Our beautiful little girl arrived on September 5, eleven days early. I'd been to the doctor's that day and then was sent to the hospital, thinking my water may have broken. Both told me no, and that there didn't seem to be any signs of labour. Phew! Brian and I went out for dinner that night, partly me celebrating that our little one wasn't arriving early (I would have been happy to go overdue!) and what do you know it, we order our food and GUSH! My water breaks at the table!
Lillian Claire arrived at 1:05 pm the next afternoon. Here is a very condensed version of her arrival- when I have more time I will write a more detailed story for our baby girl!
Wednesday, September 2: had dr's appointment and dr thinks we have another 2 weeks to go. Am due on the 16th, so leave thinking our little one will be born near his/her due date.
Thursday, September 3: Have an awful headache all day Thursday and basically spend the day in bed. In hindsight, I guess I was saving up my energy!
Friday, September 4: go out for a long walk in the morning, as I am planning to do a bunch of baking. Think my water may be trickling, so call Brian, who says to call the dr to be on the safe side.
Call the dr, am told to pop in to the office to be checked. Am checked, get told water's not broken, but am sent to the hospital to have a better test.
Get to the hospital around 3 pm, am told water's not broken but to come back if anything changes.
Head home, relieved our little one is not arriving that day (I wanted a few more weeks to get some good sleep!). Head out to White Spot for dinner with Brian and am talking about how relieved I am that we still have a few more weeks. Order our food, are waiting for it to arrive, when GUSH! my water breaks right there. Freak out a little, waddle to the washroom, come out and tell Brian we need to leave. Wait outside while he explains to the waitress what has happened! We get our food to go :) and walk the 5ish minute walk home as we don't have a car.
Head to the hospital, get there about 8:30 pm... Am told yes, my water has in fast broken (duh!), and to head home and come back either when things are progressing, or if nothing happens, around noon the next day to talk about induction options.
Get home, have some dinner, and go to bed around 10 pm. Have started to feel very light contractions- not painful yet.
Last photo of just the two of us! Early labour:
Sleep until 11:30 pm, try to stay in bed as long as I can.
Saturday, September 5: get up around 2:30 am, cannot bear to lay in bed. All the pain is in my back- feel almost nothing in the front.
Come online, start timing contractions around 3:30 am. Coming every 4 or 5 mins, varying from 30- 45 seconds. Contractions are bearable, but all in the back. I stand through each which helps.
Brian gets up, we try to watch a movie, doesn't work as I now need him massaging my back through each contraction.
6 am, things are getting intense. I lay on my side in bed, back pain is excrutiating. Vomit several times. Brian gets the Gentle Giraffe soothing sounds stuffed animal we bought for our little one (haha) and we turn it to the waterfall sounds. I clutch it through each contraction.
Brian starts to time contractions. Coming every couple of minutes, lasting at least a minute long. Decides it is time to head to the hospital. Brian calls his mum to pick us up as I need him in the backseat rubbing my back.
Leave house around 7:30 am. Car ride is awful. Pull up at the hospital, have to stop outside and have Brian rub my back. Get to L&D, cannot believe they want me to stand to sign paperwork! Doula is there waiting for us. Have another contraction before being brought into our room. Nurses are looking at me funny and everyone is asking what that water sound is am I am still clutching my Gentle Giraffe. Funny to look back on that now!
Bit of a blur after that. Nurse wants to check me, has to wait while I have another contraction. At this point I just say "BACK!!" and Brian, and now our fantastic doula, put as much pressure as they physically can on my back.
Get checked, am 5 cm. Looks like we arrived at the hospital at a great time!
Try different positions, nothing helps the back. Try the shower at some point, doesn't work as Brian cannot fit in it with me. Start to say I cannot do this and what can they do to fix my back. Is 11:30 am and overhear that I am in transition. Am offered gas and am about to take it, when luckily Brian takes charge and says I am doing great and to wait until the next contraction. (I wanted to labour naturally.) By the next contraction I have forgotten about the gas.
Am told I am fully dilated. I think it's about 11:45 am. This urge overcomes me and I instinctively start to push.
Have lots of rest between contractions, but the back pain has never let up.
After about 1 1/2 hours of pushing (I think) I am told to reach down and pull my baby up!
Hold our baby to my chest, start sobbing, and cannot believe this baby has come out of me and that the pain is gone!! Brian checks and announces we have a girl! I tell everyone that her name is Lillian.
Lily is not taken from my chest- they do all the checks on her right there. She is perfect and we are so in love.
I was wondering how accurate the test to see if your water is actually leaking is. I find it amazing that your doctor and hospital said no but then your water broke anyways. I guess it could be coincidental
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