Birth Stories

It was her second child and she did not want to get an epidural. Her due date was supposed to be on the 30th but her water broke three days earlier at 3:30am. She calls her mother to tell her that her baby was coming. Then she calls the doctor and the doctor told her and her husband to get to the hospital as they waited for her parents. She gets to the hospital and finds out that her nurse is her neighbor. She had to wait for the contractions so she got onto the birth ball. After a few contractions, she got off and back to bed. Her husband was there for comfort and taking pictures of the process. Then the pain kicks in, starting with the back so the nurse decided to see if making her stand would soothe the pain. She wants to start pushing and she wanted to get an epidural but she was glad that the nurse helped her cope with the pain. The doctor comes in at 8:00am and the want to push gets stronger. Forty minutes later, she is fully dilated and she starts pushing. In half an hour, the head comes out and the husband is happy and excited. The husband continues to comfort her as the doctor checked if the umbilical cord is around the baby's neck. She throws her head back as the baby comes out. She holds her baby and pushes once more to get the amniotic sac out.

Her husband was holding one of her legs as she started pushing. The doctor was a student so the midwife had to aid him while the nurse was standing next to her. She saw the baby's head as it comes out. The doctor gently pulls out the baby and hands it to her. She was surprised that the baby was not crying so, shockingly, the midwife slaps his behind three times, hard. Her husband's eyes bulged out as the baby started to scream. She yelled at the midwife as the midwife just laughed. The husband holds the scissors and cuts the umbilical cord. A nurse came into the room and started singing happy birthday to the baby. The husband took the baby and went to the nursery room as she pushes to get the amniotic sac out. Then, the husband comes back into the room but without the baby.

Her husband was holding her hand in the dark as he comforted her. He continues to tell her how much he loves her as the pain caused her to roll around. The doctor delivers the baby while she used a mirror to see how the baby gets delivered. Her husband never left her side... until the baby was born, of course.

She was glad to have the baby delivered and be over with the morning sickness, the heavy stomach and the weight. People had told her that walking around a lot would make her go into labor so that was what she did. The baby was supposed to come on Independence Day but nothing happened so she started to freak. She went walking with her friend as her husband kept asking if the baby was coming yet. At 11pm, she started feeling the pain so her mom went with her to the hospital but the doctor said that she was not ready yet. She started walking around the hospital and at 3am, the doctor told her to go home. Two days later at 5am, she woke up to the pain but did not want to go to the hospital just to get sent back home again. She walked up and down the stair for two hours and then went to the hospital with her husband because she could not stand the pain any longer. Her husband went to get some food because he knew he would not be eating for a long time. They got to the hospital and she could not walk straight. She waited for a while as the nurse tried to find a doctor and she screamed in pain; scaring the nurse in the process. Her aunt came and the atmosphere made both of them cry. The doctor finally came to see that she was not dilated enough but decided to deliver the baby because of the pain. It felt like she was dying in pain as the family stood around the room. The doctor broke her water and gave her an epidural but it did not help much. She had thought her husband left her but her husband went to the bathroom to take a shower. Her friend came to the hospital and calmed her down. She tried to give her water but the doctor said no water. The epidural wore off and the doctor came in with a medical student. She had mentioned that she did not want anyone there but she just let it go because of the pain. Her husband was not able to help her endure the pain so she had to take it out on her mom. At 2:30pm, the baby came out blueish/purplish and she freaked because no one had told her about it.