what can I expect during childbirth

Hey girl,
My water broke at half past seven, and by nine I was at the hospital. My little one hadn't fully dropped yet, so we had to wait until that happened. I reached full dilation at two, started pushing at three, and my little baby was born at five. I had labor induction and an epidural.
Thankfully everything went well. They just kept a close eye on him because he had pooped in the amniotic fluid.

It feels so good to have him out. I got to hold him right away, and then my husband too.

During the birth of my daughter, I was already five days overdue, so they had to induce labor at the hospital. First, I got medication to kickstart the contractions, and then they broke my water with a kind of long needle. After about five hours, my daughter was born. What I felt most at that moment was relief that she was a perfect little miracle. I didn’t have any complications, but I did have an epidural during the birth.

Hi Jolene,

I was 40 weeks and 5 days when I had my membranes stripped. I got some cramps right away, but nothing too unpleasant. At midnight, the midwife came by because I was having hardening contractions every 3 minutes. She told me I was already 4 cm dilated and, since I wanted to give birth in the hospital, I could start heading there. At 2:30 AM, my waters broke. Then I got a surge of contractions. Almost every minute, one after another without a break. I could only cope with the contractions while standing, but I felt like I was going to faint, so I went to lie down with remifentanil. Luckily, the contractions then progressed well. Before that, I had been stuck at 6 cm. Because the IV was set too high, I got too much fluid too quickly, so they drained my bladder with a catheter. At 9 AM, I was allowed to push. Because at one point my son's heartbeat couldn't be monitored anymore, an episiotomy was performed, and at 9:20 AM, he was born. Then I had stitches. That took almost 2 hours because the midwife kept having to leave for an emergency.

If you have any more questions, feel free to send them.

Kind regards