Share your stories on pregnancy and delivery. Your experiences may help moms that are expecting now. How many times have you been pregnant? Were your pregnancies alike? Who was your obstetrician? What are/were your cravings? Were did you deliver and did you have a positive experience there? Things that you learned while you are/were pregnant.

Shawn, I read on the other thread, "Trying to Conceive" that it took you a year with Ryan.

American, I think I will respond to your question in another thread in Ethan's link (below) I will post a thread about each pregnancy seperately. Moms feel free to do the same.

http://talk.polkmoms.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=8541009296&...101068996#7101068996

I would love to hear more pregnancy stories!

I was thinking about posting some about each of my pregnancies, but am confused, do you want us to start a new thread to do that, or do it here?

It doesn't matter, it is up to you.

I think as long as it is in the pregnancy forum, it will be relevant and easy for people interested in pregnancy to find.

Okay, will do that when I have a little more time. I have some things right now that need attention, and I think I need to keep my reading glasses by the computer too, lol, eyestrain, ugh,

i don't mean to gloat, but i had the easiest pregnancy ever. i had no morning sickness. i barley gained any weight( all i craved was fruit and cheese!!!) but i did have high blood pressure. so i had a lot of ultrasounds. unfortunatly they never detected the cord was wraped around my babys neck twice. and the week before i was due my doctor even sent me to the hospital for an ultrasound, because he was concerned, my baby wasn't very active. they gave me the all ok even though they couldn't see her neck. the baby wouldn't move her hands away.
well a week later he sent me to the hospital to get induced he was really worried about my blood pressure being high. and after pretty much a night and day of nothing we decided we would go for the c section. well my nurse was sooo mad she tryed to talk me out of it she called in a male nurse to try and talk me out of it. but my husband and i didn't want to go thru another day of laying in bed doing nothing. the nurse was soo mad with me and she was really ruff with me after that. my doctor told me if nothing happened by the end of the 2nd day he was doing a c section anyways. why wait if it will probably happen anyways.
well thank god i didn't let the nurse talk me out of it. we were very lucky to deliver a healthy baby girl. and the doctor said if i would have tryed natural we would have been doing an emergency c section anyways.
well the next day that nurse came up to me and apologized up and down for trying to talk me out of the c section. i hope she never does that to anyone again. i was sooo glad i listened to my body and went with my gut feeling.

Courtney, how lucky you are to have an easy pregnancy. I am also glad of your luck that all went well with the delivery of you daughter. Thank you for sharing your story.

I gave birth on Jan. 17, 2008. I wouldn't say it was a hard delivery, but it sure did last a long time. I went in on the night of the 15th and delivered at 2:50 a.m. on the 17th. There are a couple of things I would do over if I could. First, I would ask them not to pump me full of petocin, because holy crap does that stuff start contractions. Mine were 30 seconds apart. I barely had time to catch my breath, or actually fall back on my butt from trying to crawl up the side of the bed. Yes, my contractions were very intense; it was like a monthly crap x 100. Mine were low, he had turned. Second, I would suck it up and go natural. I was so exhausted and the pain was so intense that I asked them to "please" give me the epidural. I wish I would have never done that. Yes, the pain went away, and I was able to relax, but when it was time to push, I couldn't feel myself doing anything. After pushing for 4 hours, my doctor (because it had been over 24 hrs) suggested we have a c-section. She said it was up to me. My boy didn’t want to come out apparently. So, after talking with my husband we decided to go ahead with the c-section. Although Dr. Nixon did a bang up job, I was so doped up on meds that I was completely out of it. All I remember is going into the operating room, and then waking up in recovery. I didn't get to experience the birth of my child. His first cry, him on my chest, what he looked like when he came out of me. You never realize how important little things like that are. It still to this day, almost 3 months later, brings tears to my eyes. So, future mommies, make your decisions wisely.

With Van almost 9 months ago now, my doctors did the scar tactics with let have an ultra sound see how big he is and decide if we will induce, so we did and te tech said 9 lb baby give or take 25 oz. (what the???) so I was scared into induction. I went in on a Sunday night gave me a pill in my cervix to soften it, started minor contraction around 2:00am

( I hated the fact thy would no let e out of bed, only to go to the bathroom that was it I have bad hips the pain of my hips was worst than contractions)
By 8:00 am they gave me oxytocin and I asked fo an epidural but no time Van was out by 10:40am I only had 40 min of hard labor. I am glad I did not have the Epi. If Ihad it to do differnt I would not get induced so soon Doctors are all about the inductions so they can schedule everything,
My whole pregnancy was great except I had to eat or I got sick and my weight gain 80lbs ouch, on the bones. I also contribute some weight gain from quiting smoking the minute I found out I was prego.
( I won't ever smoke agian even though I want to some times.)
( I craved Pudding and doughnuts) that was it my husband said why are you not normal where are the peanut butter and pickle cravings b/c he was haveing those cravings. LOL

I am enjoying my son termendously he is my everything.

Ladies...you may want to pull out your tissues...

My husband and I tried for several years to get pregnant. We had a miscarriage and it was very hard on me. My O.B. suggested fertility drugs. We tried them for 6 months and nothing seemed to be working. I made the decision to stop the meds and go into nursing school. I have a 13 yr old from a previous marriage and we were happy to have her. I found out I was pregnant in March 03. I didn't want to talk about it, we were just going to wait and see. I lost the last baby in my 4th month. We decided to let our oldest daughter know we were pregnant on Easter. She was so happy, and I had made it 3 1/2 months. I was a high risk prenancy because with my first daughter I had pre-eclampsia in my third trimester and gestational diabetes, plus I had previous history of miscarriage. I had ultrasounds every three weeks. On Nov. 13th I went to the doctor with my husband and we took Sarah along to see the baby. During my NST, we lost the hearbeat twice. They did an ultrasound and I knew it wasn't good. I could tell on my doctors face something was wrong. He asked if Sarah could step out of the room and he wanted to talk to my husband and I alone. my heart sank...He explained that I had to deliver that day. Molly wasn't due until Dec 25th. He said that she had a condition called Failure to Thrive and had lost over a pound in weight and that her brain was being affected. I was also losing amniotic fluid. He gave me a choice...drive straight to the hospital or he would call an ambulance. I opted to drive, and we sent Sarah with her grandmother. When we got to the hospital, they took us right in. We were told that we had to wait 6 hours for a c-section because I had eaten breakfast. She had to be a c-section because she was butt first! My husband went home to get my clothes and I had gotten my cath. I thought we were good to go and then it happened....I started feeling really "funny". I told my nurse that something was wrong down there...she took one look and knew something was wrong...they had put a latex cath in me...I am allergic to Latex! I was going into shock so they doped me up and called the OR to tell them they had an emergency c-section. Thank heaven my mom ws with me. They put her in scrubs, they didn't know if my hubby would be back in time...remember he left to go get our suitcases! I was being wheeled into the OR when he came running down the hall. He gave me a kiss and told me he would be right in. My mom got to go in with me. As they moved me to the operating table, they asked me "did you feel that?" I said "What?" My water broke! My hubby came in and they sat him down next to my head. I had a wonderful doctor due my c-section. Dr. Swartz.......she was funny. I know that this was a scary time for my husband and my mom and me, but when I get on drugs......well I get loopy! I started talking to the anesthesiologist. Telling all kinds of things. Half way thru....I felt wierd, I told the anesthesiologist that something was wrong...turns out I was right. My BP was dropping fast and I could barely keep my eyes open. It was a reaction to the benadryl and the meds from my IV. This would be a problem three days later...
Molly came out breathing on her own. My dh kept saying to me just breathe...I thought he was talking to me, nope to Molly! She was fine...small, but ok to me. When they brought her to me, my first words to her were "you look like a monkey". Now thats love!
She weighed in at 3 lbs 11 ounces. She was cute, but small. She was in the NICU for 6 weeks, came home on Dec 22nd! It was great!
Remember I said that the meds would be an issue three days after delivery....well it turns out that my heart couldn't take it and I went into congestive heart failue! I am ok now and my ticker is doing great. It was just a tought time, but all is well. I want to say that I loved my delivery and what all happed to me. I know that might sound crazy, but GOD only gave me what he knew I could handle. Never give up on Him, He will never leave you alone. I dont' want to scare anyone, this was an unusual delivery and bith. But the outcome has been wonderful. God blessed us with a beautiful child, she has some "quirks" but she is doing great and we are so blessed.

Michelle M. GIRL! You weren't kidding about the tissues! What a story.

I think all birth stories are an amazing tale of survival and fight! We as women are amazing!

Thank you ladies for your sharing of posted experiences. It really could give clues and information for expecting moms to know and consider. Keep them coming!

All I can say is WOW! I needed tissues also. I'm glad everything turned out ok. God was with you and Molly that day.

I had a really tough pregnancy, morning sickness, (actually all day sickness) and heartburn were the worst. I gave birth to my son on April 17, 2008 (26 hours after I was induced) It was a long hard labor. I had my son naturally nothing to help the pain! He was 8lbs 4oz. It was a long labor and I was extremely tired afterwards but he is definately worth the wait.