https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 25 May 2026 21:02:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-delayed-birth-story#post-1530084 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:37:52 +0000 StrawberryBee 1530084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to tell my husband to stop counting. He was just mimicking the nurse and it was distracting to have the two of them doing it at the same time. I felt bad because he didn't know what else to do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-delayed-birth-story#post-1528744 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 08:53:53 +0000 mdf106 1528744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@strawberrybee: I got annoyed at my husband while pushing, because he kept telling me I was doing a good job, because if I were, he would be out already. It seemed like such a long time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-delayed-birth-story#post-1525797 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:58:06 +0000 LovelyPlum 1525797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you for sharing. Congratulations! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-delayed-birth-story#post-1525341 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:05:30 +0000 Cherrybee 1525341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations!! Thank you for sharing! Birth stories are great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-delayed-birth-story#post-1525329 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:02:47 +0000 birdofafeather 1525329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for sharing! Love hearing birth stories! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-delayed-birth-story#post-1524927 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 08:26:24 +0000 StrawberryBee 1524927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, I also hated the blood pressure cuff going off while pushing. It was so freaking distracting!</p> <p>I also pushed for an hour and a half (didn't it feel like forever? They kept on telling me I was 'so close').</p> <p>I'm going to guess that since your LO is 7 months old that you were an August momma, so feel free to join us on our due date board :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-delayed-birth-story#post-1524168 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:14:49 +0000 Chocoholic 1524168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The same thing happened to me with the epidural only working on one side. The nurse kept moving me from one side to another. </p> <p>Anyway congrats and thanks for sharing!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-delayed-birth-story#post-1524021 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:23:13 +0000 chopsuey 1524021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for sharing!<br /> My water didn't break, but I went into labor at 2am too and gave birth at 2:02pm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-delayed-birth-story#post-1523993 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:02:15 +0000 mdf106 1523993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is seven months, but I like reading birth stories, so I though I would share mine.</p> <p>At my 39 week appointment, by OB scheduled an induction for the following Wednesday due to PIH. I really did not want an induction, so I was upset. She did say that she thought there was a good chance I would go into labor on my own before then.</p> <p>Saturday I worked at home, and e-mailed my boss what I had finished up, just in case. I was tired, but wanted to go to the movies, because it was my last weekend before the baby. I planned to go the next day, too.</p> <p>I went to bed at 10, and woke up at 2 am to use the bathroom, which was pretty normal for me. While on the toilet, I noticed a little bloody gush. I called my OB's office, and they said to go to L&amp;D. </p> <p>We got to the hospital around 3 am, and by then I was pretty sure my water had broken, because it gushed when I got out of the car. In L&amp;D they confirmed that my water broke, so I stayed there. My contractions were just starting, but not at all painful. It took two painful tries to check my dilation, but I was at a 4. They started monitoring. The on-call doctor checked in on me.</p> <p>At about 6 am I was dilated to a 6, and my contractions were only mildly painful, much less painful than period cramps, and I was not at 5-1-1 yet. The OB said because I was progressing so quickly, I should get an epidural if I wanted one. I did get one. The first try the local anesthesia did not work, but they gave me another shot, and it was fine.</p> <p>The epidural did stall labor, so the on-call OB went home around 7 am. I am not sure about the time frame, but I slowly dilated to an 8, where I stalled. I got some pitocin to speed up my contractions. </p> <p>At this point my epidural was very uneven, one side was very numb, but the other side, which LO was almost entirely on, was quite painful. I tried not to press the button for more epidural because I was nervous about stalling labor further, but I did eventually. I started feeling a lot of "pressure." The pressure was at least as painful as the contractions, only it did not go away. Because they wanted me to labor down, they gave me a bolus, and it got a little better.</p> <p>Around 1 pm I started pushing. I was getting lightheaded when I started pushing, so they gave my oxygen. The pushing was not fun. The blood pressure cuff kept going off while I was trying to push, I hated that thing. After I had been pushing close to an hour, I was making enough progress that they called the on-call OB. I had to wait until she got there to push in earnest. I gave birth after an hour and a half of pushing. The on-call OB gave me an episiotomy without asking/telling me, which I was upset at at the time. DH said he thought it was the right call, and he had the better view. In retrospect, my recovery was so easy, I can't really complain.</p> <p>I thought I would get skin-to-skin right away, but they measured and cleaned up LO first. The on-call OB stitched me up. She thought it was amusing that I found it painful when she touched me with gauze, even though I did not feel the stitches themselves. Overall, I wish my OB had been able to deliver, but I can't really complain. </p> <p>The wait to hold him was really hard for me, although it was probably not a long time. He was 7 lb 15 oz and 21 1/4". I tried to breastfeed, but was not successful right away. I was worried I would not be able to breastfeed, but it turned out okay, and at 7 months I am EBF with solids. </p>