August 2WW

[Mochagirl]

Wow, pp - I've never had m/s until I'm several weeks pregnant. Are you sure you're not coming down with something? I really hope it's a pregnancy sign!

lola - my second birth experience couldn't have been more different than my first. With my twins, I was induced, given an epidural before labour even started, then after 27 hours in labour and an extremely high fever they gave me an emergency c-section. I was in the hospital for 5 days because one ds wouldn't nurse or even bottle feed (I eventually got him to nurse at 6 weeks and nursed both successfully until they were 2!).

With ds3, I had a midwife but birthed in a hospital. I laboured for about 5 hours at home, then about 5 hours in the hospital. No medication at all, even though he was posterior (which meant BAD back labour), and the midwife had to manually turn him as he came out. I had to have a pretty big episiotomy too. As soon as he was out, though, I felt great. I had a bath with him at the hospital, then was home 2 hours after birth!

[LolaInLove]

WOWZA, Mocha, that is amazing! My 1st was posterior, which is why I ended up with a c-section. Back then I was only 26 and didn't know any better, so did whatever my doctors insisted. They thought it better to put me in the assembly line for c-sections that day than try anything to turn her, help me labor better, etc. (GRRRRR!) I am SO impressed that you had back labor naturally! It is AWFUL! Well, that is a great story, I hope you have the same wonderful luck (without the posterior position, of course!) next time. I was also thinking, wow, you got to go home immediately, and then realized you are in fabulous Canada, which is much easier and cooler about birthing than the US.

PP: some people have the hormone rush very early, you never know! I hope you are not getting a stomach bug, though. Hope you are doing ok!

[zanacal]

I've been waiting for you to report all day mocha! I'll hold onto that glimmer of hope for you too.

Lola - I sympathise with the posterior labour as all mine were that way! I too ended up with an epidural first time around (though thankfully it didn't end in a c-section) but with DS2 and DS3 I only had gas and air and it was SO much better - flipping agony from the outset with these back to back babies but at least now I expect it and I KNOW I can do it and that it's likely to be a darn sight quicker without being laid on my back and unable to move I'm sure it must be something to do with the shape of my pelvis or something because even the babies who weren't back to back before I went into labour turned that way once things got going.

PP - the 2ww is the ONLY time I've ever experienced morning sickness!

[DoulaMama]

Wow, pp - I've never had m/s until I'm several weeks pregnant. Are you sure you're not coming down with something? I really hope it's a pregnancy sign!

lola - my second birth experience couldn't have been more different than my first. With my twins, I was induced, given an epidural before labour even started, then after 27 hours in labour and an extremely high fever they gave me an emergency c-section. I was in the hospital for 5 days because one ds wouldn't nurse or even bottle feed (I eventually got him to nurse at 6 weeks and nursed both successfully until they were 2!).

With ds3, I had a midwife but birthed in a hospital. I laboured for about 5 hours at home, then about 5 hours in the hospital. No medication at all, even though he was posterior (which meant BAD back labour), and the midwife had to manually turn him as he came out. I had to have a pretty big episiotomy too. As soon as he was out, though, I felt great. I had a bath with him at the hospital, then was home 2 hours after birth!

WAY TO GO MOCHA! Nursing twins for 2 years is something that is almost unheard of! So amazing!!
And your next birth will most likely be so different! Fast labour, faster pushing....I know sometimes this doesn't hold true for everyone but for me, almost all of my second time moms had an easier labour(it may have hurt more but it was way quicker).

I've been waiting for you to report all day mocha! I'll hold onto that glimmer of hope for you too.

Lola - I sympathise with the posterior labour as all mine were that way! I too ended up with an epidural first time around (though thankfully it didn't end in a c-section) but with DS2 and DS3 I only had gas and air and it was SO much better - flipping agony from the outset with these back to back babies but at least now I expect it and I KNOW I can do it and that it's likely to be a darn sight quicker without being laid on my back and unable to move I'm sure it must be something to do with the shape of my pelvis or something because even the babies who weren't back to back before I went into labour turned that way once things got going.

PP - the 2ww is the ONLY time I've ever experienced morning sickness!

My pelvis seems to do the same thing! My first was a nuchal arm presentation(his hand came out first so his elbow tore me as his head came out with it....ouch. My 2nd was posterior at the end of the pregnancy and I had an anterior placenta so I don't think that helped with his positioning at all....and he stayed sunnyside up through birth(brow/face presentation to boot!) OUCH! My third was in a fantastic position, posterior placenta (found with fetoscope) and he still came out in a very funky position- facing my right thigh- which also hurt a lot! I'm hoping number 4 comes easier than the rest!

[Emmy2012]

Your chart is looking pretty nice Doula........

[LolaInLove]

Wow, Zan, only in the 2ww? That is very interesting. I got it like clockwork at 6 weeks both times. Also interesting that all of your babies were posterior, you poor thing! Being on your back with an epi is the worst ever, I agree. I remember just sheer agony even with the epi at full blast, I couldn't even lay on my bum, it hurt so bad. I had them put the back of my hospital bed all the way up, like completely vertical, and drape my top half over it, which of course made me fart a ton and I was crying because of that. LOL I was so embarrassed. I got the epi at 9cm with #2. I probably could have waited it out, but I was just SO done for, so exhausted that I really feel like I needed it. I was terrified of the ring of fire since I heard it was 10 times worse than huge contractions (and heard my friend laboring in the waiting room....she went too fast for the epi and sounded like a VIKING, which I still call her to this day, haha), so I got the epi and somehow miraculously managed to SLEEP for an hour at 9cm in active labor....then I woke up and pushed her out in 16 minutes, 2 big pushes. Anyway, I can deal with pain, but not for 14 hours.....which is why I give Mocha huge props for her 10 hour posterior natural labor!!!!

[Emmy2012]

My last birth ws posterior.....please....I do not want to ever do that again! The worst pain ever!!!! I was minutes form a c-section when we finally got him to turn enought to come out. I did not want a c-section 5th time around!

[LolaInLove]

I know, right! Nursing twins for 2 years is also amazing!!!

Yea, I agree, nice rise today, DM!

[LolaInLove]

My last birth ws posterior.....please....I do not want to ever do that again! The worst pain ever!!!! I was minutes form a c-section when we finally got him to turn enought to come out. I did not want a c-section 5th time around!

Wow, you are so lucky! I hated having a section, it just demolishes your abs forever and is 10x harder with a newborn.

[Emmy2012]

I have never had ms till 5 weeks or so but everyone is different. With my first I was sick the whole 9 months...I held nothing down! Ironically that was my one DD and she was the biggest at birth!