My midwife for this pregnancy was Kelly Miller and I would recommend her to absolutely anyone!!! I haven't finished writing my point of view, so I thought I might give you a quick preview with her point of view. If you would like her information, please send me a message and I will get it to you ASAP.
"Trisha's water broke Thursday night and they began to prepare for labor and birth. Family was called to come to town, but she had no contractions. On Saturday morning she tried stimulating contractions with the breast pump. As long as she used it she had contractions, but they didn't stay consistent after stopping the stimulation four hours later. Trisha and JQ went for a walk, came home, took a nap, tried to relax, and let labor happen. A lot of family came over for breakfast and continued to be in and out all day.
At 6:30pm, Trisha and JQ sent everyone to other locations and decided to bring Eviana home. They had a relaxing evening at home as a family and waited patiently for baby. After watching a movie and putting Eviana to bed, contraction began quickly! At 10:36pm, JQ called to report contractions every 3 minutes lasting 60+ seconds. Trisha was feeling nauseated during UC's and was irritable about any outside stimulation, such as noise. When I arrived she was in a great labor pattern and handling labor wonderfully!
We began to get the birth pool ready for her and she got in at 11:56pm. She liked being on her knees , leaning over the side and was able to rest some that way. She liked massage by JQ on her lower back at this time. After an hour she decided to try laying in bed to rest. She was able to do that pretty well for a couple of hours. Then we did the first of two vaginal exams. She was a 6, 70% effaced and baby was at -1 station. Great progress!
Trisha continued to work wonderfully with her body and mind during contractions, moving as she needed, resting when she could, and letting labor happen beautifully. She got back in the birth pool at 5:24am and gave the first slight push at 5:30am. She pushed 100% physiologically and followed guidance well. Ireland Rain was born just 32 minutes later with NO tears [vaginal tearing], but lots of tears. : D
The cord was wrapped around her neck 2 1/2 times, but wasn't too tight. JQ handed the baby to Trisha and she sat back to enjoy her. The placenta delivered just ten minutes later with quite a bit of bleeding, so the cord was cut and Trisha got out of the pool and into bed. Bleeding was minimal at that point and Trisha felt great and went on to enjoy a great post-partum with Ireland and all the family."
Kelly Miller LM, CPM
