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Family Forum / Parenting / Twins / September 2004? about labor..I'm not sure what happened!
This question may seem really weird, since my girls were born 11 months ago...but I really am not exactly sure what happened during my 12-hour (premature) labor, due to all the drugs they were pumping into me. The whole experience is kind of foggy! I'm hoping some women who have gone through childbirth could give me some insight. My water broke at 32w 6d. I was admitted to the hospital, where they gave me a steroid shot and started the magnesium to slow labor. Due to a few circumstances, it was decided that I would probably need a c-section. Contractions started about 3 hours later. They gave me staidol a few hours after that in another attempt to slow things down. Doc & nurses came in and told me I had developed toxemia & preeclempsia. I remember they checked me and said I was dilated to 4.5cm. A few hours later I felt really intense pressure and REALLY wanted to push. Like I said, I was pretty drugged out, so I don't know how often the contractions were. Next time the doc came in I was ready to tell her it had to be over -NOW. I wanted an epidural or something. She checked me and said, "These babies need to come out RIGHT NOW!" It was such an urgency, they didn't even think they'd have time to do a spinal, they were planning on putting me under (thankfully they did do a spinal). It took them a long time to pull out Baby A. She seemed to be stuck. When they finally got her out her head was all misshaped. Given the specifics, I thought that perhaps I did get to 10cm and was actually delivering Baby A. But when I asked my doc at the 6 week follow-up, she said she thought I only got to 4.5, but she couldn't remember for sure (she delivered several babies that night alone), and my chart was still at the hospital. Could it be possible that I was trying to push, even though I was only at 4.5...and the pressure was just due to my water breaking? Sorry this is so long. It's just really been bugging me lately (probably since we're coming up to one year), and I'm curious to hear the opinions of moms who have been there :) thanks, Karen > Given the specifics, I thought that perhaps I did get to 10cm and was > actually delivering Baby A. But when I asked my doc at the 6 week [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Could it be possible that I was trying to push, even though I was only > at 4.5...and the pressure was just due to my water breaking? It's entirely possible to have an urge to push at 4.5cm....not fun, but possible. Happened to me in my VBA2C. Also, the tinier babies can certainly be delivered at less than 10cm. I think the nurses told me, as I laid on bedrest in hospital at 27 weeks, that a baby that gestational age (27 weeks) can slip out at 4cm without active labor if the cervix dilates, because the baby is just so small. 32 weeks is bigger, of course, but you still might not need to get to 10cm to deliver at 32 weeks. --angela Thanks Angela that does make a lot of sense, and would explain why the doctor rushed me VERY quickly into the ER (since I'm fairly certain I was on my way to delivering Baby A). So many people told me I would NEVER have the urge to push at 4.5, so I was getting confused. I really appreciate your response, thanks again! -Karen Don't have a comment about the labor (I'm a man), but I am curious about your outcome, specifically with the misshapen head of one of your girls. How is she now? > Thanks Angela > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > -Karen > Don't have a comment about the labor (I'm a man), but I am curious about > your outcome, specifically with the misshapen head of one of your girls. How > is she now? Thanks for asking. Actually, her head went back to being round pretty quickly - only a day or two. (And she had/still has a perfectly round face & head) It was really amazing. It took them so long to pull her out (er, rather push her back up then pull her out, yikes), I was worried, but no problems. The OR nurse told me the largest concern would have been if they did, in fact, put me under. They said the babies would have gotten a huge amount of anethesia (since it took so long) and that could have been dangerous. As it was, it took 45 seconds to get Baby B breathing. I can't even think about what may have happened. -Karen |
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