Birth Stories

Dylan's Birth Story

feeds@yuku.com (mindy12) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:12:19 PST

I'm just finally getting to his birth story...it's been two weeks!!!

On Tuesday morning (Aug. 24th) I went for my regular weekly check-up. I was 2 days over due. My cervix had not changed (still 1 cm) and was thick. Doc said my cervix was unfavourable. So while checking me, he stripped my membranes. He also did an NST and that came back fine. He pretty much put the ball in my court and said he could send me that day to get induced or I could wait it out. DH and I chose to wait it out. After I got home and went through everything in my head: swelling had gotten worse in the last week, blood pressure had gone up in the last week. These are just things I had noticed about myself in the last week and thought let's just do it. So I called Doc back and said I wanted to be induced the next day. They had me come back in at 3:30 to put a Foley Catheter in. As the midwife was putting it in,...

George's birth story - 8/9/10

feeds@yuku.com (shortyerin) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:04:39 PST

Thought I would post a little bit about what happened yesterday while I have a quiet moment here in the hospital. As I posted earlier, I went in on Sunday night thinking my water broke. Although the test for amniotic fluid came up negative, they now think my water had actually broken at that time because there wasn't much fluid around the baby when he was born. They sent me home Sunday night and I slept a little before waking up and getting my oldest off to his first day of Kindergarten. Then I had an appointment with my OB and an ultrasound which showed the baby measuring a lot smaller than he should have, so my OB told me to go to the hospital yesterday afternoon and get induced. We got here around 1:30pm and they hooked me up to the fetal monitor and the contraction monitor to get started. It didn't take long to realize that everytime I had a contraction (and I have been having mild contractions like this for two weeks) the baby's...

Dave's Birth Story

feeds@yuku.com (sandradenise) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:40:36 PST

First off let me just say, I cannot believe I am posting a Birth Story - Thanks again to God for this great gift that He has given me and my family.

Okay, down to business.

I was a scheduled c-section for the 15th at 1:00 pm. We were told to get there 2 hours early. We got there at 11:07 am right before another mommy-to-be was being brought into L&D on a stretcher and it was obvious that she was not "due" yet. This of course reminded me of my last trip to L&D but there was just too much excitement for me to really dwell and get sad and think about my angels that went back to be with God. What I thought was, today I will meet my first earthly angel.

So I pre-registered and paid my monies in June so that if/when I need to go in to L&D I would not need to worry about all of that. Check-in was quick and painless. We were told to sit and our nurse would come get us. About 5 minutes later the nurse walked us back to the Recovery Area which is where they...

Mia's birth story

feeds@yuku.com (mrsmurphy03) — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:26:17 PST

On Thursday morning I woke up at around 3:30 am to contractions and my water breaking. IT wasn't a huge gush. Just a little. The contractions weren't bad and were coming every 15 minutes. I tried to rest in between. AT around 5:30 they started getting closer. I called my BF and she told me to wait to call my docs. I told her that I didn't know what to do because they didn't seem that bad. I decided to call my doula and she said to call my doc. The doctor told me to start heading to the hospital. My doula, and mark both showed up around 7:00 am and the contractions were right on top of eachother. We got to the hospital and they were trying to ask me my admitting questions and I just said "Can't answer. Need to push now." LOL So they bring me in the room and I was fully dialted and her head was right there. That was about 7:20 am. All I wanted to do was push and they kept making me...

My Baby is here and we're home.

feeds@yuku.com (jacksonsmama22) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:36:47 PST

Just wanted to let those that are following know that my little boy was born July 21st at 10:12 am.

He is named after my Dad... His name is Daniel Aaron, and we call him Danny. He was 7 pounds, 9 ozs, 20 inches. He's perfect and precious in every way. He looks a LOT like Jackson did at birth, couple differences in features, but I think they will really look alike.

Jack Bernadino born 6/7/09

feeds@yuku.com (JenAndJerryForever) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:09:52 PST

Sorry it's been so long since I've been able to update everyone. We didn't have internet for a LOOONNNG time. =(

Jack Bernadino was born at 4:19 a.m. on 6/7/09. He was 7 lbs 7 ozs and 20 and 1/4 inches long.

We named him after both of our deceased grandfathers. Jack for mine and Bernadino for Jerry's.

Here are some pics.
Just home from the hospital...

About 2 & 1/2 weeks...it was too bright out by the pool (still looking for baby sunglasses)

Just the other day...about 5 & 1/2 weeks

my baby is here!

feeds@yuku.com (alicia3boys) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:58:51 PST

Oscar Robert Barnes (osky) was born July 6th at 7:52 pm. he was 6 pounds 9.8 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long.
he looks just like his daddy with the exception of having closer to my color of hair and quite a bit of it too (non of my others had much..) when my computer stops being a dork i'll post a pic

Had my baby!

feeds@yuku.com (rascal12) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:17:01 PST

I was scheduled to be induced on Thursday July 2nd, but my little man decided he was going to come out without medical intervention. I began having some cramping during the night of June 30th and woke up the next day with period like cramping. The pains weren't too bad so I didn't think much of them until they started getting closer together throughout the day. I decided to go to the hospital just to be safe and was dilated 3 to 4 cm, so they kept me in the hospital. I managed to make it to 9 cm dilation before I "begged" for an epidural. I was hoping that the baby would arrive on July 1st for Canada Day, but he decided to hang around until 02:00 am on July 2nd. After 15 minutes of pushing, I got to meet my little miracle. He weighed 9 lb 1 oz and measured 20 3/4 ''. I am so in love with him already! Good luck to all of you who will be delivering soon.

Kelly

Our Birth Story

feeds@yuku.com (tinkerbelle2485) — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:16:34 PST

On Saturday 5/16 I woke up not feeling great but we had decided to hit some garage sales, so off we went well my back was really hurting and I was having some leaking down south it was clear so I thought maybe it was just pregnancy discharge or from the sex I had to try to get things going! so I kept about my day I picked up my sisters from a friends house because they were really missing their family my parents/grandparents were in California scheduled to come back on Sunday. They are 7 and 12.

So at like 2pm I was still leaking and it was increasing and was watery so I though mmm maybe I am leaking amniotic fluid so I thought I would got to labor and delivery to get checked but I had two very hungry children so we went to chili's to eat and kinda hurried then went to L &D. So they did a paper test and a swab the paper turns blue and the swab brown if you are leaking well they changed but the nurse didn't "see" fluid leaking so they paged Dr....

Allison's birth story

feeds@yuku.com (dy128rn) — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:08:32 PST

I was scheduled for an induction on Friday May 1. We got to the hospital a little before 7am and got registered. My nurse was wonderful. She got me on the
monitor and got my IV started and my antibiotic started. She checked me and I was still 3 cm and about 60 percent effaced. She got the pitocin started and I
started having regular contractions . (I was having some contractions on my own but not strong at all). At 11:30, my doc came in and broke my water and then
the contractions got real! I was still only 3 cm and very dissappointed with that. I was hoping for a tiny bit of progress. About 12:30, I decided that an
epidural sounded good. I was tolerating the contractions but I knew I could not hold out for a few more hours. A little while later, my wonderful
anesthesiologist came in and I got a wonderful epidural (my Epi with Megan never worked). About 2:30, my nurse came in to tell me they were sending her home
and I was very disappointed (with Megan,...

Eli's Birth Story - long!

feeds@yuku.com (jrsgirl) — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:10:37 PST

Finally getting around to posting our story!

My due date was May 4th, but I was scheduled for a c-section on Monday Apr. 27th due to him still being breech. So on Wednesday afternoon (Apr. 22) I noticed a lot less movement than usual. By that evening, I started having what seemed like timeable contractions. They weren't terribly painful, but were coming approx every 10 mins. I timed them throughout the night and they stayed basically the same. By morning they were getting a little closer - about every 6-8 mins apart, but still not very painful. I called my dr and they told me to come in to be checked - since baby was still breech. My dr checked me and I was only 1 cm or so. He said that I could go home and wait for things to progress a bit, or, since I had the c-section scheduled for Monday anyway, and I was not likely to make it til then, they could just do the c-section today if we wanted. We decided that is what we would do, so he told us to head over to...

Our story...

feeds@yuku.com (chelliebean0914) — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:24:51 PST

The hospital called bright and early at 6:30, you have 1 hour to arrive from the time they call or you *lose your spot in line* and get bumped to the bottom and are sent home to wait for the phone to ring again.....so my Mom had kept the boys overnight as the drive by itself is 1/2 hour. We got there at a couple minutes before 7:30...not much time to spare. It was a game of hurry up and wait. Hurry up to get there *in time* and then wait for them to decide they are ready for you We finally got my pit started at 9. I had hired a trigger point massage lady who I was very excited about (I had a bad epidural experience with Isaiah and she was my life saver) she came up about...

Birth Story of Samuel

feeds@yuku.com (Caellach99) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:21:50 PST

Ok, I wrote it out, pretty much in book format. Sorry, it's just how I do things

Samuel's Birth Story

We arrived at the hospital on April 15^th a little after 8am. It took a few minuets to get into my room, where I put on the lovely hospital gown took a deep breath and stepped out of the bathroom to the awaiting nurse who was popping her gum like a teenager. She hooked me up to monitors that watched Samuel's heartbeat. She couldn't find him down low where he usually was. She asked me if we were sure he was head down. That had me a little freaked. She finally found him. He was really high up, which told me it was going to be a VERY long day.

I was there the day before but found myself answering the same questions. It was a little...

Birth Story and Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (tabake) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:33:58 PST

Around 9:30pm Wednesday night, I noticed that my contractions were getting closer together but not really changing in intensity. I decided to just go into the hospital ~ why not. So my parents came over to stay with the kids ~ I'm all but certain we'll be right back since these types of contractions have been going on for nearly 2 weeks. We get there and I'm at a 3, 85% effaced. I walk for 45 minutes and dilated another cm. My contractions are 6 minutes apart, then 2...not strong at all, all over the place. My dr. decides to admit me anyway and he was thinking he'd just break my water when he came in the morning at 6:30 to get things started. Then, ALL OF A SUDDEN, BAM, my contractions start getting super painful but they're still all over...every 5 minutes, every minute... The nurse checks me and I'm at a 5, 100% effaced, and baby's at a 0 station. She calls the dr. to come in. When she gets back she checks me again and I'm at a 9 and I HAVE TO PUSH....

Caleb Joshua Birth Story

feeds@yuku.com (allybethh) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:08:23 PST

Ok, so I should have done this a while ago, but here it is:

Early morning hours on Tuesday, March 24th, I started having contractions again around 3 a.m. I could not sleep, and I could definitely feel them wrapping into my back. When my husband woke up for work a little after 6 a.m., I said I think we need to go to the hospital. My contractions were still not regular, but were getting stronger. Since I was 3 cm the Thursday before, I didn't want to wait too long. So, we went on to the hospital. They hooked me up to monitor me and checked me and I was 3.5 cm. They said to walk the halls for an hour to see if that would speed up the contractions and help me to dilate. I walked for an hour and I felt like the contractions were coming closer together, but when I stopped walking they seemed to slow down again, and I was still 3.5 cm, so they ended up sending me home . . . again!

I went home and contractions continued at irregular intervals throughout the...

Landon James Birth Story (More Pictures Added)

feeds@yuku.com (Bellarose) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:43:42 PST

Quick Version
At 11:52 PM, my water broke. I decided to take my time getting to the hospital since I was only 1.5 cm dilated at the doctor visit the day before. I decided to take a shower, blow out my hair and put some make-up on (how shallow). My husband, DS and I got to the hospital at 12:45 AM and I was admitted quickly. I was sent up to Labor and Delivery where I was checked again and was still 1.5 cm dilated. The doctor explained to us that it would be a long night since I was still the same and had very light contractions. I decided to tell my husband to take my son home since they both had a sinus infection and had a slight temperature. My sister would be up to pick up my son the next day since she lives two hours away and there was no need for her to rush up (at least we thought).

At 9:00, my doctor came in and said that I would start the pitocin. The doctor gave my the lowest possible level which was a one. This...

Annabelle's birth story...

feeds@yuku.com (shelmo) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:48:48 PST

So, we had the scheduled c-section on March 12th.

We arrived at the hospital at 5:30 am, as planned. They took me straight back and started the "prep" work (blood draw, IV, etc.).
I had been having contractions, but at every dr appointment there was always no progress - not dialating at all - so I had been "ignoring" the contractions. Once I was in the hospital hooked up to the monitors for a while, the nurse asked "are you feeling these contractions" I responded "yes, but I'm ignoring them, because I know they aren't doing anything" then I asked "how far apart are they " and she said "they are 2-7 min apart". I said "oh, okay". Shortly after that my dr came in and the nurse said something about the contractions to her, and she said "yeah, we were laughing in the office the other day about how rock hard her cervix is, even though she's been having contractions". So we all...

LITTLE ROBBIE'S BIRTH STORY!!

feeds@yuku.com (babypoohbear) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:00:36 PST

Sorry for the delay - here it is:

Delivery was definitely unexpected for Monday, March 9^th!! My c-section was already scheduled for Monday, March 16th, but I guess Robbie had other plans!! J

I wasn't feeling too good Monday morning when I woke up. I even had posted a topic about changes and I was definitely going through some!! Something told me to finish my hospital bag, so I did that. Then around 9:45am I started having what I thought were strong Braxton Hicks - again something told me to start writing down the times - which I did. I...

Michael Alexanders Birth story.

feeds@yuku.com (lil squirt) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:47:31 PST

It is long and detailed. It's the one I wrote for his baby book.

Due to Obstetric Cholestasis (Pregnancy induced problem with my liver) Dr Wu decided we needed to induce labour.

February 10, 2009