Jason's Birth Story
Introducing Jason Anthony McCants
June 12th, 7:57pm (go Molly!!!)
5.5lbs, 16 3/4 inches
..water broke at 7:20am. Contractions didn't start until 2:00pm...but when they did they were 2 mintues apart (but they were in clusters, and they didn't hurt at all). Since my midwives had to see me before we went to the hospital i decided that Sarah (isarma) and I should probably get to the office by 3pm. I guess I should mention that Mac wasn't home...and hadn't been since 4:30am!! So Sarah and I get J-Mac together to take to my moms house, and then we head to my midwives, where Mac is meeting us.
I get there at 3:30pm, but am not seen for almost 45 minutes (forget being in labor :o) I meet a midwife i've never seen, and we basically get into an argument, b/c their office has me at 34w5d, while i've been told for the longest a certain due date, so that would have made me 35w1d! Your probably saying, its only 3 days, but it made a difference in how they were gonna let me labor...my chances of going natural were totally going down the drain!!! I was assured, though, that i wouldn't have to wear an IV for very long (the only reason i had to get it in the first place was to receive antibiotics...since he wasn't yet 35 weeks!) and that i would be able to get up out of the bed in my room once the 2 bags of antibiotics were done.
I get to the hospital at around 5pm, and i'm triaged while they clean my room. The first bag of antibiotics are administered. My room is soon clean and we're moved there. Morgan (raving_liberal) shows up to join Sarah, Mac and I. It's at this time that i get into a heated argument with the midwife who's going tio deliver me. You all remember how i was promised that after 34 weks they would let me have this baby (how I wanted)? Well that wasn't going down! The midwife was telling me how, at 34w5d they weren't going to stop my labor, but they weren't going to even let me out of my bed cause they didn't want to help labor either! I was SO PISSED that i was almost crying! I was now relegated to dealing with these increasingly uncomfortable ctx in bed! They also said they won't check me...so we were just going to have to be in for the long haul just...waiting!
The ctx at this time (6pm) are around 4 minutes apart. I tell the nurse that i need to pee, so they let me out of the bed (finally), and when i get back they FINALLY check me, and i'm 5cm. As soon as i get back in the bed the ctx become 2 minutes apart, and they are coming fast and furious! Soon the nurse comes back and checks me again (cause i had to pee again), and i'm still 5cm. I'm going to guess that at this time it was about 7:15pm. I get up to pee, but once I sit down and the door is closed i secretly confide in Mac (who's holding my IV line)that i can't go natural anymore. By this time the ctx are HURTING, and i'm sweating, and i'm damn near crying. Mac was SO AWESOME in telling me that i was so close and doing so well (by this time, unbeknownst to me, i was in transition). Then, all of a sudden, my body spontaneously starts pushing (it was more like a grunt). Mac opens the door to tell the nurse, and omg i've never seen someone run so fast :o) She was like "omg, you can't deliver on the toilet...you gotta get out of the bathroom!" She let me sit in the rocking chair to check me, and i'm now 8cm (that's a 3cm change in 5 minutes :o). She makes me get in the bed cause i'm still spontaneously pushing, and the midwife, who's finally there and getting dressed checks me (while stupidly telling me to stop pushing :o), and i'm now 9.5cm!! I'm still pushing, though...and she finally realized that she couldn't stop me, so she let me go, and two spontaneous pushes later, and Jason was here!!!
I'm going to be honest. Natural childbirth was the hardest thing i've EVER done, but it was also the most rewarding. Also, it was hella awesome that things progressed so quickly, cause i don't know if i would have made it if it had dragged out.
At this time i want to sincerely thank isarma and raving_liberal! They were both soooooo supportive. They talked me through each and every ctx, didn't mind when i got a little bitchy, and TOTALLY stood up for me when i couldn't talk to the nurses. I only had one real bitchy moment, though. My nurse was SO LOUD/obnoxious when she kept coming in, and she just wasn't getting the hints to lower her voice/stop talking to me when i was contracting, so i had to ask her to shut up (of course i didn't really say that...just for her to lower her voice :o)
Breastfeeding is going well. He started out slowly cause he was hella sleepy like J-Mac was, but this morning he's actually latching and sucking actively. They tried to scare me by telling me that his blood sugar was low, but that was a lie, and even though he was only getting hand expressed colustrum his sugar levels are steadily rising. We'll definetly be able to take him home on Thursday/Friday!!
That's all i can remember for now. I'll update with pics once we get home :o)
June 12th, 7:57pm (go Molly!!!)
5.5lbs, 16 3/4 inches
..water broke at 7:20am. Contractions didn't start until 2:00pm...but when they did they were 2 mintues apart (but they were in clusters, and they didn't hurt at all). Since my midwives had to see me before we went to the hospital i decided that Sarah (isarma) and I should probably get to the office by 3pm. I guess I should mention that Mac wasn't home...and hadn't been since 4:30am!! So Sarah and I get J-Mac together to take to my moms house, and then we head to my midwives, where Mac is meeting us.
I get there at 3:30pm, but am not seen for almost 45 minutes (forget being in labor :o) I meet a midwife i've never seen, and we basically get into an argument, b/c their office has me at 34w5d, while i've been told for the longest a certain due date, so that would have made me 35w1d! Your probably saying, its only 3 days, but it made a difference in how they were gonna let me labor...my chances of going natural were totally going down the drain!!! I was assured, though, that i wouldn't have to wear an IV for very long (the only reason i had to get it in the first place was to receive antibiotics...since he wasn't yet 35 weeks!) and that i would be able to get up out of the bed in my room once the 2 bags of antibiotics were done.
I get to the hospital at around 5pm, and i'm triaged while they clean my room. The first bag of antibiotics are administered. My room is soon clean and we're moved there. Morgan (raving_liberal) shows up to join Sarah, Mac and I. It's at this time that i get into a heated argument with the midwife who's going tio deliver me. You all remember how i was promised that after 34 weks they would let me have this baby (how I wanted)? Well that wasn't going down! The midwife was telling me how, at 34w5d they weren't going to stop my labor, but they weren't going to even let me out of my bed cause they didn't want to help labor either! I was SO PISSED that i was almost crying! I was now relegated to dealing with these increasingly uncomfortable ctx in bed! They also said they won't check me...so we were just going to have to be in for the long haul just...waiting!
The ctx at this time (6pm) are around 4 minutes apart. I tell the nurse that i need to pee, so they let me out of the bed (finally), and when i get back they FINALLY check me, and i'm 5cm. As soon as i get back in the bed the ctx become 2 minutes apart, and they are coming fast and furious! Soon the nurse comes back and checks me again (cause i had to pee again), and i'm still 5cm. I'm going to guess that at this time it was about 7:15pm. I get up to pee, but once I sit down and the door is closed i secretly confide in Mac (who's holding my IV line)that i can't go natural anymore. By this time the ctx are HURTING, and i'm sweating, and i'm damn near crying. Mac was SO AWESOME in telling me that i was so close and doing so well (by this time, unbeknownst to me, i was in transition). Then, all of a sudden, my body spontaneously starts pushing (it was more like a grunt). Mac opens the door to tell the nurse, and omg i've never seen someone run so fast :o) She was like "omg, you can't deliver on the toilet...you gotta get out of the bathroom!" She let me sit in the rocking chair to check me, and i'm now 8cm (that's a 3cm change in 5 minutes :o). She makes me get in the bed cause i'm still spontaneously pushing, and the midwife, who's finally there and getting dressed checks me (while stupidly telling me to stop pushing :o), and i'm now 9.5cm!! I'm still pushing, though...and she finally realized that she couldn't stop me, so she let me go, and two spontaneous pushes later, and Jason was here!!!
I'm going to be honest. Natural childbirth was the hardest thing i've EVER done, but it was also the most rewarding. Also, it was hella awesome that things progressed so quickly, cause i don't know if i would have made it if it had dragged out.
At this time i want to sincerely thank isarma and raving_liberal! They were both soooooo supportive. They talked me through each and every ctx, didn't mind when i got a little bitchy, and TOTALLY stood up for me when i couldn't talk to the nurses. I only had one real bitchy moment, though. My nurse was SO LOUD/obnoxious when she kept coming in, and she just wasn't getting the hints to lower her voice/stop talking to me when i was contracting, so i had to ask her to shut up (of course i didn't really say that...just for her to lower her voice :o)
Breastfeeding is going well. He started out slowly cause he was hella sleepy like J-Mac was, but this morning he's actually latching and sucking actively. They tried to scare me by telling me that his blood sugar was low, but that was a lie, and even though he was only getting hand expressed colustrum his sugar levels are steadily rising. We'll definetly be able to take him home on Thursday/Friday!!
That's all i can remember for now. I'll update with pics once we get home :o)