We are home. we got home 36 hours after the birth which was amazing . Rory is doing well and my milk came in last night . My only concern is G is sleeping so much and it is hard for me to wake her up to feed. But I can't really remember the first few days of Rory's life so I dont know if I am doing it wrong .
Birth Story:
So on Saturday Oct 18th I had an acupuncture appt with one of my doulas . I was pretty discouraged . She put in semi permanent needles in my ankles and my ear she also lanced my pinky toes and bleed them out to try and lower the baby. I used to hate needles but the thought of another c section overcame this fear. Sunday was a day of pineapple, sex , evening primrose oil , Clarey sage . Sunday night at 9:30pm the ankle points were really bothering me so I took them out . I started to feel contractions off an on but nothing really to get me hopeful. At midnight I decided to take out the ear points. THis started contractions at about 10 minutes apart and this lasted all night until 7am . I woke marc up who was out in the living room ( so I could labor alone and he could sleep ) and said I think this might be something and I was going to call the batphone which is what the doulas told me to call and one of them would answer.
I called and talked to Suzanne and she said to call back mid morning and someone would be out to give me a acupuncture treatment. At about 8:30am I went to the bathroom and that is when I realized my water had broke , not a gush but several trickles. I called back and Melanie answered I told her the news and she said she would be out at noon to give me a treatment. She came and did the treatment and then she and I went for a walk around Astoria Park . We then laid in the sun . My contractions where lessening to about every 14 minutes , then 8 minutes then 12 not rhythm and I was getting scared. Basically in America rule of thought is water breaks baby out in 24 hours. My doula told me not to call my doctor until after 5pm and tell her my water had just broken in a trickle to give me a little more time . She left around 4pm . Rory was picked up by our friend Salena around this time . This was hard to say goodbye. Knowing that when I saw her again I would be on the other side of things. A family of 3 no more , everything changed . But when I had a contraction she saw me in pain and this concerned her. She is the kid on the playground that if someone is crying runs up to see what she can do. Marc and I went for another walk and nothing happened , we laid in the sun and still nothing . At this point the contractions were still all over the place. I black berried my doctor that my water had broke in a trickle, who called me immediately. She wanted me to come in immediately since I was a VBAC. This upset me because the other Dr. had told me I could labor at home even if my water broke. So I told her I had no child care until Morning LOL. Who is 40 weeks pregnant and has NO childcare but I didnt care. I knew once I got to the hospital the interventions would start and my chances decreased. She was ok with that but said NO LATER THEN 8am !! With this news I relaxed and my contractions came on stronger. At 10pm the contractions were 8 minutes we called the Doula and Ayla came over we labored in the bedroom until about 2:00am when they were about 4 minutes apart we headed to the hospital . The ride was pretty intense I just kept holding on the the handle above the door . Marc hit a pot hole and I screamed at him. We got to the Hospital St. Vincents which is in the village in about 30 minutes. When we got to the hospital we met with the resident doctor who appeared to be about 16 years old and under 5 ft. She had to jump up and down several times to grab the light above her head and pull it down to examine me . She said "You are at 1cm" . WHAT ?!! 24 hours of labor and still 1 cm ! I wanted to cry and I begged to go home . After she left the room I did make a joke about being arrested for child molestation because she examined me and could not have been older then 18. Which I thought was pretty good for being in labor 24hour. Anyway the doula could not believe I was only 1cm. But this is what happened last time , this is what happened to my mom and my paternal grandmother . More to come ...
