A year ago today I became a mother
Wow, well where to begin. My original due date was March 29 th and I was not yet on Mat leave. My last OB appointment had been at 33 weeks and because my doctor was supposed to be going on vacation I didn’t get another appointment until I was 37 weeks.. In the past few weeks I had been having a lot of Braxton hicks since about 30 weeks and I had a feeling that I was going to go early... not 3 weeks early but a week or so early... So here goes.
Monday March 3rd—took three 500mg of Evening Prim Rose Oil internally as I had been taking them since 35 weeks orally. I had also been drinking the Red Raspberry Leaf Tea (at least 2-3 cups a day since 34 weeks)
March 4th—Didn’t feel that great when I got up, but went to work anyways because no one had keys to my desk etc. So I worked the whole day, and ended up staying at work until 6 because I had prenatal classes that night. DH was supposed to come get me but got stuck in a meeting so I took the bus to my classes (it's only a 15 min ride) and sat in class for the first half hour by myself. It was the breast feeding class so I sent DH home before he joined me to get my bf pillow.
Well he didn’t get there until 7:15 and about 2 minutes after he got there, I felt all warm and wet in my pants, I could tell I was leaking but had no idea if it was Amniotic fluid or pee... but I knew there was lots and as I sit in the front of the class I didn’t want to get up. So I leaned over to DH and said I think my water just broke. He whispered back “you’re sh*ting me, you’re just saying that cause I’m late” so I said, no... I’m not.. so he asked me if I was sure and I said no.. maybe it’s pee.. but I told him I didn’t want to get up in front of the class.. and he said, you’re just saying this cause I’m late your water didn’t really break, and then I felt more warmness and said, umm yes.... it totally did, but class was going on break in 2 minutes so I decided to wait until then to get up. So she stopped talking and I slid off my chair a bit so Miguel could see if it was wet, and it was SOAKED LOL So I tried to grab my jacket and Miguel asked the instructor if someone’s water had ever broken in class, and she said nope... so he said well first time for everything, and I stood up and I gushed again! My grey dress pants were soaked.. I looked like I peed myself, so I was trying to cover myself with my jacket and everyone was staring and clapping and saying how happy they were J And I was sooo embarrassed!
SOOO someone gave me a pad, I ran ...well walked to the bathroom and sat on the toilet and more flowed out, it was clear so I wasn’t worried about meconium in the waters but the pad did nothing as I was gushing more and more liquid... at this point I was a little freaked in an excited way and I was shaking a bit... We got in the car and called our doula, then I went home to shower, blow dry my hair (not really well I might add) and call a few friends and my work to let them know what was up.
I really wanted to post to all my wonderful online friends on Baby Center that I was going into labour but we had no computer set up for me as we had just gotten Dominic’s room painted the week before and built his crib (and that was our old office, where the computer was.) But we were waiting for a whole host of things. The crib mattress, the change table, the car seat (that’s a whole other ordeal with airmiles and when I went into labour they had told me that day that they didn’t have any left, so I went to the hospital worrying about how I was supposed to bring home this baby lol) We literally had nothing ready. I had washed some clothes but hadn’t put any of them away, heck I was still working!
The only thing I had prepared was my hospital bag, which I ended up packing way too much stuff in and all the wrong stuff. I think at that point when I asked Miguel for a computer to post on baby center, he thought I had lost it. I told him I’d also wanted to pay a few bills before we left and was beyond agitated when the first lap top I tried was dead. I was still leaking a lot of amniotic fluid, and at this point is when I had no shame left. I had bought depends for after baby was born in case I bled a lot, but I ended up putting an adult diaper on because the pads were just not doing anything. I was so surprised at how much fluid there was.
So my contractions started around 8 or so.. and were getting too close for comfort, I was told by my doula to call obstetrical triage and make sure they wanted me to come in.. I called and they said come so I did LOL we got there around 9 pm I was taken in quickly and OH MY GOD does being checked internally hurt like an SOB.. I was 2 cm’s So that was good news (or so I thought), my contractions were getting stronger but were pretty irregular. Because I was 36 weeks 5 days I was considered pre term and was sent to high risk side.. also my GBS test results were not in my file so they had to give me the drugs anyways.
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Monday March 3rd—took three 500mg of Evening Prim Rose Oil internally as I had been taking them since 35 weeks orally. I had also been drinking the Red Raspberry Leaf Tea (at least 2-3 cups a day since 34 weeks)
March 4th—Didn’t feel that great when I got up, but went to work anyways because no one had keys to my desk etc. So I worked the whole day, and ended up staying at work until 6 because I had prenatal classes that night. DH was supposed to come get me but got stuck in a meeting so I took the bus to my classes (it's only a 15 min ride) and sat in class for the first half hour by myself. It was the breast feeding class so I sent DH home before he joined me to get my bf pillow.
Well he didn’t get there until 7:15 and about 2 minutes after he got there, I felt all warm and wet in my pants, I could tell I was leaking but had no idea if it was Amniotic fluid or pee... but I knew there was lots and as I sit in the front of the class I didn’t want to get up. So I leaned over to DH and said I think my water just broke. He whispered back “you’re sh*ting me, you’re just saying that cause I’m late” so I said, no... I’m not.. so he asked me if I was sure and I said no.. maybe it’s pee.. but I told him I didn’t want to get up in front of the class.. and he said, you’re just saying this cause I’m late your water didn’t really break, and then I felt more warmness and said, umm yes.... it totally did, but class was going on break in 2 minutes so I decided to wait until then to get up. So she stopped talking and I slid off my chair a bit so Miguel could see if it was wet, and it was SOAKED LOL So I tried to grab my jacket and Miguel asked the instructor if someone’s water had ever broken in class, and she said nope... so he said well first time for everything, and I stood up and I gushed again! My grey dress pants were soaked.. I looked like I peed myself, so I was trying to cover myself with my jacket and everyone was staring and clapping and saying how happy they were J And I was sooo embarrassed!
SOOO someone gave me a pad, I ran ...well walked to the bathroom and sat on the toilet and more flowed out, it was clear so I wasn’t worried about meconium in the waters but the pad did nothing as I was gushing more and more liquid... at this point I was a little freaked in an excited way and I was shaking a bit... We got in the car and called our doula, then I went home to shower, blow dry my hair (not really well I might add) and call a few friends and my work to let them know what was up.
I really wanted to post to all my wonderful online friends on Baby Center that I was going into labour but we had no computer set up for me as we had just gotten Dominic’s room painted the week before and built his crib (and that was our old office, where the computer was.) But we were waiting for a whole host of things. The crib mattress, the change table, the car seat (that’s a whole other ordeal with airmiles and when I went into labour they had told me that day that they didn’t have any left, so I went to the hospital worrying about how I was supposed to bring home this baby lol) We literally had nothing ready. I had washed some clothes but hadn’t put any of them away, heck I was still working!
The only thing I had prepared was my hospital bag, which I ended up packing way too much stuff in and all the wrong stuff. I think at that point when I asked Miguel for a computer to post on baby center, he thought I had lost it. I told him I’d also wanted to pay a few bills before we left and was beyond agitated when the first lap top I tried was dead. I was still leaking a lot of amniotic fluid, and at this point is when I had no shame left. I had bought depends for after baby was born in case I bled a lot, but I ended up putting an adult diaper on because the pads were just not doing anything. I was so surprised at how much fluid there was.
So my contractions started around 8 or so.. and were getting too close for comfort, I was told by my doula to call obstetrical triage and make sure they wanted me to come in.. I called and they said come so I did LOL we got there around 9 pm I was taken in quickly and OH MY GOD does being checked internally hurt like an SOB.. I was 2 cm’s So that was good news (or so I thought), my contractions were getting stronger but were pretty irregular. Because I was 36 weeks 5 days I was considered pre term and was sent to high risk side.. also my GBS test results were not in my file so they had to give me the drugs anyways.
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