Warning this will contain my dilation number but nothing more graphic than that. I also want to say that my birth route is mine and mine alone and worked for me and me alone. Others choose different things and thats okay there is no "RIGHT" way to birth babies as long as they come out. So please reserve judgement for something that matters, like if your best friend is murdering people...
Nov 2: my dr checked me at my weekly appointment I was 2 cm dilated. She thought I would go into labor that week..
Indeed from Nov 2-Nov 10 I had constant on and off contractions. Some would last for 2 hours and stall out.. Others would last shorter, get more intense and stall out. I'd go 4 hours no contractions and bam they'd start up again. It was EXHAUSTING. I couldn't sleep, I could function. I felt like my body was stalling out it wanted to have baby but was too tired to do so... it was the worst week.. brutal really..
Nov 10: Another dr appointment. After all the off and on contractions all week.. still. 2cm. I was like "are you kidding me???" My Dr had already scheduled to induce me on the 11th if I wanted it. At that point, I WANTED IT!!
Nov 11: 6 am, I check into the hospital It takes time to get all situated, still the 2 cm...
7:30 I start my pitocen drip and contractions begin. nice and light to start.
8:30 my dr comes to check on me and I was dilated to a 3 so she went ahead and broke my water. I labor more. All is well
10-11 I started to have hard long contractions that did not tickle!
I didn't like that... I didnt like that at all..
11: I got the epidural
4 cm... The nurse said it could take all day so just relax. So I of course did that. Clearly I am not a dilator...
1pm: My dr came over to check on me, see how I was doing.. She checked me and I was 10 cm and ready to push apparently! My dr asked me to do some practice pushes I did, she said "Okay everyone, lets have a baby!!"
So I did that..
My dr asked if Tait wanted to deliver, he said sure! Everyone got gowned up, and prepped for baby. I am in total shock over the entire ordeal. It was totally surreal! How is this possible? I thought I was going to be there forever now all of the sudden everything I had been dreaming about for the past 9 months, (baby coming OUT!!!!!) was happening! NOW!!
Time to push!
So I did that..
With in 2 contractions and 5 minuets... Tait delivered our little girl. In 2 contractions and 5 minuets there was my love bug on my chest. The one who had plagued me so brutally for the past 9 months was perfect and right there! There was no damage, everything went so fast and well the nurse and doctor were just as shocked as we were!
They wiped her off on my chest and gave me a good hour of just skin to skin contact between her and I. They didnt weigh her, they didnt do anything just gave us time together. It was precious and perfect!
Interesting thing:
When she was born, she didnt cry. She just looked around. We were all freaking out about it but the dr and nurse and baby nurse were like its totally fine! When they did take her from me to do all the stuff they do, heel pricks to check her glucose levels since I had gestational diabetes... no scream, not even a whimper.. all her shots, her bath, foot prints through all of it not a peep.. Every time they took her temp or did the glucose test, which was often, she didnt make a sound.
To date we only have heard her kind of cry twice.
I prayed for a calm, even keeled, zen like child who would balance out Miss Emily Rose and her fire and spark and God has indeed answered my prayers.
So in recap..
I may have the WORST TIME EVER growing people but I sure can birth them easily and quickly with no trauma.
I am still in shock over the whole thing. I was on cloud 9 for the rest of the day! I didnt care about anything because I just had my baby love, Miss Amelia Anne! She was perfect.
So thats my funny birth story.. at least I think its funny and unbelievable.
