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Post by aprilsails on Sept 23, 2019 8:08:26 GMT -5

Here is our little smush Daniel Spencer:

He was born yesterday at 40w2d after a 6 hour quasi induction. I had been having mild and intermittent contractions for over a week and was basically walking around at 4cm dilated, however only 50% effaced. My midwives had a rough week (8 births in 2 days across 4 teams) but since L&D was dead yesterday and no one else in the practice was due to have a baby they thought it might be a nice chance to have a baby during daylight hours.

By 11am my water was broken and I was walking the halls for the next 3 hours. Contractions picked up from every 5 minutes to every 1-2 and sometimes they were coupling but they weren’t very painful. If I stopped walking they slowed down (booo). During this time I dilated to 5cm. So really just early labour. We all took a lunch break and I did some spinning babies stuff.

Just after lunch I felt a clunk. It was so freaking weird but I guess since when we started he was sideways that was his head shifting past my pubic bone. That changed everything.

During the next 2 hours I went through transition. 45 second contractions with 2 minutes between, not entirely eased up but manageable. I used breathing techniques and word cues from Hypnobabies but I never bothered listening to the tracks or felt I could have reasonably entered hypnosis. I really felt best while labouring standing and walking around although bobbing on the peanut ball wasn’t too bad either. I felt terrified when I turned down the epidural (the anesthesiologist came in and offered before his shift ended) but I felt like I was already too far along to bother.

The last 25 minutes went fast. I asked to try the NOx and then jumped up in the bed, said I needed to poop, the second midwife breezed in and I laboured down squatting for a couple of contractions and then went into pushing while lying down on my side semi squatting for 10 minutes. I was glad to have the NOx since it forced me to continue to focus my breathing and I definitely screamed less since I was too busy taking the NOx. I was actually surprisingly quiet and only dropped two F-bombs.

Baby boy is 8lb7.5oz and 20.5”. I had minimal tearing and was able to eat dinner and do skin to skin and an attempt at nursing while they stitched me up, verified my placenta and filled out all the forms. I was given extra active management since I had retained placenta with DD and they wanted to make sure I expelled everything. I’m still having pretty strong contractions every half hour now which sucks for my sleep but I will be happy if I don’t have any ongoing issues.

I was at home, toasting with champagne with all the grandparents and DD within 3 hours of his birth. I can’t even begin to describe how happy I am with how everything went.

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stellelinds25 New Member Posts: 395 Likes: 888	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 9:14:49 GMT -5 via Tapatalk aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stellelinds25 on Sept 23, 2019 9:14:49 GMT -5 Congratulations! He’s adorable and I can’t believe you were home 3 hours later!
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EllieT Junior Member Posts: 923 Likes: 1,304	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 9:35:38 GMT -5 via mobile aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by EllieT on Sept 23, 2019 9:35:38 GMT -5 Congrats! What a cutie!
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G22 Elder Posts: 11,484 Likes: 15,293	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 10:10:57 GMT -5 via Tapatalk aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by G22 on Sept 23, 2019 10:10:57 GMT -5 Congrats!!!
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WinterWine Full Member Posts: 1,438 Likes: 884	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 10:17:16 GMT -5 via Tapatalk aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by WinterWine on Sept 23, 2019 10:17:16 GMT -5 Congratulations- he sure is a cutie!!!
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fairfax Junior Member Posts: 500 Likes: 499	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 11:29:12 GMT -5 via mobile aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fairfax on Sept 23, 2019 11:29:12 GMT -5 Congratulations! What a cutie! I’m glad everything went so well!
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elleblue Elder Posts: 29,898 Likes: 51,786	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 11:57:06 GMT -5 via mobile aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by elleblue on Sept 23, 2019 11:57:06 GMT -5 Congratulations, he's beautiful!
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chocolatepie New Member Posts: 344 Likes: 569	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 12:05:35 GMT -5 aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by chocolatepie on Sept 23, 2019 12:05:35 GMT -5 Congratulations!! So glad things went as you had hoped
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urbancowgirl Full Member Posts: 4,829 Likes: 2,011	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 12:33:26 GMT -5 via Tapatalk aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by urbancowgirl on Sept 23, 2019 12:33:26 GMT -5 Congratulations! He’s adorable. Amazing that you were able to go home so quickly.
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doglove Senior Member Posts: 5,180 Likes: 5,864	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 14:44:49 GMT -5 via mobile aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by doglove on Sept 23, 2019 14:44:49 GMT -5 Congrats, what a sweet face!
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Yankees21 Moderator Posts: 8,596 Likes: 6,359	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 16:07:45 GMT -5 aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Yankees21 on Sept 23, 2019 16:07:45 GMT -5 Congratulations!! He is adorable!
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farfalla2011 Full Member Posts: 1,471 Likes: 1,740	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 17:01:05 GMT -5 via mobile aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by farfalla2011 on Sept 23, 2019 17:01:05 GMT -5 Congratulations!! He's adorable!
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robinsbff Full Member Posts: 1,471 Likes: 1,465	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 18:02:27 GMT -5 aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by robinsbff on Sept 23, 2019 18:02:27 GMT -5 congrats!!!! so cute!
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sloan New Member Posts: 488 Likes: 437	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 19:10:17 GMT -5 via mobile aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sloan on Sept 23, 2019 19:10:17 GMT -5 Congratulations!!! I love his name, D is on our short list if we have another boy <3
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lucky428 New Member Posts: 314 Likes: 471	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 19:46:53 GMT -5 aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lucky428 on Sept 23, 2019 19:46:53 GMT -5 Congratulations!! He's perfect! I love his name.
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murphybrown New Member Posts: 178 Likes: 285	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 20:41:41 GMT -5 aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by murphybrown on Sept 23, 2019 20:41:41 GMT -5 Congratulations! He is so cute
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jorja Full Member Posts: 2,546 Likes: 1,486	Outside Baby!!! Sept 23, 2019 23:44:43 GMT -5 via Tapatalk aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jorja on Sept 23, 2019 23:44:43 GMT -5 Congratulations! He’s beautiful! I’m so glad you had a good experience!
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swiftlyirun Full Member Posts: 1,893 Likes: 1,924	Outside Baby!!! Sept 24, 2019 13:05:47 GMT -5 via mobile aprilsails likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by swiftlyirun on Sept 24, 2019 13:05:47 GMT -5 Love this! Congrats! Love the name too! Spencer is DHs middle name and will be DS’s as well!
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