Did you have a natural birth, use a bath tub, get an epidural, have a c-section, get an induction, have an extraction, etc?
I had an epidural and the baby was removed using a vacuum extraction.
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I had an epidural, vaginal birth (with episiotomy) with DS1.
I had a medfree, vaginal birth with DS2.
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I had an induction, epidural and finally c-section.
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2 planned c/sections
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Hospital, hot tub, doulas, midwife, OB.
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Lo1: induction with vaginal birth (no epidural)
Lo2: Vaginal birth (no epidural)
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induction, epidural, pitocin, and some suction action! Tear and episiotomy.
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I.V. pain meds while the anesthesiologist was in an emergency c-section, epidural, forceps extraction.
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Med-free vaginal birth at 40w3d. I had a hep-lock, iv fluids, and continuous monitoring.
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Epidural, episiotomy + 2nd degree tear, Pitocin (after delivery).
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vaginal birth med-free just a few days past 40 weeks, and three days before they were going to induce me.
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Induced vaginal birth with stadol then an epidural and episiotomy for LO1.
Induced vaginal birth, no other interventions for LO2.
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Double post
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hospital, small dose of an IV med for pain. Quick vaginal birth with no tearing. x2
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Spontaneous water burst with no contractions at 38w5d. 36 hour induction with cytotec, pitocin, epidural. Emergency C-section eventually, lots of bleeding on my end. Then NICU for 2-3 days. Ugh. Needless to say the next one will be a scheduled RCS.
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Intervention free birth in a hospital attended by midwives. Some monitoring when my son's heart rate dropped, but other than that, I was wireless.
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Med free vaginal birth at 39 weeks exactly. Needed one bag of fluids via heplock due to vomiting. Intermittent monitoring. Tore naturally and needed 5 stitches. Had a midwife. 11 hours start to finish.
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2 med-free, vaginal deliveries. both with IV fluids and pitocin afterward to help contract my uterus to stop bleeding and two stitches each.
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Spontaneous water breaking at 39w5d followed quickly by spontaneous labor, med-free hospital birth (except antibiotics for GBS), no interventions (not even any cervical checks except one when I was already 8 cm), vaginal birth after a total of about 2.5 hours of labor. No forceps or vacuum. No episiotomy, a few 1st and 2nd degree tears.
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Preterm vaginal birth, nitrous only. I was literally minutes or even seconds from being taken to an OR for a c-section though. She started crowning as they were getting consent from DH (I was too out of it).
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2 scheduled c-sections
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Med-free, vaginal birth with my first. I spent hours in the shower, as the heat helped immensely. Didn't even get to the hospital until it was time to push!
22 weeks pregnant with number two, planning to do it med-free, vaginally again.
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Lo1: epidural, some tearing, vaginal.
Lo2: epidural, antibiotics for gbs, no tearing, vaginal.
Lo3: induction, then csection. -
LO1, induction, epidural, c-section
LO2, scheduled c-section -
LO1: epidural, IV antibiotics (Group B strep), continuous monitoring, vaginal birth
LO2: epidural, continuous monitoring, baby got stuck so I had a C-section
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Epidural, vaginal for both
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Induction (foley bulb + very low level of Pitocin), epidural, vaginal birth.
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Med free, almost water birth, last minute episiotomy, vaginal birth.
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No pain meds, IV for group B strep, 2nd degree tear, pitocin after delivery.
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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.
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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.
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Epidural, small amount of pitocin (does anyone else's phone autocorrect pitocin to pitiful???? Lol!), small amount of tearing, vaginal birth.
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Lo1: water broke, precipitous birth, severe tearing, vacuum extraction, episiotomy, no meds at all.
Lo2: delivered standing up in less than 20 minutes, minimal tears, no meds
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Epidural, vaginal birth, 2nd degree tear
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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.
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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.
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Midwife, at home standing in the kitchen, needed 3 stitches. Water braking to baby was almost exactly 24 hours at 40 +3.
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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.
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Med-free vaginal birth at 37 weeks in hospital. 11 hours start to finish.
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LO1: IV med to help with sleep, IV fluids, very late epidural, vaginal birth (45 hours)
LO2: IV fluids, antibiotics for GBS, TENS machine, nitrous, but otherwise med-free vaginal birth (12 hours)
Both were good birth experiences, mostly due to the support I had from the CNMs and nurses at the hospital!
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