Comments on: The iceman: A husband’s perspective on delivery

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:28:53 +0000

@existere: Ack! (Sorry.) Congrats on being 35+weeks though! I’ll tell you and not anyone else that a secret: I made it sound worse than it was.

Now click away from the page.

Okay, everyone else, I’m only saying that to make her feel better. There was no hyperbole in this post.

By: existere

existere — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:10:31 +0000

I LOVED this post, right up to the point when she was cut open without being all-the-way numb. I know, I was warned to avoid while pregnant. My bad.

By: Jinxy

Jinxy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:24:56 +0000

This is so wonderful. I hope your happy, I’m crying.

I love reading well written birth stories and its especially wonderful to read it from the Dad’s perspective.

Lily entered the world via the window also.

By: Myg

Myg — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:44:16 +0000

All I can say is thank GOD I didn’t know what I was in for. I would have had all out panic all night. Think my blood pressure was high going in? It would have been off the charts!

By: chestnut

chestnut — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:54:10 +0000

Alex I can see the fear in your face in that video even before you knew what was to come. Myg you just look tired, beautiful and tired.

Thank you both for sharing this story.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:26 +0000

Wow, Lauren, that’s an ordeal. Forget the intense miracle of birth parts, it’s compounding all of that with the dull blades of boredom and bureaucracy that epitomizes the insult to injury catch 22 of modern medicine.

Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting, I’ll be back when I have another good story. I return you now to your regularly scheduled blogger.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:50:42 +0000

So good to get the words down while the memories are still fresh. I admire you both for your willingness to share all this with the world and the elegant way that you do it.

Almost 9 years ago I was on hospital bed rest for “leaking fluid” at 34 weeks. After two weeks of “resting” on maternity floor beds that are not made for long stays, the decision was made to induce. Here are the bare bones memories of that:

Pitocin drip begun early on a Friday morning. Breakfast tray arrives, darling hubby eats it (as I cannot, just in case we have to go C-section at a moment’s notice). No progression. Lunch tray comes, darling hubby eats it (see above). No progression. 3pm ice cream lady stops by, darling hubby gets ice cream sundae. No progression. Dinner tray comes, darling hubby eats it. No progression. Doctors decide to stop the drip for the evening so I can get some sleep. HEY! How about some food over here?! Oh, the kitchen’s closed but I bet your husband can find a deli sandwich in the vending machine by the gift shop.

Repeat for Saturday. Mostly repeat for Sunday except that I signed my permission to up the pitocin to levels beyond “regular” and my water finally breaks, I push for 2 hours (all back labor). The kid never moves – is still that stubborn, hee! Then my temperature spikes to 103 and the doctors decide a C-Section is in order.

Seriously? We couldn’t have done that on Friday and skipped the whole weekend of starving the mom? Yes, I am ultimately focused on the food aspect of the delivery story. (And 3pm ice cream lady was the best part of being stuck in the hospital for 2 weeks!)

Blessings to you all!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:14:38 +0000

wow.

By: Myg

Myg — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:33:47 +0000

AND I have no stretch marks! But, I do have about 30 pounds of extra weight. Luckily, my spare tire hides my C-Section scar. Did I say luckily? Yes. I did.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:37:41 +0000

OMG, Amy! I was feeling all depressed that I had to have a scheduled c-section with my twins (my baby A was breech), but after reading your story I think maybe I’m glad. I was freaked out that they wouldn’t get me completely numb for my c – but I didn’t feel a darn thing except maybe some pressure.

Thank goodness for modern medicine, though, right?