My Birth Story

I was admitted to the hospital after my water broke but all the cramping I had had on the drive there had gone and I certainly was NOT in labor. My OB was not on call that day so I had Dr. Sam Olupona, a jolly Jamacan man that didn't seem to jolly about any hope of my going into labor on my own and said he'd induce me in the morning and to get some rest. Yah right. I was having quite the cramping again by the evening and didn't realize until lights out that I got paired in a room with the worst snorer alive. I literally wanted to cry wondering how I'd get through labor if I couldn't get any sleep that night.

I put my ipod on, well actually my mother's cause I didn't have a labor bag packed remember... wondering what God awful music I would have to choose from. I can't sleep with music on either but that sound would be better than the wailing on the other side of the curtain. I found some instrumental song and put it on repeat hoping to bore myself to sleep.

I really didn't even want to get my hopes up that any of the cramping was labor but at around 3am I think, I realized that I was getting "cramps" once per song and could no longer deny there was some kind of pattern to it. I looked on the ipod to see how long the song was and it was only 2 minutes long. Holy crap I'm in labor! Greg went to get the nurse. I was 4cm when she checked me and they wheeled me down to the labor room. Well not the labor room, but the surgical room because of the risks for Addie and me.

Things progressed pretty quickly and my contractions were pretty intense but manageable with breathing. I felt like I would be delivering soon but I didn't know for sure. My blood pressure was really high and was starting to feel upset that the OB was not there yet. I kept asking about the epidural in regards to if I need I C-section if my BP gets too high or the baby goes into distress feeling like I was starting to get in pretty bad shape and not knowing how much longer I'd be in labor for. They were already moving me a lot because the baby wasn't getting enough oxygen if I stayed on one side too long. The nurses said they couldn't tell me what to do. What ?!?!


Not done.... trying lol....