https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:10:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868447 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:45:41 +0000 SweetiePie 2868447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: 😂😂😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868445 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:37:23 +0000 pachamama 2868445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: VASSHOLE yessss lol my husband just died when I told him that 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868443 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:18:18 +0000 SweetiePie 2868443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: glad to help, it might be on jeopardy or wheel of fortune one day and you can thank me again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868441 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:13:16 +0000 LCTBQE 2868441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: loved reading this, congratulations!! How fortunate that you guys are both in one piece and doing well.<br /> @SweetiePie: both of these are very exciting new vocabulary words for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868434 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:45:56 +0000 SweetiePie 2868434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: SAME I was on it for 36 hours and baby wasn’t born till 42 hours after it started. Horrible. </p> <p>@pachamama: I am so so so happy for you. And I love your story! Vaganus is my new favorite word. I’ve always said vasshole but vaganus is way better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868433 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:44:12 +0000 pachamama 2868433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@magnolia: it was only very bad for a short time at least! the one thing the OB and nurse and midwife said again and again is if your body is ready, like dilated, and soft/ ripe cervix, some contractions etc it will be a much easier process. She said ladies come in all "closed and hard" have a much longer labor If you need the induction, you need the induction! But sometimes even a few days can make a huge difference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868417 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:59:08 +0000 magnolia 2868417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: congrats!! I love his name</p> <p>I’m facing a possible induction depending on a bunch of factors so your story alternately horrifies and inspires me! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868396 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:58:11 +0000 pachamama 2868396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: 36 hours HOWWWWW?! The nurse mentioned early on it could take "8-10" hours to really get things moving and I was like oh hell no that cannot happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868344 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 07:13:57 +0000 youboots 2868344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! Thanks so much for sharing! I’m really loving reading birth stories these days. I was on pit for nearly 36 hours and even with an epi was begging to have it turned off. </p> <p>You are amazing!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868336 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:14:17 +0000 pachamama 2868336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: yes they did. I I think it helped that I was basically in early labor. I was so worried about stalling out. I don't know how women stay in active labor for hours. It was excruciating </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868323 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:45:04 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2868323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! Really fun to read all the interventions worked like a charm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868322 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:40:57 +0000 crazydoglady 2868322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay!! So glad he is here safe and sound. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868320 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:34:06 +0000 ALV91711 2868320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868274 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:37:57 +0000 Pollywog 2868274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! Im so happy for you 😀 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868225 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:00:10 +0000 Mrsbells 2868225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: wow 3 pushes! Congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868167 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:09:11 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 2868167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>congrats :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868162 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:05:52 +0000 jhd 2868162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868153 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:46:05 +0000 DesertDreams88 2868153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>congrats! and thanks for telling it like it is haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868150 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:43:09 +0000 codeitall 2868150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! Also, great storytelling! You had me laughing at work all by myself :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868143 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:34:25 +0000 nana87 2868143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>congrats!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868141 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:29:33 +0000 Foodnerd81 2868141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! Sounds pretty overwhelming but a wonderful outcome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868108 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:49:57 +0000 bhbee 2868108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats so happy it went well for you!! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868107 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:47:45 +0000 Kaohinani 2868107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations on your new bundle! 🤱 :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pachamamas-birth-story#post-2868097 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:17:24 +0000 pachamama 2868097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After all the ridiculous, anxiety-riddled posts I have made and the long journey some of you knew it took to get here, I thought I'd share how my son made his entrance into the world last week. :happy:<br /> So I hadn't gained weight in 6 weeks and my bump hadn't grown much so (as per usual with me) I was pretty anxious for my 40w2d ultrasound/ NST. I had got a high risk ultrasound at 38w (heart arrhythmia) showing him to be 7lb11oz. This u/s at 40w2d showed him at 7lb2oz. !! Of course he hadn't shrunk but it was unsettling that there was no growth (different machines and techs but still) and it sent me into a COMPLETE vortex of panic. The OB wasn't too worried (?!) but I was shaking with fear. She said I was 3cm, very ripe and gave me a membrane sweep. She said "I see no reason for you to be pregnant another day" and sent me to L&amp;D to be induced. I was LOSING my mind with worry but he wasn't showing signs of distress or anything. He had an irregular heartbeat so I was thinking it had something to do with that but looking back I think he was just not meant to be a big baby and wanted out. Who knows.<br /> The plan was unmedicated labor like I did with my first son but I knew Pitocin would complicate that or make it impossible to endure the pain (I have read many of your stories after all!).<br /> Got to L&amp;D at 4pm with some contractions- that membrane sweep definitely worked. Had my bloody show. Then the hospital had a bunch of emergencies so we didn't start Pitocin til 12:45am and HOLY SHIT THAT STUFF IS THE DEVIL. But effective in my case. Luckily I was in very early labor but omg by 1:45am I couldn't walk and 2:30am I couldn't talk. I was like EPIDURAL NOW PLEASE!! At this point I was 7cm. Contractions 2-3 mins apart on a 9/10 scale painwise. I went completely inside myself if that makes sense. Unlike my non-induced labor with my son, there was no break between contractions; my body wasn't resting.<br /> But per my stupid birth plan, my midwife got me in the hot tub (was now 9cm like 15 minutes later), and JUST like with my son, the instant I got in there I had the urge to push. It felt so good to push! No one believed me b/c it was too fast. So I had a huge push and he almost came out in the tub. Big insurance no-no! The midwife got me out, holding the baby's head in as I climbed on the table. 3 pushes later that I was *pretty* sure ripped me apart at the seams, Keegan was born 7lb 9oz, 19", screaming and pink and full of fury. The pain was instantly gone. It was over!!!<br /> He is a nursing pro and I only had a tiny 1st degree tear (not a "vaganus" like I thought), but I am MUCH more sore this time and have very little bladder control.<br /> I have nothing but wonderful memories of the labor and delivery and am so so thrilled my little guy is here safe and sound. But Pitocin is some scary shit! </p>