N*5 was born on Friday afternoon! After labor prodormal labor setting in Tuesday night by Thursday night around 8 pm I decided labor was at least another day away and needed sleep so I took another Ambien. By midnight I was up tracking contractions. By 2am, I knew something was up so I headed to www.contractionmaster.com and timed them at 4-6 minutes apart. By 3:45 am we called our mother's helper and Doula to say we needed to head to the hospital. We called the midwives at 4:30 am and headed down shortly after. We finally got to the hospital at 6:30 am and there I was a stretchy 6 cm with a bulging bag. I labored very peacefully, so peacefully everyone swore i had an epidural! My back started to hurt around noon and one of the midwives was rubbing my back. At 12:40 when my water broke, I was 8 cm and that is when panic set in. I stalled at 8 cm with N*1 and thought for sure that was it and I was done and headed for a c-section! I asked for an epidural and because I did so well during labor no one answered me. I said I was serious and asked our Doula to do a Hypnobirthing fear release which was interupted but both she and I knew that I hit a mental block. Between there it was discovered that he had some meconium in his fluid but both midwives assured me it was just because he was overdue and nothing to fear. By 2:40 the supervising OB came in and said I was 10 cm and +1. I started pushing shortly after and due to the twin pregnancy, my belly flopped to one side. Literally C held baby up in the proper angle and thank goodness I had a good midwife who knew what to do! By 3pm I had the epidural which unfortunately only numbed my toes and by 3:20 N*5 was born! I had minor "skidmarks" after a short 20 minutes of pushing. I literally walked out of the room and if you ever had a c-section, you'd understand how neat that was! A VBA2C is the most empowering thing ever. I worked hard for it and was prepared to fight but because I had a great team of midwives, I was succesful. C was there and was my rock, between him and our Hypnobirthing doula, I don't think I could have done it... N*5 was 7 lbs 13.8 oz and 22 inches long! The babies are a bit confused as I'm stuck herein the hospital for 24 hours but they met the baby briefly for a few hours. N*1 thinks it's great I didn't have a c-section and I'm glad to be "whole." We go home in less than five hours and I can't wait!!
Yay!!! I was just about to PM you again because I was getting nervous about you!! Congratulations on your VBA2C and congratulations on your new little one!!
Congratulations and it sounds like a wonderful birth experience! You give me hope...I stalled out at 8 cm with the boys so I'm hoping that I'll make it past that this time. Rest up and enjoy that new baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is beautiful!!!!!!! Congratulations!! I love reading vbac stories, especially after having 2 csections! You did a fantastic job! I can't imagine how good you must feel. Enjoy your new little one. 22 inches long, wow!
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! That's so wonderful. :Clap: I'm so happy for you and glad it all turned out wonderfully. Congratulations!
