Wedding Crasher -- Baby

aurianna · July 2016

TrixieJess said:

DrillSergeantCat said:

@TrixieJess I really feel for you! I was induced with my last and those pitocin contractions are serious! I tried going without, but I (literally) cried uncle and got an epidural. It was glorious.

I had pitocin too because my water broke and my contractions stopped. As a high risk patient, when my contractions didn't start back up, they started them for me. Yeah, it wasn't fun.

Maybe this is why my mom says she thinks the stomach flu is worse than labor was. She didn't have the pitocin contractions. *vindicated*

banana468 · July 2016

aurianna said:

TrixieJess said:

DrillSergeantCat said:

@TrixieJess I really feel for you! I was induced with my last and those pitocin contractions are serious! I tried going without, but I (literally) cried uncle and got an epidural. It was glorious.

I had pitocin too because my water broke and my contractions stopped. As a high risk patient, when my contractions didn't start back up, they started them for me. Yeah, it wasn't fun.

Maybe this is why my mom says she thinks the stomach flu is worse than labor was. She didn't have the pitocin contractions. *vindicated*

Pitocin is evil shit.

monkeysip · July 2016

Mine wasn't induced, so I don't know these evil pitocin contractions, but I did have 15 hours of back labor with DD. 6 hours of pushing. All natural at a birth center.

I won't do that again, lol. Next baby--gimme the drugs please!!! And pray to God they work.

I'm pretty immune to baby fever. I look at the adorable baby photos and just think about morning sickness, labor, and being up all night. Then again, I never really had baby fever before either.

tigerlily6 · July 2016

Whenever I have children, I am of course going to want DH there, but I also definitely want my mom around. She is a family doc now but she did her residency and early career doing OBGYN rounds. I was natural birth without pain meds, middle brother was a C section, and then baby brother was natural again without meds. She went into labor with baby brother around midnight, and slept in between contractions until they got close apart when she delivered around 5am.

I want that guru magic by my side.

LtPowers · July 2016

Ironring said:

I want a baby so badly but the whole pregnancy thing freaks the crap out of me.

There are ways to get a baby without pregnancy.

kerbohl · July 2016

I'm so fortunate to have adorable nephews/nieces - They are enough to quell baby fever for me. Thanks for sharing all the adorable pics, everyone! As to the stories of birth gone wrong - gah, it sucks that anyone has to go through it (the pain part, not the birth part)! Also, a broken clavicle? Holy crap - poor child!

crowsgirl15 · July 2016

tigerlily6 said:

Whenever I have children, I am of course going to want DH there, but I also definitely want my mom around. She is a family doc now but she did her residency and early career doing OBGYN rounds. I was natural birth without pain meds, middle brother was a C section, and then baby brother was natural again without meds. She went into labor with baby brother around midnight, and slept in between contractions until they got close apart when she delivered around 5am.

I want that guru magic by my side.

My father is a psychologist who does medical hypnosis, and my mother delivered both my brother and I naturally with his help. If I ever have kids (possible at this point, not probable), I wonder how my S.O. will react to me wanting my father in the room hypnotizing me, lol.

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Heffalump · July 2016

I'm just going to throw this in: I've had labor with and without drugs, and I actually preferred no-drugs. That said, it's definitely not a prescription for what other people should do, and I think when the time comes you have a good handle on what you want.

I had an epidural with DD, and since she was my first, it was a longer labor. I don't know how I would have fared without meds.

DS arrived so quickly (woke up in labor around 3:30 a.m., he was delivered at 5:47 a.m.) that there wasn't time for drugs: by the time we got dressed, handed off DD, and drove to the hospital, I was at 10 cm and ready to push. (Literally, as they wheeled me into the elevator, the nurse was like "Please try not to push until we get a hold of the OB on call, okay?") We were lucky that it was early--two hours later, we would have hit rush hour traffic and he would have been born on the side of the road, LOL. Afterward, it was sort of nice not having had the epidural (I was up and around very shortly afterward plus I had bragging rights for delivering a 9+ pounder without so much as a Tylenol). But a 2 hr labor is very different from my 12+ hrs with DD.

I will say that DS was a lot more alert than DD at birth and nursed better from the get-go (latched on immediately, like the babies in the breastfeeding videos). Whether that was due to the lack of epidural, short labor, or random chance, I have no idea.

PrettyGirlLost · July 2016

You guys just Mommyjacked the fuck out of this thread ;-)

TrixieJess · July 2016

PrettyGirlLost said:

You guys just Mommyjacked the fuck out of this thread ;-)

Well, OP did take her ball and go

DrillSergeantCat · July 2016

Heffalump said:

I'm just going to throw this in: I've had labor with and without drugs, and I actually preferred no-drugs. That said, it's definitely not a prescription for what other people should do, and I think when the time comes you have a good handle on what you want.

I had an epidural with DD, and since she was my first, it was a longer labor. I don't know how I would have fared without meds.

DS arrived so quickly (woke up in labor around 3:30 a.m., he was delivered at 5:47 a.m.) that there wasn't time for drugs: by the time we got dressed, handed off DD, and drove to the hospital, I was at 10 cm and ready to push. (Literally, as they wheeled me into the elevator, the nurse was like "Please try not to push until we get a hold of the OB on call, okay?") We were lucky that it was early--two hours later, we would have hit rush hour traffic and he would have been born on the side of the road, LOL. Afterward, it was sort of nice not having had the epidural (I was up and around very shortly afterward plus I had bragging rights for delivering a 9+ pounder without so much as a Tylenol). But a 2 hr labor is very different from my 12+ hrs with DD.

I will say that DS was a lot more alert than DD at birth and nursed better from the get-go (latched on immediately, like the babies in the breastfeeding videos). Whether that was due to the lack of epidural, short labor, or random chance, I have no idea.

My epidural wore off really quickly and I was able to be up and moving around within an hour. He did have a difficult time latching, but that could have been me.

CMGragain · July 2016

Ladies, I had three days of labor which ended in a caesarian. Yes, I DO remember what those contractions felt like. They were less than one minute apart when they gave me my epidural and wheeled me into surgery. Today, they would have done the surgery sooner. She was 9 lbs., 9 oz.
My second child was delivered by a scheduled caesarian.

My only regret in life is that I didn't have a third child.

PS. The worst thing about my long labor was that it was during the 1980 Republican convention! No cable in those days. Nothing else on TV to watch!

monkeysip · July 2016

CMGragain said:

PS. The worst thing about my long labor was that it was during the 1980 Republican convention! No cable in those days. Nothing else on TV to watch!

LOL! You poor thing!

short+sassy · July 2016

aurianna said:

TrixieJess said:

I was a 12lb baby 3 weeks late. My son was measuring 6lbs at his 36 week ultrasound. They estimated that if I made it to 40 weeks that he'd be 10lbs+. I wasn't allowed to have an epidural or any pain meds after the birth. My son came early and he was just over 7lbs, I had a 3rd degree tear. Children are a joy.

I'm surprised that even though they let it go that long. Maybe induction wasn't a thing when you were born. But seriously at that point you run a large risk of low fluid levels and meconium getting into baby's lungs. As it was with me not even 2 weeks later the nurse that broke my water commented about how surprised she was that it was still clear.

Glad you turned out good!

I was 21 days late. Born in the early 70s. When I've remarked how that was such a long time, my poor mom. As my H so "graciously" has put it, "Back then, the due date was just an educated guess. They can be much more accurate now with modern technology." Tthhhaaannnkkksss.

short+sassy · July 2016

CMGragain said:

Ladies, I had three days of labor which ended in a caesarian. Yes, I DO remember what those contractions felt like. They were less than one minute apart when they gave me my epidural and wheeled me into surgery. Today, they would have done the surgery sooner. She was 9 lbs., 9 oz.
My second child was delivered by a scheduled caesarian.

My only regret in life is that I didn't have a third child.

PS. The worst thing about my long labor was that it was during the 1980 Republican convention! No cable in those days. Nothing else on TV to watch!

So sorry to hear that! All of it!

The part about no cable reminded me of a mom story. It was the mid 70s. She was walking the floors, every night in the middle of the night, with my new baby sister. Nothing on tv, but (maybe) the American flag waving. Then, she was so excited one night. There was a royal wedding going on in Europe (I think King Carl Gustaf & Silvia Sommerlath) and it was being televised live. She finally had something fun to watch at 3AM, lol.

aurianna · July 2016

Even now there's not a lot on at 3AM. I was up most of the night at the hospital for a week.
One thing is true though: It's hard not to find at least one channel, at any given time, airing Law & Order: SVU.

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