Introducing: | Emma Christine B | |||||||||||||||||||||
Mother: | Carina B | |||||||||||||||||||||
Father: | Charles B | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born on: | April 19, 2004 at 10:13pm | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born at: | SRH - St. Joseph's Site | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight: | 7 lbs 3 oz | |||||||||||||||||||||
Height: | 21 1/4 inches | |||||||||||||||||||||
Eye colour: | Dark Blue | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hair colour: | Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||
After 75 hours of labour, Emma was born with the help of a mid-wife, a doula, and an OB-GYN doctor, by c-section, She looks just like I did when I was an infant! Here is the story! I went into labour on Friday, April 16, at around 7pm. I could just feel my stomach tightening every 10 minutes. It didn't hurt at all! I was so excited! But nothing was progressing so I went to bed and slept well. Saturday was about the same. Sunday the contractions were varying from 7-10 minutes and getting a bit stronger. I was sure it would happen that day. It didn't, so I went to bed, but was woken up a couple of times every hour because the contractions were getting stronger. Since I was already a week over due, I already had a Non-Stress Test scheduled for Monday. I went to the appointment and the nurses discovered that Emma's heart was slowing down everytime I had a strong contraction. It wasn't often, so my midwife and the nurse really weren't sure if Emma was in distress or not. I decided to ask to have my water broken, and the doctor on-call agreed. He broke my water at 4:15pm and noticed that there was meconium in the fluid. I was given oxytocin which started stronger contractions, and by 9-10pm Emma still wasn't coming down the birth canal. I was still only dialated 2-3cm. Nothing had changed since the morning. It was decided that I had to have an emergency c-section. It went very well, and Emma was finally born! It was so wonderful to finally see my beautiful baby! I had a wonderful experience and can't wait to do it again! |
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