Olivia Krissy Huber's Birth Story
So, at my 39week appointment I had the Dr do a stretch and sweep, even though i knew that it hadnt done anything when I had it done when i was pregnant with Brooklynn. He did the sweep...only 1cm dialated and 50% effaced. Pooey. So I resigned myself to the fact that she wasnt coming early. And, the sweep did nothing, as predicted....or so I thought. This is the last bump picture that I took at 39weeks.
39weeks with Olivia
Just for comparison sake, here is 40weeks with Brooklynn
Sunday morning i woke up at 5am for my hourly pee, and found show. I didnt get too excited as i know that it can happen up to like 2 weeks before labor. So i went back to bed, slightly hopeful i must admit. About an hour later I started having light contractions, not braxton hicks and not intense labor contractions, but definitely early labor. They were only about 15min apart, but kinda went away when i got up to go to Church. At Church i walked the halls, hoping to bring them back. Had a few contractions. So after church I went with my mom to walk the mall. Contractions came back, as close as 5min apart, but only lasting about 30seconds, and I could walk through them...not labor.That night they really picked up! Super painful, like moaning and groaning through them, very much labor! But, they were 10min apart still. So I was up all night with these painful contractions, no sleep.
Monday, went about my day, very tired from being up all night. Again, contractions became wussy and few and far between. That night at my parents house they picked up yet again, as close as 3 min. We decided to go home and try to sleep as I thought it was still a far ways off based on my experience with Brooklynn. We left my parents house, and contractions dropped back to 10-15min apart, although more and more painful. They continued all night, eventually reaching 5 min apart. Ben called L&D and asked when we should come in cuz he didnt want to be sent home. Cuz even though I was still 5min apart, I was not coping very well and the contractions were comparable to when i was about 7cm when i was pregnant with Brooklynn. The nurse talked to me on the phone, just as i had a contraction. From listening to me she suggested that we had better come in...so we were off. I was completely expecting to be sent home after they assessed me. We arrived at the hospital shortly after 1am.
Tuesday...we got to the hospital in the wee hours of the morning and the nurse checked me. A good 4cm!!!! No freaking way! I thought she was crazy, cuz there was no way i was already 4 with them being so far apart still. So we were admitted, we were not going home! It was baby time!!!!!!! So, again, I labored in the shower as I had done with Brooklynn. The nurse kindly brought me the portable gas tank, although I dont really think that it was on, cuz it didnt help at all. I was surprised with how early she offered a pain intervention to me, and thought that perhaps I would get the epidural I was wanting for this delivery,(I had been fantasizing about the epidural the entire pregnancy, cuz I only had gas with Brooklynn and wanted more!). The reason she offered so early was cuz she was expecting me to go pretty fast apparently. Ben poked his head in the shower to check on me and told me that the nurse had everything ready out there (oh, forgot to mention they actually had me laboring in the delivery room, not one of the pre-rooms). I started feeling pressure, not pushing pressure but definietly pressure, so I got out of the shower and she checked me again....8cm!! And according to Ben i was only in the shower for 1.5hrs. Booyah! A while later she checked me again during a contraction and did a sweep....woosh, there went my water. Again, as i had with Brooklynn, I kinda got stuck at 9.5cm, but with the help of lots of gas I made it to 10. I started to push. It was much different than with Brooklynn, where the pushing was the relief part of labor. This pushing sucked! It didnt come naturally and I had to work very hard. I know that I kept repeating "I cant do this," pathetically, even though i knew i could/had to. THe nurse called the Dr in then cuz apparently baby's heartrate dropped to 90bpm when i was pushing. So Dr Harrison came in. He froze me a little and told me he was gonna use the vacuum to help get her out faster cuz of her heartrate dropping. So then it was time to push again. 1 or 2 (i cant remember) contractions later she was out. Apparently she had the cord around her neck loosely which was the cause of her distress, and her arm was up by her head which was the cause for the difficulty pushing. But she was out at 4:39am on December 16th 2014.
Olivia Krissy Huber
Dec 16 2014 @ 4:39am
8lbs 4oz
20"
We spent the morning in the hospital, and then around 2pm the Dr came and discharged us! From admittance to discharge was 13hrs! I was happy to go home that early, cuz I felt great and I really hate hospital beds. And I was feeling good, honestly. It was such a different experience from Brooklynn's birth....it was faster, less painful, I was less swollen, less uncomfortable, less tired. She had a great latch when breastfeeding, so even that was different....no cracked nips, no wincing when latching. Everything about it was and has been completely different so far.
Today Olivia is 5 days old, and things are going good. Im a little worried about my milk supply, but I have proactively gone on domperidone/motilium to try to nip it in the butt. She is a good sleeper at night (too bad I have to wake her up to feed so that my milk supply stays up), and pretty content during the day as long as she is being held. Brooklynn is um....adjusting? She likes her little baby sister Olivia, but she is struggling with the decreased mommy time on demand. And, she is two....so we are also having some independence/defiance/strong-willed child problems. She is more whiny, more defiant. But it doesnt help that she is getting a cold, so that plays a negative role too. It will definitely take some time to adjust. But we will get there Im sure, and hopefully everyone survives. Wish us luck!
