https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:53:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience/page/2#post-2360406 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:03:27 +0000 matador84 2360406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: it was really traumatic but I was in so much pain I was barely conscious! I almost ruptured my cervix and no time for a c. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience/page/2#post-2360400 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:00:49 +0000 littlejoy 2360400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>*all birth is natural* </p> <p>I had an unmediated home birth. My midwife and partner spent hours filling/warming the tub, and I ultimately didn't use it (was pushing 10 minutes after it was ready). No interventions ... but I had a tear and needed sutures once we were back in bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience/page/2#post-2360374 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:37:09 +0000 NavyRN2012 2360374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1- induction with Pitocin and epidural. Forceps extraction.<br /> DD- induction with Pit and epi.<br /> DS2- water broke and epi. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience/page/2#post-2360366 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:29:25 +0000 ElbieKay 2360366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: Med free tearing AND episiotomy? *cringe*</p> <p>Water broke before labor, GBS+ therefore hep lock, 17 hours without intervention but involving a lot of graceless profanity and an acute lack of spirituality, epidural at 9.5cm followed by pitocin and six more hours til birth. Pushed for only 30 minutes, had a microtear and no stitches. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience/page/2#post-2360296 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:26:37 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2360296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced due to pre-e. Had to be on magnesium for the whole induction (plus IV fluids and a catheter) and this continued for 24 hours post-delivery too. They tried a folly bulb, cytotex, pit, manually breaking my water - nothing worked. They gave me an epidural after 36 hours in preparation for my c-section. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience/page/2#post-2359550 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:44:57 +0000 alphagam84 2359550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>IV narcotics (have never done a drug before so it was fun to be high haha!) then an epidural, 2 tiny tears requiring one stitch each. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience/page/2#post-2359328 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 09:15:16 +0000 mrs. wagon 2359328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First: 3 epidurals, pitocin, broken water, 3 hrs of pushing, vacuum extraction, vaginal delivery<br /> Second: pitocin induction, antibiotics, epidural turned spinal catheter, vaginal delivery, post delivery spinal headache, blood patch </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience/page/2#post-2359201 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 07:02:59 +0000 Trailmix 2359201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C-section disaster. Hemorrhaged on the table, passed out, ended up needing a transfusion due to blood loss. Plus had pre-e so had to be on magnesium sulfate for 36 hours post-delivery. The whole experience was really traumatic and 2.5 years later, I'm still processing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience/page/2#post-2359172 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 05:42:02 +0000 buttermilk 2359172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a natural hospital birth attended by midwives. I labored in the whirlpool most of the day, and delivered on the bed. 2 hours of pushing but only first degree internal tearing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience/page/2#post-2359167 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 05:26:44 +0000 kitty 2359167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Scheduled c-section for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience/page/2#post-2359161 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 04:37:04 +0000 Charm54 2359161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1: Laughing gas, epidural, vacuum extraction because she was posterior , small internal tear</p> <p>DD2: no time for an epidural, went from 3cm to baby out in 45 minutes! No meds (though in desperately wanted them), no tearing ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience/page/2#post-2359158 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 03:46:02 +0000 Kemma 2359158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Miss A - SRoM, epidural, pitocin, antibiotics, epidural, episiotomy and ventouse delivery (35ish hours from SRoM until delivery).</p> <p>Felix - nitrous oxide, 3rd degree tear (twelve hours from regular contractions until delivery) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience/page/2#post-2359148 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 02:27:51 +0000 Cherrybee 2359148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Induction, syntocin, nitrous oxide, episiotomy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2359142 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 02:02:00 +0000 sometimesshesings 2359142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1: IV med to help with sleep, IV fluids, very late epidural, vaginal birth (45 hours)</p> <p>LO2: IV fluids, antibiotics for GBS, TENS machine, nitrous, but otherwise med-free vaginal birth (12 hours)</p> <p>Both were good birth experiences, mostly due to the support I had from the CNMs and nurses at the hospital! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2359127 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:53:43 +0000 Nutella 2359127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Med-free vaginal birth at 37 weeks in hospital. 11 hours start to finish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2359119 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:26:02 +0000 YouGotMe 2359119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Water broke at 39 weeks, used gas (ineffective) while I waited to see if I could have an epi (allergies), got epi, LO was vacuumed out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2359075 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 22:55:35 +0000 maddyz 2359075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Midwife, at home standing in the kitchen, needed 3 stitches. Water braking to baby was almost exactly 24 hours at 40 +3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2358945 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:53:21 +0000 jlm22 2358945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby flipped the wrong way at 39 weeks. I didn't want to do a version, so I had a c-section at 39+4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2358914 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:36:17 +0000 Mae 2358914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced due to high bp in my 41st week of pregnancy. Induction included cervidil, a foley catheter, and then pitocin. I did get an epidural. Baby got stuck in my pelvis and I got a c-section. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2358904 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:31:25 +0000 Mrs D 2358904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Epidural, vaginal birth, 2nd degree tear </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2358874 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:13:45 +0000 matador84 2358874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo1: water broke, precipitous birth, severe tearing, vacuum extraction, episiotomy, no meds at all.</p> <p>Lo2: delivered standing up in less than 20 minutes, minimal tears, no meds </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2358858 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:01:48 +0000 tofuwad 2358858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Epidural, small amount of pitocin (does anyone else's phone autocorrect pitocin to pitiful???? Lol!), small amount of tearing, vaginal birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2358857 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:01:08 +0000 travellingbee 2358857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DS1- spontaneous labor after a membrane sweep, epidural and then they briefly put me on pitocin but never went above level 3 and I asked them to turn it off. Then they broke my water and I started dilating very quickly. Otherwise very uneventful birth. I bled a little more than they would have liked, technically a hemorrhage, but I didn't even know about that until afterwords. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2358855 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 19:57:44 +0000 LovelyPlum 2358855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went into labor spontaneously, had an (ineffective) epidural, vaginal birth, episiotomy, and vacuum extraction. Not my plan, but it could have ended much worse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2358819 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 19:26:39 +0000 LindsayLou 2358819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No pain meds, IV for group B strep, 2nd degree tear, pitocin after delivery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2358805 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 19:09:01 +0000 AprilFool 2358805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Med free, almost water birth, last minute episiotomy, vaginal birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2358804 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 19:06:57 +0000 jape14 2358804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Induction (foley bulb + very low level of Pitocin), epidural, vaginal birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2358802 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 19:05:01 +0000 yin 2358802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Epidural, vaginal for both </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2358800 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 19:02:31 +0000 Finfan 2358800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1: epidural, IV antibiotics (Group B strep), continuous monitoring, vaginal birth</p> <p>LO2: epidural, continuous monitoring, baby got stuck so I had a C-section </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-involved-in-your-childbirth-experience#post-2358771 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 18:12:49 +0000 GrapeCrush 2358771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1, induction, epidural, c-section<br /> LO2, scheduled c-section </p>