Home birth stories please?
i have had both my children at home one planned one not and im very soon waiting for my 3rd to arrive for another home delivery.i would definately recommend it is so relaxing and nice to get in your own bed after.and you can enjoy as many or as little visitors as you like.
My son was born at home- it was planned. My husband and I be very happy with our experience and will totally do it again if at adjectives possible.
My labor started on Saturday, Dec. 27th. I had contractions on and off all daylight, but didn't really think much about it until later. We have a family Christmas gathering that we went to within the evening and while we were there, things began to grasp more regular. Around 10:30, they were about 7 minutes apart and lasting 40 second. I was tired and told my husband I wanted to go home so I could, hopefully, sleep for for a time while before things got really intense.
On the way home, I call my midwife, just to give her a heads up and she said one of her assistants would come over and check things out. I know it had been a little bit hasty to call her, but it was already getting late and I didn't know if I would verbs to labor slowly or if I would wake up at 3 am in hard, intense labor, beside her having no idea what was going on.
We get home and contractions puttered out. The assistant came, checked me and said I was between 2 and 3 cm. with a bulging purse of waters. I was getting a little pissed off that the contractions be slowing down, as we weren't sure exactly when my due date was (they said pretty much anytime in the month of December!) and I was tired of pregnant and really needed to have this baby! My husband rubbed the pressure points above my ankles for about 30 minutes and it get things moving again. But the contractions pretty much stayed at 4-5 min. and 60-90 seconds long all. stinkin'. night. It be a long night. I managed to get some sleep between contractions, but no legitimate quality sleep.
My water broke while I was surrounded by the shower, somewhere in the early morning. We couldn't be sure when it actually broke- adjectives we knew was that the assistant checked me and clearly felt the unbroken case and several hours later, the midwife checked me and felt no bag, only the baby's head.
By 10 am, I was checked and was at 6 cm., which sounded great to me- I thought we'd own this baby by noon or early afternoon. Yeah, right. I begin transition shortly after noon and had very concrete labor all afternoon. During this time, I spent a lot of time in the hip bath with HOT water. It really helped me relax. My husband be also invaluable during this time. He breathed with me through every contraction, not breaking eye contact with me as I pretty much freaked if I couldn't look straight into his eyes. It was the hardest work I've ever done, even though adjectives you're doing is concentrating on relaxing and releasing all tension. It's hard work! I wasn't panicky, I just went limp as much as possible, envisioned my body crack to let the baby out, and went through the affliction, instead of trying to avoid it. But by 5 pm I was beginning to get sick of audible range my husband and the midwives tell me that I was doing a great job. I be like, "You're supposed to say that! You say that to everyone!" Around 6 pm (I can't be too sure as I have lost all sense of time by then- I only knew that the sun have gone down and it was dark again), I really began my mental transition. I be quite sure that this labor would never end, I would always be pregnant and contained by pain for the rest of my life. At this point I was dilated to just about 8 1/2 cm. I figured if it took me this long to get this far, it would be another couple of hours until I was complete and I be sick of it! I begged the midwife for the narcotics shot she had offered me earlier within the afternoon to let me get a little bit of sleep, but she said it be too late. Little did I realize that I was showing the classic attitude of a woman in transition, greatly near the pushing stage. Everyone tried to tell me that every woman goes through this stage and that I would be pushing terribly, very soon. I honestly didn't believe them. Well, the midwife checked me again and I was almost 10 cm., with a small lip. She told me I could put for a moment bit of push behind my moans to see if that would ease it out of the way. It must enjoy worked because less that a minute later I had my first pushing contraction! And, boy, did THAT touch good! It felt wonderful after being contained by transition labor so long! I didn't even wait for the next contraction to come before I pushed again- the tot had come down and was right there. The pressure be incredible and I simply had to push. I was expecting the midwife to tell me to stop and blow, to make clear to me something, but all she did was watch and lurk, with the assistant doing perineal massage. I pushed for as long and as hard as I required to, and 8 minutes after the first pushing contraction, my son was born! Talk about an all-time high! The rush of hormones and endorphines and nouns should really be illegal- it's that incredible! I knew I could do anything I put my mind to- I had come to the biggest mountain I'd ever seen and scale it, all by myself! I had trusted my body and it came through for me!
Later, as me and tot were getting cleaned up, the Source(s): Happily married wife, home birth mom of one, and aspiring doula.
Answers: I got both my kids at home.
With the first one I was so scared that I refuse to let him come until the ambulance workers came upstairs, then I realised that I'd fairly be at home to give birth and I gave in finally.
The second birth took only three and a half hours, easy peasy. No other problems, good midwife, apt help after both deliveries.
I am very bright and breezy that I gave birth at home. I was in my own bed, beside my own things around me, not in some unpersonal hospital room. Never regretted it for a second.
I awoke William nearly 4:30 and told him I thought the baby might be born that day. We both lay down for a while and timed the contractions, noting they be still five minutes apart.
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