Signs of labor

[alec_18]

mga sis pano ba pag sinabi floating pa si baby?hindi pa sya ready lumabas?

[glamorosa_09]

sis floating means hindi pa nakaengage yung baby sa pelvis. may station na na tinatawag, -4, 0, +4. -4 pag floating. 0, pagnakaengage na, +4 may crown. check mo rin sa internet para makita mo yung picture.

[h_winx]

congrats prettymom! pray lang ng pray mga sisters, ako nga lagi ko pinagdadasal ang big day ko, kahit worried i lift everything to the Lord alam ko naman na he'll never fails to be there when we need him.

[prettymom]

Thanks mga sis:-)
Correct si Sis glamorosa, yun din yung naririnig ko noon, -2, +1,+2
I have 3 kids mga sis, with my 1st I was sedated kaya di ko naramdaman, with my 2 I made sure epidural ako so I would be awake when baby comes out. So ayun I was able to deliver them via NSD, and share ko Lang mga Sis, praying the joyful mystery helps, when I reached the 3rd joyful mystery miracles happen. It happened to me 2x already.. :-)

[glamorosa_09]

^sis nung nagepidural ka, naramdaman mo pa rin yung urge to push?

[tiggerlily]

^ i opted for no-epidural pero ang alam ko kapag may epidural ka, iko-coach ka na lang nila when to push. kasi wala ka na mararamdaman. painless talaga - pero depende pa rin yun sa galing ng anesthesiologist mo.

[glamorosa_09]

ganun ba sis, plan ko rin is non-epidural.

plan also to be mobile during active labor, doing different labor positions I learned para mamanage yung pain. Kaya lang kalaban ko dyan is dehydration, so kakabitan ng IV tska EFM na ilalagay around the belly. Sana kasi may mga telemetry na sa mga hospitals dito. Para hindi lang nakaconfine sa bed.

[tiggerlily]

^ ganyan din ang plan ko. naglamaze room pa kami sa tmc because i thought, pwede akong maglalalakad habang hindi pa pumuputok waterbag ko. pero when i reached 1cm, ayun nilagyan na ako ng IV. tapos yun para sa heartbeat ni baby nakastrap na sa akin.

di ko lang sure ha. pakiconfirm naman if asian hospital offers water birth. narinig ko kasi before that they do e. ito siguro naman hindi ka nila i-strap sa bed kapag ganito.

[yapeegurl]

I also opted for a non-epi procedure.. natatakot ako magpa inject sa spine.. meron ba after effect yun? sabi nila kikirot pa din daw afterwards.

[cuppie_cake]

^no after effect for me naman ang epi..I dont know lang with others here but I notice may after effect din kay baby, as in for 12 hours puro sleep lang siya, I tried to breastfeed that time and got worried kasi di pa din ako tinatawag ng mga nurse to indicate that his hungry or what kaya ako na mismo pumunta sa nursery, and yun nga di din naglatch si baby, I dont know kung effect din yun sa kanya. Long term effect sa akin, mas naging forgetful ako this time.

[prettymom]

Mga Sis with epidural, there is no more urge to push. But you could still feel the pain because I'm also fighting the urge to ask for more anesthesia as this could disrupt/ interfere with the progress of labor. They coach me to push. I don't think I could go through with it without epidural.
As for latching, nag latch agad si baby after malinisan sya pagkalabas Nya while I was in the Lamaze room, and ibinalik pa while I was in the recovery room, nakapag breast feed pa ulit ako ng 45 minutes.

[port80*]

I've had an epidural before (I think it was even a spinal anes, which is worse), but not for giving birth.  It was for an operation.  No swelling or pain after, the only after-effect I noticed was that I became forgetful   But then again, I was under a lot of stress those days, recovering from 2 operations involving 3 hospital stays and a broken heart, so I don't know if the forgetfulness was because of the epi or just the overall stress and deterioration of my health during those months.

[glamorosa_09]

@sis tigerlily

sis diniscuss mo ba yung birthplan mo with your OB? Kung nadiscuss mo, bakit hindi ginawa yung gusto mo? Next week ko ibibigay sa OB ko yung birth plan ko... kung pwede nga lang dito na ko sa bahay manganak, kaya lang first baby. Naku wag lang nila kong paiirehen ng back lying position.


Naku di na ko pwede sa epidural, makakalimutin na ko ngayon pa lang...

[tiggerlily]

^ yeah, we discussed it. kaso sabi nung staff sa lamaze room need ko na daw yun. much like the epidural na walang katapusang isinasuggest sa akin nung nandun ako. hindi naman kasi staff nun OB ko yun e. sa cardinal santos sya talaga. pero since hindi nya masure sa akin na makakasama ko ang husband ko sa delivery room, i opted for tmc's lamaze room.

side effect talaga ng epidural or any other drug na maging drowsy both the mother and baby. sometimes this can hinder the unang yakap. kaya nga yung iba are opting for a non-medicated birth. and i guess you can only be successful on doing that if you do a homebirth. i have friends na na-cs and ang side effect talaga ng epidural is sumasakit ang likod lalo na pag malamig - but maybe it depends on your anesthesiologist. another side effect is pagiging malilimutin daw. e i have terrible momnesia na nga e. baka malimutan ko na name ko kapag nagpa-epidural pa ko.

[glamorosa_09]

I heard nga sa la leche league, na minsan nakadepende nga kung malakas ang OB mo dun sa hospital. Kaya lang pano naman malalaman kung dun talaga sya. 4 hospitals kasi affiliated ang OB ko. Sa Cardinal Santos kasi ako...

[tiggerlily]

^ i heard cardinal santos really follows the DOH campaign e. pero not 100% sure ha.

ayun nga ang mahirap sa hospital birth kasi you have no control - kahit may birth plan ka pa. ang maganda lang kasi sa birthplan e malinaw kung ano ang gusto mo and they have something to answer to - kung pinirmahan nila yun. pero hindi pa rin set in stone yun. yun ang advantage naman ng homebirth - ikaw ang magkocontrol. but then still be ready to go if an emergency happens.

[yapeegurl]

i hear the same things about Epi. Either magiging makakalimutin ka or sasakit likod mo pag malamig. Has anyone tried to ask their OB kung bakit may ganitong side effect? Curious lang ako kung anong content ng epi ang nagka-cause ng memory loss or dahil ba sa pagka inject sa spine..

[Grayce]

^i asked about that in one of the seminars me & hubby attended nung january, medyo tinawanan lang ako ng gynae kasi now lang daw nya narinig yung ganun na side effect ng epidural. talk about being rude & tactless ng speaker/ob

[HeartHeart]

sabi naman nung anesthesiologist sa asian hospital, normal lang daw na lalamigin ka because of epidural... humingi na lang daw ng kumot.  pero tinanggi nya na magiging makakalimutin daw, but i don't believe him kasi yung kakilala ko nagiging makalimutin after epidural that's why on her 2nd baby hindi na sya nagpa-epidural.

meron ba sainyo nagwater birth?  mas okay daw yun, parang epidural effect (less pain) pero all natural.   

[janzphynx]

my edd is on april, pero last march 4 @10 am sumakit bigla puson ko, kala ko bigat lang si baby, wala akong water discharge or anumang discharge, wala din spotting, @ 1230nn medyo nakakaramdam ako na para akong madudumi, 2nd baby ko na ito, kaya medyo natakot ako kasi naalala ko nung naglalabor ako sa first ko ganun pakiramdam, para kang madudumi, pero sabi ko, baka naman kasi busog kasi kakakain ko lang nun, @ 330pm di ko na matiis nagpunta na ako ER, pag IE sa akin 8cm na ako! Diretso ako agad sa Labor room, @458pm lumabas na si baby. i'm on my 34th weeks that time, as of now dito na ako sa bahay, but my baby still in the hospital, according to the findings okay naman daw sya, physical feature is 37th weeks and he weighs 5.6lbs, problem is hindi pa fully developed lungs nya since 8months nga lang sya, kaya need pa nya ng oxygen support and some antibiotic. last monday pina 2d-echo sya kasi di nagbabago ang breathing nya, they found out na may butas ang puso nya sabi makukuha pa daw sa gamot, we are praying and hoping na kayanin nga. I'm praying for his fast recovery, sana po tulungan nyo din ako pray for my baby. Pasensya na kung medyo OT po, hingi lang po talaga ako tulong na prayer for my baby.

tia!