Gavin's birth story really is not all that spectacular. They say that second births are easier than the first, and that was definitely the case for me. The pregnancy, on the other hand, was filled with adventures. Between having a dislocated pelvis for five months and having cellulitus from a root canal gone wrong, labor seemed like a piece of cake.
On June 25, 2010, after close to two weeks of labor, my doctor finally decided it was time to intervene. I was at 5 cm and 80% effaced but not going into transitional labor. I reported to the hospital at 7:00 am and they hooked me up to several monitoring devices. The doctor broke my water around 8:00 am. My contractions continued to get worse. Around 10:30 or 11:00 my contractions hit hard and fast. I went from uncomfortable yet tolerable to completely overwhelmed with labor in about two seconds. Before we knew it my contractions were about a minute apart and lasting about 45 seconds, and they were STRONG.
Around 12:30 I was able to get an epidural. The process of receiving an epidural was touchy due to the fact that my contractions were so close together and incredibly intense. After that it was pretty smooth sailing. The nurse had me do a practice push at 4:00 at which time we decided I was ready. Once the doctor got there I pushed through 2 1/2 contractions and Gavin was here. The only complication with this point of delivery was that Gavin was born with the umbilical cord around his neck. We anticipated that some as every time I had a contraction his heart rate would drop.
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Logan's birth story
November 2008
It all started at about 11 AM on November 18th. I started feeling a little crampy and my back was aching pretty fiercely. I told my coworker Kim that something just didn't feel right, and that I was anxious to see where I was at when I went to my doctor's appointment at 2:15PM. When I went to the doctor though, she said that there was no progress and that she didn't want me to come back in for another week when my doctor was back in the office. Of course I burst into tears and decided I was going to be pregnant forever because I was already a day over my due date. Little did I know, the process had already begun.
I went to visit with my sisters who decided to take me walking around the mall. My cramps, got increasingly uncomfortable, but I was determined that it was just Logan sitting on my nerves. About 7:30 Aric suggested that we time the "intensity" of the cramps. Low and behold, they were most intense about 10 minutes apart. Within a couple of hours, the cramps persisted and I could definitely feel peaks in their intensity. By 10 PM, they were peaking about 5 minutes apart. I called the doctor and she said to come in.
They tried putting me in the jacuzzi, but it only intensified the pain. They tried giving me morphine to slow it down if it was false, and it intensified the contractions. By 4:30 AM, the nurse decided to check me and I had progressed quite a bit, so they admitted me.
At this point, my contractions were not registering on the monitor because he was facing up (posterior) and I was having back labor. They eventually gave me an epidural, pitocin, and broke my water. My body went into shock, so I was convulsing with every contraction. The epidural stopped working and they tried adjusting it. It stopped working completely right about the time that I needed to start pushing (2:30 PM).
The doctor came in around 5:00PM and I was still pushing. She realized that he was sideways, but that his head was turned up. He was stuck. She tried to turn him (ow!), but to no avail. After pushing for 3 1/2 hours, vomiting with nearly every contraction, and a few stitches later...Logan James was born at 5:30PM. He was a whopping 8 lbs 5 oz, 20 1/2 inches long, and had a 14 1/4 inch head.
It all started at about 11 AM on November 18th. I started feeling a little crampy and my back was aching pretty fiercely. I told my coworker Kim that something just didn't feel right, and that I was anxious to see where I was at when I went to my doctor's appointment at 2:15PM. When I went to the doctor though, she said that there was no progress and that she didn't want me to come back in for another week when my doctor was back in the office. Of course I burst into tears and decided I was going to be pregnant forever because I was already a day over my due date. Little did I know, the process had already begun.
I went to visit with my sisters who decided to take me walking around the mall. My cramps, got increasingly uncomfortable, but I was determined that it was just Logan sitting on my nerves. About 7:30 Aric suggested that we time the "intensity" of the cramps. Low and behold, they were most intense about 10 minutes apart. Within a couple of hours, the cramps persisted and I could definitely feel peaks in their intensity. By 10 PM, they were peaking about 5 minutes apart. I called the doctor and she said to come in.
They tried putting me in the jacuzzi, but it only intensified the pain. They tried giving me morphine to slow it down if it was false, and it intensified the contractions. By 4:30 AM, the nurse decided to check me and I had progressed quite a bit, so they admitted me.
At this point, my contractions were not registering on the monitor because he was facing up (posterior) and I was having back labor. They eventually gave me an epidural, pitocin, and broke my water. My body went into shock, so I was convulsing with every contraction. The epidural stopped working and they tried adjusting it. It stopped working completely right about the time that I needed to start pushing (2:30 PM).
The doctor came in around 5:00PM and I was still pushing. She realized that he was sideways, but that his head was turned up. He was stuck. She tried to turn him (ow!), but to no avail. After pushing for 3 1/2 hours, vomiting with nearly every contraction, and a few stitches later...Logan James was born at 5:30PM. He was a whopping 8 lbs 5 oz, 20 1/2 inches long, and had a 14 1/4 inch head.
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