DS3's Birth Story

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DS3's Birth Story Sept 7, 2015 21:55:04 GMT -5 pugz, countthestars, and 52 more like this

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I got up to pee around 2am Wednesday morning. I peed, then reached forward to grab the toilet paper and a bunch more liquid came out. I thought for a bit that maybe it was my water breaking/leaking, but nothing more came out after I stood up, so I wrote it off as my uterus shifting around and putting more pressure on my bladder.

Woke up in the morning to get DS1 ready for school. No more leaking, so decided it definitely wasn't my water. Spent the early morning hanging out with DS2. I had a prenatal massage scheduled for 10am, so I met H at the fitness center and he took DS2 while I had my massage. As I was getting up from the table after my massage (so 11am) I had another small-medium size gush like had happened at 2am, but this time it kept dripping after the initial gush. I swiped a wash cloth from my massage therapist's supply cabinet because WTF else was I going to do? And went to get H and DS2. I told H what was going on and he got all excited and decided to come home with us instead of going back to work.

I called my midwife on the way home and told her my water broke. She told me to stay up and walking around to try and get contractions started. I made DS2 lunch, did some laundry and dishes, put him down for a nap, and otherwise continued to putter around the house for a while. I also ate lunch.

Around 1pm I began having contractions about 45 seconds long and 10 minutes apart. Around 1:45 H called the midwife and told her to come over. She got here around 2:45 and I was in transition shortly thereafter, with contractions lasting 60-90 seconds, 2 minutes apart. She checked me right before I entered transition when she arrived and I was 7cms.

I felt him putting a lot of pressure on my sacrum, and my midwife said she could actually see his head bulging out of my lower back while I was in transition. I still have some dull pain in my sacrum and he had a small bruise on his cheek bone when he was born, so I think he had a bit of a rough go negotiating his way through there. But after about an hour of that I started to push and he was born after about 20 mins of pushing.

At some point during this DS2 woke up from his nap and H put on a movie for him in the playroom. He came running in when he heard DS3 cry and met him when he was about 30 seconds old. They were quite sweet together.

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Deleted Posts: 0	DS3's Birth Story Sept 7, 2015 22:05:47 GMT -5 via mobile meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2015 22:05:47 GMT -5 Aww what a great story. Thanks for sharing.
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namasteak Elder Posts: 39,457 Likes: 26,140	DS3's Birth Story Sept 7, 2015 22:16:14 GMT -5 via Tapatalk meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by namasteak on Sept 7, 2015 22:16:14 GMT -5 Congrats! I love the bit about DS2 running when he heard DS3 cry <3
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mcfelix Senior Member Posts: 5,520 Likes: 5,043	DS3's Birth Story Sept 7, 2015 22:16:25 GMT -5 via mobile meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mcfelix on Sept 7, 2015 22:16:25 GMT -5 What an incredible story! Love that your son came in when he heard crying. So cute. Congrats!
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fashionx Senior Member Posts: 5,688 Likes: 3,174	DS3's Birth Story Sept 7, 2015 22:19:02 GMT -5 meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fashionx on Sept 7, 2015 22:19:02 GMT -5 What an awesome story, congratulations! Love the part about your son coming when the baby cried. Aww!
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dcn Elder Posts: 11,996 Likes: 9,466	DS3's Birth Story Sept 7, 2015 22:32:03 GMT -5 via mobile meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dcn on Sept 7, 2015 22:32:03 GMT -5 Great story! I'm so glad you got the home birth you wanted after all the questions during your pg. congrats!
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mie Full Member Posts: 2,800 Likes: 337	DS3's Birth Story Sept 8, 2015 2:11:30 GMT -5 meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mie on Sept 8, 2015 2:11:30 GMT -5 Congrats! Love how your DS2 met his new brother.
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bananapancakes Senior Member Posts: 9,922 Likes: 16,938	DS3's Birth Story Sept 8, 2015 4:51:25 GMT -5 meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bananapancakes on Sept 8, 2015 4:51:25 GMT -5 Awww, what a great story! Congrats!
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curbsideprophet Elder Posts: 17,744 Likes: 13,183	DS3's Birth Story Sept 8, 2015 5:56:11 GMT -5 via the ProBoards App meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by curbsideprophet on Sept 8, 2015 5:56:11 GMT -5 Congrats!
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gibbinator Elder It's carnal love, we're like monkeys throwing feces at eachother Posts: 12,584 Likes: 9,454	DS3's Birth Story Sept 8, 2015 5:59:19 GMT -5 via the ProBoards App meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gibbinator on Sept 8, 2015 5:59:19 GMT -5 Congratulations! Good thing your h didn't go to work!
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zeewifeandmama Senior Member Posts: 7,052 Likes: 4,490	DS3's Birth Story Sept 8, 2015 6:35:29 GMT -5 via Tapatalk meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by zeewifeandmama on Sept 8, 2015 6:35:29 GMT -5 I love it, great story!!
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zarapipe Elder Posts: 15,230 Likes: 11,685	DS3's Birth Story Sept 8, 2015 7:13:51 GMT -5 meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by zarapipe on Sept 8, 2015 7:13:51 GMT -5 ahhh, what a sweet story! Congrats!
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undecidedowl Senior Member Posts: 5,643 Likes: 4,774	DS3's Birth Story Sept 8, 2015 7:28:46 GMT -5 meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by undecidedowl on Sept 8, 2015 7:28:46 GMT -5 Congratulations! So sweet about your DS2!
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meltoine Senior Member Posts: 5,847 Likes: 5,533	DS3's Birth Story Sept 8, 2015 7:54:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by meltoine on Sept 8, 2015 7:54:17 GMT -5 Sept 8, 2015 7:37:47 GMT -5 @sessalee said: The tl;dr version of this is 'I had my kid during my other kids nap because it seemed the most convenient'. Congratulations! I try to be efficient
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Muddled Elder Posts: 20,257 Likes: 15,027	DS3's Birth Story Sept 8, 2015 8:04:26 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Muddled on Sept 8, 2015 8:04:26 GMT -5 I'm so happy for you. How did you manage the back pain?
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Sept 8, 2015 8:04:26 GMT -5 Muddled said:

I'm so happy for you.

How did you manage the back pain?

Positioning - I was most comfortable standing and on my hands and knees, and my midwife put counter pressure on my sacrum as well.

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hbear Full Member Posts: 2,076 Likes: 773	DS3's Birth Story Sept 8, 2015 11:33:29 GMT -5 meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by hbear on Sept 8, 2015 11:33:29 GMT -5 This brought tears to my eyes, so sweet, and it sounds like the perfect birth story. Congrats!
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D2M Full Member Posts: 3,704 Likes: 2,812	DS3's Birth Story Sept 8, 2015 12:38:30 GMT -5 meltoine likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by D2M on Sept 8, 2015 12:38:30 GMT -5 Congratulations! So sweet about the big brother. Hope you are recovering well!
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