!<br /> @Mrs. Goose: thank you 😀 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808925 Sat, 10 Mar 2018 13:00:46 +0000 babypugs 2808925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She is precious! Congratulations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808913 Sat, 10 Mar 2018 09:20:56 +0000 Ina85 2808913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! Her little face is so precious, she's so cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808872 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 20:10:14 +0000 birdofafeather 2808872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808864 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 19:48:55 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2808864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! She looks sweet. Glad everyone was okay and thanks for sharing a tolac story even if it didn’t end in a vbac. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808860 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 19:41:57 +0000 DesertDreams88 2808860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So exciting :) Congratulations. And 3cm to 10cm in such a short time, wow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808854 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 19:29:16 +0000 jhd 2808854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats on your beautiful baby girl! So glad you are both ok. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808820 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:52:23 +0000 autumnleaves 2808820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! Happy to hear you and your little girl are OK! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808805 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:55:59 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2808805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations!!! I'm glad you are both happy and healthy. How has your recovery been this time around?</p> <p>This just solidifies my decision to do a repeat c-section though. I had contractions, dilated to 10 cm and then pushed for 3 hours before trying the vacuum with my first and ended up in the OR. Not sure if his head was too big or my pelvis too small or a combo but no way to predict if the same thing will happen this time around. I can't handle all of the contractions and pushing again to end up with the same result so scheduled c-section it is! I am a big baby and have a low pain tolerance lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808801 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:43:11 +0000 snowjewelz 2808801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations!! Good job for staying calm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808800 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:41:09 +0000 raspberries 2808800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awww, she's just beautiful! Congratulations! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808798 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:39:23 +0000 josina 2808798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for sharing, beautiful baby girl! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-2s-very-long-birth-story#post-2808796 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:28:30 +0000 petitenoisette 2808796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first was born by c-section after 40 hours of labor and 4 hours of pushing! Turns out she was sunny side up which was preventing her from descending. The plan for this baby was vbac with an epidural, in case anything happened and I needed an emergency c-section. </p> <p>I started having contractions a few days before this baby’s due date, but they would go away and then nothing on her due date or the day after. I went to bed at 40+2, and woke up around 12:30 with a contraction. They were about 30 or 45 minutes apart initially. I was careful to not get too jazzed up and tried to sleep and rest in between contractions. I mostly couldn’t sleep and had to get up and walk around for each contraction. My husband’s alarm went off at 5 at which point I told him I was having contractions and we discussed whether he should go to work or not. We decided he’d take our daughter to daycare when they opened at 6:15 and then go to work and he’d come home around lunch. The contractions were manageable at that point and I thought it’d still be a while and I just wanted to try to rest as much as possible. </p> <p>A little while later he came upstairs to tell me our daughter had drunk a bunch of water and then thrown up and I was like well this is a nightmare! She was acting normally and wanted to eat so we decided to let her chill for a while and see what she did. She didn’t get sick again and so we decided it was just a fluke (we were right and sorry for chancing it DC!) and he ended up bringing her to school around 8. </p> <p>Around 11 contractions started getting worse and some really close together, but not long. I needed my DH home so he left work and I called my OB who wanted me to come in and get checked out. </p> <p>By the time my DH got home I was really getting uncomfortable and also wondering why the heck we sent him to work and why we hadn’t at least finished packing the hospital bag! So we got ready to leave as quickly as possible and drove the ~25 minutes to the dr. On the way I was having contractions every 4 minutes but they were only 20-30 seconds long so I didn’t really think too much of them. </p> <p>At the office they hooked me up to the monitors and the midwife checked me - I was only 3 cm dialated but she said I clearly needed pain support and that I could head on over to the hospital but it wasn’t a rush.</p> <p>I kept having really strong contractions pretty quickly together as we walked out to the car. I was sooo ready to get the epidural at that point but nervous that things were progressing like with my daughter (contractions with little to no break but also little progress). Thank goodness the drs office was only 8 minutes away from the hospital. I think I had 3 really painful contractions or so in the car but again not super long. </p> <p>We pulled up to the entrance where they had valet parking which would have been great except we had no cash. So I went in and my DH went to park and would meet me inside. I had to stop and work through a few contractions walking to the elevator. We got to the L&amp;D floor where I told them who I was and they started to bring me to do paperwork but they quickly realized that wasn’t happening and rushed to get me a wheelchair to bring me straight to the delivery room. A random angel lady (I think maybe she was a receptionist?) helped me work through a few contractions doing the “slow dance.” I was basically that lady yelling my way through the hospital. They got me to my room and thankfully my DH arrived. </p> <p>The midwife came in and checked me and to my grand surprise I was fully dialated - 3 cm to 10 in about half an hour. I was just kind of shocked but in retrospect it was clear that I was going through transition in the car and the way up to the hospital room. The midwife announced that I could push and that maybe we’d have a baby in 10-20 minutes. 😒</p> <p>So I started pushing which did feel much better than doing nothing and made the contractions more manageable. They also stopped being one on top of another so I got a break and was able to rest between contractions. However, in the back of my mind I was worried about not having an epidural in case I needed an emergency c-sec and also just generally not feeling prepared to have an unmedicated labor. I pushed for about an hour but then asked for the epidural. Now I get why women get epidurals even at 10 cm!</p> <p>So they ordered the epi and I kept pushing during contractions but I wasn’t really trying too hard. I honestly didn’t feel a strong urge to push either besides it being less painful than not pushing. I had to wait about an hour for the epi so in total I pushed 2 hours. My hope was the epi would allow me a little rest and then also to push in some positions that might help the baby descend but that I found too painful to do without it. </p> <p>It took a little while for the epi to kick in and so the anesthesiologist gave me fentanyl too. I wish I had said no bc I could have waited longer for the regular meds to kick in. As soon as I got the epi I started shaking and I don’t think more drugs was the right call in retrospect. </p> <p>Anyway this did take away the rest of the pain and I told my DH that he should call my mom and update her but there was no service in the room so he left to call. While he was gone the baby’s heart rate dipped and they put me on oxygen and put a monitor on her head. Thankfully it came back up after a while and for some reason I was not panicking. Then once her heart rate came back up mine went up too high... suddenly the midwife came back with the OB and they told me we had to do the c-sec. They were so good about keeping calm that I didnt fully realize we were in emergency c sec territory. My DH told me after that he heard them assembling the team on the loudspeaker since he wasn’t even back in the room when all this was happening!</p> <p>They brought me down the hall to the OR and started to set everything up. At this point I was just focusing on remaining calm and not letting myself try to wiggle my toes bc that really freaked me out during my first c section. Finally my DH came in and just like my first c sec I clarified that I could still tell the OB was touching my skin but that I wouldn’t feel the actual incision, right? Once they started the baby was out in what seemed like 2 seconds. </p> <p>We had to finalize her name in the OR - Chloe was born at 5:53pm on March 1st. She weighed 7 lb 3 oz and was 19 inches long. She had also rotated to sunny side up (just like my first) so I don’t know if I’d have been able to push her out in any case. </p> <p>I ended up losing a lot of blood and it took the Obs another hour and a half to get me stitched back up and I needed a blood transfusion afterwards. They explained later the reason for the emergency c sec was that the heart rate issues with me and the baby indicated a possible uterine rupture. Again I really appreciated how calm everyone was through everything which allowed me to remain relatively calm too. </p> <p>We’re home now and everyone is doing well! I know this is very long but I just wanted to share my experience of a VBAC that didn’t work out bc the success rate is generally so high. </p> [attach=6543/18/p5cbjj.433x600.C2131498-BDBF-4DC4-8C58-350C48D69514.jpeg] [attach=6543/18/p5cbjk.450x600.799B1C39-1A4B-4F35-B989-670AE46BBBF9.jpeg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2702781 Sat, 25 Feb 2017 02:24:51 +0000 nana87 2702781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2702776 Sat, 25 Feb 2017 00:45:09 +0000 ALV91711 2702776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! Thanks for sharing your story. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2702775 Sat, 25 Feb 2017 00:29:38 +0000 Miss Ariel 2702775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! She's beautiful!</p> <p>I kept having contractions leading up to J too. There were so many nights where I went to bed expecting them to get stronger, but it just never happened and I wound up needing to be induced as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2702758 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 21:04:34 +0000 AngelicOne 2702758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JOSINA: She's gorgeous. At least it'll be easy to remember their stats! Glad everything was okay despite the scares. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2702739 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:26:50 +0000 josina 2702739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: @Mrs. Lemon-Lime: @peaches1038: @travellingbee: @azjax: @Ajsmommy: @psw27: thanks everyone!<br /> @FaithFertility: she definitely made her birth story interesting! And love that her and E were the same weight/height too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2702635 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:47:28 +0000 psw27 2702635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! Glad it all worked out with the hands and the feet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2702628 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:43:49 +0000 Ajsmommy 2702628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great story!! And adorable little lady! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2702085 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:11:52 +0000 FaithFertility 2702085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow fun story glad all worked out despite the scares! She is beautiful!<br /> Crazy how DS and her were the same </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2702054 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:51:11 +0000 azjax 2702054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations on your gorgeous girl! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2702043 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:43:02 +0000 travellingbee 2702043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! What a gorgeous girl! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2701952 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:44:15 +0000 peaches1038 2701952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! She's beautiful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2701942 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:26:08 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2701942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats :grin: What a cool birth (story)! She's beautiful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2701937 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:15:20 +0000 jhd 2701937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats on your gorgeous girl! And I loved reading your birth story! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/emmalyns-birth-story#post-2701935 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:10:44 +0000 josina 2701935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At my 39 week appointment we scheduled an elective induction for February 19th, at 39 weeks, 4 days. My OB estimated that you weighed 8 to 8-1/2 lbs, and I was 3+ cm dilated and 70% effaced. I had been having contractions for weeks but they never progressed, despite a few nights where I thought, "this is it!" While I loved being pregnant and feeling you inside me, Dad and I were sooo ready to meet you and hold you.</p> <p>The day before was a gorgeous 60° (record breaking for March!) and we spent the day getting some last minute things ready for you: setting up the pack and play, raising the crib mattress, making sure everything was packed for the hospital; and also spending lots of time with your big brother. I went to bed at 9 pm and Dad at 10, but we were both so anxious and excited that we got very little sleep. Dad was up by 3:30 and I got up at 4 to shower and get ready to leave for the hospital. We kissed our goodbyes to your big brother and sister, and headed to the hospital at 4:45, arriving at 5:20 am. </p> <p>Since Admitting wasn't open yet on a Sunday we checked in at the Emergency Room and headed up to Labor and Delivery at 5:30, in room # 505. I got settled into bed in the gown they gave me and was hooked up to an IV at 6 am. At 6:30 the nurse started the Pitocin drip, at 6 mL / hour. She checked my cervix and I was still at 3 cm and 70% effaced. Dad and I watched the gorgeous sunrise over the Mississippi river, we had a great view from our room, and then started watching Tarzan on the hospital tv.<br /> At 7:00 my contractions were about 6 minutes apart; 15 minutes later the nurse turned up the Pitocin to 8 mL/hour, and by 7:40 my contractions were 2 to 3 minutes apart but didn't hurt at all, just a tightening of my stomach.<br /> At 8:21 my Dr. came in and broke my water. Dad noticed the surprised looks on their faces when the water gushed out and the nurse had to run for more towels. They commented they had never seen that much water come out all at once.<br /> By 9:00 my contractions were 3 to 4 minutes apart and my pain was between a 4 and 6, since the anesthesiologist was already on the floor I asked for an epidural. By 9:15 the contractions hurt much more, about a 7-8 on the pain scale and were 3 minutes apart.<br /> At 10:00 the anesthesiologist arrived and I got the epidural.<br /> At 10:25 the nurse turned up the pitocin to 10 mL/hour. By 10:50 contractions were 2-3 minutes apart and strong. I could still feel the pressure, but they didn't hurt. Your heartbeat would slow down during the contractions from the 130-140 range to 100-110 and sometimes lower, the dr. said later that they were worried the cord might be around your neck.<br /> Around 11, the nurse checked dilation and felt that I was at 6 cm; when she went to feel your head, she touched your fingers instead, this really surprised her and daddy joked that she should grab on and pull you out. Our nurse left and got another nurse who had worked in L&amp;D longer and had her feel as well and try to move your hand. They decided to have me sit in a position on my knees with my butt in the air so that you could hopefully pull your hand down. I sat like that pretty comfortably for an hour and we discussed what it meant to have your hand on your head, it was possible that they might have to do a c-section which scared me and your dad. The nurse thought that when my water broke and gushed so fast that it may have pulled your hand down with the water. You probably would have been born by now if your hand wasn't preventing your head from fully hitting my cervix.<br /> At 12:30 I was able to lay on my back again and was dilated to 7 cm and 100% effaced. Your fingers were still on top of your head but in a better spot. I felt a lot of pressure when I flipped back over, and start getting really shaky arms and legs. The nurse noticed that I was transitioning and quickly started getting the room ready for your arrival; when she checked me again at 12:50 I was 10 cm and she left to get the dr. and told me not to push. I felt your head pushing down with each contraction and told dad you were coming soon so they better hurry up.<br /> At 1:05 the Dr. arrived in the room, she said that your hand positioning should be okay now and told me to push and then stop - in one push your head was out and she checked to make sure the cord wasn't around your neck, which it wasn't. I had to wait for the next contraction and push again, one more contraction after that, (3 total) and you were born at 1:17 pm. You had one more surprise for us and came with one foot up and one foot down, which the dr. and nurse had never seen before, they said you were in a cheerleader position, so they were worried about hip/leg damage and quickly cut the cord to have you checked by the baby nurse. Dad and I were a little extra worried, but you were fine and your apgar scores were 8 and 9.<br /> We named you Emmalyn Grace, you weighed 7 lbs, 3 oz and were 21" long, exactly the same as your big brother. At 1:45 you were all cleaned up and I got to hold you for the first time, you latched on to nurse right away. I only had one small internal tear that needed just a few stitches. (Your big brother did much more damage!).<br /> Daddy held you for awhile while I got to eat lunch and have the epidural removed. At 4:00 we moved to our new room, #569.<br /> The nurses took you for a bath around 4:30 and the pediatrician evaluated you then as well, he came in and told us that you were perfect and had no damage from the awkward position you were in. You were the talk of the floor though among all the dr.'s and nurses! </p> [attach=4677/17/olullw.480x600.IMG_5266.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-pregnantbee-2s-birth-story/page/2#post-2603780 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 16:11:22 +0000 pregnantbee 2603780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: @HLK208: @tlcbaby: Thanks, ladies! I'm so happy she's here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-pregnantbee-2s-birth-story/page/2#post-2603777 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 16:03:30 +0000 tlcbaby 2603777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Precious! Good job, mama! </p>