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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	Jessica's Birth StoryBy Debra Baker      Jessica was born in 1979. I was only eighteen and didn't read more than the little books the OB/GYN gave me in the office. We took a prep class in the hospital (big mistake).       I had a sixish hour labor with her. I was in labor when my mom flew in from CA. Things weren't that bad until we went into the hospital. They broke my water, gave me an enima, put a fetal monitor on on me and left me to labor in a small unwindowed room with nothing to do but watch the clock on the wall. When the sack was gone, the contractions became intense.       After a couple of hours, I felt the need to empty my bowels. I told the nurse so in less polite terms. She told me to go ahead and push. I told her I was going to take a dump on her clean floor. She told me it was the baby, I told her it was going to be a turd, and took a dump on the floor.       I was moved to a standard delivery room and strapped onto the table, flat on my back with my legs tied into stirrups. The nice doctor gave me a massive episotomy and I birthed Jessica with three pushes (9lb.8oz.) They let me see her and whisked her away.       I wanted to hold her but they wanted me in the hospital room. I asked for her and they told me to take a shower. I went into the shower and passed out. When I came to, I demanded my baby. At this point, they brought her into me. I was able to nurse her and get to know her. The sweet little baby made all the indignities of the hospital worthwhile.       When I conceived my second child, I started to question all the hospital procedures. 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 Two Birth Stories Index ]