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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a precipitous birth at home with nobody but my husband and a 911 operator for help. Speed definitely played a factor. My contractions went from 1 to 1000 in about 2 minutes. I didn’t even push - baby just came.

Baby’s size also mattered in my case. Based on my previous births, I learned that I make big babies and my body is not made to deliver them vaginally. This baby was early and therefore smaller. She shot out of me. EMTs arrived maybe 10 minutes after she did. She was not well and spent a long time in the NICU. (She’s now a thriving, healthy 8-year-old. All is well!)[/quote]

For some reason I want more details about these crazy births. Like did you take your underwear off or was it such a surprise you were still dressed? Where in your house were you? How was your husband reacting?[/quote]

Oh my gosh!  I'll tell you everything (after removing personal details)!  It's my favorite story! It actually kills at dinner parties.

It was early morning.  I had very mild and short contractions all night but I slept well so didn't think much of them.  I called my doctor when I woke up and she said, eh - probably nothing but you can come into the hospital if you want.  We waited a little longer and then decided to head to the hospital.  We were dressed and my husband was calling his parents to come watch the kids while I got my purse and bag together.  I was in the living room when the contractions skyrocketed in intensity and by the time I walked to the bedroom I could feel the pressure.  I told my husband to hang up on his parents and call 911. I was wearing a maternity maxi skirt and yes, I had presence of mind to pulled off my underwear.

I gave birth on the bedroom floor.  My husband really didn't understand what I was saying (I may not have been using actual words) so he was shocked as can be when there were suddenly three people in the room. The 911 operator asked him if he saw a head.  He pulled up my skirt and said, no.  A moment later they asked again so he looked again and yes, there was a head.  The baby popped out and slid down my skirt to the floor.  As I said, she was not doing well.  She wasn't crying but was moving, breathing and making noises. He picked her up and really didn't know what to do then. The 911 operator kept my husband busy until the EMTs arrived by giving him little tasks to do (put the baby on mom's chest, wrap the baby in a clean towel, find something to tie off the cord).  We laugh about that now about it but we think they just wanted to keep him from freaking out!

The EMTs showed up and took over.  They asked my husband if he wanted to cut the cord.  He declined, saying he had done enough! When we got to the hospital, I didn't have my ID or insurance card so they had trouble checking us in. They had to handwrite our wristbands before they separated us.  We got our real wristbands when my husband showed up with my wallet.  My doctor walked in and looked at me like, "WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED???"  What the heck, indeed!  Based on the timing of the phone calls that morning, the time from me calmly getting my hospital bag out of the closet to me delivering the baby was 24 minutes.

The next day my husband went out to buy a new rug for our bedroom floor. I was also surprised a few weeks later when we got the bill from the ambulance. They charged my 20 minute old baby who I held in my arms as a whole separate patient! It makes sense, but I was super annoyed by that for some reason. [/quote]

I think the lesson is, if you're in labor, go to the hospital. Especially if it's not your first.[/quote]

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