APRIL CHIT CHAT!!

[Flava]

I can't wait for pics from DM!!

Z-I think your DS is so cute doing that. At least he is happy for the baby and can't wait. I don't even like to think about telling my girls because I know DD1 will be so angry and upset she don't want us to have more babys.(i think she is selfish maybe think we will ask her to help some) Only DD3 is keep on telling me I have a baby boy in my tummy , but they don't know Im pregnant yet.
So you see you are better off lol

[Mochagirl]

Hey ladies - I had my 20 week u/s today, and the baby was definitely still all girl. Phew! Now I'm going to finally let myself relax! I posted some pics in my Confirmed Girl thread:

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/conf...irl-16w5d.html

[zanacal]

Great news Mocha - I'm loving all the surprised responses on FB! Did you like mine?!!

[Mochagirl]

Loved it! There are a few former IG ladies there feigning surprise too.

I'm enjoying the responses too, especially as no one even knew I was pregnant and I'm sure many figured I wouldn't have any more kids since I already have 3.

[lobella2]

Great news Mocha!

[dannikins]

fantastic news mocha..

well, i woke up about 4.30 yesterday morning with mild contractions, 5-7 mins apart, lasing about a minute each.
they werent super painful, but bad enough to keep me awake.

guzzled a heap of water, had a hot shower and changed positions etc, eventually, after about 4 hours they eased up, and totally stopped by the afternoon.
havent had any more today, but have been loosing bits of plug every time i go to the loo, and feeling kinda odd down there, so im guessing there was some dialation going on.
bub is also sitting lower than ever.

i have only ever had one faulse start like that before, and that was with my youngest, on his due date, he was born a week later.
just going to take it easy for the next couple of weeks, im only 10 days away from 37 weeks...
if we can keep it in there untill then i will be happy..

[Mochagirl]

Wow - that's exciting that things are happening, dannikins! Won't be long now until you can meet your little one!

[DoulaMama]

Ok - Pics first! Please don't quote this post as I will be deleting these pics- Thx!

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Birth story~ Fast version as I'm nursing at the keyboard(NAKing)

Well, all of you know how discouraged I was at the start and stop cx's I had been having and at 10 days past due I'd really had enough. I was starting to doubt myself and my abilities and I really just wanted to get the show on the road. So after coming on here and reading Butterfly Spirits post about acupuncture...I thought, "Yes! I'm going to give it a shot!"(Thank- you BSpirit!) So I booked myself a 12:30 appt and we all went in to the city~
I had ZERO cx's while she was working on me and I really felt like it wasn't going to work....
We got back in the car and went home. Once home we decided to take the kids down the street to the park. While there I had a few cx's that were stronger than any I'd had up until that point I thought MAYBE something was starting. I didn't want them to stop so I decided to keep moving. Hubby and I walked up to the store, 5 mins away, while my mom watched the kids. While up there the cx's got way stronger. I decided to just wait at the front of the store as I had to now breathe through them...and the last thing I wanted to do was give birth on the walk home! LOL!

Once at home(6pm) I relaxed a bit and the cx's slowed a bit and got less intense. My hubby went to store to get a piece for our washing machine that we needed and my mom took my sis out to get groceries. By 6:30pm I decided to call my mom and tell her to hurry up because even though the cx's had spaced apart they were now getting to the point where I had to get on all fours and focus on them. I also called my friend(photog) to come at that point too. My hubby arrived back at the house at 6:30pm and started filling the birth pool. I went and got changed into a sports bra, lit candles, put my birth CD on all the while having cx's in between. My mom arrived back at the house at 7pm and my friend came shortly after. I decided it was time to get into the pool at this point My cx's became instantly manageable and the water was so nice on my back I had about 3 cx's in the tub before I had to start really breathing through them. By 7:25 I was moaning through them...
My hubby got into the tub at this point and I hit transition around 7:45...when the pukey feeling hit me. For the first time ever, in labour, I didn't actually puke! It was so nice! LOL! I started getting kinda grunty right after and I could feel the baby descend. I kept checking myself to see if I could feel my cervix but it was so far posterior I couldn't feel a thing. I know I start to push around the 7cm mark so this didn't surprise me. Shortly after my hubby climbed into the tub I decided to turn around and face him/hold onto him. It was nice to have his body pressed against mine Made me feel very safe I started really bearing down at this point and I was having intense tail bone pain while pushing. I've never experienced this either! I actually had to push her out...unlike my others who were ejected out! I pushed pretty hard and I knew my waters were still intact so I had a feel and found the bag of waters very close to the entrance. I pushed a few more times with no movement from the head and decided to break my waters to help get her out. I pinched the bag and they broke right away and her head crowned on the next cx. I started to really pant through the next cx as her head slowly emerged from my body.
Once her head was out I had a quick feel of her neck and found cord...I knew there would be cord...just a really good feeling about it being there. I left it alone and grabbed my hubby's hands and brought them down underneath me. He was shocked to feel a head! I don't think he knew it was out yet as I had been very quiet as it came out. I then pushed with the next cx and her body slowly slid out of me while my hubby kept his hands underneath her. She got about half way out and then stopped at her belly! I had to reach down and pull her out of me! LOL

Once she was out, we spun her underneath the water to get the cord unwrapped. I then lifted her out of the water and onto my chest at 8:10pm It was such a beautiful moment! She was all rosey and pink, alert and looking around at us but a little bit floppy so I started really talking to her and stimulating her. Her cord was still really pulsing so it wasn't too worrying but I wanted to see her start breathing on her own soon. I gave her a few little puffs of air and within a minute after her birth she cried one little cry and started using her lungs She then promptly fell asleep on me! LOL! My hubby and I then checked between her legs...my hubby looks shocked and yells, "We have a little girl! You guys have a sister!!" It was such a neat moment!!
Everything went well after that...I've had a great recovery(although sore in the abs from pushing so damn hard and sore from squatting in the pool!) with minimal bleeding No tears at all- not even a rug burn! The only issue we have is this little girl is severely tongue tied! We see a LC tomorrow to get it snipped It's affected my milk supply and the soreness/blisters is beyond anything I've ever experienced I can't wait to get this fixed!

Anyway, that's it! It was an empowering and simple birth I feel so incredibly proud of myself and my hubby for having this baby the way we felt we should. He was always so supportive and I appreciate that so much about him

Thanks for reading!!

[dannikins]

WOW, what an amazing story!
and acute bubba...
so glad it all went so well, and a huge well done for delivering yourself, must of taken a lot of focus....

[Myloves]

A beautiful birth story, DoulaMama
Congrats again on your long awaited daughter.