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Main Page Site Index Getting Pregnant Pregnancy Parenting Pregnancy and Parenting Journals Fertility Nutrition Pregnant Moms Morning Sickness Women's Health Child Health	Andrew's Birth Story By Robyn Andrew's trip into the world started on April 26, 1999 a little after 11pm. My boyfriend and I were babysitting his nephew when I felt this unbelievable pressure right below my bladder. I thought I had to go pee but when I attempted to sit up my water broke--all over my boyfriends sister's couch (it was a HUGE mess). After that the contractions hit me like a brick. They were 2 minutes apart, and lasted about 90 seconds. I went to the hospital at midnight where the nurse told me I was 2cm dialated, contractions were 40 seconds apart and that I'd probably be in labour all night. I was in pain. Then I went through an irregualar contraction--it lasted 47 minutes. It would peek and then start to fall and then peek again without ending. At this point I was on my hands and knees crying and begging for an epidural. To my surprise I was denied it! I was told that I could handle it and that I didn't need the medication. This is when the nurse was getting angry. She was telling me not to be a wuss and to get back on the bed. 2am rolled around and the urge to push came. I couldn't believe how powerful the urge was. The nurse at this point was yelling at me to stop pushing. I managed to pull on the emergency cord and the doctor showed up. He told me that I was 10cm and that I should push. At this point my labour coach and my boyfriend showed up (they needed to find a replacement babysitter for his nephew). I pushed for over an hour and Andrew finally popped out 3:16am. I thought the worse was over with. Until I felt the needle and thread in my bum. The doctor (who I later found out was an intern and this was his first labour) was stiching me up, without any pain medication. He spent 45 minutes stiching me up and I felt everything. The sad thing about this labour is I live in a country where I should be allowed to make decisions for myself. If I don't want a natural labour I shouldn't have to go through one. Search the Birth Stories Match All Terms Any Term and show results in Standard Form in Compact Form Hint! Enclose phrases in quotes. For example "home birth" Return to Section 27 Birth Stories