A Little Deer: Where to begin??

So where to begin? There is so much to share. I guess I'll start chronologically and work through the rest over this week...

Judah's Birth Story:

Oh wow was it amazing. Totally empowering and life changing and I can't wait to do it again, well I can but you know what I mean. It was totally natural and my doula was AMAZING! I highly recommend hiring one if your expecting. Judah was born 9/23/09, 10 days late and absolutely perfect.

I stayed home for 99% of the labor, moving from the shower to the rocking chair, to a slooooowwwwww walk around the neighborhood (it was gorgeous out, I can still hear the birds singing and see the sun beginning to set) and then back into the rocking chair. After I went through transition I got the feeling it was time to go and the contractions were really intense at that point. I knew if we did'nt get in the car NOW, this baby would be born here (I so wish it could have been a home birth but the expense was too great at the time....next time though).

The car ride there was not even 5 minutes long, thank goodness, because giving direction to David while laboring was not so fun. I waddled up to the delivery ward and 8 minutes later Judah was born. The doctors were so thrown off by how far along I was that there were running around trying to figure out what to do and attempting to get vitals on me and the baby. They insisted that my cervix be checked twice before I started to push, more than irritating I tell yah! Amongst the chaos of nurses and doctors I caught David's eye and silently told him Judah was coming out NOW! So he scooted around to me and caught Judah while I was standing (The ONLY position that felt good at the time). The doctors weren't even looking! We had totally forgotten to call my midwife but she was there about 20 minutes after he was born. I think in total I labored for about 4 hours, not too shabby. I was having braxton hicks for a few days and I was taking some herbal remedies as well. I know I was having contractions I couldn't feel because my midwife had sent me to get a ultrasound when I was 7 days overdue and they were showing up on the monitor.

He was 9lbs even and super super calm and looked just like his daddy, as I knew he would. We only stayed at the hospital for 4 hours and then went home in the wee hours of the next morning. It was so nice to all sleep together for the first time in our own bed. It went exactly as David and I had hoped for and I got the greatest of all gifts as a reward for my hard work!

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What a wonderful story, so different from my tied-to-IVs story. I hope next time I can try something more natural. Thank you for sharing your great experience!
And I'm so glad you're back, I can't wait to see what the future holds for you!

Posted by: Renee | March 29, 2010 at 12:28 PM