Category: Parent Talk
My little daughter, Matilda was born at 4.42pm on sunday weighing 3.36 kg and 50 cm long.
I had 60 hours of intense labour which I got through thanks to an amazing team of midwives, my fantastic doula and my truely wonderful husband.
and now she is crying, so I will just leave this here!
Yea. Smile.
Awww, yay! Congratulations, and happy belated birthday to Matilda. Sixty hours of labor? No drugs? I love hearing about women's stories of labor and delivery, so if and when you're comfortable posting details, definitely feel free to share. So happy for you. *smiles*
Yes, I'm the same Joanne. It's something I'm already thinking of in 15 years from now. Either way, congradulations! :d
Congratulations! Is she waltzing yet?
Awesome, and congrats! Give her extra hugs and kisses for me? I love babies! :)
lol to post five.
Congrads and best wishes to you all Louie!
Congratulations!
Yaaaaaaay!!! Contrats congrats congrats. Best wishes to baby matilda and the new mommy too!!! Fantastic!!! I éel so incredibly happy when I learn of new babies being born. And you know what? From your contributions to some of the board threads on here, I can already tell you're going to be a fantastic mother. I love that you seem so sensible and you approach motherhood with wisdom and a sort of sense of calm that is rarely seen here in the US. Fantastic! The best of luck to you all! Enjoy that precious baby while she's still just that! lol. And props to you on that lengthy labor. Oh and on another note, Lakeria, the more stories of labor you hear the less you'll want to be in labor; trust me. lol. Besides, nothing, and I mean nothing, no amount of stories will ever prepare you for your own birthing experience. Before I had my son, I heard horror labor stories and these that were too good to be true. I had neither. Or maybe, I had a little bit of both. But every birthing experience, just like every baby, is a totally unique one. You can prepare for giving birth just like you can prepare for actual death— simply put, it ain't happenin lol.
lol Yeah, I know, but it's still a fascinating thing because women are just amazing like that. It's all.
It's not so fascinating once you're living it believe me. It's simple biology. lol. But you'll know that once you live it.
I actually went for the epidural and something called tens. that is an electric shock kind of massage thing that they put on your back and stomach. that actually worked wonders for the early stages of labour, and it is not harmful for the baby and is very relaxing for mum.
I tried the gas but it did little to help me so I just stopped taking it.
i was always going for the epidural because of my pain threshold being as low as it is, but even if i was considering a totally natural birth, I probably would have given in, considering how long the labour process actually took.
The worst part was actually the little things. I remember a midwife trying desperately to canulate me while I was in the process of pushing her out, and failing 4 times before managing to get one to stay. then she had to remove my hand from Johan's because I was in danger of knocking out the thing. he instead got the job of helping me put my head forward when it came time to push.
something surprising was the fact that even while pushing out a baby, i managed to almost sleep between contractions. our bodies work in amazing ways to cover the pain and the stress of labour. After it was all done, i actually felt reasonably well. after I got stitched up I was sitting up happily enjoying my daughter and husband's company.
I got up and had a nice hot shower with his help 3 hours later, ate a massive plate of food and we both collapsed together in our bed in the ward.
Swedish maternity wards are fantastic things. my husband was able to stay with us the whole time and we were able to really spend those precious first days bonding as a family unit.
Well, I could say what the other people on here say, but well, they said it. I know giving birth is no easy time. My Nephew was supposed to be natural birth, but that didn't work out. He liked being feet first.
We don't have many delivery suites, unless you have lots of money. They get a regular hospital room, and as much care as they need. Sometimes, the husbands get to stay with Mom, but not many do. I was thinking of that, since in the U.S., it's Fathers' Day.
Your daughter has a lovely name. I like it. It's not a really common name, but it's a beautiful name.
I wish your partner a happy Fathers' Day. Dads are special.
Enjoy this new member of your family.
Blessings,
Aunt Sarah
ditto to Sarah's post. Hugs. Happy father's day to your husband, if that's celebrated over there. *smiles*
i've heard of tens. can you describe how that helps in the early stages of labor? I would think getting shocked would cause you to tense up and for pain to increase, rather than helping you to relax ... Intriguing ...
the shock is so slight that it actually does the opposite. it just stimulates the right points of your body.
I also did a lot of walking around and bouncing up and down on a big ball.
Those units are designed to help not hurt. I jused to have one, and I will get one again. They are great for pain, and muscle sores. Mostly for constant problems that never go away. I never thought of puting one on a woman having a baby. That's wonderful. They aren't the easiest thing to use. I have better luck, when measure my blood sugar. Those electrodes are interesting. But, the units do help. It's almost like being massaged.
Blessings,
Aunt Hot Wheels.
Cool, sounds like a neat thing to have. Not expensive, I hope.
well, I didn't pay a thing for all the stuff I had.
sounds brutal, but glad it's worth it ^_^ grats to the new addition to your family.
hugs, hope things are going well. Just wanted to see how you, Johan and Matilda are doing.
We are all doing really well. Johan is still on leave, so we are taking it in turns to care for Matilda so we can each get a little time sleping uninterrupted.
Right now it's Johan's turn for sleep.
Matilda's turned out to be a remarkably happy baby, she is hardly clingy to either of us, usually she will want to be in the same room as us, but that is it. she never fusses about me carrying her all the time, which gives me a lot of freedom.
Of cource she gets lots of cuddles, but because we always want to cuddle her.
She is growing really fast. sometimes I give her too little milk. more often than not I have to dig into the next lot of expressed milk.
sadly breastfeeding didn't work out for us because my breasts and nipples were too large.
so I express like mad these days.
still happier than anything though.
Aww, glad to hear you're all doing well, and glad she's a very easy-going baby. And yay for babywearing. *smiles*
Congratulations. I really wish mine was like that. My other two were quite easy going as babies but my two-month-old turned out to be quite clingy and needy and I do most of the holding and comforting as a result because my old school husband and in-laws think I'm spoiling her and don't want as much to do with caring for her as they did with the other two. And there she goes again.. she just woke up and started crying as I'm writing this so now I have to go pick her up again. Anyway enough of my rambling and I wish you all the best. i'm glad you're still giving her breastmilk even though you couldn't nurse.
freakin in-laws ... impossible to spoil a child of this age. Hugs.
between 0 and 6 months, you should treat your child like a prince or princess. only then start laying down boundaries. because only then can they start to understand them.
How much is 3.36 kg in pounds?
hmm, not sure. ask a math wizard or I could look it up and pqn it to you! :)
congrats, loui! Give that baby lots of love and care! I'm happy for you two! :)
I have no idea. I come from the rest of the world, where we don't use pounds because that is an out of date measurement.
Oh yeah. I live in the states so those of us in the states use pounds.
Obviously we do, or you wouldn't have asked for the conversion. *SMH*
from what siri said the other day, it's roughly 7 pounds ... can't remember how many ounces, and by our measurements, Matilda was just a hair short of 20 inches in length at birth. So your average-sized newborn baby girl. *smiles*
I'm thinking I'd only use the metric system if I ever took up woodworking as a hobby — none of this 1 and 3 quarter inches BS.
Parastroika, hope you, Johan and the little one are doing well. Several months old already ... My, how time certainly flies. *smiles* Please keep us posted on her growth and development. I enjoy reading and hearing about infants and children.