Birth Story....

On 12 April around 1030pm, me and my husband had just got back home from eating dinner and just laid down on the couch to watch a movie. About 20 min later I felt a little trickle and I went to the bathroom and the trickle wouldn't stop! I noticed it had a pink tint so I called Labor and Delivery to see what I should do and they told me to come in. So we were frantically trying to make sure we had everything and started on our way to the hospital (which is about 45 minutes away). On the way there I felt a huge gush! When we finally got to the hospital I got out of the car and water was just pouring everywhere! When I got to L&D they had me change into a gown and all of my clothes were completely soaked, shoes and all! I hadn't dialated at all so they gave me a pill to put under my tongue and told me I had to stay in the bed. She said she would give me another pill in a couple of hours but I probably wouldn't have the baby til sometime the next afternoon. A little while later the contractions started and they were coming fast and strong! The nurse checked me and I was dialated to 2cm, and she gave me some medication in the IV. It made me feel a lot better for about an hour and then I was in excrutiating pain again and I paged the nurse for more but she told me they could only give it to me every four hours so I asked for the epidural. She checked me again and I was already to 6cm so they let me get the epidural. I was told it would kick in after a few contractions but the pain did not decrease at all, at this point I was in so much pain and ready to push! The nurse was like "ok i'll check again since you keep begging to push" than she was like "it's time!" I had dialted from 2cm to 10cm in no time at all! It didn't take much time at all to get her down and they told me to stop pushing and wait for the doctor. By the time she put on the gown and gloves it only took a push or two and she was out! They laid Ariana on my chest and it was the most amazing moment of my life, she was laying on my chest crying and I remember thinking "she has chunky cheeks!" After the nurses checked her out she was perfectly healthy and stayed in the room with me til we left! She was 8lbs 13oz and 20", I hardly tore at all but swelled up so bad! Everything happened so fast! Ariana Jazelle was born on 13 April at 0547am. I was one week overdue and was supposed to come in the next day to be induced! We tried everything to get her to come, bumpy roads, raspberry tea, EVERYTHING, guess she wanted to come on her own time, not ours :)