https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 01:22:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2602641 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 14:00:12 +0000 Mrs. Cookie 2602641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love this birth story! Congrats! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564957 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 05:49:31 +0000 delight 2564957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wonderful birth and story! Congrats and welcome baby Enzo!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564883 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:59:48 +0000 csross217 2564883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What an great birth story! I'm so glad you were able to have the birth you wanted! Congrats :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564882 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:57:01 +0000 Foodnerd81 2564882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! I feel the same way- circumstances allowed me to have a great birth experiences as much as, or more than, anything I did. I had both experiences with stitches- first one I hardly noticed then; with my second it felt like it took forever and was really annoying and uncomfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564764 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 19:00:48 +0000 sorrycharlie 2564764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564610 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:13:07 +0000 ModernDayJibarita 2564610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugsmama: We did learn in the hypnobirthing classes that keeping calm, relaxed and having no fear helps labor progress quicker so that could have definitively played a part ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564607 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:11:07 +0000 ModernDayJibarita 2564607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@peaches1038: @junebugsmama: @MoonMoon: Thanks! His full name is Lorenzo but what made me chose it is that I thought Enzo was a cool nn. So far we use his nn more than his name </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564601 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:03:54 +0000 catlady 2564601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, you did an amazing job! Congrats and welcome Enzo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564590 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:51:18 +0000 pastemoo 2564590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! Great birth story, so glad you had a great birth experience! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564585 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:47:14 +0000 pregnantbee 2564585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! Sounds like a great birth experience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564584 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:45:46 +0000 birdofafeather 2564584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>congrats! welcome enzo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564575 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:35:22 +0000 MrsBrewer 2564575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ModernDayJibarita: Congrats!!! Glad you had such a positive birth experience!! :-)</p> <p>I also felt the exact same way though about the stitches! It was so hard for me to focus and concentrate on my LO while they were stitching me up. It hurt!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564550 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:59:24 +0000 raspberries 2564550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! What a lovely birth experience! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564546 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:50:05 +0000 MoonMoon 2564546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! Love the name Enzo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564529 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:35:37 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2564529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Beautiful story, feel free to give yourself more credit! You did it! The ideal circumstances were probably possinle because of your positive calm mindset, at least that's what comes across in your story to me. I also :heart: the name. Congratulations! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564523 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:28:24 +0000 peaches1038 2564523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! I'm glad you were able to have the birth experience you hoped for :) and I love the name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-enzos-12-hr-unmedicated-birth#post-2564514 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:09:07 +0000 ModernDayJibarita 2564514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby Enzo was born May 21 at 12:15pm after a 12 hour med-free labor.</p> <p>I was at 3cm and 80% effaced on my due date of Wednesday, May 18, same as I had been since 38 weeks. I had everything to naturally induce labor but this past week I said I was done, that baby would come when he wanted to and spent all week sleeping 15-18 hrs a days</p> <p>On Friday night (40w2d) we took our parents, who had just arrived in town, to dinner and out for drinks. My husband and I arrived home around midnight and had sex; cramps started immediately after. Cramps turned into contractions that were 5 min apart around 2am. By 3am, contractions were 3 min apart so I woke my husband, we both took quick showers and headed to the hospital.</p> <p>At 4am when we got to triage, I was 5cm and 80% effaced with contractions 3 minutes apart so we were admitted and given a room.<br /> For the first 3 hours laboring in the hospital, I would spend 20 min on the birth ball for monitoring and 40 min on all fours in the tub with the stream of hot water hitting my back, my birth affirmations hypnobirthing recording playing in the background.</p> <p>The anesthesiologist showed up around 7am saying that if I was even considering an epidural I had to get it now since both Dr.'s were going to be tied up in c-sections for a while. I asked the nurse to check me ( We had been taught in Med-free birth class to ask to be checked before deciding on an epidural- the progress or lack there of might help you decide you want to push through med-free or want the pain relief) We were surprised to discover I was at 7cm, 90% effaced and baby was at 0 station. 7cm to me meant it was only 1-2 intense hours until completion… So I said no to the epidural and my nurse guessed that I would have the baby by noon.</p> <p>From 7:30 to 9am, at the suggestion of my nurse I walked in circles around the room, stopping on every contraction so that my husband could put some counter pressure on my sacrum. Around 9am, contractions got INTENSE I got on all fours on the floor and was moaning so hard the nurse came back in and said that by the sound of me I must be just about done.</p> <p>On to the bed I went and I was 9cm, 100% effaced, baby at +2 and in the middle of transition. Nurse had me lay on my right side with my left leg all the way over so that I was almost face down. I gripped the side of the bed and “tried” to breath through the contractions. Tried and failed because there was a lot of “somebody please help me” and “why are you doing this to me” and “please give me something” screamed at this time. Sometime during transition my water burst. Towards the end of the hour I remember asking where the Dr. was and getting an intensifying feeling to push. I panted through contractions until the Dr. finally arrived. They asked me if I wanted a different position to push but there was no way I was moving so I ended up pushing sitting up in bed with a huge mirror between my legs.</p> <p>Around 10am I started pushing, my husband had one leg and the nurse had the other. I would let them know when a contraction was starting and I got about 4 pushes out on ea contraction. Pushing felt great because I was so glad to finally be doing something other than just feel contractions. I pushed for 2 hours, the mirror being a great asset since I could see I was making progress and I could see results of the corrections the nurse would make. Dr. came in for the last hour of pushing. He poured mineral oil on baby's head and smoothed it around the vaginal opening, he also applied counter pressure on the area as I pushed to help baby squeeze out. Baby slid out, was lightly patted down with a towel and placed on my chest. I will never forget the look of amazement on my husband's face when our son was born.</p> <p>I was pretty sore downstairs and the tugging and pulling of the stitches kept me distracted from my beautiful baby ( I've heard the opposite; they are so entranced with their baby that they don't realize they are being stitched</p> <p>Overall; Achieving the unmedicated birth I wanted and planned for made me feel like a superhero but the biggest takeaway from the experience is how little control I had. My only contribution was saying no to the epidural, managing the pain and pushing effectively. As my nurse said, I was a textbook example of the ideal circumstances for a med-free birth. I went into labor already pretty dilated, labor progressed gradually, great length (12 hrs), ideal fetal positioning and a baby that tolerated it all like a champ none of which I had control over. </p>