Freya
03-04-2009, 17:58
The night before I had been having some pains that kept waking me up, one was really bad and I got up to go to the toilet and tripped really badly, broke my laptop, grazed my knees and hurt every muscle in my body.. It was really painful. I sobbed for a while then went back to sleep. I know think that I had been in labor but the fall stopped the contractions from coming.. like as though my body was giving me a break because of the pain I had just endured lol.
So anyways I wake up in the morning feeling fine but feeling a few twinges... I check my cervix to find it is really open and membranes were bulging... I get excited because I know my body is getting ready. But I still think I am a long way off... I called my doula and spoke to her about it and told her about the fall and the twinges I was having. I told her I would call if they turned into anything... they did. They got a little more intense so me and Kaid walked around and around and around the house together with me stopping every now and then to breath through a contraction... After a while he started to irritate me so I thought okay well maybe I am in labor. I called my doula and she said she would get ready and come over, I then called Mum and told her what was happening but not to rush over because it could be hours before anything happens and I didn't want her leaving work unless she had to (new job) then she called my sister to come over and take K off my hands. Not long after my sister arrives, we moved the birth pool into the middle of the dining room and the table out of the way (yes whilst having contractions lol) contractions started to get quite bad then and I was getting hot and cold flushes and feeling really dehydrated so I filled up a bottle of water and drank it whilst once again walking around and around the house breathing through all of my contractions.
Not long after my doula arrived... We decided to fill the birth pool up (lucky we did it then) so whilst it was filling I was leaning on the kitchen bench breathing through each contraction as my doula held a hot water bottle to my lower back it was pure bliss! I then went and sat on the couch and got my sister to ring Mum and tell her what was happening and to be here soon because by then I was starting to realise how fast this was happening. Whilst sitting down I had more contractions but just went with them, I was watching my doula sitting on the other lounge braiding the cord tie it was beautiful, aqua, purple and blue thread. I loved how relaxed everything was...My doula was just sitting their making the tie, Kaid playing and me just breathing through every contraction. No nurses monitoring us, no doctors sticking their nose in... It was just awesome! After a couple of moments I felt the pressure and thought okay he is coming so I decided I wanted to hop int he pool just before I got in I was hit by two full on contractions. They hurt! I just swayed through them whilst holding onto my doula... Then I got into the pool, Kaid started crying because he wanted to hop in too so Hannah took him outside for a walk and I just sat there the water was soooooo good.
Mum walked in and almost instantly the contractions hit harder, I then felt this huge pop and then relief.. My waters had broken. I said to Mum and my doula, he is coming I am not ready they assured me that yes I was ready. Within a few moments my baby was crowning I felt his head, hair wow! My baby has hair! I started to get excited then. Within a few seconds I could feel the head totally out and now his shoulders were coming. It was so surreal I was barely pushing and he was coming out, my doula referred to this as a type of ejection reflex some women can have. He was out! I turned around and there is my little baby laying on the bottom of the pool I scooped him up and put him to my chest. It was love at first sight, he had these huge alert eyes, scrunched up little face and he just stared up at me. I think I remember almost laughing it was such an overwhelming moment. Here I was laying in a birth pool in my dining room with this little being in my arms with my doula taking the photos and Mum by my side. Not long after Hannah and Kaid came in, Hannah couldn't believe that they missed it because she knew I wanted Kaid there but it just happened so quickly! I sat in the pool waiting for the placenta to be birthed... It didn't take long at all and it was coming... Ouch did that hurt! We lay there for a while so bubby could stay attached to his placenta then eventually we tied his cord with the beautiful tie my doula had made and then my sister cut the cord.
I got out of the pool and went and hopped into bed with Kaid and bubby, he had his first feed and I ate some toast and had a cup of tea. We just relaxed while Mum and my doula cleaned up, they started to empty the pool but then the mower man showed up so they had to wait. My doula left and promised to come back later so I stayed in bed for a couple more hours then played with Kaidayn we were rolling around on the floor (yes a few hours after birth lol!). My doula came back later on and we weighed bubby... 9 lbs 2 oz wow! I couldn't believe it! Kaidayn was only 7lb 14 oz and when I was pregnant with him an obstetrician told me he was too big for my pelvis and wanted me to have a C-section... Would love to send him a letter to tell him how WRONG he was, thank god I didn't listen to him hey! So anyways then my doula emptied the pool, we sat around chatting for a while then she left and I went to bed.
It was an amazing day, birth and experience. I would not change a thing. I am so thankful to my doula for supporting me, she is amazing! I only wish every woman could be supported by someone like her. I also thank my mum for being by my side through the emotional rollercoaster that I was on during my pregnancy and for holding my hand as I breathed my baby earthside.
Home birth is amazing, it really is.. every home should have one!
So anyways I wake up in the morning feeling fine but feeling a few twinges... I check my cervix to find it is really open and membranes were bulging... I get excited because I know my body is getting ready. But I still think I am a long way off... I called my doula and spoke to her about it and told her about the fall and the twinges I was having. I told her I would call if they turned into anything... they did. They got a little more intense so me and Kaid walked around and around and around the house together with me stopping every now and then to breath through a contraction... After a while he started to irritate me so I thought okay well maybe I am in labor. I called my doula and she said she would get ready and come over, I then called Mum and told her what was happening but not to rush over because it could be hours before anything happens and I didn't want her leaving work unless she had to (new job) then she called my sister to come over and take K off my hands. Not long after my sister arrives, we moved the birth pool into the middle of the dining room and the table out of the way (yes whilst having contractions lol) contractions started to get quite bad then and I was getting hot and cold flushes and feeling really dehydrated so I filled up a bottle of water and drank it whilst once again walking around and around the house breathing through all of my contractions.
Not long after my doula arrived... We decided to fill the birth pool up (lucky we did it then) so whilst it was filling I was leaning on the kitchen bench breathing through each contraction as my doula held a hot water bottle to my lower back it was pure bliss! I then went and sat on the couch and got my sister to ring Mum and tell her what was happening and to be here soon because by then I was starting to realise how fast this was happening. Whilst sitting down I had more contractions but just went with them, I was watching my doula sitting on the other lounge braiding the cord tie it was beautiful, aqua, purple and blue thread. I loved how relaxed everything was...My doula was just sitting their making the tie, Kaid playing and me just breathing through every contraction. No nurses monitoring us, no doctors sticking their nose in... It was just awesome! After a couple of moments I felt the pressure and thought okay he is coming so I decided I wanted to hop int he pool just before I got in I was hit by two full on contractions. They hurt! I just swayed through them whilst holding onto my doula... Then I got into the pool, Kaid started crying because he wanted to hop in too so Hannah took him outside for a walk and I just sat there the water was soooooo good.
Mum walked in and almost instantly the contractions hit harder, I then felt this huge pop and then relief.. My waters had broken. I said to Mum and my doula, he is coming I am not ready they assured me that yes I was ready. Within a few moments my baby was crowning I felt his head, hair wow! My baby has hair! I started to get excited then. Within a few seconds I could feel the head totally out and now his shoulders were coming. It was so surreal I was barely pushing and he was coming out, my doula referred to this as a type of ejection reflex some women can have. He was out! I turned around and there is my little baby laying on the bottom of the pool I scooped him up and put him to my chest. It was love at first sight, he had these huge alert eyes, scrunched up little face and he just stared up at me. I think I remember almost laughing it was such an overwhelming moment. Here I was laying in a birth pool in my dining room with this little being in my arms with my doula taking the photos and Mum by my side. Not long after Hannah and Kaid came in, Hannah couldn't believe that they missed it because she knew I wanted Kaid there but it just happened so quickly! I sat in the pool waiting for the placenta to be birthed... It didn't take long at all and it was coming... Ouch did that hurt! We lay there for a while so bubby could stay attached to his placenta then eventually we tied his cord with the beautiful tie my doula had made and then my sister cut the cord.
I got out of the pool and went and hopped into bed with Kaid and bubby, he had his first feed and I ate some toast and had a cup of tea. We just relaxed while Mum and my doula cleaned up, they started to empty the pool but then the mower man showed up so they had to wait. My doula left and promised to come back later so I stayed in bed for a couple more hours then played with Kaidayn we were rolling around on the floor (yes a few hours after birth lol!). My doula came back later on and we weighed bubby... 9 lbs 2 oz wow! I couldn't believe it! Kaidayn was only 7lb 14 oz and when I was pregnant with him an obstetrician told me he was too big for my pelvis and wanted me to have a C-section... Would love to send him a letter to tell him how WRONG he was, thank god I didn't listen to him hey! So anyways then my doula emptied the pool, we sat around chatting for a while then she left and I went to bed.
It was an amazing day, birth and experience. I would not change a thing. I am so thankful to my doula for supporting me, she is amazing! I only wish every woman could be supported by someone like her. I also thank my mum for being by my side through the emotional rollercoaster that I was on during my pregnancy and for holding my hand as I breathed my baby earthside.
Home birth is amazing, it really is.. every home should have one!