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the 2 minute video picture montage at the end weeks before labor daisy was due on thursday oct 16 so the week before she was born we were all pretty anxious since her other siblings born naturally were all early weeks prior we had quite a bit of drama since she was in a breech position rebecca our midwife didn t seem too worried since the odds of her turning were good but i was quite emotional about it would she be able to turn would i be able to have a home birth would i have to have a c section initially 34 36 weeks i walked laps each morning in my basement while listening to a general conference talk i prayed to heavenly father to help bless me to let daisy turn i did some family history work and indexing and went to the temple i felt like if i was doing my part then heavenly father would do his part and bless me with a head down baby during my appointment at the 37 week mark daisy was still breech i started researching ways to turn a breech baby the following is what i posted on utah birth forum s facebook page i ve been doing the inverted poses 2 3 times a day the forward inversion as well as the ironing board breech tilt i ve put ice on top heat on the bottom peppermint oil on top too i ve tried annoying music with headphones on top i ve soaked in the tub with my belly down in the water we tried the rebozo technique once with gentle movements on the belly but not sure how much or how often to do it i ve visualized her turning and even wrote her a letter i ve gone to a chiropractor dr draney 3 times this week and she is working on getting my sacrum aligned with the webster technique she has noticed that the baby is in a slightly different position but i still feel her head in the same general area i scheduled 3 more times next week dr draney told me to crawl and swing my right hip while standing so i ve been doing that also last week i tried swimming and doing flips and handstands in the water i was frustrated that all of these things weren t working and was growing weary of doing so much i received a priesthood blessing in which i was told i d be okay and that the baby would be born in the proper position that was comforting yet i still was anxious for daisy to be fully ready i am happy to say that the following week monday september 29 she turned that morning i went to the 4th chiropractic visit and dr draney adjusted my sacrum and pubic bone she said to come back on wednesday for another treatment at noon rebecca came for her home visit as i lay on my bed for the standard belly heartbeat check she felt my belly and noticed that daisy was still head up but in a different position than last week when she had checked before all my chiropractic visits rebecca gently moved her hands on my belly to slowly nudge daisy s head downward she instructed darrell to put some pressure on one area of my belly then matter of factly guided daisy s head it was not uncomfortable for anyone and suddenly daisy was head down hooray rebecca said that it wasn t just her that moved the baby the chiropractor set the stage to move the furniture a little so it was easy to turn daisy i then got up from the bed and started to do deep squats to make sure her head settled down into the pelvis i was so happy and relieved i called the chiropractor and canceled my remaining appointments we were all ready now for birth on october 4 general conference weekend i began feeling pain and pressure in my pelvis back and groin i started the pregnant waddle and i was hurting quite a lot there were days that i couldn t do too much and other days that were a little better having daisy suddenly pushing down was quite the shock to my i m not in my 20 s anymore body i knew the only way to make the pain go away was to have a baby darrell started getting anxious and i was on again off again anxious to get the baby out i attended the final checkup with rebecca on monday october 6th we all figured that i d have the baby sometime that week i did every ounce of laundry and cleaned the house as much as my body would let me i asked my friend candace if she could come over on friday oct 10 to induce my labor by making me laugh since she had done that to me during 2 previous pregnancies little did we know but daisy would come on that day anyway the actual birth story on thursday evening october 9 we all went to bed as normal at 1 30 am as i lay asleep on my bed i heard an audible popping sound i opened my eyes and thought that must be my water sac breaking i quickly got up and stood over a towel that i had previously placed at the foot of my bed sure enough amniotic fluid was starting to come out i wrapped up in the towel and waddled to the bathroom while telling darrell honey it s time i told him to call rebecca already since she had told us we are late callers i wanted to give her enough notice this time we spoke to her and she asked if the fluid was clear and i said yes she asked me when she wanted her to come i of course wasn t sure i considered our previous births and told her that when oaklen was born my water broke and contractions didn t start coming for at least a few hours she said to call and give her a head s up but to at least give her 30 minutes to travel to our home i misunderstood and thought that she would be coming in 30 minutes but later realized that we needed to call her again darrell and i got up and got dressed we prepped the bed with plastic and put another sheet on top he gave me some grape nuts and a banana since i felt a little hungry after about a half an hour of bustling around nothing had really happened with the labor we decided to try to go back to sleep we slept rested until about 5 00 am i had had about 6 7 contractions during that time from 2 00 5 00 am but they were not getting closer together i felt that active labor was about to begin and phoned rebecca and she told us to expect her in 30 minutes we also called my mom and asked her to arrive about 6 30 to help manage the other children when they awoke i asked darrell to get out the birthing tub and he reluctantly started getting it ready we had never used the tub in the past because we figured it was a big hassle and i wouldn t use it later we realized it wasn t a lot of hassle and it was great to use he found that the hose attachment wouldn t fit on our faucet so we couldn t use the tub phooey but luckily rebecca arrived soon after that and had another kind of attachment that would work on our shower faucet i was glad for that the inflatable tub was easily ready with warm water in it darrell had turned up the water heater so i could have it as hot as i liked rebecca added some citrus essential oil to the water to help wake us up i wore a bathing suit top with a towel around my waist and waddled into the tv room sicily and ezril had just awakened and they were excited to see a swimming pool in the middle of the tv room darrell went downstairs to fetch salem and oaklen they came upstairs excited we took some family pictures then let the kids start their morning routine it worked out well to start labor on a friday it was only a half day at school so i decided to just keep ezril home for the day while salem and oaklen rode their bikes to and from school my mom kept sicily and ezril downstairs and awaited our beckon call to come back up after the delivery was complete i got in the tub and it was very nice and cushiony nothing like my hard cold cast iron tub in the bathroom i sat in there for a while and just chatted with rebecca and darrell i had had a few contractions from 5 00 till 6 30 but once i got in the tub it seemed that i stopped having contractions rebecca made an herbal tincture for me to drink it was just a small shot glass but she said that it works for about 90 of the women to help things progress i got out of the tub for a while to see if the contractions would come back she rubbed some clary sage essential oil on my lower calves to help things along as well after all the herbs kicked in i started having 3 4 harder contractions so decided to get back in the tub darrell and rebecca filled up the tub a little more so it was deeper and hotter i sat there through a few contractions and it felt good to be in the water i didn t want to move but knew i needed to get in a better stance than a standard sitting position i moved to lie on my left side propped up with my elbow so most of my upper body was out of the water it was about 8 00 am and the contractions started coming a lot heavier and faster i had to concentrate and didn t want anyone talking during the peak of the contraction i used my voice with some audible low groans to help me concentrate and focus during each contraction i was basically chanting hhh aahhhs later darrell and i discussed that my chants sounded very similar to our son ezril saying e e ee whenever he is content and playing with something i was very glad to be in the water the contractions seemed more manageable even when they were the hardest kind finally i had the urge to push it stung when i could feel her head crowning but i knew that it would be over soon i grabbed darrell s hand and squeezed it my low groans turned a little more higher pitched as i was pushing but i certainly wasn t screaming i think i did about 6 7 pushes and she was finally born at 8 37 am i was breathing fast and hard and just said is she here is she out yes they said we raised her up out of the water and laid her on my chest oh what a relief i got a little emotional she is such a beauty i couldn t believe that she was born and it was already over rebecca draped put a towel on us in the water and we all just stared at the newborn darrell called down to my mom and asked her to bring the kids upstairs ezril sicily and my mom came to see daisy my mom went back downstairs to get me some apples with peanut butter while i focused on getting daisy started with nursing rebecca checked the umbilical cord to make sure it stopped pulsating and then prepped the area ezril came over to rebecca s side and cut daisy s cord he was now officially daisy s belly button brother sicily watched and asked why is he cutting the penis we explained it all over and over but she didn t seem to get it my mom came back upstairs with the apples for me darrell got to hold daisy for the first time and also let my mom hold her and give the kids a closer look i was finally ready to deliver the placenta i pushed the placenta out and then was able to get out of the tub i dried off and went on my bed they gave me daisy back and we nursed while rebecca checked my bottom area i had just one tiny paper cut tear but other than that was in great shape after nursing daisy for a while we weighed and measured her she was 7 lbs 6 ounces 19 1 2 inches long rebecca did all the newborn tests and she was a wonderful healthy baby rebecca congratulated me and cleaned up to leave my mom took sicily and ezril to story time at columbus library while darrell stayed home with me i took a little nap and my mom sicily and ezril came home a little later salem and oaklen arrived home about 1 00 pm and met their new baby sister now our family is complete view this video to get a picture glimpse of the day posted by heather at 3 37 pm 5 comments labels baby 5 birth story daisy tuesday february 12 2013 sicily s birth story happy 1st birthday sicily i ve enjoyed a great year welcoming my daughter into the world sicily s birth story darrell was anxious for the baby to be born and i heather was finally starting to be on friday february 10 darrell and i were bound and determined to have the baby that weekend we watched a movie for a date night after the movie was over i decided to try some laughter therapy since that pretty much induced labor with my last two pregnancies it was getting late and we were already punchy so i showed darrell a hilarious workout video called body flex he had never seen it and we both laughed hysterically it was really funny to see this lady do these weird facial expressions and also to watch darrell roll on the floor laughing so much the boys were excited i woke up the next day saturday february 11 and started having light contractions around 8 00 am after darrell came back from his morning run and had showered i told him about it salem started writing down the times that the contractions started some were 5 10 minutes apart but other times they were more sporadic at 20 30 minutes apart darrell went to the worldwide leadership training held at our ward building but he took our cell phone so i could call if needed i called cathy larson our midwife to let her know about the contractions and she said that she d come see me around 11 00 i called my mom to let her know since i needed her to help with our other children darrell got home from the leadership training and cathy came around 12 00 noon my mom came and took salem oaklen and ezril out to lunch and to the park eating lunch at subway while in labor the contractions still weren t consistent but cathy decided to check me and i was 70 effaced and dilated to a 7 i realized that this was only a number and didn t really predict progress but still it made me figure that the baby was going to come soon i lay on the bed and just waited for the next contraction while cathy was there as we were waiting cathy suggested that darrell and i go out for a walk while she got things ready at the house we decided to splurge and go to subway for lunch for the 5 footlongs in february sale i had a few contractions during lunch they were getting stronger but still very manageable after the lunch we did our walk in stores since it was nice weather for february but not warm enough for me to walk around outside for very long we went to whole foods and smith s grocery to pick up some last minute things when i had a contraction i just stopped in the aisle and held onto the cart to breathe we saw a few people we knew but no one could tell i was in labor the contractions were still pretty manageable shopping for our walking labor a few last minute errands during labor when we arrived back home around 3 00 pm cathy and her apprentice laurisa were there waiting for us we told them my contractions were still not at a steady rate cathy checked the baby s heart rate and things were fine they decided to leave us for a few hours to labor on our own she said to call if needed and that she d stay in the area so she could come quickly before cathy left she showed me a bottle of a blend of essential oils to breathe to help with labor as well as suggested to walk the stairs with a wide stance when i had a contraction to help bring the baby down or hold up my belly and push it back down into the pelvis i tried climbing the stairs during one contraction and it was a lot of work after trying that i opted out of climbing the stairs since i felt like i needed to conserve my energy for when i really needed it darrell s parents called and wanted to come see our new kitchen and so they came without knowing th...