https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:25:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883764 Wed, 08 May 2019 20:13:07 +0000 DesertDreams88 2883764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Umbreon: @pachamama: I had 2 pretty excruciating unmedicated labor experiences ( One where I eventually got an epidual and 1 where I couldn't). I started to notice around hellobee that a lot of the significantly painful stories involved the water breaking much earlier in birth, and ladies who seemed to have an OK time had their water break towards the end. I posted a survey about once I'm got a lot of replies along those lines. I have this general theory that the amniotic sac maybe cushions the blow of the contractions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883760 Wed, 08 May 2019 19:49:30 +0000 Umbreon 2883760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: Haha I do have a really high pain tolerance... I remember asking my husband after, "did I even go through transition?" I was just expecting it to be so much worse I guess. </p> <p>Pushing probably hurt the most for me, but it felt good at the same time. But when they told me to hold on and wait for the doctor... that was the worst and felt like the longest few minutes ever. That burn was like nothing else! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883742 Wed, 08 May 2019 15:42:27 +0000 pachamama 2883742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Umbreon: ha yes!! you really must have a high pain tolerance though... I had 2 unmedicated births (one was 5lb12oz the other was 7.5 lbs!!) and I will say they were excruciating!!! So I was determined to push them out as fast as I possibly could (20 pushes and about 7 pushes respectively). One more minute and I probably would have DIED. I was like yeah no, this ain't happening anymore. Babies, out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883648 Tue, 07 May 2019 20:57:00 +0000 Umbreon 2883648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SupernovaJ: I am in Canada! That's interesting. I had heard from one person that it did nothing for her but a lot of birth stories I'd read in books said it worked. </p> <p>I was in my own world though and it would have taken me out of that. No other nurse even offered me anything at any point and I didnt tell them not to. Which was awesome. I dont know if it's because it didnt sound like I needed it or because they left it up to me to ask.</p> <p>But I remember that nurse saying she normally works at a different hospital so I wonder if that had something to do with it. My hospital had the one of the best reputations for births in my city. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883452 Mon, 06 May 2019 15:45:12 +0000 SupernovaJ 2883452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats. What a lovely birth! </p> <p>I live in the US and have never been offered gas, or know anyone IRL who used it during birth. Do you live outside of the US? It seems more common in the UK and Canada from what I've gathered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883395 Mon, 06 May 2019 08:22:27 +0000 graceandjoy 2883395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Umbreon: I remember telling myself that too. Like I am still terrified, but people literally do this a hundred times a day, it's gotta be okay :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883288 Sat, 04 May 2019 19:50:26 +0000 Umbreon 2883288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@graceandjoy: thank you! I just kept telling myself that women do it all the time and that my body was made to be able to do it. I think it helped. </p> <p>@kiddosc: @bhbee: @LAZB: @periwinklebee: @thepicklemonster: thank you! It took us 3 years to conceive so we are over the moon!</p> <p>.@pachamama: Its funny, my mom said when she was pregnant only one person was honest that it hurts. She said everyone just downplayed things so much. It was the total opposite for me, everyone had a horror story to share and told me I was crazy for not wanting an epidural. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883267 Sat, 04 May 2019 12:57:13 +0000 periwinklebee 2883267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wonderful story, congratulations!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883253 Sat, 04 May 2019 08:56:05 +0000 LAZB 2883253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883232 Fri, 03 May 2019 22:40:50 +0000 thepicklemonster 2883232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love these stories. Especially since I had two scheduled c sections so labor is totally foreign to me LOL. Congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883227 Fri, 03 May 2019 20:59:30 +0000 jhd 2883227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Umbreon: congrats on your baby boy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883220 Fri, 03 May 2019 20:06:27 +0000 bhbee 2883220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Amazing wonderful story, congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883188 Fri, 03 May 2019 15:16:25 +0000 pachamama 2883188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yours sounds like an absolutely amazing, easy, peaceful birth. I'm so happy for you! I feel like I never hear stories like yours! Congrats. Boys are the best. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883170 Fri, 03 May 2019 13:49:34 +0000 kiddosc 2883170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What a great story! I'm glad everything went so well for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883131 Fri, 03 May 2019 10:23:34 +0000 graceandjoy 2883131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations!! So exciting to finally find out gender at birth. And you did great!! With my first, I was terrified the whole time, hah! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-umbreons-birth-story#post-2883127 Fri, 03 May 2019 10:10:48 +0000 Umbreon 2883127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hello everyone! I'm so excited to finally be able to share my own birth story. I really enjoyed reading these before and during my pregnancy. It might be long! </p> <p>It was 15 days before my due date and I woke up around 5 in the morning with slight cramps. I was so tired though, that I convinced myself it was because of the upset stomach I had the night before. I had to get up at 7 for work so I just ignored it and kept going back to sleep. I got up at 7 went to the washroom and noticed I had some bleeding. I was excited. We called the on-call doctor to see if I should go to the hospital, I wasn't sure because of the bleeding if that could indicate a problem or not. The doctor said if I was concerned I could go and get checked out. It took us about an hour to get everything ready before we left.</p> <p>I had a feeling this could be it, so I told DH that we should stop for some food. We went to McDonald's and had some breakfast. I was having contractions, but when I timed them I saw no consistent pattern. They also were not very strong at all, very minor menstrual cramps.</p> <p>We got to the hospital, filled out the paperwork, and eventually got into triage. They hook me up to some monitors, everything looked fine. She checked me and said I was 1cm and she said that I was having irregular contractions. She told me it could be a day, or it could be a week. She sent me home and told me to come back when they were coming every 5 minutes ,lasting 1 minute, for 1 hour.</p> <p>We went home, I had a bath and then I decided to have a nap. I had only slept an hour before I woke up with a stronger contraction. I got up and started timing them while DH made me lunch.</p> <p>After an hour, I noticed the 5-1-1 pattern. But I was doubting myself, since I got to this point so fast. I ate lunch and continued to time them. I told DH I think we need to go back to the hospital. I helped clean up from lunch because I didn't want to sink full of dirty dishes. Then we left again.</p> <p>The contractions started to get stronger. By the time we got back to the hospital, I wasn't able to walk during a contraction. But I still wouldn't say they were that bad. Eventually we got back into triage and they checked me again. I was at 5 cm! The nurse said she was surprised I was that far along, and that I was handling things really well. She told me they would admit me but they had to get a room ready first. I wanted to labor in the tub, so I asked about that and she said she would make sure that I got a room with one.</p> <p>At this point I was just taking it one contraction at a time. Squeezing DH's hand with each one and breathing. They brought me a yoga ball. I found it easier to get through contraction if I was sitting rather than lying in the bed.</p> <p>Eventually they came back to check me again, this might have been a bit over an hour later. I was 8 cm! Again they said said I was doing really well and that they would get me a room soon. At this point I realized I hadn't gone to the bathroom at all so I figured I should try. When I got back to the room I decided to get on the bed. The next contraction came and when it got to the peak I felt a warm gush. DH said the look on my face was hilarious. It was such a weird, warm feeling like I had just peed my pants. I got out of the bed where I leaked more fluid and at this point they came in with the wheelchair and said my room was ready. I'm not sure if they rushed me out of there because my water had broken, or if it was just really good timing.</p> <p>Got to labor room. They told me the baby was very low, I was feeling a lot of pressure. I was not sure how much pressure I should be feeling, because I almost felt like I needed to push with every contraction. But they checked me and said I was still at 8 maybe 9cm. At this point, with every contraction I kept telling them I felt so much pressure and I didn't know if it was time to push or not. </p> <p>I really didn't like the nurse at this point. She kept asking me if I wanted something for the pain. She kept trying to tell me I should take gas and that it won't harm the baby. It was annoying though, because I thought I was doing really well. I was breathing, I wasn't screaming in agony, and I wasn't feeling like I can't do this. Plus I was at 9 cm, I've gone this far! Concentrating is what really got me through the contractions, and I feel like gas would have just been too much of a distraction. Plus I was more afraid of throwing up than I was of the pain, and I was worried gas would make me nauseous . She checked me at one point, and didn't trust what she felt so she called another nursing to check as well. She said shortly after this that she was probably going to be switching out with someone else, and it took everything I had not to show my happiness at this.</p> <p>Then I felt that unmistakable feeling, that I need to push. Luckily the nurse switched out around this time. During the contraction I was saying "I'm trying not to push I'm trying not to push". I felt kind of a burning sensation, so I knew that when they check me next I would be ready to push.</p> <p>I was right, and they told me to start pushing. With that first push, I remember almost having an out-of-body experience, and I thought wow is my body really doing this? I was so surprised that it just knew what to do. Pushing wasn't at all what I thought it was going to be, I didn't realize I could trust my body so much.</p> <p>I can't remember how many contractions I went through during the pushing. But at one point they said I was ready for the doctor to come in. This was hard, they told me to stop pushing and I felt like the baby was half out of me. The burning was crazy. I I just concentrated on that feeling and imagined everything stretching out. The doctor came in, a contraction came and I told them I had to push. DH said the doctor was not expecting things to happen so fast. He said she almost missed it, but I'm not sure.</p> <p>We were Team Green, and after only 20 minutes of pushing, we finally got to meet our beautiful baby boy. He was only 5 lb, but I'm not surprised because I'm a tiny person and was a 5lb baby myself. He was full term though, and absolutely perfect.</p> <p>I'm so proud of myself for being able to do this naturally and unmedicated. Things happened so fast, I wasn't able to use the tub like I wanted to, but at no point did I feel like I can't do this.</p> <p>I honestly think the key is not being afraid. At no point did I have any fear. While pregnant, I feel like people couldn't wait to tell me their horror stories. But I feel like the common thing in all those stories was fear. I was excited, not afraid and I think that made things a lot easier.</p> <p>From the time I woke up from my nap with consistent contractions, he was born within 8 hours. Not too bad! I had a second degree tear, 3 stitches.</p> <p>He's 4 weeks now, and we're still getting the hang of the night-time feeds but we're doing really well. </p>