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madison Sex: girl Born: 26 May, 2008 Age: 0 years & 61 days Birthday in: 304 days Starsign: Gemini Development: See the 2 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -she laughed a day after i brought her home. and she smiled a day after she was born

Birth details

Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: 2.5 hours from arriving at hospital
Weight @ birth: 6 8 oz
Length @ birth: 19 inches

On Sunday morning, I lost my mucus pluf and bloody show, but i wasn't worried because people told me it could take up to 2-3 weeks to have the baby. My sister called me before i went to bed and said that if i did go into labor, to call her and told me to have my bag packed and what not, but i thought this was strange because i was only 36 weeks and 3 days. That night, I woke up at 415 in the morning and felt a big urge to pee, but i thought that was normal because i always woke up during the night to use the restroom. I felt extra wet down there, then i noticed i was leaking water on the floor, so i woke up my mom and told her and she first blew it off and told me to go back to bed, but then she looked on the floor and saw puddles of water on the floor. THen she hurried and called my dad, who lives 30 minutes away from us and he rushed up here. We left for the hospital around 445 a.m. My hospital is 2 hours away, so i grabbed my bag and hopped in the car. I was thinking we do not have anything washed or cleaned and did not have the diaper bag ready, we were going to wash everything this week. I was in the car about 10 min. when i felt my first contraction. I never had braxton hicks or anything, but my contractions started really close together, about 5 minutes apart. Then 30 minutes later they were 4 minutes apart. Then by the time i got to the hospital, they were 3-4 minutes apart. I got to the hospital around 615 (my dad was speeding, thanks dad) and the hospital was dead, there was no one in there, but they gave my mom some papers to fill out and they got me a wheelchair and i had to wait in the waiting room and fill more papers out (btw, i already pre-registered) so while my contractions were getting stronger, they finally got me to triage about 10 minutes later. Triage is another name for hell. I put my robe on and i had a big urge to go to the bathroom, so i sat on the dirty toilets ( i did not care at that point) and for about 10 minutes had a poop attack (sorry if tmi) but it evidently sped things along. I went back to triage first they checked me and i was only at 4 cm, so they thought i had a while, and got my iv and waited for bout one hour and 30 min for a room, while the nurses were coming in and out. THe nurses, btw, were buttholes!! The pain was so bad i threw up three time, and i have never thrown up in my life before. I finally told the nurse, i can not do this anymore, i need a drugs!! my famous line i said, "For the love of God, give me some drugs." Finally they said they had a room, and took me to the best room they had, i had a window view, it was really nice. They got me all set up and i waited for about 30 min for the epidural guy to come in. Oh, he came in, but but i had to sit there and wait for my epidural while they asked me all these questions for medical reasons while i was having intense contractions. Finally, i got one, and i could barely stand still. I recited the Lord's prayer and it was by His grace that I did not move, because the pain was sooo bad. The doctor was going off duty, but came by. I kept complaining that the epidural is not working, the nurse said well it takes time. It was about 5 minutes after i got my epidural, that the doctor decided to check me cuz i kept complaining of the pain. I was dialated to 10 cm. and plus 2. I was ready to push!! i was scared because i wasnt numb yet and i did not want to feel anything. But i started pushing and they said i wasnt pushing right and that it would probably be a while, so the doctor left, and after 20 minutes of pushing, the nurse ran and got the doctor cuz they could see the baby's head. I felt everything and when the baby's head came out, i ripped a lot and it felt like my whole vaginal area exploded, and i moved and jerked because it hurt soooo bad. That was the worst part. But Madison was born at 856 a.m. It was 2.5 hours after i arrived at the hospital. Boy were those stupid idiots wrong about me taking a long time. I got two shots in my vaginal area afterward so i wouldnt feel them stiching me up, and i got alot of stiches, but they were wrong again, i felt the needle go in and out, like strong pinches, but it sure wasnt as bad as labor, so i just bit my lip. So my advice is to everyone, take a good poop before you go into labor, it sure helps with the timing.

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