39 weeks and 4 days pregnant, the day before I had Charlotte.
Her birth story
I started having contractions on Friday September 30th at 5:30pm, they were not bad at this point and they did not last long. That night Amelia was staying with her grandparents which was a good thing because I got little to no sleep that night. In the morning I knew that I was in labor for sure and that our little girl would either be there that day or shortly after midnight. Since my contractions were not really bad at this point I decided to get Amelia and spend a little time with her and go to my nephews birthday party. By the end of the birthday party about 4pm the contractions were starting to get longer and more painful so I knew it was time to go home and have Amelia go back to her grandparents house. By about 5pm Amelia was picked up and my contractions had gotten to a point where I had to stop what I was doing and focus on getting through them. They were about 3 to 5 minutes apart and lasting any where from 45 seconds to a minute. I didn't think this was quite time to leave for the hospital so mom and I walked up and down their street for about 45 minutes to an hour. At that point mom called my doula to let her know we were going to head to the hospital and that she could go ahead and make her way there, she lived an hour away so she needed to know a little ahead of time if I thought things were going to start happening. My contractions hadn't really changed in length of time or frequency but they were much more intense that if we didn't leave then I don't think I would have been able to handle a car ride. When we got to the hospital I was sure they would say I was at least 4 to 5cm but I was not I was only 3cm, I couldn't believe it since my contractions were so intense. They put me on monitors for about 30 minutes even though the monitors were not picking up my contractions they could tell I was definitely contracting so they kept me, I was admitted at about 6:30ish. My blood pressure was pretty low so they put me on an IV drip and started my antibiotics for my GBS but I was not hooked up to monitors for the baby or me. I didn't want them so they only monitored the baby every 20 minutes, I did this so I was free to move around as I need to cope with the contractions since I was striving to have a drug free labor and delivery. Although my contractions were so intense the entire time I was there I kept telling mom I didn't think I could do it and an epidural was sounding very good. I was seriously considering getting the nubane to help take the edge off but the nurse told me I should wait to get it as long as I could since the first dose you get is the best and the other doses don't work as well or at all. So by the time I would let them check me again(I was reluctant to let them because I was afraid I wasn't progressing very quickly and I didn't want to hear that) I was 7cm dilated and by then I was feeling lots of pressure in my bottom. That was at about 9:30pm, I was ready to get the nubane but my nurse came in and told me I could not get it because I was past the point of being able to. If they gave it to me at that point it could put the baby to sleep and they didn't want that. I was not a happy person but I had a feeling I was going to go quickly at that point so I just focused on getting through the rest of my labor. Oh and did I mention that I was once again having back labor and even doing everything I could to try to get the baby to turn or move so it would relieve my back labor it didn't work. I was also feeling my contractions in my abdomen as well, so there were little to no positions to help me get through each contraction. So about 10 to 15 minutes after they checked me I started felling like I had to push so there were getting things ready and telling me to breath through the contractions and the pushing urges because I wasn't fully dilated and the doctor was not at the hospital yet. So I was a bit worried that the doctor would not make it on time because I was hardly able to breath through the urges to push. To my relief the doctor was finally there and checked me again I was about 8cm and so he broke my water and I was at this time not really able to not push. The doctor kept telling me not to push because I still had cervix there and if I kept pushing I was going to swell up really bad. So he kept massaging my cervix to help push it out of the way quicker because I couldn't not push, even breathing through them my body was still pushing and I could not control it no matter what I did. So finally he told me I could push with the next contraction I was so relieved since I wasn't doing a good job not pushing. After about 2 to 3 pushes he told me he had to cut me to help her get out, I instantly said no. Although he explained that because of all the scar tissue I had from the 4th degree tare I had with Amelia I would not stretch anymore and I could tare worse if he just let me tare. So I gave in and let him cut me after another push or two her head was out and only one more push after one more push so was she! She was born at 10:17pm on October 1st, she weighed in at 7lbs 1.5oz and 19in long, I expected her to be bigger then that. She was put right on my chest and cleaned off, then they put her skin to skin on me. She stayed there for 2 hours other then when they weighed her and measured her quickly and put a diaper on her because she kept pooping on me. She latched on and nursed after only an hour and she was very good at it right away. I loved having this time with her right away since I did not get this with Amelia is was a very special time for me and feeling. My little fighter that had me so scared in the beginning was finally here and I could hardly believe it. Even now after 10 days of having her in my life I can hardly believe she is with us and I'm a mother of two now. We got so lucky because about 2 and 1/2 hours after Charlotte was born her daddy was on skype and ready to see his new little girl. He was speechless for a little bit and I'm sure a sad that he wasn't there with us holding her. I feel very blessed to have had all the support and love from my family and friends through out this pregnancy and labor and delivery, I could not have gotten through with out it.
Our beautiful new little addition to our family.
Mommy and Charlotte getting ready to go home.
Big sister Amelia loves giving her little sister kisses.
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