I have low
tolerance for pain, I am afraid of surgeries and hate needles.
I did all
the courses/treatments I possibly could to help my labor as I had in my mind
that I would need to cave to at least one of my fears. Either would need pain
relief, have a C-section or would feel the pain. At the end I decided that
feeling the pain would be my plan. Yes, plans change but at least I would try
as the baby needed to come out.
At 41 weeks
I was feeling ready, I did the Juju Sundin’s course, the Royal Woman Hospital
Course, acupuncture, physiotherapy and chiropractor treatments, kept active
with Pilates, Walks and Aqua Aerobics and read all I could about the birth.
I was
booked to be induced on 01/Jun at 9am but at 8:30pm on the day before my baby
decided she would come out on her on “Thanks Stephanie J”
Here is the
timeline and what I did:
At 8:30pm I
had all ready to go to the hospital next morning and I started feeling some
belly pain “like I needed to go to the toilet but I couldn’t.” I imagined that
was just me being anxious.
At 9:30pm The
pain wouldn’t go away, so out of curiosity I called the hospital. They said I
could or not be on an early labor but would take long so I just needed to go to
sleep and wait. I took a hot shower, jumped on my Pilates ball for pain relief
and just tried to sleep.
At 11pm I
had the expected “diarrhea” and instead of going away the pain now started to
be more constant (1 minute strong for 3 no-pain). I called the hospital and
they said the progress couldn’t be that quick but if I really wanted I could go
there to check.
At midnight
I checked in in the hospital and I was already 6cm dilated. I kept matching the
pain and now I was sure I was in labor. I moved a lot, jumping on the Pilates
ball, hips back and forth and side to side. My family also helped me a lot
reassuring me and doing movements with me.
At 1am I
started vomiting and my water broke and right away I had the urge to push. The
midwife said to hold and not push as for sure was too early to push. I kept
moving and doing all I could to match the pain and she decided to check and I
was already 9cm. She started preparing all as my progress was being too quick.
At 1:30am I
told her that the baby was coming and she checked and I was 10cm and really the
baby was almost there.
At 1:40am
with one big push baby Stephanie was out.
The
midwifes said it to be a record labor and delivery. Best of all I kept my plan
of no anesthetics. I knew when to expect the pain, which I handled quite well, matching
it all the time with Juju’s techniques and knowing that I was helping my baby
to come out, so it was a “happy” pain.
I wanted to
be extraordinary and I feel like I was able to and if I can do it (having all
my fears), anyone can J
I will
share more about the hospital later which was also great. Here you can read about my labor at Juju Sundin's blog too: https://jujusundin.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/a-very-happy-mum-and-a-record-labour/#more-1554
A proud Mom
After 30
#momafter30
#jujusundin #recordlabor #babybornquick #birthskills
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