Its hard to get online these days so here is a quikie update.
Our little boy, Baby O, was born 10/7/06 at 7:20 pm (EST).
8 lbs 8 oz. 22 inches long 15 inches head circumference.
We went in on Saturday because I thought my water had broken (had not). They could not get a good heart tracing in the usual spots, only up high on the tummy.
Turns out that our little guy was frank breech. Sitting yoga style, like a little zen master, full lotus.
I knew it was time but the cervix wasnt filling the medical criteria.. they were going to send me home to do a c-section later next week.
As I am a hypnobirthing mom.. I concentrated on the cervix and then before we knew it we fit the criteria (dilation). So I was being prepped for a c-section.. all the lovely needles and scary ideas.
I continued to lay there with more and more labor, doing my hypnobirthing, thinking about how I had seen a video of a mom who turned her breech baby by hypnosis..
Docs came to check and, against all odds, the baby had flipped and we avoided a c-section! The docs were blown away.. I was in labor so I didnt care if they were impressed, I wanted pain relief at this point.
NEVER got it!
I had two epidurals and neither worked at all.. so it was a “natural” birth for me and it was hard-fought I tell you. Delivery was fine for the little one, I was thanking dieties it was over, the doc’s ears were burning from my indelicate language that came out of no where! (I never expected to do that, ever, but I survived!)
All apgars were 9s, he is a professional eater, very calm. All that interuterine zazen helped make him my second meditative hypnobirthed baby. So glad its the last labor!
” by David Joachim and Andrew Schloss right now and I have to say I am LOVING this book. Will post review soon!
9 comments for this entry ↓
1 Sam // Oct 10, 2006 at 1:41 pm
now that is a cute baby!
congratulations to all of you.
2 gerald // Oct 10, 2006 at 2:15 pm
Congratulations to you and your family Nika!
3 Jill // Oct 10, 2006 at 4:21 pm
Nika…God has blessed you with a beautiful baby. Congratulations to your family!
4 Kalyn // Oct 10, 2006 at 10:21 pm
Nika, I am so happy for you. The baby is really beautiful.
5 ilva // Oct 10, 2006 at 10:32 pm
Viva Hypnobirth! That was great of you, I just love that! And as I have given birth to all of my three without painrelief, I KNOW the feeling! I think it’s nature’s way of making us wanting it over and done with as fast as possible! He is a beautiful baby! Auguroni!
6 Pam // Oct 11, 2006 at 6:08 am
What a gorgeous little baby boy Nika!!
I have taken notes and will check back for more advice in 6 1/2 months time.
7 Caryn // Oct 12, 2006 at 9:58 pm
Wow! Congratulations! I’d never heard of hypnobirth before, but the idea is intriguing, and I’ll have to look into it more.
8 Kristine // Oct 13, 2006 at 11:22 am
How beautiful! Congratulations!
9 nika // Oct 13, 2006 at 11:51 am
Thanks to all of you amazing people for your kind words. We are settling in well, life is starting to snap back to our previous reality!
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