Sentences with phrase «with labor contractions»

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After weeks of many, many, many contractions each day, and many moments of thinking we were in full - on labor (oh... the birthing tub that was filled up and then drained so many times by my sweet husband)... the actual day of labor amounted to a total of 43 minutes from the time I woke up with a start until I was snuggled back in bed with a baby.

I would've put on a pair of sunglasses and demanded for my assistant to hold my calls had I not been busy with the whole contractions and labor thing.

I wasn't sure if this was enough to call in the team or not so I labored with my husband all night Friday night having contractions every 3 - 4 minutes for 60 - 80 seconds.

Follow along with what happens to your body during labor, as you progress from contractions to pushing and welcoming your baby to the world.

With my second, I remember the contractions being pretty intense for about 2 hours, went to the hospital, was dilated to nearly 7 cm and once again received the epidural and labored for almost 6 hours before baby came.

Heck, one of the reasons I'm glad I got my section the day that I did is that I was effaced and had been having more intense contractions, and there's a distinct possibility that I would have gone into natural labor that night, in the middle of a blizzard, with a breech baby.

As the contractions continued to come very close together and seemed to become more painful with each one, and the back labor became nearly impossible to endure, we tried everything we could for natural pain management.

I arrived to the hospital around midnight with a few sporadic contractions, but not full - blown labor.

If experiencing severe contractions or the intense pain that occurs with back labor, the warmth of the water can help soothe a laboring mother's sore muscles.

We kept explaining that the advice nurse had sent us there and didn't think Labor and Delivery would take us with sporadic contractions.

I was familiar with the procedures, I knew they were going to give me medication that would intensify my labor, causing contractions to come more frequently and be much longer and harder than they naturally would.

The week before I really went into labor, I would go for five hours with contractions 10 minutes apart.

Everybody arrived in between 5.30 pm and 6 pm, right when I entered in real labor with stronger and closer contractions.

There was no early labor really - it went straight into intense contractions with very little in - between relaxing time.

I labored for 18 arduous hours at home with our midwife with contractions that overlapped one another so that together they would last 15 or 20 minutes.

All of these things help the laboring woman to deal with her contractions and to make herself more comfortable during labor.

She was surprised they weren't going away and she felt that with taking that much of this particular supplement, if the contractions were still there, it was probably in fact real labor.

My sister - in - law just had a baby and she had four hours of labor, pushed for one hour (with seven minutes between contractions so she could rest) while talking to her doctor and holding her husbands hand, and her beautiful baby boy slid out like a tiny miracle.

Some women define enjoying labor as working actively with contractions, but if that's not you, and epidural can help you remove the pain and let your body work while you do something else.

3rd he labored with me for 3 days, staying up at night to help me through the tough contractions.

A birth plan will outline what you hope to happen during your birthing experience like who you want in the room with you, what kind of props you desire to help you through the contractions (such as music to listen to or pictures to look at), what kind of pain medications you may want to take to ease your labor pain, and the overall mood you hope to achieve in your birthing room.

The lovely woman who taught our childbirth classes at the hospital taught me that sitting on the ball during labor could help with the pain of contractions (something about distributing pressure evenly across my back).

I think she very quickly realized I was experiencing back labor (which is a nice way of saying the baby is trying to push its way through your lower spine) and helped me through several contractions with a heating pad on my back.

While on the phone with co-workers, I started having mild contractions which I thought might be Braxton - Hicks, but I thought it might be the start of back labor.

Whether moms know ahead of time that their baby has passed, or if the pain comes on suddenly, feeling the pangs of contractions and labor can help moms deal with their baby's passing.

A specific camp of moms insist that there's no pain involved with labor and delivery, and that contractions are simply felt as «pressure» or «waves.»

With Pitocin, or even naturally progressing labor, comes more intense contractions and likely pain.

Unfortunately, though Deb's labor started on her due date, it would be a slow couple of days dealing with on and off contractions that seemed to go along with the baby's odd positioning.

Lynn was enormously helpful in talking through the contractions and helping me with coping mechanisms through the labor.

Typically, labor doulas meet with the expecting parents at least twice before contractions start to answer questions and discuss the birth plan.

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Your labor will be shorter (usually) and it's way easier to deal with contractions when your cervix is dilating quickly and the finish line is in sight.

Nipple stimulation does trigger your body's production of the hormone oxytocin, which helps with milk letdown and also plays a role in the contractions you have during labor.

Corresponding to the lightning - fast growth of your baby will likely be an increase in your experience with Braxton - Hicks contractions, as your body begins to prepare itself for labor.

The baby must emerge one way or another, a realization that often comes with fear and excitement when those first contractions are felt during labor.

As long as the rest of the labor is progressing with gradual increasing contractions and she is feeling fine, all is going according to plan.

Lynn provided us with suggestions for positions to use during the contractions including using her tens unit at one point and then recommending that I labor in the shower (which I did for several hours), she kept the environment in the room calming by using her essential oils and salt lamp, she was very hands - on in helping to relieve my pain when it got very intense, and she supported both my husband and I throughout the labor.

«They're usually used to help labor progress and to aid with painful contractions,» Garrett - Brown says.

Labor ended up starting out intense and fast moving, so she met us at the hospital and provided my husband and I both with techniques and strategies to make it through the quickly coming contractions.

Many women experience these for hours, or even days, before actual labor begins, with contractions coming at irregular intervals.

Many women are so distracted by the contractions and other pains that happen with labor.

With my first pregnancy, I didn't feel a single contraction until I was in labor.

During the most dfficult points of labor, she helped me to get on top of my contractions, to feel like i could do the impossible, to know that she was right there with me supporting and guiding me through.

But when labor begins, a pronounced back pain could also pulse with the contractions.

«While my labor was calm and peaceful, with me being completely in - tune with my body and in - control of what was happening to me, the delivery was chaotic and stressful, with me being so distracted that I couldn't even tell when contractions were happening.

You don't want to get your care from some unprofessional idiots who leave you to labor on your own with 1 cm dilation * that stretches to 4 cm with a buldging bag * with contractions (the mom edited this fact out of her current story, but forgot to delete it from her originally published story).

«The breath is so very important to be able to help ease through surges [or contractions],» explains Crystal Minnick, a labor doula at Loving Lotus Birth, in an interview with Romper.

we were blessed with two rainbow babies and at 19 weeks our world was rocked again when i was sent to labor + delivery with contractions we couldn't stop.

As I laid down to sleep that night, I envisioned laboring with you, the contractions coming strong, feeling you drop lower, and finally you being born into the water into your father's hands.

My favorite picture from labor was one that Sarah took of me resting between contractions in a full squat with Daddy holding me.