{"id":308,"date":"2015-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clanstellhorn.com\/2015\/01\/31\/birth-story-of-luna\/"},"modified":"2016-05-26T18:42:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T23:42:22","slug":"birth-story-of-luna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clanstellhorn.com\/birth-story-of-luna\/","title":{"rendered":"Birth Story of Luna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clanstellhorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Luna-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-715\" src=\"https:\/\/clanstellhorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Luna-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Luna 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>  C and B began care with me at 9 weeks along in C&#8217;s second pregnancy.\u00a0 C&#8217;s first birth ended in a cesarean delivery and she wanted a different experience this time around.  Pregnancy progressed beautifully.\u00a0 At 40.6 weeks, I had a group prenatal on positioning that C came to and gladly practiced all the positions and maneuvers.\u00a0 After the class, I did a quick appointment and a cervical check.\u00a0 C agreed to a membrane sweep at this time.\u00a0 Her cervix was 3cm dilated, 50% effaced and baby was at a -1 station.\u00a0 I gave C my homeopathy plan for labor encouragement, and we agreed to another round of sweeping in two days at her regular weekly appointment if no baby.  Next day, C was on day two of homeopathy and was having nagging contractions about every 15 minutes that woke her in the night.\u00a0 All day long they stayed the same.\u00a0 That night it seemed like things weren&#8217;t going to pick up so C decided she would drink a little wine to help quiet her uterus.\u00a0 I sat down to watch a tv show with my husband after our kids went to bed, not anticipating a birth call.  About 9:30pm that night, I got a call from B.\u00a0 He said C&#8217;s water had broke and she wants me to come now.\u00a0 I quickly shot a text to my birth assistant and her doula so we could all meet and go.\u00a0 All three of us were a good hour away and we had decided ahead of time that we would all ride together. C&#8217;s doula called back to let them know we were on the way.\u00a0 B said contractions were every 5 minutes, and seemed closer when C tried talking to her doula.  We made excellent timing to C&#8217;s.\u00a0 We were ten minutes out when we got the call that C was done and wanted to transport.\u00a0 We all encouraged her that we were close and let us see what was going on before going in because she could be progressing quickly!  We arrived at 10:40pm and found C in the shower, B using the shower head to provide counter pressure.\u00a0 The birth pool was 75% up.\u00a0 It was obvious looking at things that things had started fast and furious.  C was working hard.\u00a0 Contractions were on top of each other.\u00a0 My heart broke for her when she would tell me it hurt so much.\u00a0 After much talking, C agreed to a cervical check.\u00a0 A few minutes after 11pm, I found C to be 9cm dilated, completely effaced and baby at a 0 station.\u00a0 We all encouraged C how close she was.\u00a0 She got off the bed and headed right to the shower for the counter pressure with the shower head helped immensely.  Since C was so far along, the birth pool was out.\u00a0 The birth assistant and I got the pool down and got the room ready for delivery.\u00a0 I gave C a few drops of rescue remedy to help with the intensity of things.\u00a0 She stopped talking about going to the hospital, and went into labor land.  As midnight drew near, C tried hands and knees and moved to the bed to lay on her side.\u00a0 I gave her another dose of rescue remedy, which seemed to be the perfect remedy for C.\u00a0 As long as we used the rescue remedy every thirty minutes, C could cope with the intensity of her labor.  Through the next hour, C tried multiple positions.\u00a0 Squatting, then hands and knees and the birth stool.\u00a0 The baby was moving down, causing a lot of pressure.\u00a0 C requested for warm compresses on her perineum as she labored through each contraction.\u00a0 Her doula was providing count pressure through each contraction.  At 1am, C began to push.\u00a0 A couple minutes later she decided to try the toilet, but that didn&#8217;t last long.\u00a0 C mentioned feeling more pressure, and when my hand went down to feel, I felt a baby head starting to on the perineum.\u00a0 I told C I would need her to stand or squat or some other position so we could catch the baby.\u00a0 After a couple minutes, C got up and moved to her bed side, squatting while leaning over the bed.\u00a0 Baby was crowning at 1:17, followed by the whole baby at 1:18.\u00a0 Sweet victory, mama got her VBAC.  <a href=\"https:\/\/clanstellhorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Luna-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-716\" src=\"https:\/\/clanstellhorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Luna-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Luna 3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>  Within a few moments, after soaking her sweet baby in, C looked at all of us and commented on how grateful she was that she did not go to the hospital and stayed home.  Welcome to the world sweet Luna!\u00a0 Born earthside on January 5, 2015 at 1:18am, weighing in at 7lbs, 6ozs, 18.5 inches long.\u00a0 She took her mama on quite the 3.5 hour labor journey and showed her mama how strong she is!\u00a0 So loved by her sweet family, especially her big brother!  <a href=\"https:\/\/clanstellhorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Luna-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-714\" src=\"https:\/\/clanstellhorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Luna-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Luna 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>  &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C and B began care with me at 9 weeks along in C&#8217;s second pregnancy.\u00a0 C&#8217;s first birth ended in a cesarean delivery and she wanted a different experience this time around. Pregnancy progressed beautifully.\u00a0 At 40.6 weeks, I had a group prenatal on positioning that C came to and gladly practiced all the positions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":1076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,28,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Birth Story of Luna - Clan Stellhorn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/clanstellhorn.com\/birth-story-of-luna\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Birth Story of Luna - Clan Stellhorn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"C and B began care with me at 9 weeks along in C&#8217;s second pregnancy.\u00a0 C&#8217;s first birth ended in a cesarean delivery and she wanted a different experience this time around. 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