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·Two things I feel compelled to share.
1. Believe everything you hear from everyone.......And remember your situation might be completely different when your time comes.
2. Ladies, those oh so sexy tattoos around the panty line (or belly) area are not that pretty after having 3 kids (I have not seen my cousin's tattoo and I don't want to.... :-X) Don't get tattoos in areas that might stretch during pregnancy.
Enough of the disclaimers......
The women in our family are known for quick deliveries. Mom had my brother (her 1st) in something under 10 hrs. I was due Memorial Day weekend so they admitted Mom and induced. The poor woman had 26 hrs of labor with me. Poor Mom.
My 1st. I had a night of false labor, laying in the maternity ward with a monitor strapped to me. Oh and you can't lay on "that" side, the baby doesn't like it.....And I went home the next morning still fat and pregnant. About a week later, I woke up around 2am and went to the bathroom, took a shower, ironed my hubby's shirt, made him coffee and then when I was confident I was having contractions woke him sometime after 3am. Made him get a shower, told the parents we were going to the hospital and left at 4am. Had a 100 mile drive to make (that is another thread entirely) and got there a little after 5am. They wheeled me from my room to delivery around 8am and it was official at 9:14am. After one session of pushing hubby leans down and tells me "The baby is almost out, I can see her crowning and then when you make that little noise, she sucks right back in." I didn't make another sound. No meds at all, no episiotimy (sp?) but they had to stitch me up anyway. Nice and healthy, she just turned 17.
My 2nd. I had told my OB that my family has a history of quick deliveries and the timing on my first. My son was either right on schedule or about a week late. He was a very good size, so we scheduled to go in and be induced. I arrived at the hospital at 11am, all the time thinking of my own birth. We were settled and they started my drip at about 11:30am. When it appeared that I was ready to delivery they called the doctor at her office (only 1 mile away or we would have pushed without her). SHE CALLED BACK!! They transferred the call to the nurses in my room at which time I let out a good scream. She got there rather quickly and my son was born at 3:47pm. He has made it to 11.
They never listen Dan, never.....And I had picked my second OB for the fact that she was a woman and had kids and could understand most anything I told her because she had been thru it too.......
1. Believe everything you hear from everyone.......And remember your situation might be completely different when your time comes.
2. Ladies, those oh so sexy tattoos around the panty line (or belly) area are not that pretty after having 3 kids (I have not seen my cousin's tattoo and I don't want to.... :-X) Don't get tattoos in areas that might stretch during pregnancy.
Enough of the disclaimers......
The women in our family are known for quick deliveries. Mom had my brother (her 1st) in something under 10 hrs. I was due Memorial Day weekend so they admitted Mom and induced. The poor woman had 26 hrs of labor with me. Poor Mom.
My 1st. I had a night of false labor, laying in the maternity ward with a monitor strapped to me. Oh and you can't lay on "that" side, the baby doesn't like it.....And I went home the next morning still fat and pregnant. About a week later, I woke up around 2am and went to the bathroom, took a shower, ironed my hubby's shirt, made him coffee and then when I was confident I was having contractions woke him sometime after 3am. Made him get a shower, told the parents we were going to the hospital and left at 4am. Had a 100 mile drive to make (that is another thread entirely) and got there a little after 5am. They wheeled me from my room to delivery around 8am and it was official at 9:14am. After one session of pushing hubby leans down and tells me "The baby is almost out, I can see her crowning and then when you make that little noise, she sucks right back in." I didn't make another sound. No meds at all, no episiotimy (sp?) but they had to stitch me up anyway. Nice and healthy, she just turned 17.
My 2nd. I had told my OB that my family has a history of quick deliveries and the timing on my first. My son was either right on schedule or about a week late. He was a very good size, so we scheduled to go in and be induced. I arrived at the hospital at 11am, all the time thinking of my own birth. We were settled and they started my drip at about 11:30am. When it appeared that I was ready to delivery they called the doctor at her office (only 1 mile away or we would have pushed without her). SHE CALLED BACK!! They transferred the call to the nurses in my room at which time I let out a good scream. She got there rather quickly and my son was born at 3:47pm. He has made it to 11.
They never listen Dan, never.....And I had picked my second OB for the fact that she was a woman and had kids and could understand most anything I told her because she had been thru it too.......