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bigmamakelsey · 06-23-2012, 07:42 PM

Birth story of Indi Floyd

I woke up Saturday, June 16th feeling happy and well rested. My mom had came a week before to help out before the birth. Days prior I was starting to worry this baby would never come (totally irrational - as I was only 38 weeks and 4 days at that point!) and that my mom would need to leave to go back to work. I really didn't want her to miss the birth. I felt like the clock was really ticking, I was ready to meet my baby! That morning when I woke up, I decided to give it a rest. I had a little telepathic conversation with my baby inside, letting him know how excited we were to meet him, and whenever he decided to meet us we'd welcome him with open arms.
I woke up and had some tea and visited with Kale and my mom. We decided to head down to the farmers market. When I went to hop in the shower, I noticed I was loosing my mucous plug! It was like I had won some sort of weird lottery. I'd been waiting, and now here it is! I was so excited I wrapped a towel around my waist and burst into the living room with the news! We were all so happy. Kale asked what exactly that meant (hehe!) and if we should still be going to the market. I told him it was no clear indiction but that the time was approaching. I wanted to go to the market. I took a shower and got ready, and we took off to downtown Missoula.
We parked far from the festivities, thinking a good walk might get things going. Besides, if we got too close we knew we'd never find a place to park. It worked. As we started walking down I was feeling some crampiness. Not contractions per se, just crampy. We walked around, ran into a few friends and chatted, and got some ice cream. After an hour or 2 we decided to head back to the car. The further we walked the more I noticed that the crampy like feelings I was having were starting to pick up and drop off, though they weren't consistant. I text my midwife to let her know anyways. She said it sounded like things were getting to close and to eat, drink, and rest! So that's just what we did.
Around 2PM ate some light foods and drank a big glass of water, and we decided since Lennon was down that we should all nap. I laid down but could not sleep. As soon as I would start to doze, a contraction would hit. I laid in bed for maybe an hour or two, and decided to wake Kale to time them. They were all about a minute long, but were coming sporadically - every 3mintues, then 10, then 7 then 5. They were starting to get very uncomfortable at that point. I tried to distract and clean up the house, and I was able to do things and talk through them, but really, all I wanted to do was sit down and be quiet. We decided to call McKenzie, my sister, to watch Lennon around 7PM. Things weren't quite intense yet but we figured having 3 people on the wild 2 year old might be a good idea

When she arrived it really was the perfect timing. Things started to get more intense. At this point I really knew things were happening! I starting pacing around the house, Kale following me to squeeze my hips when I would contract. His strong hands were a godsend! We decided to call the midwife. We told her they were a minute long and starting to gain more consistency and were about 5 minutes apart, so she decided to head over. I started to feel like maybe I was being silly to call her this early. When my midwife arrived at my last birth, I was already in labor la la land. This time, though the contractions were painful, I was still talking and laughing between them. Kale's jokes were still amusing!
When Sandhano showed up around 8:30PM they were exactly 5 minutes apart and 1 minute long. Perfect! She sat down and made herself comfortable and started a crochet project. Before she showed I was trying some different positions - all 4's, slow dancing, ect. and while they weren't too bad I really just wanted to lay down. I layed on my bed with Kale at one size and my mom on the other. They helped and squeezed during contractions while I moaned and breathed deeply. Sandhano let my my mom and Kale really take charge. She just sat with a project on her lap, quietly rooting me on. When I would get more vocal she would just say "Awesome! Yes!" It was so good to hear that in the background. It made me feel like things really were moving along, that these painful contractions WERE a good thing! Hearing those ecouraging words were so, so helpful. At some point in all this, I have no idea when, I was in labor la la land. I was trying to deal with the contractions, but gosh, they were hurting! I started to feel nauseas and my legs started to tremble. Sandhano mentioned that I looked like I might be in transition. I heard my mom say "Should you check her?" Sanhano said "If she would like to be checked, yes, I sure can!" (or something to that nature!

I agreed. She checked me after a contraction - 8cm and a bulging bag of waters! YES! I remember saying "Thank god, I thought you were going to say I was at a 4!" (which was what I was stuck at for most of my previous labor.) At this point, time was completely meaningless. I had no idea how long I'd felt this way. I had no idea what time the clock said. Honestly, I didn't care. I didn't put pressure on it. I knew I was getting close. Indi was so low down I felt like I had to pee constantly. I would wait till a contraction would end, and immediately get up to go, hoping I would not have another one until I was back in bed. It never happened. When I stood up I'd get a major upkick in my contractions. I'd have one on the way to the bathroom, a few while on the tiolet, and another when I stood up. Kale followed me and squeezed and rubbed, whispering loving and encouraging words in my ear. I felt so loved and so grateful to have him as my husband.
I started to feel at some point like transition would never end. I didn't feel the urge to push and was starting to complain about the pain and ask when it would be over. I asked my body to open and asked the baby to come out, but still, nothing. She check me again, and I was almost there! Just a slight lip. She encouraged me to push a little to try and break my water. "Me, push!?" I thought. The contractions were so intense, how could I try and push at the same time? I felt like someone was asking me to fly an airplane while similtaneously trying to cook myself breakfast. I felt like the contractions were to intense to focus on one more thing. I tried to push and could not feel where to push. Sandhano placed her fingers inside me to try and direct my pushing. It did work, but I still feel like I was in too much pain to push hard enough. I started to feel antsy. Nothing felt good. Laying down was miserable, standing was impossible, and sitting upright to push (like I had with Lennon) was unbearable. Sandhano asked me if I wanted to sit on the birthing stool. I thought it looked uncomfortable, but what did I have to loose? I thought I'd give it a go.
Surprisingly, it was a great position for me. It felt better to be upright, but I still felt no urge to push. At this point, I asked her to break my water - but not before I demanded that someone lay more down on the carpet! I was terrified of staining my brand new white carpet. Haha! They layed down plastic and lots of towels. It was go time. Before she broke it, she told me to reach my fingers in and feel my water. I didn't even an inch in and there it was! WOW! It was literally almost hanging out. She then broke the bag and I felt the big warm trickle leak out everywhere, and there I was, FORCED to push! I thought that she would break my water, I would feel the urge, push for 10-15 minutes, and have my baby! But no..my body was literally forcing him out as soon as my water was broken. It was the most bizarre feeling from not wanting to push, not feeling WHERE to push to my body only being able to push! I started screaming. They told me to pant "pa, pa, pa" but I just couldn't do it. I asked, "Can I push? Can I push?" Sandhano said yes, I could (and I was!) 2-3 pushes and all in one contraction, feeling strong pain and burning, he was out! It felt like 15 seconds since my water had broken, in actuality, it was a little longer, but not much. My mom and Kale estimated it at probably under 1 minute. It was lightening fast! He came out totally perfect and pink, moving and grooving. No cries - but no one was worried. He was so alert! Making eye contact and even smiling within minutes of birth. He got a 10 on his apgars, across the board. We were all in awe, he was so gorgeous and tiny! I slid up on the bed and he latched immediately. After some time had passed Sandhano decided to measure and weight him. Sprawled out on the bed, totally naked and still not one cry, but super alert! I had never seen such a happy, well natured baby. He was 7lbs even, 20 1/2 inches long, 13 1/2 in head. He was born on June 16th, 2012 at 11:45PM, just 15 minutes shy of fathers day. To my surprise, I only had 1 little skid mark tear. I didn't need stitches. I showered off, got out, and we all marveled at the new little man that had entered the world! My midwife gave baby Indi her crochet project - a hat she had made for him! She offered kind words and kisses on the cheek and left to go home. We all decided to rest, though I was up all night admiring my precious new baby. We feel so lucky to have him, and he truly is happy to be here with us.

TinaDeanette · 06-23-2012, 08:12 PM

He is adorable! Congrats!

Almacham · 06-23-2012, 08:14 PM

Congratulations, again! He's a cutie pie. I love the picture of him grinning. So cute!

2littleones97 · 06-23-2012, 08:21 PM

wow great story and cute baby

Connor · 06-23-2012, 08:51 PM

He's adorable!! Congrats!! I super love the pic of you and Hubby, and the one of you and baby, you look GORGEOUS!!!

kristinc · 06-23-2012, 08:52 PM

He is beautiful!! And you look great!! Congrats to you all!

Kenshin · 06-23-2012, 09:06 PM

What a great story! I love your pictures, you look so beautiful and happy and you have a gorgeous baby!

sillyutalktome · 06-23-2012, 09:13 PM

What a cutie! Indie fits him perfectly.

smplmama · 06-23-2012, 09:15 PM

Lovely! Congratulations!

Lady_B · 06-23-2012, 09:32 PM

Congrats!

06-23-2012, 07:42 PM	#1
bigmamakelsey Registered Users Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Montana Posts: 9,563 Ratings: 160 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Home birth of Indi Floyd with pics:) Birth story of Indi Floyd I woke up Saturday, June 16th feeling happy and well rested. My mom had came a week before to help out before the birth. Days prior I was starting to worry this baby would never come (totally irrational - as I was only 38 weeks and 4 days at that point!) and that my mom would need to leave to go back to work. I really didn't want her to miss the birth. I felt like the clock was really ticking, I was ready to meet my baby! That morning when I woke up, I decided to give it a rest. I had a little telepathic conversation with my baby inside, letting him know how excited we were to meet him, and whenever he decided to meet us we'd welcome him with open arms. I woke up and had some tea and visited with Kale and my mom. We decided to head down to the farmers market. When I went to hop in the shower, I noticed I was loosing my mucous plug! It was like I had won some sort of weird lottery. I'd been waiting, and now here it is! I was so excited I wrapped a towel around my waist and burst into the living room with the news! We were all so happy. Kale asked what exactly that meant (hehe!) and if we should still be going to the market. I told him it was no clear indiction but that the time was approaching. I wanted to go to the market. I took a shower and got ready, and we took off to downtown Missoula. We parked far from the festivities, thinking a good walk might get things going. Besides, if we got too close we knew we'd never find a place to park. It worked. As we started walking down I was feeling some crampiness. Not contractions per se, just crampy. We walked around, ran into a few friends and chatted, and got some ice cream. After an hour or 2 we decided to head back to the car. The further we walked the more I noticed that the crampy like feelings I was having were starting to pick up and drop off, though they weren't consistant. I text my midwife to let her know anyways. She said it sounded like things were getting to close and to eat, drink, and rest! So that's just what we did. Around 2PM ate some light foods and drank a big glass of water, and we decided since Lennon was down that we should all nap. I laid down but could not sleep. As soon as I would start to doze, a contraction would hit. I laid in bed for maybe an hour or two, and decided to wake Kale to time them. They were all about a minute long, but were coming sporadically - every 3mintues, then 10, then 7 then 5. They were starting to get very uncomfortable at that point. I tried to distract and clean up the house, and I was able to do things and talk through them, but really, all I wanted to do was sit down and be quiet. We decided to call McKenzie, my sister, to watch Lennon around 7PM. Things weren't quite intense yet but we figured having 3 people on the wild 2 year old might be a good idea When she arrived it really was the perfect timing. Things started to get more intense. At this point I really knew things were happening! I starting pacing around the house, Kale following me to squeeze my hips when I would contract. His strong hands were a godsend! We decided to call the midwife. We told her they were a minute long and starting to gain more consistency and were about 5 minutes apart, so she decided to head over. I started to feel like maybe I was being silly to call her this early. When my midwife arrived at my last birth, I was already in labor la la land. This time, though the contractions were painful, I was still talking and laughing between them. Kale's jokes were still amusing! When Sandhano showed up around 8:30PM they were exactly 5 minutes apart and 1 minute long. Perfect! She sat down and made herself comfortable and started a crochet project. Before she showed I was trying some different positions - all 4's, slow dancing, ect. and while they weren't too bad I really just wanted to lay down. I layed on my bed with Kale at one size and my mom on the other. They helped and squeezed during contractions while I moaned and breathed deeply. Sandhano let my my mom and Kale really take charge. She just sat with a project on her lap, quietly rooting me on. When I would get more vocal she would just say "Awesome! Yes!" It was so good to hear that in the background. It made me feel like things really were moving along, that these painful contractions WERE a good thing! Hearing those ecouraging words were so, so helpful. At some point in all this, I have no idea when, I was in labor la la land. I was trying to deal with the contractions, but gosh, they were hurting! I started to feel nauseas and my legs started to tremble. Sandhano mentioned that I looked like I might be in transition. I heard my mom say "Should you check her?" Sanhano said "If she would like to be checked, yes, I sure can!" (or something to that nature! I agreed. She checked me after a contraction - 8cm and a bulging bag of waters! YES! I remember saying "Thank god, I thought you were going to say I was at a 4!" (which was what I was stuck at for most of my previous labor.) At this point, time was completely meaningless. I had no idea how long I'd felt this way. I had no idea what time the clock said. Honestly, I didn't care. I didn't put pressure on it. I knew I was getting close. Indi was so low down I felt like I had to pee constantly. I would wait till a contraction would end, and immediately get up to go, hoping I would not have another one until I was back in bed. It never happened. When I stood up I'd get a major upkick in my contractions. I'd have one on the way to the bathroom, a few while on the tiolet, and another when I stood up. Kale followed me and squeezed and rubbed, whispering loving and encouraging words in my ear. I felt so loved and so grateful to have him as my husband. I started to feel at some point like transition would never end. I didn't feel the urge to push and was starting to complain about the pain and ask when it would be over. I asked my body to open and asked the baby to come out, but still, nothing. She check me again, and I was almost there! Just a slight lip. She encouraged me to push a little to try and break my water. "Me, push!?" I thought. The contractions were so intense, how could I try and push at the same time? I felt like someone was asking me to fly an airplane while similtaneously trying to cook myself breakfast. I felt like the contractions were to intense to focus on one more thing. I tried to push and could not feel where to push. Sandhano placed her fingers inside me to try and direct my pushing. It did work, but I still feel like I was in too much pain to push hard enough. I started to feel antsy. Nothing felt good. Laying down was miserable, standing was impossible, and sitting upright to push (like I had with Lennon) was unbearable. Sandhano asked me if I wanted to sit on the birthing stool. I thought it looked uncomfortable, but what did I have to loose? I thought I'd give it a go. Surprisingly, it was a great position for me. It felt better to be upright, but I still felt no urge to push. At this point, I asked her to break my water - but not before I demanded that someone lay more down on the carpet! I was terrified of staining my brand new white carpet. Haha! They layed down plastic and lots of towels. It was go time. Before she broke it, she told me to reach my fingers in and feel my water. I didn't even an inch in and there it was! WOW! It was literally almost hanging out. She then broke the bag and I felt the big warm trickle leak out everywhere, and there I was, FORCED to push! I thought that she would break my water, I would feel the urge, push for 10-15 minutes, and have my baby! But no..my body was literally forcing him out as soon as my water was broken. It was the most bizarre feeling from not wanting to push, not feeling WHERE to push to my body only being able to push! I started screaming. They told me to pant "pa, pa, pa" but I just couldn't do it. I asked, "Can I push? Can I push?" Sandhano said yes, I could (and I was!) 2-3 pushes and all in one contraction, feeling strong pain and burning, he was out! It felt like 15 seconds since my water had broken, in actuality, it was a little longer, but not much. My mom and Kale estimated it at probably under 1 minute. It was lightening fast! He came out totally perfect and pink, moving and grooving. No cries - but no one was worried. He was so alert! Making eye contact and even smiling within minutes of birth. He got a 10 on his apgars, across the board. We were all in awe, he was so gorgeous and tiny! I slid up on the bed and he latched immediately. After some time had passed Sandhano decided to measure and weight him. Sprawled out on the bed, totally naked and still not one cry, but super alert! I had never seen such a happy, well natured baby. He was 7lbs even, 20 1/2 inches long, 13 1/2 in head. He was born on June 16th, 2012 at 11:45PM, just 15 minutes shy of fathers day. To my surprise, I only had 1 little skid mark tear. I didn't need stitches. I showered off, got out, and we all marveled at the new little man that had entered the world! My midwife gave baby Indi her crochet project - a hat she had made for him! She offered kind words and kisses on the cheek and left to go home. We all decided to rest, though I was up all night admiring my precious new baby. We feel so lucky to have him, and he truly is happy to be here with us. __________________ K&K My little firecracker Lennon 10.09, crying before he fully emerged and My little sweetheart Indi 6.12, born smiling

06-23-2012, 08:12 PM	#2
TinaDeanette Registered Users Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 9,421 Ratings: 49 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	He is adorable! Congrats! __________________ J-14, J-8, J-6, J-2, and CJ-16 weeks ~Operation Rainbow~ Under Construction Until November 2013

06-23-2012, 08:14 PM	#3
Almacham Registered Users Join Date: May 2010 Location: Slytherin House Posts: 15,930 Ratings: 84 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Home birth of Indi Floyd with pics:) Congratulations, again! He's a cutie pie. I love the picture of him grinning. So cute! __________________ Sarah, mom of many

06-23-2012, 08:21 PM	#4
2littleones97 Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: IL Posts: 452 Ratings: 99 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Home birth of Indi Floyd with pics:) wow great story and cute baby __________________ love my husband and our two wonderful kids and baby Keagan on his way late Aug.

06-23-2012, 08:51 PM	#5
Connor Registered Users Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,728 Ratings: 31 Feedback: 100%	He's adorable!! Congrats!! I super love the pic of you and Hubby, and the one of you and baby, you look GORGEOUS!!! __________________ Single Mommy to my 3 year old DS born all natural. We are a Cosleeping, Breastfeeding, Babywearing Non-Vaxing DUO!!