Aug 15, 2012 -
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So July 9th I had contractions that started about 4 am and stuck around for a bit. I got up to have a bath because it was a bit of back labour and I noticed I was bleeding. I thought for sure that was our day. But my bath wore my contractions off.
I really wanted them to come back so I went for a nice walk and bounced on my yoga ball. I went the whole rest of the day with nothing.
That night I went to bed around 11 pm. Contractions started up again at 11:30. I got up took 2 tylenol and 2 gravol so I could sleep through the contractions. (midwife said to do this so you can rest up before major labour starts).
I basically just laid back down and my water broke shortly after midnight. Yuck...what a mess! I stood over a towel for a bit and it suddenly came to me that I could wear my toddlers diapers!! Amazing...so glad I thought of that.
DH called my MIL to come stay at our house for Brady. We left and got to the hospital at 2:30am. We got in there, I was checked and was at 5-6cm. It didn't surprise me because contractions weren't super strong yet and they pretty much just started. Midwife put my IV in since I was GBS positive. I really wanted to go in the bath but the midwife at first said maybe not since I could progress pretty quick. She checked me again after 45 mins and I was still the same so she offered for me to go in.
Thank God because my spine felt like it was on FIRE!! Way different then with Brady. With him the tightening started in my back and went around to my belly. This time it just felt like it was burning and being ripped out.
I got in the tub and things got heavy and I was only in there for half an hour or so. I started to lose it a little bit and when it came time to get out I started to cry and say I didn't want to get out because I didn't want to move. That's probably because when I got out I felt the burning of her making her way down. I wasn't even all the way on the bed yet and I told her I felt burning and that next contraction I couldn't help but push with it. I scooted back more on the bed and she checked me...she said baby was right there and all that was holding her in was my vagina! LOL
The look on her face was shock....that's because she wasn't even in her whole delivery garb and the second midwife wasn't even there yet!! She didn't think I would progress from 5-6 to a 10 in such little time. Everyone was telling me to hold on and try not to push. HA, ya right...there was no stopping that. I yelled that I couldn't help it. I had Lilah at 4:49 basically right on the bed. There was no time to break the bed down to get the stirrups or anything. She was coming fast and furious!!
I had quite a few stitches again...I think I would have been good but little Miss Lilah decided to come out with her hand beside her face! She latched on right away like a pro and is absolutely beautiful!
I'm extremely happy and proud of myself that I have gone through 2 labour and deliveries without a stitch of drugs.