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Poerti Genesis Sex: girl Born: 02 February, 2009 Age: 3 years & 13 days Birthday in: 352 days Starsign: Aquarius Development: See the 32 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Original due date: January 27, 2009
Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: 30 1/2 hours
Weight @ birth: 7lbs 4 Ounces
Length @ birth:

Poerti-Genesis-`s birthstory

SO finally I am able to write a birth story!
Well my contractions started Saturday afternoon while shopping in Path mark with my sister. Earlier that day, I had cramps really bad like menstrual cramps, but I was still able to function until, my sister and I were standing on the check out line...Hmmmmm all of a sudden out of no where I received this sharp pain from my back to my pelvic area. I thought hmmm this is strong Braxton Hick...but no this almost knocked me off my feet so I knew that this was more than that!
I whispered to my sister, I just had a contraction! So I came home, and decided to drink some more Raspberry tea...and do things to occupy my time. I watched TV, and get online. During this time, I kept having contractions, and I felt the desire to throw up, and I started to get the runs so after a while my sister decided we needed to start timing the contractions. We did just that! They were coming @ a strange pace sometimes 30 minutes, 20 minutes. However I decided that I was not going to the hospital yet.
Lamar had an event that he needed to attend, and I didn`t want to worry him because, he would have wanted me to go to the hospital, and I just felt like it wasn`t time yet.
I laid in my bed, and tried to get some sleep, but the contractions were still coming and some were stronger than the others @ certain times. My sister, Shani kept asking me if I wanted to go to the hospital, I said no. She finally called L&D and was told that I should come in when the contractions were five minutes apart WHICH I already knew and was my plan. Soo all Saturday night, and Sunday morning I had contractions, I could not sleep.
I cried because the contractions @ times were so intense @ times. Around 1PM Sunday afternoon, I went to the bathroom, and I lost my mucus plug. After that I decided that soon I would go to the hospital, I asked my sister to make me some soup with a slice of toast. I tried to eat the soup and slice of toast, but I wasn`t able to digest it to the fact the contractions were coming on stronger, and faster.
They started coming 2 minutes then 5 minutes, and I couldn`t talk. So my sisters dressed me and I called Lamar told him I was in labor to meet @ the hospital. While getting into the taxi to arrive @ the hospital, I was crying the entire way. When, my sister and I finally arrive @ the hospital I had to get triage, and they wouldn`t allow my sister to stay with me @ first and I was scared. They asked me was this my first baby and I said yes their response was well this will take time first babies always take a little time...WHAT FUCKIN EVER!
They finally attach me to the fetal monitor, and her heart rate was okay and Lamar arrives, so the doctor checks me, and I`m already 5 CM dilated...yay!
We go into one of the delivery rooms and I`m hooked up to all the monitors and it`s just waiting to see how much I progress @ this time I am uncomfortable, but still able to deal. I felt better with Lamar being there with me although one of the nurses had a nasty attitude and he wanted to curse her out and I pleaded with him not to because I just didn`t want the craziness around me. One of the doctors, I had was VERY VERY NASTY and when I was @ 8 CM, she just shoved her hands up my vagina and told me to bare down and push, and I could not do it because, I was in so much pain, and she was complaining saying that she had to do a c-section on another patient.
I felt as though, she was being really nasty, and I cried and my Mother whom was also in the room gave her a first choice words. I then asked for the original doctor that I saw when I first came in. I admit that she wasn`t very warming BUT she listened to me unlike that first doctor who I eventually told her you`re not telling me what you`re doing this is my first baby and you`re being very nasty. At this point I had rejected the epuidurial TWICE, but I did ask for something to take the edge off.
Due to the fact that I had to have my water broken I wasn`t able to take any narcotics and the Dr told me that the baby`s heart rate was dropping, and I wasn`t dilating anymore and that I went back to seven, I was so upset. I kept thinking how could I have went down and I understood better when one of the nurses told me that each doctor had different size fingers, but I was still okay as long as, I didn`t go back down to two.
At this point I had been given piction, and the contractions were so strong that I had signed the papers for a c-section ALTHOUGH I was dead set against it, I felt like I had failed because I wanted so badly to go natural. Then the sweetest nurse, I had since I was there helped me and she told me that I was so close to giving birth vaginally and although she knows that going natural was what I wanted to do that if I got the epidural that it would take the edge off, and I would be able to push down.
I kept saying that I was sorry and she told me that I was doing wonderfully and I did not have anything to be sorry for. So the third time, I was offered I said yes and ALTHOUGH I was @ 9 cm it helped because I was able to breathe I felt like I was going to die. However after I received the epidurial, I was able to try and push and then what I dreaded happened as I was pushing , and diarrhea came out also, and I told Lamar that I was embarrassed, and he said it was okay.
I kept pushing but only her head was crowing. I was so exhausted from the contractions earlier, and by this time, I had contraction for over 24 hours. My doctor suggested we try the vacuum, and she told me if that did not work that I would get a c-section. I kept crying because I did not want a c-section! I was wheeled off into the operating room, Lamar changed into the yellow robe, and gloves. While they were preparing everything I kept having the sensation to push because the pressure was UNBELIEVALE and I kept trying but they said I was not doing it hard enough.
Then all of a sudden, I had this overwhelming feeling and there were many people in the operating room, and they held my legs back and cheered PUSH PUSH PUSH, and I grabbed the bars @ the side of the table and I pushed with everything, I had. Then as I was about to stop, I looked @ Lamar and he said NO BABY YOU`RE DOING IT SHE`S ALMOST OUT, and I pushed as I concentrated on Lamar`s face and then he said you did it she`s out. I said you`re lying and then I looked down and I saw her, she was out! I felt a sudden relief. I looked down and the doctor that delivered her was G O N E! I was like wow where did she go but there was another doctor there, and I asked her do I have to still push out the placenta, and she said no it will just fall out.
It did! That is when I found out that I had a episiotomy and I had to get stitches. I am not sure as many I had to have but it was A LOT and I also tore inside where I had to get stitches. It was a painful experience, but I would go through it ALL AGAIN for her! Everyone thought that I was going to have a huge baby because I carried so big, but my baby weighs seven pounds and 4 ounces, and she`s VERY pink..LOL FINALLY Poetri Genesis Howell has arrived and I am so very blessed!!

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