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Birth Story!
Heather&Megan
Posts: 151
My wife and I welcomed our sweet boy, Rowan Maxwell, into the world on January 30th at 8:49am after 12hrs of labor with only 49 minutes of pushing!
My OB started checking me at my 36 week appointment, I was 2cm dilated and 40% effaced then....3cm and 60% at the next appointment...3.75cm and 75% at the following. Doctor was happy with progress but surprised I wasn't having any contractions.
At 39+1 I was cleaning carpets when my water broke! I totally thought I had just peed myself and was pretty annoyed. Went to the bathroom and there was so much blood I immediately started having a panic attack. Wife called the doctor, we went to l&d to verify if it was amniotic fluid or urine, and were admitted at 9:30pm! I was dilated to 4cm and 80%...
About 10:30pm, I started having contractions....back labor was terrible and I was on the verge of vomiting with every single one so opted for an epidural. Slept on any off most of the night. At 8am, my doctor came to check me and said I was ready to push!
Started pushing and he had almost crowned with the second set of pushes, doctor told me not to push for the next few because he wanted to try to turn him (he was sunny side up), but Rowan had other plans and shot out without me pushing! Doctor had to catch him!
Recovery has been rough since I'm dealing with a 3rd degree tear...
So glad to be able to hold our little boy though! He's breastfeeding like a champ and is a little cuddlebug.
My OB started checking me at my 36 week appointment, I was 2cm dilated and 40% effaced then....3cm and 60% at the next appointment...3.75cm and 75% at the following. Doctor was happy with progress but surprised I wasn't having any contractions.
At 39+1 I was cleaning carpets when my water broke! I totally thought I had just peed myself and was pretty annoyed. Went to the bathroom and there was so much blood I immediately started having a panic attack. Wife called the doctor, we went to l&d to verify if it was amniotic fluid or urine, and were admitted at 9:30pm! I was dilated to 4cm and 80%...
About 10:30pm, I started having contractions....back labor was terrible and I was on the verge of vomiting with every single one so opted for an epidural. Slept on any off most of the night. At 8am, my doctor came to check me and said I was ready to push!
Started pushing and he had almost crowned with the second set of pushes, doctor told me not to push for the next few because he wanted to try to turn him (he was sunny side up), but Rowan had other plans and shot out without me pushing! Doctor had to catch him!
Recovery has been rough since I'm dealing with a 3rd degree tear...
So glad to be able to hold our little boy though! He's breastfeeding like a champ and is a little cuddlebug.
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Lucky #10 - IVF!
Two sweet baby girls (IVF 2015, FET 2017)
3 losses: 8/12 @ 8 wks (ep); 11/13 @ 6 wks (mc); 1/14 @ 5 wks (ep,tube removed). 4 NW Donor Cycles: all BFNs. IVF: E.R. 7/2/16---12 retrieved, 8 mature, 6 fertilized through icsi, 5 made it to blast! PGS results: 3 out of 5 perfect! E.T. 2 5 day blasts on 8/30! BFP 4dp5dt! 6w4d u/s confirmed: It's twins!
Hope your recovery is swift. Taking the high-dose Ibuprofen on a schedule every 8 hours kept me essential pain-free when I was recovering from an extensive episiotomy.
TTC from 06/2015...Baby M born 11/24/16!
Charlese was born on June 17, 2017 at 8:33 AM. She was the most gorgeous baby I've ever seen. She came into this world weighing 7 lbs and 5ozs. She was 19 1/2 inches.
Will try for #2 around September 2019! I’m ready to complete my family!
Trying for Baby #2: 4th IUI June 2016 - BFP!
Sweet little Rose was born on Feb 25th
Baby #1: Lucky #7 July 2015 - BFP
Our little girl, Hope, was born at 20w4d after PPRoM. She passed away 2 hours after birth.
TTC~
Try #1 ICI 8/15 -BFN
Try #2 ICI & IUI 9/15 -BFP!
Abbigail Helen born 6/5/2016 7lb6oz
It worked! Two clomid cycles and two IUI's with injectables all BFN, on to IVF! 3dt of 2 perfect embryos on 12/15/14, BFP 7dp3dt! Frederick Lars born at 37 weeks on 8/15/15!! FET for #2 on 9/29/16 - BFP 5dp5dt!! Bertram Wilder and Mabel Moon born at 28.4 weeks on 3/29/17!
3 losses: 8/12 @ 8 wks (ep); 11/13 @ 6 wks (mc); 1/14 @ 5 wks (ep,tube removed). 4 NW Donor Cycles: all BFNs. IVF: E.R. 7/2/16---12 retrieved, 8 mature, 6 fertilized through icsi, 5 made it to blast! PGS results: 3 out of 5 perfect! E.T. 2 5 day blasts on 8/30! BFP 4dp5dt! 6w4d u/s confirmed: It's twins!