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Outcome (so to speak)
Water broke at 8, contractions started at 10, went to the hospital at 11:30. Walked some, sat on the birthing ball some (while listening to a hypnobirthing relaxation CD--I actually fell asleep once between contractions), soaked in the tub some. Had a record-fast transition--the nurse checked me in the tub at 4:30 and I was only 5-6 cm. I got out of the tub and the baby was born at 4:47. He was 8 lbs 4 oz, 22 in and is a towheaded Viking-looking fella. Now we're home and have lots of family to help. Phew!
I highly recommend the hypnobirthing route--if 5 days of practice helped me as much as I feel like it did, I can't imagine how awesome it would have been if I'd started sooner and done it more seriously (taken classes, hired a trained doula, etc. like my sil did--she got to the hospital 1/2 hour before she delivered and had a really great experience over all).
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