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After zero signs of labor approaching, my water broke around 8pm, 3 days before my due date. My doctor had me go to the hospital even though I wasn't having contractions yet, as they wanted to confirm that my water had broken. I wasn't at all unsure, because it was GUSHING, haha.We stayed at the hospital for a few hours, and were sent home about midnight, because I still wasn't having regular contractions (this was in 2003). After a loooong night at home, I came back to the hospital around 1pm with regular contractions about 5 minutes or so apart. The nursing staff checked me and found I was about 3cm dilated. They hooked me up to a monitor, but didn't check me again because they didn't want to risk infection due to the time that had elapsed since my water broke. I just hung out and relaxed through contractions, and they didn't think I was in "active" labor, so they let me do my thing.At about 7:30pm, my doctor came in to check me (again, no rush because I wasn't in active labor). He said, "Well, I have good news and bad news. The good news is, you're at 8cm. The bad news is...I felt her butt. She's breached." Now, for at least the last month at all of my check ups, she was head down. At 1:00 pm, 17hrs AFTER my water broke, she was head down. But this little stinker decided to turn around at the last minute apparently, and yes she is just as stubborn today. So my doctor said, "There's no time, and there's not enough fluid, for me to try to turn her around. We have to do an emergency cesarean." So, we did. And thus, my three subsequent births were c-sections as well.
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Saturday, October 5, 2013
a C-section story - Hiedi Earwood
Hiedi Earwood is a pro C-section mama - having had 4 healthy baby births this way! She's been through it all, it seems, and is here to tell us all about it. THANK YOU, Hiedi, for sharing your experiences. And love these pictures, such a happy looking family!
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