Coop’s Home Birth Series
Part One House cleaning through prodromal labor the day before delivery to 3cm dilated the next day. Part Two Last pregnant belly picture to this really hurts transition. Part Three Transition and more transition while I don’t understand the proper usage of a birthing stool. Part Four Pushing and shoulder dystocia to finally a baby! [...]
Shoulder Dystocia & Bonus Cute Baby Picture
In 1979 Adam was born via emergency cesarean section due to shoulder dystocia. The doctor performed the Zavanelli maneuver and a classical cesarean section. In layperson’s terms, Adam’s head was out and the doctor PUSHED HIS HEAD BACK IN and performed an emergency cesarean with a vertical incision running the length of the abdomen. This [...]
Coop’s Home Birth Story Part Four
Coop Home Birth Story Part One Coop Home Birth Story Part Two Coop Home Birth Story Part Three Shoulder Dystocia & Bonus Cute Baby Picture Anne, her back-up midwife, and the doula succeeded in coaxing me to lie down on my left side. One of them held my leg up and Adam was at my [...]
Coop Home Birth Story Part Three
Coop Home Birth Story Part One Coop Home Birth Story Part Two Coop Home Birth Story Part Four Shoulder Dystocia & Bonus Cute Baby Picture Although I was in transition hell, at 8:25pm there was still a bit of cervix. My midwife called it an uneven nine centimeters. She tilted her head at me, puzzling [...]
Coop Home Birth Story Part Two
Coop Home Birth Story Part One Coop Home Birth Story Part Three Coop Home Birth Story Part Four Shoulder Dystocia & Bonus Cute Baby Picture Throughout the later afternoon and into the evening my preferred space was the shower. It felt so good, and I worked on relaxing my bottom while standing in the hot [...]
Prednisone Brain Birthy Post
Although the next part of Coop’s birth story is 90% written I don’t have the ability to finish it tonight. I just can’t half ass it. I’m back on the prednisone train for as long as I can stand feeling this awful. My father hated being on it and was always trying to go to [...]
Coop’s Home Birth Story Part One
Coop Home Birth Story Part Two Coop Home Birth Story Part Three Coop Home Birth Story Part Four Shoulder Dystocia & Bonus Cute Baby Picture On Wednesday, May 25 of 2011 I was almost 39 weeks pregnant. I was tired of prodromal labor, I was tired of being in pain, and I was so excited [...]
Birthing Weather Killing Spam
Tonight I achieved a goal which I believed to be impossible. I moderated all the comments on my blog. Every single one. I found quite a few actual people comments among the spam and then I LOST A COMMENT. Someone (a year ago?) said they understood about living with an Aspie husband and I approved [...]
Birth Story, Part III
First post, second post. This post is inspired by Missed Conceptions. Damn you, woman! If you didn’t feel so crappy I would send you a strongly worded missive. Note: some of this story comes from TB, as my brain forgot to store chunks of time. Any mistakes are all his fault, as always. Let me [...]
Birth Story Part II
The first part of the Birth Story Series is here. Thanks to Essie for reminding me that I had this post to finish up tonight! I drove to my doctor’s office, two hours early for my normal 3pm appointment. Of course, my doctor was at his other office and only a front office lady that [...]
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