Unassisted Precipitous Twin Birth
Tara and Philip’s Unassisted Twin Birth
The day before…I had slept very poorly and came to realize I was not getting any deep sleep due to discomfort and my temperature being either too hot or too cold despite various blanket changes. I went in to the birth center and had a blood draw to check blood sugars, which had also been being wonky for a few ( Read more... )
The day before…I had slept very poorly and came to realize I was not getting any deep sleep due to discomfort and my temperature being either too hot or too cold despite various blanket changes. I went in to the birth center and had a blood draw to check blood sugars, which had also been being wonky for a few ( Read more... )
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Awesome about the lack of bleeding...I haven't given birth this week but I've bled plenty enough for both of us! (and a few other people too)
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This reminds me of Vic's birth. Sudden onset, very rapid, strong, painful contractions. Three hours start to finish.
I'm with you on preferring the slower build up. Julien's birth was so much 'easier' by comparison even if it was twice as long.
And I think that the all-fours position really really helps with preventing tears, I wasn't strictly all-fours with J, but I had my hands on the bed and pushed my hips up behind me for that big gushing push out with lots of water and had no tears either where I had skid marks with Vic sitting in a classic-C-sit position.
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