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Brenna Grace's Birth Story

post #1 of 15
5/6/06 at 11:40am
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I'm typing this one handed as I breastfeed so please forgive any typos.

We arrived at the hospital at about 10:30 pm on Thursday after 4 hours of labor at home. After getting an IV started (I've got you beat Kim... mine took 4 tries) they checked my cervix and I was 3 centimeters dialated. After 2 previous 15 hr labors I was prepared for a long night. The contractions were strong and mostly in my back and coming every 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 minutes so I asked about an epidural. They checked my cervix again about 11:00 pm and I had already progressed to 5 cen. so they called the anesthisiologist. He was in surgery so didn't arrive for about another hour and after 2 attempts to start the epidural (I don't think either worked) I was fully dialated and ready to push. I'm not sure if I pushed 2 or 3 times but Brenna was born at 12:34 am on Friday, May 4th weighing 6lbs 10 oz. and 20 1/4 in. long
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post #2 of 15
5/6/06 at 2:15pm
That was quick! I'm sorry you got such a loosey person doing your IV.
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post #3 of 15
5/6/06 at 2:21pm
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That's nothing... wait till I post more about my lousy anethesiologist's job on the epidural and the blood patch I had to get later on. There were far more needles involved in this hospital stay than I would have liked.
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post #4 of 15
5/6/06 at 2:27pm
Yikes!
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post #5 of 15
5/6/06 at 2:38pm
I am glad it was quick but I am sorry the anesth was a wack job
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post #6 of 15
5/6/06 at 2:49pm
What is it lately with poor IV starts and Anethsethesiologists who do BAD epidurals?

Glad she's here!
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post #7 of 15
5/6/06 at 2:52pm
Sounds like you had the same anesthesiologist I had with Ethan
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post #8 of 15
5/6/06 at 3:18pm
This is making me really glad I have no choice but to do the sniff. I can't take medication by spine due to the MS and I'll be having a section, so I'll be asleep for the whole thing again. But better safe than sorry.
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post #9 of 15
5/6/06 at 4:07pm
Too bad about the bad anathesiaologist (sp), glad Brenna is here. What a beautiful name Brenna Grace is.
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post #10 of 15
5/6/06 at 4:47pm
Welcome baby!!!
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post #11 of 15
5/6/06 at 10:12pm
sorry you had a hard time with all the needles

what a wonderfully quick birth though
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post #12 of 15
5/6/06 at 10:16pm
wow i am sorry that you got such a lousy person to do your IV But i am glad (and jealous) that you had such a short and easy delivery)
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post #13 of 15
5/6/06 at 11:03pm
Elaine, I'm so sorry about the botched Epidural. Seems to me like you didn't need one anyways WTG Elaine, GIRL POWER!!!!!
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post #14 of 15
5/6/06 at 11:16pm
I am so sorry about the wack job..I know how you feel about that!! I am terrified I will get more epidural cath in my back!!
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post #15 of 15
5/17/06 at 6:14pm
Congrats on your new baby girl!! I'm sorry to hear you had such a hard time with your epidural. Since this is my first, I'm SCARED TO DEATH about having the baby. I'm afraid that I'll have someone do a crappy job with an epidural if I have one. A friend of mine just had her baby about 2 and a half months ago, she said it wasn't too bad, but the epidural machine ran out of medication during the last 20 minutes, so she had to feel things for a short time. I've looked at pics of women giving birth and all to see what I may be facing...but I get really sick to my stomach and feel like I'm gonna faint when I look. I've got 17 weeks and 1 day to go, and this all has gone so fast....I hope my labor and delivery is the same. Well anyways...CONGRATS AGAIN!!!!!!!!
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