Re: My birth story and a pic!

[Guest guest]

Wow - that's the best labor story I've ever heard! You should be so

happy that all went so quickly for you. Congrats on your little

angel - I saw her picture on the website! She's beautiful. I hope

you get plenty of rest and take care of yourself during these early

months.

We're so happy for you!

Smiles,

EDD 10.04.03

> Here's Cadi! Cadence arrived at 8:28pm on April 19, 2004.

She weighed in at 6lbs 9oz and is 19.25 inches long. My labor was

AMAZING! Long story, but briefly, I woke up with regular

contractions at 5am on Monday morning. Went to the hospital at

11:30am when they were 2-3 mins apart. (Did NOT want to get sent

home again!) They admitted me when I dilated from 3 to 4+ in an

hour. They had trouble monitoring me, so they wanted to apply the

internal monitors. I got my epidural and they broke my water to put

the monitors on. Baby was looking great but there was ALOT of

meconium in the fluid, so they did a uterine infusion to help clean

it out. The epidural was my best friend but it stalled my dilation.

I stayed at 5cm for 3 hrs, then they started a low dose of pitocin.

It WORKED! I felt pressure within an hour, and when they checked me,

I was at 7cm. About 1 hr later, I said I could feel pressure and

movement. The Dr on call asked what kind of " movement " ? I

said " Well, I can feel the baby coming out. " He chuckled and

said, " Oh, you'll have an hour or two of pushing to get to that

point, but feeling pressure is a good sign, it means you'll be able

to push effectively. " The nurse said " What the heck, let's check and

see where she is " . She checked me and SLAMMED my legs back together,

and yelled, " She's CROWNING!!!! Get the Dr! " The Dr ran back in and

called the team of nurses and peds people. They were literally

holding my legs together waiting for my own OB to get there. As my

OB walked in a few minutes later, she said " Wow, everyone's ready to

go? " and she turned to get her gown and gloves on. Right then I felt

more movement. I said " Uhhh...I feel movement there! " and pointed

down. The Dr on call opened my legs (the epidural had me too numb to

move them myself) and said " The head is OUT! We're doing this on the

bed! " My OB kinda leaned over me to help suction Cadi's nose and

mouth. Cadi screamed! The Dr said " OK, just give us one little push

for her shoulders " I didn't push at all. I took a deep breath so I

could get ready to push and they said " Here she is! What was that?

HALF a push??? " Her sord was too short to put her on my tummy and

they needed to hurry up to get her lungs suctioned so they took her

right over to the " work table " before I even got to see her. Bo was

taking digital pics and running back over to show me. We were all

sobbing and laughing. Her apgar's were 9 and 9. No problems, no

additional monitoring, nothing. I had no tearing and no episiotomy,

so no stitches or anything. She roomed in with me that night, and we

came home last night when she was 24 hrs old! She's an AWESOME baby,

hardly ever cries, and I can't believe she's OURS!

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> http://www.thatsmybaby.net/home/viewchild.asp?

imageno1=019&imageno2=66491

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> I hope this works. This is the link to her hospital page. Let me

know if it doesn't work, and I'll try something else.

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> Hugs to all!

> Shari and Bo in Wichita KS

> Proud new parents of Cadence .

> Shari WLS 8/99 saved my life!

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In a message dated 4/21/2004 9:00:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,

swatson11@... writes:

http://www.thatsmybaby.net/home/viewchild.asp?imageno1=019&imageno2=66491

awwww, she is beautiful and so awake, wow. That is a great birth story. You

are lucky it went that fast and easy I am very happy for you all.

Congratulations.

God Bless,

Robin, NorthEastern, NY

Age- 41

EDD- July 27th, 2004

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!

Mommy to:

&

(twin boys 7 1/2),

Madison, daughter, 5 years and

Wife to Pup 15 years (October 31, 1988)

Gastric Bypass Surgery-

October 18th 2002

Start-378, current- 246(pregnant)

goal 170 after baby

[Guest guest]

Shari,

That's an amazing story and your daughter is beautiful!

Congratulations!

Jeri

Lap RNY 12/10/02

EDD 12/8/04

> Here's Cadi! Cadence arrived at 8:28pm on April 19, 2004.

She weighed in at 6lbs 9oz and is 19.25 inches long. My labor was

AMAZING! Long story, but briefly, I woke up with regular contractions

at 5am on Monday morning. Went to the hospital at 11:30am when they

were 2-3 mins apart. (Did NOT want to get sent home again!) They

admitted me when I dilated from 3 to 4+ in an hour. They had trouble

monitoring me, so they wanted to apply the internal monitors. I got

my epidural and they broke my water to put the monitors on. Baby was

looking great but there was ALOT of meconium in the fluid, so they

did a uterine infusion to help clean it out. The epidural was my best

friend but it stalled my dilation. I stayed at 5cm for 3 hrs, then

they started a low dose of pitocin. It WORKED! I felt pressure within

an hour, and when they checked me, I was at 7cm. About 1 hr later, I

said I could feel pressure and movement. The Dr on call asked what

kind of " movement " ? I said " Well, I can feel the baby coming out. " He

chuckled and said, " Oh, you'll have an hour or two of pushing to get

to that point, but feeling pressure is a good sign, it means you'll

be able to push effectively. " The nurse said " What the heck, let's

check and see where she is " . She checked me and SLAMMED my legs back

together, and yelled, " She's CROWNING!!!! Get the Dr! " The Dr ran

back in and called the team of nurses and peds people. They were

literally holding my legs together waiting for my own OB to get

there. As my OB walked in a few minutes later, she said " Wow,

everyone's ready to go? " and she turned to get her gown and gloves

on. Right then I felt more movement. I said " Uhhh...I feel movement

there! " and pointed down. The Dr on call opened my legs (the epidural

had me too numb to move them myself) and said " The head is OUT! We're

doing this on the bed! " My OB kinda leaned over me to help suction

Cadi's nose and mouth. Cadi screamed! The Dr said " OK, just give us

one little push for her shoulders " I didn't push at all. I took a

deep breath so I could get ready to push and they said " Here she is!

What was that? HALF a push??? " Her sord was too short to put her on

my tummy and they needed to hurry up to get her lungs suctioned so

they took her right over to the " work table " before I even got to see

her. Bo was taking digital pics and running back over to show me. We

were all sobbing and laughing. Her apgar's were 9 and 9. No problems,

no additional monitoring, nothing. I had no tearing and no

episiotomy, so no stitches or anything. She roomed in with me that

night, and we came home last night when she was 24 hrs old! She's an

AWESOME baby, hardly ever cries, and I can't believe she's OURS!

>

> http://www.thatsmybaby.net/home/viewchild.asp?

imageno1=019&imageno2=66491

>

> I hope this works. This is the link to her hospital page. Let me

know if it doesn't work, and I'll try something else.

>

> Hugs to all!

> Shari and Bo in Wichita KS

> Proud new parents of Cadence .

> Shari WLS 8/99 saved my life!

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

What an amazing story!! Cadence is absolutely GORGEOUS!!

She is so pretty. I wish I could say any of my labors were

like yours, but I can't:( Hopefully, after WLS I can

though. Hee,hee. Enjoy being a mommy! It truly is the

best job in the whole world:)

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