Quinn was born February 7th at 12:23 P.M. and weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and is 19.9 inches long.
Monday, February 22, 2010
A 75 Hour Birth
Quinn officially arrived the day after my previous post. According to my awesome British nurse I was in labor for a total of 75 hours. Honestly though, I wouldn't really change anything about it. I was so happy with how everything progressed during the labor at the hospital and I loved my nurse. I must say, having a nurse with a British accent totally makes up for being in labor for 75 hours. I must recommend everyone try it.
Quinn was born February 7th at 12:23 P.M. and weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and is 19.9 inches long.
Quinn was born February 7th at 12:23 P.M. and weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and is 19.9 inches long.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
No Soliciting, Please.
It's very hard to come back home from the hospital and still be pregnant.
Thursday morning (and when I say morning I mean 4:00 A.M.) I started having consistent contractions every 4 minutes apart. By 8:00 A.M. I called my doctor's office and was told to go to Labor and Delivery. I spent the next day and a half at the hospital contracting regularly about 3-4 minutes apart and they we coming on strong and were definitely painful enough.
By Friday afternoon I did not progress anymore and was stuck at 4 cm dilated and 90% effaced. If you haven't been pregnant before you probably don't know what this means, and I am in no mood to explain it.
I was finally told by my doctor that I should go home since I have not progressed any further. He did not and would not assist the labor because I am only 36 weeks and 4 days pregnant. He wouldn't touch me until I was at least 37 weeks which is considered full term. To be fair he was hesitant to send me home at first because of the distance I am from the hospital, but there was nothing they could do for me. He was soon to be done with his shift that day and the on-call doctor refused to touch at 36 week pregnant woman.
So, I am home. And for some strange reason my contractions have pretty much stopped being consistent, and are very random now. It's too emotional to deal with, thinking and being told the baby would be born yesterday to now sitting at home with a huge pregnant belly still. Everyone at the hospital was convinced that I would be having the baby then, but no, here I am not holding a baby.
I just want to lock myself up in the house and not have any contact with the outside world. At this point I am in no mood to socialize.
I know I should be happy that the baby wasn't born yet until he is considered full term, but it's also frustrating thinking I was in labor, being told I was in early stages of labor, and then nothing happen.
Well, at least I am no longer on any medicine to control my contractions and I can now do "normal" everyday things again. Guess I will start scrubbing the house down to pass the time.
Thursday morning (and when I say morning I mean 4:00 A.M.) I started having consistent contractions every 4 minutes apart. By 8:00 A.M. I called my doctor's office and was told to go to Labor and Delivery. I spent the next day and a half at the hospital contracting regularly about 3-4 minutes apart and they we coming on strong and were definitely painful enough.
By Friday afternoon I did not progress anymore and was stuck at 4 cm dilated and 90% effaced. If you haven't been pregnant before you probably don't know what this means, and I am in no mood to explain it.
I was finally told by my doctor that I should go home since I have not progressed any further. He did not and would not assist the labor because I am only 36 weeks and 4 days pregnant. He wouldn't touch me until I was at least 37 weeks which is considered full term. To be fair he was hesitant to send me home at first because of the distance I am from the hospital, but there was nothing they could do for me. He was soon to be done with his shift that day and the on-call doctor refused to touch at 36 week pregnant woman.
So, I am home. And for some strange reason my contractions have pretty much stopped being consistent, and are very random now. It's too emotional to deal with, thinking and being told the baby would be born yesterday to now sitting at home with a huge pregnant belly still. Everyone at the hospital was convinced that I would be having the baby then, but no, here I am not holding a baby.
I just want to lock myself up in the house and not have any contact with the outside world. At this point I am in no mood to socialize.
I know I should be happy that the baby wasn't born yet until he is considered full term, but it's also frustrating thinking I was in labor, being told I was in early stages of labor, and then nothing happen.
Well, at least I am no longer on any medicine to control my contractions and I can now do "normal" everyday things again. Guess I will start scrubbing the house down to pass the time.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Just a Little Bit of Nervousness
It's only noon and I have officially had that weird nervous knot in my stomach happen 3 or 4 times already. I am 36 weeks pregnant now which means technically I only have 4 or less weeks to go.
Tomorrow is my 36 week check-up and I stop all contraction meds tomorrow as well, well technically tonight when I go to bed and so this means I can go into labor any time now. I have a 50/50 shot of going into labor now according to my doctor which is what keeps making me have the nervous attacks this morning. The baby can be here any time and now all of a sudden I feel like my house is filthy and there is so much I should get done, but I can't do.
I feel like any time anything gets cleaned, it just get dirty again. I guess that's what happens where there are other people living in the house as well. I am afraid to do any cleaning besides light straightening in fear that it will cause me to go into labor or my water will break. I don't feel ready for that just quite yet, but then again I want this pregnancy to be over.
I am looking forward to my appointment tomorrow just to see if the doctor has anything new to say. I doubt he will have any new information for me, though. I am hoping he will say "why don't you head up to the hospital now and go ahead and have the baby." Ha, like that would really happen. I think what gets to me the most is that there is no set date when the baby will be ready to come and it drives me nuts. I like things planned out, and I can't plan when it's the exact time for the baby to come, only that I know it will happen in the next 4 weeks. So it's the waiting game for me, and I do not like it.
Tomorrow is my 36 week check-up and I stop all contraction meds tomorrow as well, well technically tonight when I go to bed and so this means I can go into labor any time now. I have a 50/50 shot of going into labor now according to my doctor which is what keeps making me have the nervous attacks this morning. The baby can be here any time and now all of a sudden I feel like my house is filthy and there is so much I should get done, but I can't do.
I feel like any time anything gets cleaned, it just get dirty again. I guess that's what happens where there are other people living in the house as well. I am afraid to do any cleaning besides light straightening in fear that it will cause me to go into labor or my water will break. I don't feel ready for that just quite yet, but then again I want this pregnancy to be over.
I am looking forward to my appointment tomorrow just to see if the doctor has anything new to say. I doubt he will have any new information for me, though. I am hoping he will say "why don't you head up to the hospital now and go ahead and have the baby." Ha, like that would really happen. I think what gets to me the most is that there is no set date when the baby will be ready to come and it drives me nuts. I like things planned out, and I can't plan when it's the exact time for the baby to come, only that I know it will happen in the next 4 weeks. So it's the waiting game for me, and I do not like it.
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