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\"Annie<\/a> A and T started care with me in the first trimester of their fifth pregnancy.\u00a0 A’s birth history for the most part was to go post dates and her boys were 10#!\u00a0 We completely anticipated the same pattern! The morning of October 6, A sent me a text saying she was feeling sort of labor-y.\u00a0 Nothing was regular but everything felt different.\u00a0 She was 37.2 weeks, so we talked about ways to make the prodromal labor go away.\u00a0 I checked in with her later that evening and everything had slowed way down. At 11:50pm, A called and told me her water just broke.\u00a0 She said there was a lot of fluid and it was clear.\u00a0 She had never had her water break first, and going by her history of delivery quickly after her water breaks, she asked me to go ahead and come. I arrived at 12:30am and found A just sitting in her bath tub.\u00a0 She wasn’t having too many contractions.\u00a0 Vitals all looked good.\u00a0 I did a cervical exam and found A to be 6cm dilated, 30% effaced and baby at a -3 station.\u00a0 I got some more fluid out during the exam.\u00a0 After the exam, contractions starting coming. We ran A’s some warm water and she sat in her bath tub.\u00a0 A and T use essential oils routinely.\u00a0 A pulled out her clary sage essential oil and began rubbing some on her belly every few minutes.\u00a0 As 1am neared, contractions were coming every 5 minutes, lasting 45-60 seconds. As the 1 am hour went by, A said she felt like the contractions were really getting harder.\u00a0 Close to 2am she moved to the toilet to labor for a few contractions.\u00a0 A felt like more action was happening while sitting on the toilet.\u00a0 After about 15 minutes, she moved back to reclining in the bath tub. Waves of nausea started to come on A, and we gave her peppermint oil to breathe in to help with the nausea. It was visible through the 2am hour that contractions were picking up.\u00a0 A was amazing to sit and watch as she reminded herself to relax her jaw.\u00a0 She moaned gently with contractions, reciting “relax” to herself, and talking to her baby to come on out.\u00a0 At 240am, A said she felt like she could feel more of the head now. We continued on with the clary sage every 5-10 minutes.\u00a0 Each use of clary sage would bring on a strong contraction. A little after 3, A asked to try the birth stool in the tub to see if it helped.\u00a0 She was beginning to feel pushy.\u00a0 After one contraction on the stool she decided that wasn’t the right position.\u00a0 We changed out the water in the tub as she adjusted back into a semi reclining position. Contractions fizzled to 6-8 minutes apart, allowing A to close her eyes and rest in between each contraction. At 3:34 am, A asked for the bottle of clary sage and did a couple drops internally.\u00a0 She said it worked really well in her last birth and she had read about Gary Young having luck with it internally with his wife. The very next contraction, A began to spontaneously push.\u00a0 The head was immediately visible on the perineum.\u00a0 The head was gently birthed at 3:38am, followed by the rest of her sweet baby at 3:39am.\u00a0 T helped catch his son and bring him to A’s chest. Benjamin definitely looked to be 37 weeks!\u00a0 He was covered in cheesy vernix from head to toe!\u00a0 So much that it was thick in his eyes, and struggled to open them because of all the vernix. Welcome to the world Benjamin, born on October 7, 2015 at 3:39am, weighing in at 8.0#, 19″ long.\u00a0 Your mama was so thankful you came early versus late!\u00a0 Such a blessing to support this sweet family in welcoming their fifth child into the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A and T started care with me in the first trimester of their fifth pregnancy.\u00a0 A’s birth history for the most part was to go post dates and her boys were 10#!\u00a0 We completely anticipated the same pattern! 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