Contractions hadn’t really started yet, but
with the storm rolling in I wanted to get to the
hospital before things started getting wild. We
were under a tornado warning and a severe
thunderstorm warning.
On the way to the hospital, I wanted a quick
drink and snack before I wouldn’t be able to
eat anymore (darn you hospitals for torturing
the pregnant women), and the attendant made
the mistake of saying that I looked about due.
That’s when I said that I was in labor and we
were on our way to the hospital. Meanwhile,
my husband was asking me, if I was sure I was
in labor. My water was leaking all over the
place, so if I wasn’t in labor, then I was about
to be.
We made it to the
hospital at 1:30 am
We made it to the
hospital at 1:30
am after driving
through down pouring rain and a lot of bright
lightning. I was 5 cm dilated and I was still
doing great. They got us up to our room and
the nurse (who was ever so patient and kind)
started asking all sorts of questions. It was at
this point that my contractions were to the
point where I just wanted her out.
We finally finished, and I was at the point of
considering an epidural (my original plan
was natural), but the nurse (who remembered
my birth plan, thankfully someone did!) insisted that we try the bath first. I agreed and
she checked me again and I was still only 5
cm. Ugh, not another repeat of my daughter’s
birth. No!
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I got into the bath and after a few minutes the
nurse left to get some ice chips and water for
me. That’s when things got really crazy. My
contractions were back to back
and I started telling my husband that I felt like I needed to
poop. I started feeling an involuntary bearing down sensation
as well as a stretching sen sation
going on down below. I naturally started positioning myself
for delivery even though I was
very much oblivious to the
fact that I was about to deliver
because I had an epidural when
I delivered Chloe.
I naturally
started
positioning
myself for
delivery
even though
I was very
m u c h
oblivious to
the fact that
I was about
to
deliver
My senses kicked in and I
yelled at my husband, who was in a state of
disbelief to get help and before I knew it there
were people crowding into that tiny little bathroom as I was bracing a head in my hands.
They immediately tried to transfer me out of
the tub but the baby was already coming out as
the midwife stepped in.
The midwife tried to reassure me that “she”
was ok. All I could say at the moment was “I
thought I was having a boy!”
I was still standing in the tub as he was born
and whisked out of the room by the staff. I was
able to freely walk out of the tub (with umbilical cord still hanging) over to his warming
table to see him.
Christian Alexander was
born at 3:54 am July 1st, 2014
weighing in at 7 lbs. 2 oz. and
20 inches long.