Give me your birth story in three sentences or phrases!
Mine:
Had back labor and an epidural that never fully worked. Pushed for three hours. Healthy baby boy!
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My water broke as my first sign. Contractions came fast and furious. M was born 11 hours later med free!
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I thought it was three words at first and I was going to say: Fast! Slow. Baby!
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I wish I could! Please come out baby. Now!!
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Ha ha. Fun. Ok here goes:
I labored at home until contractions were 2-3 minutes apart. I got an epidural at 4 cm and slowed down. They broke my water and I was pushing out my son an hour later. -
@MrsH:
hope it happens very soon mama!!
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Had a C-section. Took too long to get to hold baby. Beautiful boy!
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Got an epidural to help me sleep but it fell out. Pushed for 3 hours. He got stuck IN THE RING OF FIRE.
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We had a scheduled c-section due to baby's size, GD, and my previous surgeries. He was stuck in there really tight and needed to be vacuumed out. Healthy 8lb 13oz baby boy with a 15.5 inch head!
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40 hours of unmedicated labour ending in an epidural. Three pushes and baby's here. Midwife missed the birth cause it was too fast.
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Laboured at home all day without telling DH. Pushed at hospital for 2 hours, ouch! Long awaited reveal, it's a girl!
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@littlebug: Stuck?! OMG!!!!!!!
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I had a scheduled c section at 39 weeks because of baby's size. By 8am, I had a healthy 10 pound 9 ounce baby boy.
I just needed 2 sentences!
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3 days of unmedicated back labor. Then a failed epidural and failed vacuum. After 4 hours of pushing, I met my amazing baby boy!
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Induced at 37 weeks due to IUGR. Had epidural inserted immediately with threat of C-section due to immediate decels with pitocin. Reached 10cm in 7 hours and pushed DS out in 3 sets of pushes because OB threatened to cut me if I didn't push him out NOW.
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Enduced due to High BP, got a epi, stalled at 7 cm. After 14 hours of back labor finally pushed for 2 1/2 hours & got a fever which caused baby's heartrate to increase. Emergency c-section ending with a sweet 8 lb 10 oz baby who came out sunny side up & headed to NICU for breathing issues.
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contractions weren't bad. epidural wore off. 2 hours of pushing my beautiful 8.5 lb baby boy with a 14 inch head!
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Epidural slowed contractions so I got pitocin. Pushed for 20 minutes with an episiotomy. Healthy 6lb 15oz baby boy!
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I'm still pregnant. I'm anxiously awaiting birth. I just wanted to participate.
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Induced at 42 weeks. Laboured for 20 hours and dilated to 9 cm. Perfect baby girl delivered by csection due to fetal distress and maternal fever.
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I found out LO was breech at 38.5 weeks. I had a super easy scheduled C-section at 39 weeks and 5 days. Baby girl was born healthy and chunky!
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Went into labor at 6 p.m. two days following my due date. Labored at home for 11 hours. Little miss was born 4 hours after being admitted to L&D.
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I should've upped the challenge. Maybe birth haiku next!
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@jedeve: Do it! That would be hilarious
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Went into labor after a full day of work two days before my due date. Got epidural right away. Had LO at 8am next day, remember watching the news before pushing, will never forget doctor checking out my bits so casually with a cup of coffee after resident delivered LO.
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1. 48 hours of unmedicated back labor. Lots of crying after the first 30 hours. Healthy sunny side up 8 lb 15 oz baby girl.
2. Water broke before my appointment to get an external version. Dialated to a 7 in less than 2 hours, had to have a c-section because lo was breech. A highly stubborn 9 lb 1 oz baby girl was born.
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Water broke at 40 weeks. No time for medication, delivered 3 hours later! 6 lbs 14 oz
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My first two contractions were 4 minutes apart and they never slowed down from there. I had the PERFECT epidural. Twelve hours later we finally found out IT'S A (perfectly healthy) GIRL!!
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1. Induced at 40 weeks 6 days. Fetal distress and lack of progress led to the decision to have a csection. Baby boy was born happy and healthy
2. Due to csection 15 months prior, scheduled csection at 39 weeks 1 day. Baby girl born happy and healthy with a full head of flaming red hair.
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I was convinced it wasn't 'real' labor until they were insterting the epidural. I started pushing at 12:00am and DS was born at 12:08am with a slight vacuum assist. We spent less than 48 hours in the hospital and next time I will pay for a private room.
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@jedeve: Mine is really really close to yours, actually!
Long back labor with two failed epidurals. Pushed for two hours. Team green pregnancy turned healthy baby boy!
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@Alivoo01: Oh yeah. His head was stuck between contractions. I was the cliche woman moaning, "Get him out, please, just get him out!" It.was.EPIC.
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Oooooooh this is fun!
1. Slow labor until baby had problems. Pitocin with NO pain meds. Abruption of the placenta, baby transferred to NICU (is a perfectly healthy 11 year old now!)
2. Labored at home forever. Got an epidural at 10 cm. Pushed for 30 minutes, perfect baby.
3. Large snow storm = labored at home forever. Got to hospital at 7cm. Delivered healthy baby girl less than 2 hours later, epi didn't even have time to work.
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Water broke 3 weeks early. 17 hours of unmedicated back labor later, my cervix was 1 cm dilated. Pitocin and epidural, after 5 hours and 3 pushes, baby girl was born!
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Super fast onset of maternal group B strep infection caused surprise c-section. Baby girl needed to stay in the hospital for anti-biotics for a week, but healthy now. No labor!!!
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@littlebug: A friend of mine had the same problem. Her son's head kept getting stuck in the birth canal. They found out that he was breech during her pushing. She ended up with a c-section.
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Both of my kidgets were team green
DS: Water broke early morning but no contractions. Induced the next morning with barely any pain medication. Finally gave birth to a healthy baby boy (surprise!) mid-afternoon.
DD: Labored at home all day. Water broke just as we parked for the valet at the ER entrance right before midnight. Was still half clothed when we delivered a healthy baby girl (surprise!) completely med free.
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First sign of labor was my water breaking. I only had to push for 20 minutes and thank God for the epidural! Pretty smooth delivery expect the massive bleeding I experienced right after she was born
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Love these!
Water questionably broke (more like trickled) and contractions didn't kick in, so we went in and I was induced with pitocin. After 6 hours I was only a 3, but went from 3 to 10 (no pain meds, holy ouch, transition!) in a couple of hours. 10 hours after induction, my beautiful son was born (and destroyed my lady bits...)
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@jedeve:
Water broke - pea soup
Induced, epidural failed.
But she was healthy.And that's all that mattered
hope it happens very soon mama!!
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