Isaacs Birth Story: Part Two
Once we were settled into our room in the birth center, my midwife Heather gave me a few options for some positions that we could try. I decided I wanted to sit and bounce on the birth ball, stopping during contractions to hold up my belly with my hands. Heather suggested I try to get some food in now when I still felt like it, so I ate some applesauce out of my snack bag. Gabriel would offer me sips from my water and Gatorade in between contractions as well. It is recommended that you switch the position that you are laboring in about every half hour, so I tried some on the bed with a peanut ball and then the birth ball, which would allow me to rest my body because I was growing tired from lack of sleep. Through it all, my contractions never stayed consistent. Heather said that at some points they would spread back out to almost 15 minutes apart at some points. She said that this could be a sign that the baby was in a suboptimal position, and that we should continue trying ...