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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	Sara Anne's Birthday By Angela McGinn My original due date was April 12, 1999 according to my sonogram. I always believed I was due 2 weeks earlier. Sara Anne was born on March 30. About 10 days before she arrived, my doctor said she would induce me by April 6 if I had not gone into labor. At my next appointment, a week later, I was so big she was ready to induce then! I was scheduled for the next available induction just a few days later. On Tuesday, March 30, my husband, Kevin, and I arrive at 7:30am with my parents in tow to have a baby. Before I was started on Pitocin (at 8:41am), they hooked me up to the external monitors. It turns out I was already having contractions about 2 minutes apart but I couldn't feel them. After awhile the contractions began to feel like strong menstrual cramps. I planned to go as long as I could before taking any pain medication. Meanwhile I was starving because I hadn't eaten since 10:30 the night before. While reading a magazine, I saw a picture of blueberry cobbler and immediately began craving some. Throughout the next 13 hours of labor, all I wanted was blueberry cobbler!! I handled my contractions by relaxing and tuning out everyone who came to visit. My nurse kept asking me if I wanted any pain meds and I kept saying "no." Until I reached 5 cm and suddenly remembered that you can't get an epidural after that. So YES YES YES I wanted one! That was at 6pm. After that labor and delivery were a breeze! Sara was born at 9:41pm and was a big surprise! We thought she would be a boy! During my pregnancy, my biggest fear was the pain of giving birth. Having the epidural made me feel like Superwoman. I could have as many children as I want. I was also elated to discover that I couldn't feel the doctor making the episiotomy cut at all! But the stitching up was a tiny bit uncomfortable, not too mention the recovery. I have also discovered that it is true what they say about how you "forget" about the labor and delivery pain. Since my daughter was just a few weeks old, all the wonderful feelings I had for her completely blocked out the event. She is now everything I had ever thought was missing in my life. I had always wondered what my purpose for being on this planet was.....now I know. 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 31 Birth Stories