Mazel Tov Hashem_Yaazor!!

Hashem_Yaazor ↓

Tue, Jan 23 2007, 9:53 pm

Nope, Queen...the boychick (Yes, Mishie, I call him that IRL Wink

) was born 5:27 AM Weds. so I missed that shiur Sad

(and the next 2 since DH decided he was too young for me to leave for an hour when he was 2 weeks old...he's probably right though)

So (drumroll, please)...this one was born at home Very Happy

Thanks Chavamom and Health for all your input, and B"H it worked out great.

My older son came down with pneumonia then so he woke me up at 2:30 and I realized I was not feeling well...at 3 I decided I was not going back to sleep and decided to time my contractions....hmmm, some were 2 minutes apart, although some were 6 minutes, but on average they were 45-50 seconds long and 2-3 minutes apart. But 2 weeks before I had had a couple spurts of close together contractions, so I decided to monitor them while I washed the dishes from supper. At a quarter till I decided maybe I'd go in the shower, and as I was gathering my stuff, my husband woke up. I informed him what was going on, but said I still wasn't sure if I was in active labor (silly me) since the contractions did have longer intervals....took a 6 minute shower with 3 contractions, came out and called my midwife.

To be continued...someone needs my attention Smile

↑ Hashem_Yaazor

Fri, Jan 26 2007, 10:52 am

Thanks, 613...it WAS really yummy. What did you put on the chicken?

Anyway, so I called my midwife and told her I think I was going to be having a baby that morning. She asked me if my waters broke or I had any bloddy show. Nope and nope. (That's why I had waited so long to call...I didn't know how far along I was since my only "symptom" of labor were contractions.) Should she come? "Well, my contractions are about 2 minutes apart and I was doing that shaking thing". Ok, she'll come on over.
I should make sure everything is ready and she'll see me soon.
By 4:35 I started to do side-lying to attempt to slow down my labor. I think since I didn't have any transition by my first son, I started with it this time! My husband called her to see where she was as we were getting anxious. He called her twice after that since he was getting pretty nervous. I kept on running from lying on the floor to the bathroom since I felt much more comfortable sitting, but I really wanted to slow down the labor since I had no break between my contractions...He called for the last time at 5:15 -- it was an hour after I had called and I was really far along then. She said she was outside trying to park. The other midwife had just parked. My husband helped her find a parking spot (parking is NOT easy by my apartment especially in the middle of the night).
Meanwhile, I was in the bathroom and felt tremendous pressure. I thought it was the baby's head. I forgot crowning hurts and my waters hadn't broken! Suddenly, whoosh! My waters broke -- this was about 5:20. Ok, the baby is really coming now. Should I push or wait for the midwife? Just then the midwife (the assistnat one) walked in and I said she better hurry because the baby was coming out...she told me to pant so she could at least get the gloves on. Fine. In a couple pushes, my son was born. We recorded the time at 5:27.
Supposedly, he weighed 7 lb. 14 oz -- a full pound more than my first son, but we think the scale was off and he weighed less. Either way, I weighed him at 8 lb. 9 oz. yesterday, so he's gaining nicely at 3 weeks Smile

The bris was a whole 'nother maisah. It was supposed to be Weds. morning, but he was looking a little yellowish at the beginning of the week. The mohel wanted him to be between 12 and 13. Mon. morning -- 12.8 so mohel asked us to test him again to make sure it's going down. Tues. morning -- 13.2. Mohel thinks that means it's going up, even though in the medical world the difference is negligible and is considered the same morning. So no bris Weds. morning. Get him tested Weds. morning, and it's 12.8. Mohel's still not sure if he will do it that day, so he called in another mohel to take a look and he said he's not too yellow. So at 11 we started planning a bris for 2. Called family to drive in those 3 hours, my family had already flown in, and B"H their flight wasn't till that night, but my aunt and grandmother had a flight at 4:25 (they came to the bris and still made the flight!), called the caterer, went to the shul to set up....unfortunately, there were a few people I forgot to call about the bris and I felt terrible, but there was A LOT going on! B"H the bris was officially on time and it all worked out, but the stress and anxiety were very exhausting.

And that's my story.