On monday June 11th (41weeks and 3days) I went to my girl friends
baby shower which was funnily labeled "POP"...as we were sitting down
to eat dinner, I felt two small gushes.. Thought very little of
it...then "POP"...I was soaked...yup my water totally broke!! I quickly
finished eating my dinner then ducked out quickly..looking like I peed
my pants!!
The next day ( June 12th) I saw the midwives to confirm my water had
broken and have my blood drawn to keep an eye on baby and me for
infection. Then went out with my IP's for lunch and a visit to reassure
them, me and baby were doing fine.. The midwives gave us a time line of
72 hours before my induction would have to take place..so we were just
waiting for things to happen..or at 8pm on Thursday we'd have to evict
baby!!
That night around 4pm my contractions started picking up..I called my
doula who came and took care of me..everything was going great and
moving well around 9pm I decided it was time for a nap..and actually
feel asleep til 2am (June 13th)... Then I woke up in sheer pain!! Off to
the hospital.. When we got there, there was so much crazy'ness
happening..the midwives checked me and I was 4-5cm and 100% effaced.. I
wanted to leave right away...just wanted to be home for longer..then
the blood lab came in and poked me 4x's and couldn't get anything..last
try he got it! The midwives were then checking me constantly and I
started to really panic. Labour stopped. I begged the midwives to send
me home. Luckily they did. My blood levels were still coming back
good..so I went home and spent the whole day being weepy and being
disappointed in my body... I was so worried about having an induction
the next evening.
James and I went to bed at 6pm on June 13th as I was so emotionally
exhausted and needed to rest..but baby decided it was TIME! James stayed
home with me as I knew my poor doula was exhausted from taking care of
me... At 1am there was no way around it..I had to call the
doula..once my doula got there I knew this was IT. We decided to call
the midwife and get her to come check me before we went up to the
hospital..I was 6cm when she checked me.. I got a little upset about
that..but my doula and midwife assured me it was GREAT! At 4am (June
14th) we headed off to the hospital..I was in a much better space this
time.. And really looking forward to getting the show on the road! The
bath at the hospital was my best friend!! And luckily this time my
labour didn't stall!!
Within a hour or so of being at hospital the midwives came in and
gave me the bad news..my white blood cell count came back High..which
meant IV antibiotics..and EFM (electronic fetal monitoring)..urgh... I
started to panic as those are all things I didn't want..my doula calmed
me down (again!) the EFM would not stay on well as I wanted to be
walking, squatting and moving.. So we decided to do a internal fetal
monitoring on baby and I am so glad we did!! The OB came in to put it
on baby and I was fully dilated..which means..come on pushing!! The IP's
finally got there!!
Pushing at first was slow..and I thought I'd feel a head right
away..nope.. I was wrong lol..the midwife suggested she check me around
9am to see the baby's head- I got on the bed and gave a little push and
could feel the top of the head!! Was that ever encouraging!! The
midwives rolled the mirror in and that was even more encouraging..the
IP's each touched the babies head as I was pushing and IM started
bawling (which was so beautiful to watch).. They were both so over
joyed and amazed to be watching their baby being pushed into the world!!
IM held my leg up while I pushed with all my might and kept bawling
and encouraging me to push..it was such an amazing moment!! At around
11:10am the internal monitor fell off the babies head while I was
pushing.. And we couldn't find his heart beat..so the midwife had to do
an episiotomy (ouch!! No drugs at all!! That was intense!!) then he
started to come down fast and quick.. The midwife called out "call the
OB!" as he wasn't coming fast enough.. Which gave me the extra push to
push.."cancel that"...he slid out..Ahhhh relief!!
My IP's were both so excited..and the looks on their faces was beyond
amazing!! The baby was plopped on my chest and I asked IM what it
was.. Thru tearful joy she announced "IT'S A BOY!!!"
The NICU team took him right away because of the dip in his Heart
rate and the infection I was carrying. Both the mom and dad came over
and hugged me and thanked me. Dad said "I can't believe you did that-
that was so so amazing!!" oh man..what an amazing thing to apart of..
The next few hours flew by..I had to stay because of the infection to
get More IV antibiotics.. Which was a downer as I wanted to be
home..but it worked out nicely as I got to sneak in a few cuddles with
Surro baby!!
When I went down to the NICU to officially go get my snuggles, it was
another amazing moment..mom and dad were both so elated and over
joyed! Mom told me it was the BEST gift anyone could ever give
her...the joy and love I felt was just so amazing!! And I am so pleased
and honored to have done this.
The joy I felt from having a successful VBAC was so amazing too!! I
did it..I pushed a baby out!! I spent 9 months planning, seeing a
chiropractor and attending birthing classes..I'm so happy it went so so
well!!
Welcome to the world Surro baby!! You have amazing parents and I love you so much!!
