{"id":1468,"date":"2016-02-08T18:37:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T18:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2016-02-08T18:52:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T18:52:17","slug":"1468","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/2016\/02\/1468\/","title":{"rendered":"My Birth Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of\u00a0you know that my love for nutrition and food came to life with my first blog called <strong>Me, Myself, and Food<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 Every now and again I get the urge to go back and read one of my old posts.\u00a0\u00a0 Yesterday was one of those days, <em>except<\/em> <strong>there was nothing but an error message<\/strong> for me to read.<\/p>\n<p>The hosting company explained that my site renewal had expired (somehow I missed the email warnings) and <strong>ALL of my content was gone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I balled my eyes out as\u00a0the guy on the other end of the line stayed awkwardly silent.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t care &#8211;\u00a0<strong>my blog wasn&#8217;t<\/strong> <em>just<\/em> <em>a blog<\/em>.\u00a0 It was my baby before having real\u00a0little humans to love.\u00a0 It was my journal and creative outlet for my love of food\u00a0and nutrition.\u00a0 It was where I spent my weeknights for 3+ years, writing\u00a0hundreds of posts, along with many others from my guest writers (naturopath, chiropractor, and yogi).\u00a0 This blog was where I\u00a0shared the finer details of my\u00a0life story including my engagement, wedding, pregnancy, and birth to my first daughter.\u00a0\u00a0 Yet I never thought to back it up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"My\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1478\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1478\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MMAF-blog-screen-capture.jpg\" alt=\"Me Myself and Food My birth story\" width=\"635\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MMAF-blog-screen-capture.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MMAF-blog-screen-capture-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MMAF-blog-screen-capture-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MMAF-blog-screen-capture-1024x773.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MMAF-blog-screen-capture-610x460.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MMAF-blog-screen-capture-1080x815.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My husband must have heard me\u00a0whimpering while watching the Super Bowl\u00a0and came to the rescue.\u00a0He told me about a website called <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wayback Machine <\/a>that takes snapshots of webpages over time.\u00a0 I wanted to kiss him (and I did) as a page of my old site emerged.\u00a0 I will be going into hibernation this week as I capture any salvaged content, but there&#8217;s some relief having saved a few important posts like this one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I wrote this back in 2012, nine weeks after having my first daughter.\u00a0\u00a0 It was a rough start (and the months following this post were even more so).\u00a0 At this point we had no idea that our struggles were related to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/2015\/07\/russell-silver-syndrome\/\" target=\"_blank\">her genetic condition <\/a>which would not be diagnosed for another 7 months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So why am I sharing this old and long\u00a0post here?<\/strong>\u00a0 Two reasons:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sienna&#8217;s birth is the reason I started this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\" target=\"_blank\">new website <\/a>and why I help moms everyday<\/li>\n<li>I know it will be backed up!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_1476\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1476\" class=\"wp-image-1476\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/30-weeks-pregnant-4.jpg\" alt=\"Danielle Binns\" width=\"604\" height=\"906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/30-weeks-pregnant-4.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/30-weeks-pregnant-4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/30-weeks-pregnant-4-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/30-weeks-pregnant-4-610x915.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">30 weeks pregnant<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008080;\">My Birth Story<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>Published: October 14, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last time you heard from me I was 35 weeks pregnant.\u00a0 I was also preparing myself for a natural labour and arrival of our Baby Binns in about five weeks.\u00a0 Little did\u00a0I know that my natural birthing experience would be anything but so, and just 2 weeks later we would be parents to a precious baby girl.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been dying to share the news with you about our little one, but only now (9 weeks later) am I getting the chance to do so.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been writing this post in bits and pieces over the course of a few weeks; a few sentences here and there.\u00a0\u00a0 I had NO idea being a mother to a baby who eats and sleeps all day would be so time consuming!\u00a0 I can hardly find time to prepare a meal and eat\u2026god forbid!!<\/p>\n<p>For that reason, I ask that you do not judge the quality of this post.\u00a0 I\u2019m also running on an average of 4-5 hours sleep which makes writing coherently and concisely a little more challenging \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now that I got that out of the way, I\u2019d like to share our birth story.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you recall\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I absolutely LOVED being pregnant (despite a few weeks of nausea in the first trimester).\u00a0 I had tons of energy, was getting great sleep, and was just a happy mom-to-be.\u00a0 But the blissfulness of my pregnancy came to an abrupt end shortly after my last post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My natural birth turned to this\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-347-2_resize1.jpg\" alt=\"Danielle birth story\" width=\"598\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-347-2_resize1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-347-2_resize1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-347-2_resize1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-347-2_resize1-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When it all changed\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Around my 34th week we learned that Baby Binns was measuring in the 10th percentile (not too concerning).\u00a0\u00a0 Shortly thereafter she dropped to the 3rd percentile (which was very concerning).\u00a0 This shouldn\u2019t have been much of a surprise given that my fundal measurement was consistently behind by about 4 weeks.\u00a0 Our care was then transferred from our amazing midwife to St. Michaels Hospital High Risk Clinic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That\u2019s when my birth plan went off the rails.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being considered \u201chigh risk\u201d is never in anyone\u2019s birth plan.\u00a0 But there I was\u2026at the hospital every few days for an ultrasound to assess the baby\u2019s health and growth.\u00a0 I was concerned about having so many ultrasounds because of the unknown effects on babies.\u00a0\u00a0 Looking back however, that was the least of our worries.<\/p>\n<p>During one of the routine ultrasounds, the sonographer called in one of the high risk doctors to look at \u2018something\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0 Panic set in as they both reviewed the images with somber expressions.\u00a0 You can imagine the thoughts that started to swirl around in my head.\u00a0 A few minutes later (which felt like hours) they shared what no new parent wants to hear.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>They found a hole in our unborn baby\u2019s heart.<\/strong>\u00a0 I broke down when she delicately asked us to book an appointment with the pediatric cardiologist, handing us a requisition that read \u201ccongenital heart defect\u201d.\u00a0 I was heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p>That week we met with the cardiologist who confirmed that our little one had a \u201clarge hole\u201d in her heart \u2013 otherwise known as a VSD or ventricular septal defect.\u00a0 Most babies are born with hole(s) but they tend to heal with time.\u00a0 Our situation was different.\u00a0 The hole was too large to repair on its own, which meant our baby would require open heart surgery in her first year of life.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>It was that moment that I truly knew what it was like to be a mother <\/strong>\u2013 to be so worried and feel so much love for someone I hadn\u2019t even met.\u00a0\u00a0 I was a mess and scared as hell.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t help but ask \u2019what did I do wrong?\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-418-2_resize.jpg\" alt=\"RSS \" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-418-2_resize.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-418-2_resize-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just as we were dealing with this unexpected situation, we were surprised again.\u00a0\u00a0 At my next ultrasound the doctor told us it was time to pack our bags and head to the hospital.\u00a0 I was going to be induced at 37 weeks.\u00a0\u00a0 The rationale:\u00a0 there were too many variables working against us (with the heart defect, the baby\u2019s small size for gestational age, and a decrease in my amniotic fluid levels).\u00a0 We were going to have this beautiful little baby in our arms sooner than expected.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The not so natural birth\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I spent the next four days at St. Mike\u2019s hospital undergoing various induction methods, being woken up in the middle of the night to be examined, and strapped to machines every few hours to monitor the baby\u2019s heart.\u00a0 I pranced around in a hospital gown for days and with no exposure to sunlight.\u00a0 For someone \u2019planning\u2019 on having a natural birth with no medical intervention, it was a real slap in the face.\u00a0 But I now understand and appreciate that it was all for the right reasons and the best thing for our baby.<\/p>\n<p>I was not emotionally, mentally or physically prepared for this experience.\u00a0 That may be why the induction process was sooo slow.\u00a0 I was only dilating one centimeter every day!!<\/p>\n<p>Baby Binns must have been fed up and anxious to get the heck outta me, because on April 8th we had some action.\u00a0 Around 6am, I had FINALLY reached 3 centimeters. The doctors broke my water, put me on antibiotics (did I mention that I also tested positive for Group B Strep\u2026grrrreat) and hooked me up to the IV.\u00a0\u00a0 Then around 11am, the Oxytocin started to flow and my contractions came on fast and furious.\u00a0\u00a0 I was relegated to the hospital bed, only getting up to go to the bathroom with my new friend\u2026the IV stand.\u00a0 It sucked.\u00a0 Around 1pm I was STILL measuring 3 centimeters and they worried that the intensity of the contractions were impacting the baby (her heart rate was dropping with each).<\/p>\n<p>I almost died when the nurse told me it could be another 10 to 12 hours until I was fully dilated.\u00a0 They also mentioned that a C section is likely in these situations because the baby was small and being affected by the intensity of the contractions.\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s when I threw in the towel and agreed to do what was never a part of my \u201cbirth plan\u201d &#8211; an epidural.\u00a0 The artificial contractions were beyond my pain threshold and I was worried about our baby.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Baby-Binns-254-Edit_resize1.jpg\" alt=\"Sienna in incubator\" width=\"750\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Baby-Binns-254-Edit_resize1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Baby-Binns-254-Edit_resize1-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Here she(??) comes!<\/h3>\n<p>Around 2pm the contractions eased up, so I sent Keith to the mall to grab me a few magazines to pass the time.\u00a0 After all, it was going to be another 10 hours.\u00a0 Or not!\u00a0 At 4pm, I was 10 centimeters and a small army of hospital staff started to flow into the room.\u00a0 Bright fluorescent lights nearly blinded me while I was exposed to the world.\u00a0\u00a0 The resident then asked me to try pushing and the baby\u2019s head started to crown.\u00a0 That\u2019s when I realized something was missing\u2026my husband!\u00a0\u00a0 My girlfriend Sam (who thought she was simply bringing me flowers, not witnessing a birth) called Keith at 4:02 pm.\u00a0\u00a0 I just chilled out with my midwife until he arrived in about 10 minutes.\u00a0\u00a0 A few pushes later, and at 4:20pm our baby girl was born.\u00a0\u00a0 Wow. Wow. Wow.\u00a0 I was over the moon, oozing with pure joy\u2026and shocked it was a girl!\u00a0\u00a0 When they showed her privates, my first thought was \u201cwhat happened to the penis?!?\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Clearly the psychic was wrong!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-216\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-433-2_resize.jpg\" alt=\"SiennaHospital-433-2_resize\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-433-2_resize.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-433-2_resize-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So there you have it\u2026.Sienna Leigh Binns was born on April 8th at 4:20pm at 37 weeks and 5 days.\u00a0 She weighed a delicate 4 pounds 5 ounces (which explains why I gained so little weight) but looked otherwise healthy.\u00a0\u00a0 Although she came 3 weeks early and was super tiny, Sienna was not premature.\u00a0 She was however considered an IUGR (Intrauterine Growth Restriction) baby who, for one reason or another, did not thrive during my pregnancy.\u00a0\u00a0 Just how small is she?\u00a0 Well\u2026I\u2019ll let the photo do the talking.<\/p>\n<p>Here is Sienna (3 months) with her friend Lauren (2 months).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-210\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/3-months-old-with-other-baby-her-age_resize.jpg\" alt=\"3 months old with other baby her age_resize\" width=\"750\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/3-months-old-with-other-baby-her-age_resize.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/3-months-old-with-other-baby-her-age_resize-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It had been one hell of a ride leading up to this precious moment, but it was all forgotten.\u00a0 And it was all worth it. Thanks to my midwife, they delayed the cord clamping, didn\u2019t wipe the vernix immediately, and gave me a bit of skin-to-skin time with our baby (who renamed nameless for the next 24 hours).\u00a0 By 4:20pm the next day we gave her the name Sienna Leigh (named after her loving auntie Leigh).<\/p>\n<p>After the birth, Sienna was taken to the NICU for monitoring where she passed all her vitals. Then to our surprise, just 48 hours later we were on our way home with our 4 pound baby.\u00a0 We were thrilled but completely clueless.\u00a0\u00a0 What do we do now?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>And then there were three\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaWeekOne-37_resize1.jpg\" alt=\"Holistic Solutions for moms and small children\" width=\"750\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaWeekOne-37_resize1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaWeekOne-37_resize1-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The following weeks at home weren\u2019t without challenges.\u00a0<\/strong> In particular when it came to breastfeeding.\u00a0 Why doesn\u2019t anyone tell you just how difficult something so natural can be?\u00a0\u00a0 I thought it was as simple as baby-to-boob and we would just \u201cget it\u201d.\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 I really struggled with feeding, especially with the added stress of Sienna\u2019s small size.\u00a0\u00a0 In her second week she dropped to 3 pounds 14 ounces which was really disheartening and discouraging.\u00a0 Her weight gain\/loss is another story in itself and will take me another month to write about.\u00a0 So I\u2019m going to leave you with a few photos and go to bed instead.\u00a0 Sleep is precious and limited these days!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-217\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-651_resize.jpg\" alt=\"SiennaHospital-651_resize\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-651_resize.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SiennaHospital-651_resize-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So yes, it\u2019s been one hell of a rollercoaster ride.\u00a0 Every week, every day, every hour is so unpredictable.\u00a0 But there\u2019s one thing I do know \u2013 I\u2019m incredibly grateful that, despite our challenges, we were able to bring a perfect baby into our world.\u00a0 She may have some complications, but we know that with all the love and support we are surrounded with, this too shall pass.\u00a0 As Keith puts it, <strong>we are parents now and<\/strong> <strong>have to be strong for our child<\/strong>.\u00a0 Seeing this little face every day is just the motivation I need.<\/p>\n<p>Our sweet Sienna doesn\u2019t have much to say these days, but she will surely be making a few appearances in my posts. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0\u00a0 Be sure to stop by and say hello.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a post I wrote 3 years ago.  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