November 2008 Weddings
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
MissDaniB
Sorry I didn't respond back to you sooner.
I only had a hep/saline lock as well. After my water broke they just didn't want me walking around. I was allowed to like change positions and stuff, they just didn't want me out on walks and stuff. They wanted me close to the bed to be monitored.
Before they broke my water they monitored me for like 15-20 minutes or so every hour or so. Once my water broke they wanted me connected to the monitors as much as possible. I was able to stand up and sit on my birthing ball and go to the bathroom (the only time I wasn't connected), but I wasn't like strapped to the bed or anything.
You may want to ask your Dr though...who knows what your doctor's thoughts are on being connected after your water breaks.
Re: MissDaniB
Rachel, you're absolutely right!! They thought my water would break by itself, but didnt, so when the dr came we decided to break it and get the show on the road! I had enough laboring and was ready for Sadie to get out! LOL
::Butting in::
I never started contractions on my own. My water broke and I went into the hospital 3 hours later. As soon as they found out my water broke they rushed me (ie 3 security guards running next to my wheelchair) to L&D and I was banned from getting off the bed. I could not go to the bathroom or anything. The nurses yelled at me for not coming in right away. They put me on pitocin, I didnt have a choice, and if Myka wasnt out after 12 hours of my water breaking there were going to give me a C-section.
::Butting out::
::butting in::
Wow! That's so interesting how hospitals are so different. Am I understanding correctly that they were going to give you a C-section because your water broke? Or was there another reason?
My water broke first as well and they did put me on Pitocin after several hours (when I finally got the anaesthesia because it would stop the contractions). Scarlett was born more than 39 hours after my water broke. At a couple of points a C-section was brought up because her heartbeat was off and she was having oxygen issues during hard labor.