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Leander born 40w6d
Since many mommies are worried about going overdue and induction, i'll go back a bit with my labor story:
39w1d: monitor said i was having mild contractions every 3 min. Gyn checked and i had 1cm dilation, baby dropped, not much else. Gyn thought i wouldn't make my due date. The hard bellies started for me at exactly 39w, about same time baby dropped too.
40w1d: still pregnant. Past week i had been having constant hard bellies, without pain. I was very tired so i mainly rested a lot. Gyn was operating so an assistant checked me: 1cm dilated, still having mild contactions, 0% progress. Assistant called gyn an due to what turned out a misunderstanding, i was sceduled to be induced at 40w4d. Hubby and i both surprised they wanted to induce so fast, but figured they had a reason.
40w3d: went in to have 'pill' put up to soften and prepare cervix for labor. While on monitor, we asked why i was being induced so soon. Turned out there was no medical reason, they just thought i was getting to tired. We then asked to wait. Because baby's heartrate was high we had to come back next day to be sure all was ok. 1.5cm dilated.
40w4d: baby was fine, dilated to 2 cm over night, probably thx to the checkup that activated things a bit. Rest of the day till 3pm i had regular contractions, somewhat painful, and quite rapid.
40w5d: woke up 5.30 am cause of rather strong contractions. They were every 30min, they speeded up and slowed down during the day. These contracions were more painful: i had to
More later sorry!
39w1d: monitor said i was having mild contractions every 3 min. Gyn checked and i had 1cm dilation, baby dropped, not much else. Gyn thought i wouldn't make my due date. The hard bellies started for me at exactly 39w, about same time baby dropped too.
40w1d: still pregnant. Past week i had been having constant hard bellies, without pain. I was very tired so i mainly rested a lot. Gyn was operating so an assistant checked me: 1cm dilated, still having mild contactions, 0% progress. Assistant called gyn an due to what turned out a misunderstanding, i was sceduled to be induced at 40w4d. Hubby and i both surprised they wanted to induce so fast, but figured they had a reason.
40w3d: went in to have 'pill' put up to soften and prepare cervix for labor. While on monitor, we asked why i was being induced so soon. Turned out there was no medical reason, they just thought i was getting to tired. We then asked to wait. Because baby's heartrate was high we had to come back next day to be sure all was ok. 1.5cm dilated.
40w4d: baby was fine, dilated to 2 cm over night, probably thx to the checkup that activated things a bit. Rest of the day till 3pm i had regular contractions, somewhat painful, and quite rapid.
40w5d: woke up 5.30 am cause of rather strong contractions. They were every 30min, they speeded up and slowed down during the day. These contracions were more painful: i had to
More later sorry!
Congratulations.. i am 40w and 4 days as well and i really hope to have this baby naturally as well... enjoy ur lil one.
So the contractions on 40w5d were more severe, i had to stop what i was doing and breathe the pain away many times. But they were irregular and 10-30 min apart. Then at 10 pm suddenly a heavy contraction and i felt some liquid running out of me. I was wearing a sanitary pad, but at the toilet i noticed my underwear was a bit wet, so i thought my water had broke. And from that moment on contractions followed rapidly and intensely. While waiting for my ride to the hospital i took a quick shower. My contractions slowed on my way to the hispital. During a contraction, i couldn't stand anyone talking to me or touching me, yet everyone thought it necessary to make a joke during lol
Anyway, they hooked me up to a monitor to check contractions and baby's heart. The nurse checked dilation - 3 cm - and my water had indeed broken (but most stayed in). Lying there hooked up on that hard bed was torture... Finally around about midnight i was allowed to go to the delivery room, where i got hooked up to the antibiotics against the gbs i have. Then me and hubby waited just us for 2 more hrs, me trying to deal with the pain - i had a breathing technique that worked well but i had to be with it from the beginning of the contraction and that often missed so then it was screaming. After 2 hrs the nurse came check my dilation: 7 cm! She was impressed how fast it went. But i was already completely exhausted - cfs + long long day full of contractions - real labor starting- so even tho i originally didnt want it, i asked for epidural, i didn't think i d have strength left to deliver. Epidural was bliss! It was a bit scary while administering, but oh a moment to breathe and relax lol
1 hr later she came check again to see howfar i was: 10 cm! So after 1hr of catching breath, i was ready to deliver. The gyn got called in, and i was allowed to start pushing. It went pretty slow at the beginning, which was normal for a ftm the nurse said, but i was doing well. I did feel something btw, and pushing cost a lot of strenght and energy. When the gyn came in, the nurse started helping by pushing my belly while i pushed. That felt horrible, but it did help speed things up massively. I did go black at end of pushes by the end, 2nd last i actually passed out a sec (exhaustion, so i was right to ask epidural). But finally baby got pushed out, what a relief! He hadn't even completely left my body and he started screaming. And didn't stop till he fell asleep next to me a few hours later in our room and to take a few sips from my breasts. I was in labor just long enough to get all the antibiotics administered lol.
So ladies, don't despair is you go past due, or it feels like nothing much is happening. I hope my story proves how fast things can suddenly go!
Leander was born 22 august at 4.40 am, weighed 3.355kg, is 51cm and is absolutely perfect!
Anyway, they hooked me up to a monitor to check contractions and baby's heart. The nurse checked dilation - 3 cm - and my water had indeed broken (but most stayed in). Lying there hooked up on that hard bed was torture... Finally around about midnight i was allowed to go to the delivery room, where i got hooked up to the antibiotics against the gbs i have. Then me and hubby waited just us for 2 more hrs, me trying to deal with the pain - i had a breathing technique that worked well but i had to be with it from the beginning of the contraction and that often missed so then it was screaming. After 2 hrs the nurse came check my dilation: 7 cm! She was impressed how fast it went. But i was already completely exhausted - cfs + long long day full of contractions - real labor starting- so even tho i originally didnt want it, i asked for epidural, i didn't think i d have strength left to deliver. Epidural was bliss! It was a bit scary while administering, but oh a moment to breathe and relax lol
1 hr later she came check again to see howfar i was: 10 cm! So after 1hr of catching breath, i was ready to deliver. The gyn got called in, and i was allowed to start pushing. It went pretty slow at the beginning, which was normal for a ftm the nurse said, but i was doing well. I did feel something btw, and pushing cost a lot of strenght and energy. When the gyn came in, the nurse started helping by pushing my belly while i pushed. That felt horrible, but it did help speed things up massively. I did go black at end of pushes by the end, 2nd last i actually passed out a sec (exhaustion, so i was right to ask epidural). But finally baby got pushed out, what a relief! He hadn't even completely left my body and he started screaming. And didn't stop till he fell asleep next to me a few hours later in our room and to take a few sips from my breasts. I was in labor just long enough to get all the antibiotics administered lol.
So ladies, don't despair is you go past due, or it feels like nothing much is happening. I hope my story proves how fast things can suddenly go!
Leander was born 22 august at 4.40 am, weighed 3.355kg, is 51cm and is absolutely perfect!
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