Caelan's
birthstory
~ by Randee (his mommy)
randeesanders@yahoo.com
Caelan was a successful HBA2C (home
birth after two c-sections). I had been having irregular
contractions for about a week before the baby was born, and
was quite ready for it to be the real thing. I went in for
my last midwife appointment on a thursday and had dialated
to a 5 and 70% effaced. My midwife (Liz Camp) rimmed my
cervex and said "See you tonight!", sure enouph I woke up at
11:00pm with pretty strong contractions thet were 5 minutes
apart for about 40 minutes, then they were 3-5 min for about
20 minutes, and after they were every 3 minutes apart for 30
minutes I thought that it was time to wake my husband up and
call Liz. Liz came over right away at about 12:30ish. When
she got to our house my contractions slowed way down as well
as the intensity. Liz said that some women do that... its
like they have their "nesting space" invaded, which slows
and sometimes even stops labor.
Well, My midwife was so wonderful,
she and her assistant, Samantha, stayed with me all night
even though my labor had slowed way down. When she first
arribed I had dialated to a 7 and 100% effaced, and I stayed
that way well into the morning. At 9-10:00ish a.m. We talked
about wether or not we should help the labor along. I wasnt
progressing much and Liz thought that mabey I was pitocen
dependent from my first two births (The give you Pitocen
with C-Sections... I guesse its to get your uterus to
contract and release your placenta, etc.) We decided to say
a prayer to see if we should break the bags of water. After
the prayer we all felt good about it and decided that was
what we should do.
So, with each contraction she had
me push while she broke both my bags of water. Then we got
into position on our living room floor and with the next
contraction Liz informed us that I was dialated to a 10 in a
matter of just minutes. We began to push and I remember Liz
saying "keep pushing, his head is right there!", and I
counldnt believe it because I never was in much pain up
untel then. She had me feel, and sure enouph, I felt his
head just centemeters away from my vaginal opening. That is
what gave me the strength for the rest. She rimmed my
perinial muscles the whole time, which is what hurt the
most, but well worth it because I never tore. A few pushes
later his head was out - WOW - what an acomplishment that
was! He was so blue and beautiful, then with the next
contraction his body came, and boy, was my heart filled with
joy! I finally did ti! Naturally and vaginally, my dream
came true! It only took 10 minutes after I had dialated to a
10 to the moment I first held my son. It was so amazing and
spiritual! I was able to hold him right away, which was such
a neet experience because with my first two, I didnt get to
hold them for a few hours afterward because they were
ceserean.
I began to hemorage a little
afterward, but my midwife sure knew her stuff. She kneaded
my stomache and gabe me some herbs, etc. to stop the
bleeding. She asked my husband, Blaine, to give me a
priesthood blessing and my bleeding stoped imediately
afterwards. I am so glad I did a homebirth, I truely believe
that if I were in a hospitol again with all the
interventions, I would not have been able to do it. It was
the love at home, my diet, the books and studing that I did
throughout pregnancy, my faith in my body and the Lord
(which was so hard to get - and very much the most
important), my wonderful and spiritual midwife, and my
special husband who was there for me the whole time, that
made all the difference! My recovery was so much easier too.
I could walk that same day!
Caelan was born on 2/23 at 10:37
a.m., and weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. and was 19 3/4 inches long.
His head was 14 inches (only 1/2 inch smaller than my first
son who was taken c-secion for CPD [head too small for
pelvis]). He is so healthy and beautiful and bery calm
and well natured. I feel so blessed to have his spirit in
our home... what a cutie!!!
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