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My baby was in the NICU until we got to bring her home at 11 days old. I EP the whole time. She is 3 weeks + 1 day old, and about a week ago I had a breakdown and just decided to stop pumping. I went back and forth with it, and worried I made the wrong decision. We’re finally into a semi-regular routine with baby, and I’m figuring out her likes/dislikes. Tonight I really feel like I could continue pumping and it be ok, but I’m not sure if that’s because I’ve not really been pumping (I’ve pumped only to relieve engorgement) or because things are settling down a little. I’m worried I’ve hurt my supply, and that it would be too much on her stomach to go back to breastmilk. I wanted to EBF so badly, and it just hasn’t worked out. I’m worried I didn’t give it enough time. She would latch, but wouldn’t suck. I’m just not sure of what to do.

I’m thinking of giving up pumping, and am so sad. I had a very traumatic birth that resulted in my baby being in the NICU for the first 11 days of her life. During that time I exclusively pumped and they gave her my milk through a feeding tube. My entire pregnancy I told myself that I really wanted to exclusively breastfeed, and even though we’ve tried multiple times with a lactation consultant and practiced at home, we just can’t seem to get it. She’s 2 weeks and 3 days old, and I’ve been exclusively pumping this entire time. It’s really starting to take a toll on me. My husband has been so helpful in feeding and changing her when I need to pump, I just feel like I’m missing out on time because I have to pump every 2-3 hours. I’m scared for when he goes back to work because my baby wants to be held all the time, and I don’t even know when I’ll have the time to pump. I want to quit, but I’m scared I’ll regret it. I don’t know if I need to power through and just give it more time, or if I need to quit sooner rather than later. We bought formula the other day and have been combo feeding to take some of the pressure off of me, and it honestly felt really nice. She’s tolerating the formula very well. I just feel so guilty and selfish. What has your experience been?

My two week old daughter will not nap during the day. We wake her up every 3 hours to feed her per her pediatrician’s guidelines even though she’s surpassed her birth weight. We’ve tried swaddling her, rocking her, white noise, making sure her diaper is changed, everything. She will cry and scream for 3 hours until it’s time for her next feed. My husband goes back to work the week after next and I’m terrified. If you’ve dealt with this, what worked for you?

My husband and I just brought our now 2 week old home from the NICU 3 days ago. I unfortunately had a very traumatic birth that resulted in her staying in the NICU from birth until she was 11 days old. I didn’t get to hold her until she was 4 days old. I wanted her to still get the benefits of breastmilk, so I started pumping the day after she was born (I was on so many pain meds and spent the day she was born in the emergency surgery recovery room. Had no clue what had even happened to her or me.) I’ve done pretty well pumping around the clock, every 2-3 hours, but I feel like I’m barely putting out what she’s eating. Her pediatrician said anywhere from 60-70ml every 2-3 hours is normal, and I pump anywhere from 40-60ml per session, most of the time it’s 60ml. I’d read a little bit on combo feeding with formula to try and build up a supply, and we tried feeding her a bottle with half formula half breastmilk yesterday afternoon, but she spit up a lot. I’m not sure if it’s because I didn’t have her upright long enough after the feeding, or if it upset her stomach. Are you supposed to slowly transition them, or is it fine to give a formula bottle all at once? I have no clue of what I’m doing, I feel very overwhelmed and any advice is very much appreciated. 😞

My daughter is a week old today, and has been in the NICU due to mild HIE from a traumatic birth.

Her MRI only showed a subgaleal hematoma, and a few artifacts in her brain which the radiologist thinks were just from the blood pooling. There were very little spots, if any, of hypoxia. Doctors said her body would re absorb the blood that’s pooled, that it may cause seizures (which sadly it did, she is on phenobarbital) but that she should grow out of the seizures by 6 months as her body re absorbs the blood.

She has made tremendous progress over the last few days. She’s tolerating my breast milk through a feeding tube, has regular sleep/wake cycles and is peeing/pooping regularly. They said the only thing she needs before discharge is her suck/gag/swallow reflexes so that we can bottle/breastfeed her. We have tried offering a pacifier with and without breast milk during feedings, and we’ve tried using a gloved finger to trigger her sucking reflex but she’s not interested at all. Has anyone experienced this and can offer any advice? How long did it take for your baby to regain these skills?

Thursday (6/11) at 10:30pm my husband and I went in for a scheduled induction for our baby girl due to concerns about low amniotic fluid and her size. The process was:

12AM: started cytotec

4AM: checked cervix, super soft.

8AM: checked cervix again and I was 1cm dilated

9AM: epidural placed, but did not work on right side of my body unless I was laying on my right side. I received a few bolus’ when the pain got bad.

9:55AM: Cook’s catheter placed and started pitocin

5PM: water broke! Cook’s catheter taken out
(The time in between baby girl had a few HR decelerations that resolved with position changes)

10PM: cervix dilated to 10cm, but I had an anterior lip that wouldn’t resolve due to baby’s position in the womb. The doctor opted to reach into my uterus to manually turn the baby. I let her know that I was fine with this, but that I really needed to lay on my right side for a bit to let the epidural work on that side. She gave me 5 minutes, which wasn’t enough time, and said that it was important that they get the process started. I felt everything on my right side
as she turned the baby. It was excruciating and I screamed the entire time. It eventually worked, and the lip resolved a few hours later.

3AM: They checked my cervix, confirmed the lip was resolved, and said it was time to push. I pushed for 3 hours straight with very little progress. Baby was moving down, but would “spring” back up. At this point they gave me two options: 1. Using the vacuum to try and get baby to come down, but came with a risk for her shoulder to get stuck. 2. A C-section with a risk of heavy bleeding due to laboring for hours already. We opted for the c-section, as we felt that may be the safest option.

7AM: This is where everything went downhill. Fast. When we opted for the c-section, they rushed to get me prepped and ready, I’m talking like 20 minutes and I was in the OR. I get to the OR, and the anesthesiologist is asking me if I can feel “sharpness”. My legs, and the left side of my pelvis were completely numb. My entire stomach was not. I let him know this, and he said “That’s ok, I’ll just push through extra medicine.” He asked again, and I let him know that I couldn’t necessarily feel super sharp pain, but that it still didn’t feel numb enough. He explained that it’s supposed to feel dull, pulled a part of the drape over my face, and the doctor immediately started cutting me open. I felt everything. I felt the knife slice into me, and I felt them trying to pull my daughter out of me. I immediately started screaming, begging them to stop, that I could feel it. A gas mask was put over my face, I was put under, and a ventilator was placed. They had already started before they let my poor husband into the OR. He told me that he walked into the room, sat down on the stool next to me and the next thing he knew I was screaming. He was quickly escorted out of the room and told to wait in our labor and delivery room. That they would bring the baby to him. They never did, and a nurse went up to explain to him what had happened after they made sure I was stable in recovery, and brought him to me.

I woke up in the recovery room, and immediately asked where my baby was. They told me that she was in the NICU, and in critical condition. They explained that at some point I had had a severe uterine rupture that caused my daughter’s head, arm and shoulder to get stuck in it. They were able to pull her out without damaging my uterus further, but I’m lucky I got to keep my uterus. I also lost a lot of blood, but did not need a blood transfusion. They said they repaired the rupture, and that I had stitches in my cervix and vagina. Because my baby got stuck, she was in distress when they pulled her out. Her heart rate was 60, and she eventually coded. She had also somehow lost most of her blood. They spent 15 minutes resuscitating her, and gave her a blood transfusion. They told us she was diagnosed with HIE. She is currently stable in the NICU. She underwent 72 hours of cooling therapy followed by warming. After warming, she did have several seizures which have now been contained with phenobarbital. Her MRI showed a subgaleal hematoma, which her doctor said her body would absorb the blood over time. She is starting to be more alert, is tolerating my breast milk through a feeding tube, but still doesn’t have her gag/suck reflexes. The doctor said that Monday they will check her blood levels for the phenobarbital, and we will continue to monitor her suck/gag reflexes as well as the blood pooling from the subgaleal hematoma.

This has all been extremely traumatic for my husband, myself and our families. Our parents were waiting in the waiting room when all of this happened, and my husband explained to them what he saw as he was very panicked. I’m struggling with the fact that my daughter and I both could have died this morning. I can’t sleep. Does anyone have experience with HIE?

I am not good with the exact medical terminology, so please forgive me, but Ayla was warmed yesterday and had both an EEG and MRI.

The EEG did show signs of seizure activity, although she had not had any during the cooling or warming process. They think this may be due to having her on versed to keep her comfortable, and when they took her off of the versed to perform the testing, they started back up.

Her MRI showed pooled blood at the back and front of her head. She started having seizures, mainly two “scenarios”. One she would look off to her right side and smack her lips. The doctor mentioned that she had nystagmus. The other, her entire left side would jerk. Her mouth, arm, leg and foot. These seizures progressively got worse and seemingly more frequent after she was warmed. They gave her Ativan while they were waiting to receive the phenobarbital. They plan on keeping her on phenobarbital to manage the seizures.

They mentioned that they did try to bottle feed her yesterday evening, and she was not at all interested. They said this could be due to the fact that she’s still very lethargic. They want to wait for the swelling in her brain to go down, and for the seizures to stop so that she will be more alert for feeds. Right now they have her on a feeding tube and are introducing my milk that way.

Other than a clean EEG and MRI, that was the best news we could have gotten given the situation. It was extremely painful watching my daughter have seizures, and I hope that with time she can heal. The doctor mentioned that the outcome still looks favorable given that the swelling goes down and she becomes more alert as she seems very “sleepy” right now. He mentioned that this is likely something she will grow out of. Does anyone have any experience like ours? This is such a scary time.

Thursday at 10:30pm my husband and I went in for a scheduled induction for our baby girl due to concerns about low amniotic fluid and her size. The process was:

12AM: started cytotec

4AM: checked cervix, super soft.

8AM: checked cervix again and I was 1cm dilated

9AM: epidural placed, but did not work on right side of my body unless I was laying on my right side. I received a few bolus’ when the pain got bad.

9:55AM: Cook’s catheter placed and started pitocin

5PM: water broke! Cook’s catheter taken out
(The time in between baby girl had a few HR decelerations that resolved with position changes)

10PM: cervix dilated to 10cm, but I had an anterior lip that wouldn’t resolve due to baby’s position in the womb. The doctor opted to reach into my uterus to manually turn the baby. I let her know that I was fine with this, but that I really needed to lay on my right side for a bit to let the epidural work on that side. She gave me 5 minutes, which wasn’t enough time, and said that it was important that they get the process started. I felt everything on my right side
as she turned the baby. It was excruciating and I screamed the entire time. It eventually worked, and the lip resolved a few hours later.

3AM: They checked my cervix, confirmed the lip was resolved, and said it was time to push. I pushed for 3 hours straight with very little progress. Baby was moving down, but would “spring” back up. At this point they gave me two options: 1. Using the vacuum to try and get baby to come down, but came with a risk for her shoulder to get stuck. 2. A C-section with a risk of heavy bleeding due to laboring for hours already. We opted for the c-section, as we felt that may be the safest option.

7AM: This is where everything went downhill. Fast. When we opted for the c-section, they rushed to get me prepped and ready, I’m talking like 20 minutes and I was in the OR. I get to the OR, and the anesthesiologist is asking me if I can feel “sharpness”. My legs, and the left side of my pelvis were completely numb. My entire stomach was not. I let him know this, and he said “That’s ok, I’ll just push through extra medicine.” He asked again, and I let him know that I couldn’t necessarily feel super sharp pain, but that it still didn’t feel numb enough. He explained that it’s supposed to feel dull, pulled a part of the drape over my face, and the doctor immediately started cutting me open. I felt everything. I felt the knife slice into me, and I felt them trying to pull my daughter out of me. I immediately started screaming, begging them to stop, that I could feel it. A gas mask was put over my face, I was put under, and a ventilator was placed. They had already started before they let my poor husband into the OR. He told me that he walked into the room, sat down on the stool next to me and the next thing he knew I was screaming. He was quickly escorted out of the room and told to wait in our labor and delivery room. That they would bring the baby to him. They never did, and a nurse went up to explain to him what had happened after they made sure I was stable in recovery, and brought him to me.

I woke up in the recovery room, and immediately asked where my baby was. They told me that she was in the NICU, and in critical condition. They explained that at some point I had had a severe uterine rupture that caused my daughter’s head, arm and shoulder to get stuck in it. They were able to pull her out without damaging my uterus further, but I’m lucky I got to keep my uterus. I also lost a lot of blood, but did not need a blood transfusion. They said they repaired the rupture, and that I had stitches in my cervix and vagina. Because my baby got stuck, she was in distress when they pulled her out. Her heart rate was 60, and she eventually coded. She had also somehow lost most of her blood. They spent 15 minutes resuscitating her, and gave her a blood transfusion. They told us she was diagnosed with HIE. She is currently stable in the NICU, they were able to take her breathing tube out and she can breathe on her own. She’s peeing, took a pacifier, and seems to be doing better. The doctor said she wasn’t concerned about her passing away.

This has all been extremely traumatic for my husband, myself and our families. Our parents were waiting in the waiting room when all of this happened, and my husband explained to them what he saw as he was very panicked. I’m struggling with the fact that my daughter and I both could have died this morning. I can’t sleep. Does anyone have experience with HIE?

Thursday at 10:30pm my husband and I went in for a scheduled induction for our baby girl due to concerns about low amniotic fluid and her size. The process was:

12AM: started cytotec

4AM: checked cervix, super soft.

8AM: checked cervix again and I was 1cm dilated

9AM: epidural placed, but did not work on right side of my body unless I was laying on my right side. I received a few bolus’ when the pain got bad.

9:55AM: Cook’s catheter placed and started pitocin

5PM: water broke! Cook’s catheter taken out
(The time in between baby girl had a few HR decelerations that resolved with position changes)

10PM: cervix dilated to 10cm, but I had an anterior lip that wouldn’t resolve due to baby’s position in the womb. The doctor opted to reach into my uterus to manually turn the baby. I let her know that I was fine with this, but that I really needed to lay on my right side for a bit to let the epidural work on that side. She gave me 5 minutes, which wasn’t enough time, and said that it was important that they get the process started. I felt everything on my right side
as she turned the baby. It was excruciating and I screamed the entire time. It eventually worked, and the lip resolved a few hours later.

3AM: They checked my cervix, confirmed the lip was resolved, and said it was time to push. I pushed for 3 hours straight with very little progress. Baby was moving down, but would “spring” back up. At this point they gave me two options: 1. Using the vacuum to try and get baby to come down, but came with a risk for her shoulder to get stuck. 2. A C-section with a risk of heavy bleeding due to laboring for hours already. We opted for the c-section, as we felt that may be the safest option.

7AM: This is where everything went downhill. Fast. When we opted for the c-section, they rushed to get me prepped and ready, I’m talking like 20 minutes and I was in the OR. I get to the OR, and the anesthesiologist is asking me if I can feel “sharpness”. My legs, and the left side of my pelvis were completely numb. My entire stomach was not. I let him know this, and he said “That’s ok, I’ll just push through extra medicine.” He asked again, and I let him know that I couldn’t necessarily feel super sharp pain, but that it still didn’t feel numb enough. He explained that it’s supposed to feel dull, pulled a part of the drape over my face, and the doctor immediately started cutting me open. I felt everything. I felt the knife slice into me, and I felt them trying to pull my daughter out of me. I immediately started screaming, begging them to stop, that I could feel it. A gas mask was put over my face, I was put under, and a ventilator was placed. They had already started before they let my poor husband into the OR. He told me that he walked into the room, sat down on the stool next to me and the next thing he knew I was screaming. He was quickly escorted out of the room and told to wait in our labor and delivery room. That they would bring the baby to him. They never did, and a nurse went up to explain to him what had happened after they made sure I was stable in recovery, and brought him to me.

I woke up in the recovery room, and immediately asked where my baby was. They told me that she was in the NICU, and in critical condition. They explained that at some point I had had a severe uterine rupture that caused my daughter’s head, arm and shoulder to get stuck in it. They were able to pull her out without damaging my uterus further, but I’m lucky I got to keep my uterus. I also lost a lot of blood, but did not need a blood transfusion. They said they repaired the rupture, and that I had stitches in my cervix and vagina. Because my baby got stuck, she was in distress when they pulled her out. Her heart rate was 60, and she eventually coded. She had also somehow lost most of her blood, and the cord was wrapped tightly around her neck twice. They spent 15 minutes resuscitating her, and gave her a blood transfusion. She is currently stable in the NICU, they were able to take her breathing tube out and she can breathe on her own. She’s peeing, took a pacifier, and seems to be doing better. The doctor said she wasn’t concerned about her passing away.

This has all been extremely traumatic for my husband, myself and our families. Our parents were waiting in the waiting room when all of this happened, and my husband explained to them what he saw as he was very panicked. I’m struggling with the fact that my daughter and I both could have died this morning. I can’t sleep.

Thursday at 10:30pm my husband and I went in for a scheduled induction for our baby girl due to concerns about low amniotic fluid and her size. The process was:

12AM: started cytotec

4AM: checked cervix, super soft.

8AM: checked cervix again and I was 1cm dilated

9AM: epidural placed, but did not work on right side of my body unless I was laying on my right side. I received a few bolus’ when the pain got bad.

9:55AM: Cook’s catheter placed and started pitocin

5PM: water broke! Cook’s catheter taken out
(The time in between baby girl had a few HR decelerations that resolved with position changes)

10PM: cervix dilated to 10cm, but I had an anterior lip that wouldn’t resolve due to baby’s position in the womb. The doctor opted to reach into my uterus to manually turn the baby. I let her know that I was fine with this, but that I really needed to lay on my right side for a bit to let the epidural work on that side. She gave me 5 minutes, which wasn’t enough time, and said that it was important that they get the process started. I felt everything on my right side
as she turned the baby. It was excruciating and I screamed the entire time. It eventually worked, and the lip resolved a few hours later.

3AM: They checked my cervix, confirmed the lip was resolved, and said it was time to push. I pushed for 3 hours straight with very little progress. Baby was moving down, but would “spring” back up. At this point they gave me two options: 1. Using the vacuum to try and get baby to come down, but came with a risk for her shoulder to get stuck. 2. A C-section with a risk of heavy bleeding due to laboring for hours already. We opted for the c-section, as we felt that may be the safest option.

7AM: This is where everything went downhill. Fast. When we opted for the c-section, they rushed to get me prepped and ready, I’m talking like 20 minutes and I was in the OR. I get to the OR, and the anesthesiologist is asking me if I can feel “sharpness”. My legs, and the left side of my pelvis were completely numb. My entire stomach was not. I let him know this, and he said “That’s ok, I’ll just push through extra medicine.” He asked again, and I let him know that I couldn’t necessarily feel super sharp pain, but that it still didn’t feel numb enough. He explained that it’s supposed to feel dull, pulled a part of the drape over my face, and the doctor immediately started cutting me open. I felt everything. I felt the knife slice into me, and I felt them trying to pull my daughter out of me. I immediately started screaming, begging them to stop, that I could feel it. A gas mask was put over my face, I was put under, and a ventilator was placed. They had already started before they let my poor husband into the OR. He told me that he walked into the room, sat down on the stool next to me and the next thing he knew I was screaming. He was quickly escorted out of the room and told to wait in our labor and delivery room. That they would bring the baby to him. They never did, and a nurse went up to explain to him what had happened after they made sure I was stable in recovery, and brought him to me.

I woke up in the recovery room, and immediately asked where my baby was. They told me that she was in the NICU, and in critical condition. They explained that at some point I had had a severe uterine rupture that caused my daughter’s head, arm and shoulder to get stuck in it. They were able to pull her out without damaging my uterus further, but I’m lucky I got to keep my uterus. I also lost a lot of blood, but did not need a blood transfusion. They said they repaired the rupture, and that I had stitches in my cervix and vagina. Because my baby got stuck, she was in distress when they pulled her out. Her heart rate was 60, and she eventually coded. She had also somehow lost most of her blood, and the cord was wrapped tightly around her neck twice. They spent 15 minutes resuscitating her, and gave her a blood transfusion. She is currently stable in the NICU, they were able to take her breathing tube out and she can breathe on her own. She’s peeing, took a pacifier, and seems to be doing better. The doctor said she wasn’t concerned about her passing away.

This has all been extremely traumatic for my husband, myself and our families. Our parents were waiting in the waiting room when all of this happened, and my husband explained to them what he saw as he was very panicked. I’m struggling with the fact that my daughter and I both could have died this morning. I can’t sleep.

Thursday at 10:30pm my husband and I went in for a scheduled induction for our baby girl due to concerns about low amniotic fluid and her size. The process was:

12AM: started cytotec

4AM: checked cervix, super soft.

8AM: checked cervix again and I was 1cm dilated

9AM: epidural placed, but did not work on right side of my body unless I was laying on my right side. I received a few bolus’ when the pain got bad.

9:55AM: Cook’s catheter placed and started pitocin

5PM: water broke! Cook’s catheter taken out
(The time in between baby girl had a few HR decelerations that resolved with position changes)

10PM: cervix dilated to 10cm, but I had an anterior lip that wouldn’t resolve due to baby’s position in the womb. The doctor opted to reach into my uterus to manually turn the baby. I let her know that I was fine with this, but that I really needed to lay on my right side for a bit to let the epidural work on that side. She gave me 5 minutes, which wasn’t enough time, and said that it was important that they get the process started. I felt everything on my right side
as she turned the baby. It was excruciating and I screamed the entire time. It eventually worked, and the lip resolved a few hours later.

3AM: They checked my cervix, confirmed the lip was resolved, and said it was time to push. I pushed for 3 hours straight with very little progress. Baby was moving down, but would “spring” back up. At this point they gave me two options: 1. Using the vacuum to try and get baby to come down, but came with a risk for her shoulder to get stuck. 2. A C-section with a risk of heavy bleeding due to laboring for hours already. We opted for the c-section, as we felt that may be the safest option.

7AM: This is where everything went downhill. Fast. When we opted for the c-section, they rushed to get me prepped and ready, I’m talking like 20 minutes and I was in the OR. I get to the OR, and the anesthesiologist is asking me if I can feel “sharpness”. My legs, and the left side of my pelvis were completely numb. My entire stomach was not. I let him know this, and he said “That’s ok, I’ll just push through extra medicine.” He asked again, and I let him know that I couldn’t necessarily feel super sharp pain, but that it still didn’t feel numb enough. He explained that it’s supposed to feel dull, pulled a part of the drape over my face, and the doctor immediately started cutting me open. I felt everything. I felt the knife slice into me, and I felt them trying to pull my daughter out of me. I immediately started screaming, begging them to stop, that I could feel it. A gas mask was put over my face, I was put under, and a ventilator was placed. They had already started before they let my poor husband into the OR. He told me that he walked into the room, sat down on the stool next to me and the next thing he knew I was screaming. He was quickly escorted out of the room and told to wait in our labor and delivery room. That they would bring the baby to him. They never did, and a nurse went up to explain to him what had happened after they made sure I was stable in recovery, and brought him to me.

I woke up in the recovery room, and immediately asked where my baby was. They told me that she was in the NICU, and in critical condition. They explained that at some point I had had a severe uterine rupture that caused my daughter’s head, arm and shoulder to get stuck in it. They were able to pull her out without damaging my uterus further, but I’m lucky I got to keep my uterus. I also lost a lot of blood, but did not need a blood transfusion. They said they repaired the rupture, and that I had stitches in my cervix and vagina. Because my baby got stuck, she was in distress when they pulled her out. Her heart rate was 60, and she eventually coded. She had also somehow lost most of her blood, and the cord was wrapped tightly around her neck twice. They spent 15 minutes resuscitating her, and gave her a blood transfusion. She is currently stable in the NICU, they were able to take her breathing tube out and she can breathe on her own. She’s peeing, took a pacifier, and seems to be doing better. The doctor said she wasn’t concerned about her passing away.

This has all been extremely traumatic for my husband, myself and our families. Our parents were waiting in the waiting room when all of this happened, and my husband explained to them what he saw as he was very panicked. I’m struggling with the fact that my daughter and I both could have died this morning. I can’t sleep.

I’m 40+2 today, a ftm and I have an induction scheduled for tomorrow at 4am. I’ve never been more terrified in my entire life. I’ve literally cried since I woke up this morning. I’m so excited to finally have my daughter in my arms, but so scared of the process and how it might affect her. You hear horror stories about induction and how some babies don’t tolerate pitocin as well. As of Monday, my cervix was completely closed, posterior but “super soft”. I’m just so worried that it’s not going to go well at all. I feel so sad that I’m not going to experience spontaneous labor, and I feel guilty about feeling that way because I’m so grateful that she’s healthy. The induction is necessary due to her size and amniotic fluid concerns, I just wish things had been different.

I’m 40+2 today, a ftm and I have an induction scheduled for tomorrow at 4am. I’ve never been more terrified in my entire life. I’ve literally cried since I woke up this morning. I’m so excited to finally have my daughter in my arms, but so scared of the process and how it might affect her. You hear horror stories about induction and how some babies don’t tolerate pitocin as well. As of Monday, my cervix was completely closed, posterior but “super soft”. I’m just so worried that it’s not going to go well at all. I feel so sad that I’m not going to experience spontaneous labor, and I feel guilty about feeling that way because I’m so grateful that she’s healthy. The induction is necessary due to her size and amniotic fluid concerns, I just wish things had been different.

I’m 40+2 today, a ftm and I have an induction scheduled for tomorrow at 4am. I’ve never been more terrified in my entire life. I’ve literally cried since I woke up this morning. I’m so excited to finally have my daughter in my arms, but so scared of the process and how it might affect her. You hear horror stories about induction and how some babies don’t tolerate pitocin as well. As of Monday, my cervix was completely closed, posterior but “super soft”. I’m just so worried that it’s not going to go well at all. I feel so sad that I’m not going to experience spontaneous labor, and I feel guilty about feeling that way because I’m so grateful that she’s healthy. The induction is necessary due to her size and amniotic fluid concerns, I just wish things had been different.

I have an induction scheduled for 40+3 (6 days from now) at 4am due to concerns about low amniotic fluid + baby’s size (she’s measuring almost 9 pounds) I’m feeling so sad, I hope I can go into labor naturally on my own before then. My baby is head down, low in my pelvis, I’m not dilated at all but my cervix is super soft and I’ve been having light period cramps on and off. My goal was to avoid an induction, but according to the doctor the risks of waiting until 41 weeks outweigh the reward:(

Those who have had an induction as a ftm, what was your experience like? Were you dilated/effaced at all going into it? Do you have any tips for me to prepare?

I have an induction scheduled for 40+3 (6 days from now) at 4am due to concerns about low amniotic fluid + baby’s size (she’s measuring almost 9 pounds) I’m feeling so sad, I hope I can go into labor naturally on my own before then. My baby is head down, low in my pelvis, I’m not dilated at all but my cervix is super soft and I’ve been having light period cramps on and off. My goal was to avoid an induction, but according to the doctor the risks of waiting until 41 weeks outweigh the reward:(

Those who have had an induction as a ftm, what was your experience like? Were you dilated/effaced at all going into it? Do you have any tips for me to prepare?

I’m 39+5 based on baby’s measurements or 39+2 based on LMP. I had a cervical check on Monday, the following day I had a bit of brown mucus when I wiped and have been having mild cramps on and off since then, but I think it’s just due to the cervical check. She said my cervix was closed, but was so soft/effaced that she had a hard time finding the opening. I’m starting to worry I may not go into labor on own, and will have to be induced. When did you go into labor naturally as a ftm? Can you share your experience?

I am so grateful for my baby girl, I just want her out of my body!! Everything hurts, I’m waking up every hour at night to pee all while trying to sit up and get out of bed like a turtle on its back. I feel so irritable, my poor husband 😭. I’m just so excited to have her here in my arms, I pray for labor every day!! I feel like an idiot for telling people “She could be a May baby!!” I’m a ftm due in June..she will definitely not be a May baby. Rant over. Thank you for listening if you made it this far.

I am so grateful for my baby girl, I just want her out of my body!! Everything hurts, I’m waking up every hour at night to pee all while trying to sit up and get out of bed like a turtle on its back. I feel so irritable, my poor husband 😭. I’m just so excited to have her here in my arms, I pray for labor every day!! I feel like an idiot for telling people “She could be a May baby!!” I’m a ftm due in June..she will definitely not be a May baby. Rant over. Thank you for listening if you made it this far.

Those who have had babies, with your first did you have any signs of labor at all? My baby dropped into my pelvis weeks ago, they struggle to even see her head on the ultrasound and when they did a cervical check they could feel that her head was really low. At my 38 week appointment my cervix was closed and only 20% effaced. I’ve had random cramping, but it’s been superrrr light cramping like barely noticeable. I lost a few pieces of my mucus plug a couple of weeks ago, but nothing since. At my last appointment they mentioned my amniotic fluid was starting to decrease. It was at an 8, and they said if it gets to 5 or below they would need to induce to ensure baby’s safety. I’m starting to worry that my body doesn’t know what to do, or that it’s stuck in limbo:(