Due in December 2014 - Jan/Feb 2015

[Rosie85]

Mine are boring.

DS 1 was induced because of high blood pressure which really wasn't that high...that's a whole other story. ..but anyways I had an epidural with him and pushed for 4.5 hours spiked a 105 fever and passed out twice. Emergency c section which I was under general anesthesia for...awful experience.

DS 2 was a vbac. ..I was told it wasn't going to work but I pushed hard for it. Labor was 6 hours. Pushed 20 minutes had an episiotomy. I actually pulled him out myself. Haha

Ds3 another vbac. 5 hour labor pushed for 30 minutes. No tears or cuts needed! Perfect delivery.

Epidural for all 3 but the last two my doc required it in case of emergency. My contractions always start right at 2 minutes a part so it's hard for me to know when to go in!! My last birth was the first time my water broke naturally as well. After my waters break I start pushing within 30 minutes.

[lala22]

Rosie85- those aren't boring! The first one sounds terrible!

[crazycatcouple]

I only have one :-). My water broke 2 weeks and 5 days before my due date about 5pm. I didn't believe it at first, lol, and told hubby he needed to come home from his golf game. Once in the hospital, I was not dialated at all so they started pitocin. I of course didn't want that, but didn't have much choice. I went without pain meds for the first 5 hours or so until about 4cm and then decided to give it a go, hoping it would help speed things along. Going into it, I was open to a natural birth or an epidural and decided I would do what felt right in the moment :-). Lucky for me, it was a great epidural. I could still feel contractions and dialed it down for pushing. Finally started pushing around 3:30am and she came 30 minutes later, 2 weeks and 4 days early and 7 lbs 7 oz :-) I did tear a bit, but didn't notice at all. Personally, I loved giving birth! I know I did it medicated, but I really enjoyed the whole experience and am hopeful this one will go just as smoothly!!

My story is fairly uneventful compared to so many of yours, lol. I love hearing them though! It's so amazing to me what our bodies are capable of!!

[lala22]

I would agree- our bodies are incredible!

[Marika]

I don't either. DS1 and DS2 were on the left of my uterus early on per doctor and ultrasound tech confirmed with Doppler. I haven't bothered to ask since then as they were opposites.

Thanks for sharing!


I read some more about the Ramzi and the types of scans, and even Ramzi himslef says that his theory is not appliable is scan is sagittal. I believe mine was, because last time I was in (different doctor, but same room and probably same eqipment) the doc had a student with her and explained all about the level and how the scan is working. After reading about it now, it is obvious that the scan they made was sagittal and probably was now.

At least I'll try to think so to calm myself a bit. Realize i am starting to stress over gender already, questioning my own sway and mentally preparing for a third son. I know I will love this baby to pieces regardless of the gender, but still, I did sway for a reason.

I'll try to catch up in the thread, it's so active now - fantastic!

[sweetdream]

I've got the same issues Marika. I strongly believed it's a girl. but now I start doubting and thinking it has to be another boy. I will be the one that doesn't get her DG after swaying hard. (i thought I did well. and now I'm thinking I should have done better)

I guess feeling tired has something to do with it.... hormones and emotions aren't the best combination for me...

birthstories.. I try to give the short versions.

First My water broke at 7am and it was greenish. so we went to the hospital. I got there at 8 they checked first at 10. 4cm. at 11 5cm they didn't think it went fast enough. so they induced (i didn't want that) at 11.30 (7cm) I started begging for some paindrugs.. I got this morfine shot.
at 12.30 I wanted to push there was no one.. (I didn't care!)
After 45min there was a midwife present and i could push. After an hour and 15 min the OB came in and wanted they pulled him out with vacuum.
he was born 15.45.
It was horrible.
(they pushed everything way to quick.. should have let my body do the work)

The second one I was under control at the hospital because my blood pressure was slightly elevated. the OB wanted to induce me at 39 wks. I didn't want that. so he just made it lose and hoped it would helped birth a bit. I was allowed to homebirth cause I had a very good Midwife.
Later that evening I started contractions at 8PM. and the midwife arrived at 9.30PM and he was born at 11 PM

Last son I had contractions since thursday. On monday I saw the midwife.. she wanted to have a look and she stripped.. I got home contractions got heavier around 12.30 but was not regular. around 13.15 It hurt so much I let DH call the midwife and she was here 13.50. and he was born 30 min later.

[Marika]

Sweetdream - I think you are right about hormoes and tiredness creating some stress and worry. I'll try to stay calm. I know when we started the ttc I was very well aware of that it might be a boy and it did feel ok. After our loss I strongly felt that another baby is the main goal, a dd a bonus. But now, not knowing but still hoping, it's so easy to start thinking of what I could have done more to sway. Still, last pregnancy with the girl was totally unplanned and I was eating everything like meat, snacks etc, doing nothing to sway (or well, unintentionally maybe - I was ill and we only made i attempt) so I know it is a big piece of luck involved in this too.

[flowerlily]

So, here goes mine..

Ds1: I was induced because I was ten days overdue and he was a big baby,4.45kgs. I laboured for 19 hours and in between I had to have gas and air, epidural, my waters being broken and pitocin to speed things up. Finally he arrived after 2 hours of pushing and I ended up with a third degree cut. TBH, I don't remember much about the details of how things progressed with him as the epidural made me so sleepy. So, not the best experience.

Ds2: I went into labour five days overdue, although I had a membrane sweep two days before to kick start things (I didn't know about this with my first and I think they only do it when your cervix is soft/dilated/ready and I was none with him) well, it started at 9 minutes apart around 6am and stayed the same until 12pm, so I didn't feel the need to call the hospital to fill them in of what's happening, I knew they would rush me and tell me to come straight to the hospital coz it was a 45 min drive and second or subsequent babies come quicker...blah blah..and they would have been wrong and maybe sent me home again or rushed me to have another pitocin. So, around 1pm it went from 9min apart to 6min, this was when I called them and as expected I was told to come straight away or else I'll risk having baby in the car(wrong again), so when I got there around 2,30pm and was checked I was only 3cm, so had another sweep and my contractions went from 6min to 4mins and within half an hour I dilated another 2cm, and so far the only pain relief I'm using is gas and air (thàt was how I planned it), but things went slowly from there, so I was asked if could go and walk in the corridors with the supervision of a midwife, I walked for 20mins and it actually helped a bit as contractions went to 2min apart and I dilated another 2cm, and guess what the time was now? 6pm! And it stayed the same for the next hour and half, that was when they started talking nonsense, that I was getting tired and so was baby..blah blah..I told them I didn't wanna hear that and I was gonna have this baby when it was ready to come, I have come this far, so why rush me now when I only have 3cm to go, with no serious complications!?
In the end, they gave in and let me labour for the next 2 hours while still keeping a close eye on me and baby.
Finally, Ds2 arrived at 8.30pm (14 long hours of labour) weighing 3.90kgs after only10mins of pushing, and it was after I had episiotomy to avoid another third degree cut and tbh it was the best route to go as also healing time was much shorter.

With this one, I most certainly want to go as natural as possible, and I'm gonna discuss it with my midwife at my next hospital appointment which is this Friday the 4th.

[Yahmama]

Hi Ladies! So much has gone on here since I last checked in! Have been busy getting our house on the market and trying to keep it clean with 4 littles has been beyond tiring and frustrating. Will take time to read all these lovely birth stories - I love hearing others experiences!
AFM- had my NT scan today at 12+6. No nub showed up in pics and I guess that's good since I really want to stay team green. I think the two pictures she gave me were identical though. They aren't even nub shots, and can't get a good look at skull either since it's face on! Oh well, I'll post them anyway in case anyone gets a vibe either way. Heartbeat was 150 which is really no clue either, except both my girls were 165+ at this stage. uploadfromtaptalk1404231461160.jpguploadfromtaptalk1404231469393.jpg

[Abifasc]

Maybe boy....though purely a guess. My ds2 face pic looks like that.