Look What Baby Did

we keep clearing the tailbone, but the contractions aren’t quite close enough to keep the momentum going. We are on a strict “no walk no talk just push” regiment that is working. The pool is great, and it appears to be much easier on Rebecca than on the bed or the floor. You can see the head, but it hasn’t crowned yet. No changes to heartbeats, so that is good news. Nothing bad, progress is being made, just slowly, albeit surely!

It seems we are back on track, pushing effectively again. I hope the break was enough to get this little kid out! I bet they are more fun OUTSIDE than IN!

it is REALLY frustrating at the point she is at. There is more pushing to be done, but she has been having contractions for 23 hours now and she is SO close, but she is SO tired. She is in that “I am so super sleepy and frustrated” state. She is pro C section all of a sudden. Give me drugs! Cut the baby out of me! Can I keep the baby in?

While I know it is really hard for her, it is really pretty funny for us. She is going on these really funny long verbal rants. If I had video, she would love the story… next week.

She’ll pull through. But she is FRUSTRATED now!

we have got our pushing all down correct (evidently it is harder than one would otherwise think) and we are making progress. We aren’t crowning, but it is quickly approaching. The light at the end of the tunnel is a nice pick-me-up.

is it 9:56am and we are pushing, and making progress. The baby has hair, you can feel it, but it isn’t crowning yet. Still some time to go on that one. But heart rate remains the same, mom is maintaining her energy level (which is amazing to me, since she hasn’t slept in over 24 hours and has been having contracts steadily since 1pm or so)(and I know that some people have labor for days, but I wasn’t there.)

So nothing to report yet. We used the birthing stool. We have tried lots of positions. We are in the pool now. It is all working nicely.

So we have pushed and pushed… the water broke again at some point in time… Within the last hour or so we got the head past the cervix. Heart rate is still fine, and the baby is in the zero position.

So now it is just a matter of pushing pushing and more pushing. Rebecca is getting REALLY tired. So am I. We still have a couple hours left to go easy. But everything is going quite well.

just after the water broke, reinforcements arrived in the form of jaren. A new face brought some alternative positions, ideas, etc that while perhaps already mentioned, seem different from a different person. Contractions seem a bit stronger, although not neccessarily more often.

Rebecca is still taking it like a super star, as she must be totally exhausted. I am, and all I am doing to occasionally typing, filling a pool, and walking around. Tough life for me.

after hours upon hours of contractions, we have officially broke the water. Well, we didn’t do it as so much as it broke. It should start moving a bit quicker now.

The heart rate is still fine, and the pool has been used, although the water did break in bed. We were prepared with mats and whatnot.

I will admit that I was dosing over on the floor, but I did hear the splash. We are moving along.