Re: Reposting: Rebekka Friedrike's Birth Story

[H Schinske]

Sabine, what a great story! I am so glad Rebekka knew to dive at the right
moment :-)

What a crazy time you had, but such a wonderful ending.

--Helen

[Em]

"sabie" > wrote in message
<snip>
> Rebekka Friederike Kabel as born at 1:05 AM on Saturday, July 19, just 1
> hour after I had been checked with 4 cms dialation. She weighted 7 lbs 11
> oz, measuring 19.5 in.Breastfeeding is going just great, she has already
> gained weight, and slept for almost 5 hours last night.
<snip>

Wow! That was quite a story--good for you for paying so much attention to
your body & knowing that she was about to be born. Like you mentioned, I
would bet that you probably would have ended up with a c-section if you had
had an epidural.

Congratulations to you and your family and welcome to baby Rebekka!

--
Em
edd 9/23/03

[Elly]

Sabine, welcome to your little girl and thank you for sharing your birth
story with us!
I was so relieved that you did not need an emergency C-section and that
Rebekka is doing so well!

Take care,
Elly
30 weeks today!
EDD October 6th



"sabie" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Since I had some trouble getting the original posting out, I am reposting
> Rebekka's birth story. aplogies to those who get it twice.
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have been a frequent reader, not necessary poster to this group, but
> wanted to share my birth story, since I enjoyed reading other's a lot.
>
> I was due July 13 with my second baby, a girl. I went in for a NST on
> Friday, July 18. The NST showed that she didn't tolerate contractions very
> well: During a 2 minute braxton hicks contraction my baby's heart rate
> dropped to 80.
>
> The midwife decided to induce labor right away, with Pitocin. She ordered
> dinner for me, and after waiting two hours for dinner, the pit was started
> at 5:30 PM, after a good meal.
>
> Contraction started very slowly, things were very tolerable until about
> 10:30 PM. I was in a rocking chair, standing in front of the bed, moving
as
> good as possible, since I needed to be on the monitor contionously. We al
> rested a little bit, and when I went to the bathroom at around 10:30 or 11
> PM, I noticed a bloody show. From this point on I needed to concentrate on
> the contractions: I sat in the rocking chair, my midwife and my husband in
> front of me, just watching me having my eyes closed. The midwife had
planned
> to check for dialation at around 11:30 PM, but left me alone, since I
seemed
> to be so relaxed and concentrated. She was just sitting there with me. I
> asked to be checked at midnight, and was "a stretchy 4 cms". When I got up
> from the bed the next contraction hit, and I knew I was in transition: I
was
> shaking all over, contractions felt very very different: More painful - of
> course - but much more productive as well.
>
> I asked for the bed to be raised and tried to lean on it, bending my
knees,
> rocking to the left and right during contractions. I stared to moan during
> contractions, which realy helped. Realizing that I was in transition after
> being at 4 cms one contraction ago was the hardest point, since I was sure
> that no pain medication would be allowed from this point on any more. I
> heard the midwife saying that I would move very fast now, and knew that I
> needed to make an effort not to panick, but stay in control.
>
> I finally ended up on hands and knees on the floor, midwife and husband
with
> me on the floor, but still basicaly watching me. My water had still not
> broken, I just felt a trickle of water with each contraction, which made
it
> more tolerable, I am sure.
>
> A couple of contractions later, I felt something between my legs, which
must
> have been part of the bag, I don't remember.
>
> I then felt her crowning, and announced that she was coming. The midwife
> wanted me to get onto the bed to push her out (still on hands and knees,
but
> on the bed). While I tried to climb on the bed, her heart rate must have
> dropped; I didn't notice it, but it must have been down for a couple of
> minutes.
>
> I heard the midwife asking for the doctor on call, wondering why she was
> calling for a doctor, snce things were going so well (I thought). All of
the
> sudden the room was full of people, a gourney was brought in and everybody
> was yelling at me to get onto the gourney. I did not understand at all
what
> was hapening, just wondering why they wanted me to push her out on yet
> nother bed.
>
> I hadn't realized that the midwife and doctor had been checking me, and I
> was still at 9 cms, the baby at -3 station, really high up. She needed to
> come out right away, since here heart rate had been down for 8 minutes at
> this point. I couldn't cooperate at al, since I just felt her coming and
> wanted to oush her out.
>
> I finally realized that my husband was yelling at me to go on that
gourney,
> and I heard that he was very scared. That made me getting all my energy
> together to try and cooperate. The midwife explained that a c-section
would
> be done now right away, and that the baby needed to be out in a couple of
> minutes.
>
> While they still tried o get me to lie down on that gourney I screamed:
"She
> is coming, she is coming, she is here...." and pushed the head out with
one
> push, the body with the next.
>
> I stared to shake uncontrollably, everybody in the room was so excited,
the
> baby was doing just grat (my husband says she was cying when only the head
> was out - I don't know). I got checked for tears: No tears, no stitches,
> after the shang got better, everything was just fine. The midwife had to
> make some efforts to stop the bleeding and get the placenta out, but after
> that everything was over and I felt just great.
>
> Rebekka Friederike Kabel as born at 1:05 AM on Saturday, July 19, just 1
> hour after I had been checked with 4 cms dialation. She weighted 7 lbs 11
> oz, measuring 19.5 in.Breastfeeding is going just great, she has already
> gained weight, and slept for almost 5 hours last night.
>
> I am proud to have done this without an epidural, and am sure that with an
> epidural I wouldn't have been able to push her out that quickly. My
feeling
> is that with the epidural I would have gotten the c-section.
>
> The midwife came to my bed later, explaining to me what had happened, and
> then we departed: I was brought to my room with Rebekka, my husband and
the
> midwife went home, to get what was left of a good night's sleep.
>
> Having a midwife with me also helped a lot during labor: I just trusted
her
> to help me do this, and it was very reassuring to me that she would stay
> with me the whole time.
>
> That's my birth story: The recovery is great and very fast, we are all
doing
> very very well, and I am so grateful for having this experience.
>
> Take care, best wishes to everybody ttc, pregnant and about to give birth.
>
> Sabine
>
>