Yesterday I had my monthly OB appointment. Everything happened as expected. I have only gained 2 pounds since last month, little Donna's heart beat was 150 .. PERFECT heartbeat for a baby :)
I talked to my Dr about my birthing experience with Kyra because I was concerned about a few things. When I had Kyra I was induced at around 4 in the afternoon, with a little pill they put on my cervix, I didn't feel anything till around 2 AM (about 10 hours later) when I was feeling "some pain" so they gave me something in my IV drip then I went back to sleep till about 5 AM when they woke me up to break my water and all hell broke loose then, I was feeling the pain then, I went from 3-10 in under 2 hours and was given my epidural at around 6 am and had Kyra at 7:10AM...
The things I was concerned about were a few things:
1: How fast my labor progressed, with this birth 2 people in my birthing team live hours away
2: my body went into shock because of the epidural, and I was shaking the whole time, I dont want that to happen again so we talked about it and we will try to go natural.
So I made a birthing plan:
1: Unless she comes by December 31st I will be induced that evening so that I can have the baby on new years day. This is not just cause it would be cool to have my baby's birthday be 1-1-11 but Because Charlie lives 6 hours away and Christie lives 3 1/2 hours away and that is about the earliest I can be induced because I want to ensure they can both be there!! and if we wait until I do it naturally they may not make it in time because I give birth quickly!
2: Kyra (will cut the umbilical cord) , my mommy (well cause she's my mama), Christie (she did doula training a few years ago so she's gonna do great as my birthing coach!) and Charlie (the father of miss Donna) will be in the birthing room.
3: Ways to keep my pain under control in labor will be: Meditation and massage, Birthing ball bouncing (I've been seeing that alot on baby story and the mothers in labor all say that it takes alot of the pain away) the labor rooms also have jetted tubs, so I will go in the bath to relax my body as well. other than these just the typical Lamaze techniques.
4: I want to see the baby, so I want a Birthing mirror
5: I want to nurse her as soon as she is born.
6: I want to video tape the birth
7: she is NOT to have a bottle or binkie
Thats my birthing plan so far. I'm sure Ill change and adjust it the closer I get to her birth :)
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