My oldest will be 14 on Tuesday. At 3:20pm to be exact. I was in labor with her for three days before she was born, so I thought I would spend the next three days writing about her appearance into this world. (She was born on Friday, I started labor on Wednesday, technically about 54 hours, so not exactly three days : )
Carley (Caroline) was originally due on my birthday, February 19. She was 5 days late. But she started to try making her appearance on the 22nd. It was a Wednesday. I thought I was in labor. Now having never been in labor before, I was interpreting what I thought was labor. I had pain, a lot of pain, and it would stop for 10-15 mins and then start again. I called my doctor Wednesday morning and she said to come to her office and she would check me out. When I got there she put the belt on me, and yes, I was having contractions, but they weren't "productive" contractions. I was dilated to 1 cm. Yes, only 1. So she gave me some pain meds and sent me home. She said I would probably have the baby in a few days, but not that day. I wasn't that late (only a few days) and she didn't want to force things yet. Ugh!
So home I went, where I took my pain meds and tried to sleep. I didn't get much sleep that night, the meds didn't take the contraction pain completely away, and I kept having intermittent contractions all night. They never got too close together, so I just laid in bed and prayed for it to be over!
I'll tell you about day 2 of my labor tomorrow.
My oldest will be 14 in July.
ReplyDeleteI had lots of painful braxton hicks contractions and they didn't even dilate me.
I'd get them every 15 minutes too.
My doctor said they weren't braxton hicks, I was in labor, just not progressing and she didn't see any reason to rush me along. As long as my water didn't break (in which case I would have gone right back to the hospital) she said I should just hang out and wait and see if they intensified or sped up. Which didn't happen, (you'll find out tomorrow ; )
ReplyDeleteI hope Carly has a wonderful birthday! I don't think I would want to do a three-day labor. A one-day labor with Nathanael was enough for me. LOL (Well, I labored with Taliesin, too, but it was different being induced in a hospital than hanging out at home).
ReplyDeleteKandy