Towards the end of my pregnancy I was told I was going to be induced, and I was worried I was going to stall at the end and end up having a C-section. I have nothing against C-sections it just wasn't apart of my birth plan.
I was in a Storks Nest BC there was a storm going on and it's been proven to make pregnant woman go into labor. BC I was high risk I had to come in and stay overnight or until the storm passed. One of the pregnant ladies was telling me her friend jumped on a trampoline and went into labor that way. Being that I don't have access to a trampoline and I'm sure my hubby wouldn't let one one. I choose the next best thing, a Yoga ball. I was looking up ways to dilate (go into labor) as much as I could BC I didn't want to go in and not be dilated at all. I think I tried almost everything. One of my appointments I was already dilated to 2 cm and prior to that I was just going for walks. afterwards I upped my walks, I was walking up these inclines by my house every night if not that then walking downtown. So, anyway back to the yoga ball. I was bouncing on it, rolling my hips I even started to do squats. That was a bad idea, HAHAH!
Around 12:00-12:30 AM I was eating a snack and I felt something weird. I thought I pee'd on myself but it happened again. I'm over walking like a creep shuffling to go up stairs and my hubby walks in, I tell him my water broke and His face was priceless. We rush upstairs and I go over whats in my bag. We're over here laughing the whole time, BC that's what I do when I feel awkward. I was so excited. On the way to the hospital we're calling people, still laughing at each other. Side note, no one tells you that once your water breaks it keeps on coming out. FYI ladies.
We get admitted and it was just a waiting game. HOURS go by and I dilated to a 3 then a 4....5...6.
GAME CHANGER. They were not playing. My birth plan was to go natural and I was doing good till 6 cam along and I was asking for it. I had my hubby count how long I was contracting for and he had messed up the count, I went off on him. HAHAH! SMH. I was asking politely for the epidural. The reason I asked for it was BC I didn't know how long it was going to be when I hit 10. In my mind if it took me this long to get to 6 cm how much longer will it take me to get to 10 cm? Girl, bye. Once I got the epidural I was chill. The nurse kept asking me if I was feeling any of my contractions BC on the monitor they were 1 to 2 minutes apart. But once I did asked for the epidural I felt bad. I was set on not getting an epidural. My hubby was supportive and kept reassuring my that it was fine and to not beat myself up over it.
About two hours later, it was time to push. I couldn't tell if I was pushing correctly due to the epidural. Took my 9 pushes it was so fast. I loved my nurses they were the sweetest. My hubby was cheering me on, made me love him even more.
We had our son March, 21st <3 & he's perfect!
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