Once I got past the rude paramedic woman making me feel awful about not feeling the baby move. I was rushed to delivery.
I was asked a bunch of questions about family medical history and my current lifestyle (eating and fitness). It felt so unreal that I was actually in a delivery room, but alone. My mom hadn't arrived yet since the ambulance had to turn on the sirens to rush me to the hospital. I didn't know exactly when my husband would get there as he was trouble finding the spare set of keys.
Finally my mom arrived and I had someone to provide moral support. Next thing I know they have me hooked to monitors and am getting an ultrasound. Within a couple minutes my husband shows up and finally I can break down and share how nervous I was. The tech starts measuring and we are told our baby is measuring at 36 weeks. (How can this be? I just had back pain.)
We get told by the nurse that I was going to be there a while since it was my first baby. So we better get comfortable. I shortly then have the doctor come in and she lets me know they need to break my water since my contractions are irregular. (I'm still thinking they are back pains.) The only thing logical thing for me to do was ask for my epidural. I mean come on isn't that what everyone gets? The nurse kindly let me know that I had 3 other women in front of me and we would have to see how far along I was before I got mine. (Basically told me SOL sister you're too far along!!!)
I had another "back pain", contraction, and the nurse told me I better practice pushing. I reminded her that I never had a "lamas class", so I didn't know how to push. So I just started pushing. I guess I was a natural because she let me know I needed to stop that the baby was coming. She ran out the door to call the doctor. Another one was coming on while she was out. The only natural thing was to push. I could hear the doctor coming in and was slowly getting her gloves on. She only had time to get them on and the nurse to get the pad down and our little girl was born.
And most importantly: MY BACK PAIN ENDED!!!
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