A year ago, I was sitting in a hospital bed holding my newborn (missing the midnight showing of New Moon, I might add). I thought, since I was a terrible mother then and never blogged about her birth, I should look back at her birth story. Plus, its good to write it down so when I have 50 kids I will be able to read and remember!
All of my births have been planned. After the first labor that was less than six hours (and not having time to get my antibiotics), they figured it was better to have a planned delivery than having a baby on the side of the road. I tend to agree. I have differing emotions about the whole “plan when your baby is to be born thing”, but the positive side is that I make sure that all of my other children are in good hands. I have enough time to get my children to the grandparent’s house or have family come and stay for a day or so. This is a good thing. If it was unplanned, as short as my labors are, my kids might just witness the whole thing and be forever traumatized…and I would like them to have their own children someday.
So, on June 29, 2010, I walked into the hospital. I put my fancy hospital gown on and it began…
Oh, yeah. I’m also not one to turn down the friendly anesthesia fellow roaming the halls. He needs job security. I, actually, have an extremely high tolerance for pain, but my life is crazy almost every other day of my life. It is nice to have a peaceful delivery because when I go home the next day, it won’t be that peaceful again…until I have another baby.
They broke my water at 6:30 am and I got my epidural…well kinda. The only thing this particular epidural was good for was numbing my right leg. The more drugs they added, the more numb my right leg became. While all the other areas of my body felt everything. There was no time to fix that because I was complete at 9:30 and at 9:35 I had a baby on my chest. They actually called the doctor and told him to “run”. He did. He barely made it.
That was it. So, I can actually say I have had a natural childbirth (I didn’t even scream once either! I promise. There are witnesses). It’s checked it off my list. Might do it again. Might not. You just never know with me. Either way, it’s totally worth it!
6 lbs. 3 oz. 19 in.
Here she is today:
Happy birthday my sweet Mia Hadley!
