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Friday, 14 November 2008 15:01 |
My son, now seven months old, was due on October 7th. By Oct. 11th, I was miserable. My doctor agreed that if he wasn't born by Monday, the 14th, then they would induce my labor. Well, Sunday night came and went, so we knew that we had to be up to the hospital at 8am the next morning. By two o'clock, I was so uncomfortable, I had to get up. So I went out to sit on the couch and read. Not only was I uncomfortable, but I also had to pee about every ten minutes.
So I got up, layed on the couch and started to read. Well, before I knew it, it was four o'clock. And all of a sudden, while I was laying there, I felt a pop. About ten seconds later, I felt a gush of water go down my leg. You guessed it! My water had broke. So, I went running for the bathroom, yelling to my husband, "Tom! Wake up! My water just broke!" to which his reply was, "Couldn't you have waited two more hours?"!
Anyway, my husband took a quick shower (world's fastest, I thought!), and we were off to the hospital. When we got there, there was no need for them to check to see if my water did break. I was wet all the way down to the ankles! Oh, yes, my contractions by the way, started once we got into the car. And they started out at about five minutes apart. Well, we got to the hospital at about five o'clock. My labor went along very well. I received an analgesic at about seven o'clock or so.
Then by 9:30, I was ready to begin pushing. I pushed for three hours. My son had his umbilical cord wrapped aroung his neck, and my body was just so exhausted, that it took three hours to push him out. My doctor ended up having to put her hands up inside to help pull him out. That's when she found out that he had the cord around his neck. I never felt a thing.
I ended up tearing up inside, plus having a fourth grade episiotomy. And I never felt any of it. All I felt were his shoulders when they came out. PLOOOSH! Well, I ended up having a beautiful baby boy. He pinked up right away, and had no trouble breathing.
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