It's finally Friday! I thought I wouldn't make it through the week, but here I am, and you know what? We don't have ANY plans! I've had a playdate scheduled, but now both Violet and I have the first sinus infection of the new season and we unfortunately had to cancel. So I guess we're just heading into town tomorrow to get some shopping done and relax a whole lot! I'd like to try a new recipe from the pasta cook book I got from the library, we'll see. Today's "Finish The Sentence Friday" cue by Janine and Kate:
I wasn't really myself when I...
... decided to give birth unmedicated and actually followed through with the plan. At least this was what I told myself when I was there, pushing for over an hour, having one contraction right on top of the other without a moment to rest. Great, Stephanie, good job; now see what you got yourself into! I want meds NOW, no matter what, just give me SOMETHING!! This luckily only played in my head as the hubby told me later how proud he was of me for going through with it without complaining once.
But what did it get me? A baby who was alert from the moment she took her first breath in this world. A (somewhat) peaceful birth experience with wonderful midwives who gave us all the space and privacy we needed. No needless hustling and bustling when the birth was imminent, no doctors called to “help”. No birth injuries due to over-medication and unnatural pushing. A much faster recovery time. And after all (with some time passed since above moment) an overall beautiful experience I would not want to miss for anything in the world.
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| Violet's first morning, at home of course! |
Was there ever a moment in your life when you SO wanted to slap yourself, face-palmed about something you did, or simply wondered “WHY??” ? Please share!
Oh that picture of Violet is so damn precious. What a cutie pie!! Seriously, I did get an epidural and it worked just fine with my first. But with Lily, my epidural never worked and ended up giving birth naturally. Hurt like crazy, but you are right I felt so much better and so much quicker afterwards. So, I think you may totally be onto something here. Thanks as always Stephanie for linking up with us and hope you both feel better tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Janine! It definitely hurt like hell, and in a very clear moment just after she was born I told hubby to never EVER let me do it again, no matter what I'd say later.. After about two weeks have passed, I was already at the point of "yea, I'd do it again". I also had an epidural with Lily, tried naturally but after about 54 hours of labor, I broke and asked for one when they came in with the pitocin :-)
DeleteYeah... waiting waaay too long to go to the hospital when I was having my second child, because I wasn't convinced I was actually in labor. I way dangerously close to having a highway baby.
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by, Lisa! Glad you didn't have a highway baby after all, that sounds scary ;-)
DeleteWhat an amazing experience that must have been for you. Just a wonderful blessing. :)
ReplyDeleteIt definitely was an amazing experience for all of us. We are very grateful for it. Thank you for stopping by, Jen!
DeleteI AM impressed! As much I gave the meds a hard time, I'm pretty sure I'll take them again - no questions asked! :)
ReplyDeleteViolet is beautiful! And your blog is great! Am your newest follower!
Kate
Thank you so much, Kate! I didn't have a good experience with the hospital environment when having Lily, so I wanted to avoid going to a hospital again the second time around. Midwives, however, don't do medications, so that decision was made, and I am actually glad having opted for the Birth Center!
DeleteAWW that's such a perfect birth story! I was on bedrest from 26 weeks and was not in a mental place for natural birth but I loved reading this and think it's an amazing story! Plus, the photo is priceless.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, bedrest sounds horrible! I think I'd go crazy, but that's the stuff we do for the little ones ;-) I bet that at this point, you just wanted the little one out and as easy as possible, I'm totally with you on that!
DeleteWhat a little sweetie and what a wonderful story!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to invite you to share your writing at my Monday hop! http://wp.me/p3F9ax-s9
It's up now and all week. Would love to have you join us! :)
Thanks a lot for stopping by, Linda, and the nice invite! I'll definitely stop by!
DeleteSounds like an amazing birth!
ReplyDeleteIt truly was, thanks, Steph! I truly think I've never done something that hard, but with the best end possible, holding this cute little bundle of sweetie ;-)
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