My second birthing experience.
11/24/13 I was 38 weeks and 6 days pregnant. At about 10:30 am I was cooking breakfast for my family...and as I was turning the bacon I felt a little, tiny leak down there. I went to check it and it looked liked my mucous plug, or so I thought. At that time I didn't think much of it. The morning turned to afternoon and with a trip to our local Sprouts market to buy Layla fruits and vegetables, Layla loves eating lettuce, we were having a pleasant day. I was still having the feeling of losing my mucous plug but I was beginning to wonder if it was more than that.Then the three of us headed to my husbands faveorite store Costco to stock up on supplies for our home. When we got back home I wanted to get some rest so I took a short nap and also was monitoring the "leak." It wasn't getting heavier but wasn't going away either. When I was pregnant with Layla my water BROKE and POPPED. There was no questioning that it was my water that broke that day in 2011. 7pm arrives and I feel a bigger leak..so I get on the phone to call my nurse and they tell me to come in to the hospital for observation. We drop Layla off to our dear babysitters house and head North. Thirty minutes later we arrive at Sharp Mary Birch Hopital and head up to the second floor, triage department. The nurses checked my uterus and I was only at 3.5 centimeres. I'd been 3.5 centimeters dilated for the past 3 weeks. They gave me a test to check if it was just my mucous plug leaking or amniotic fluid. The nurse came back within 15 miutes with the test results and said "Yes mam, it's definately amniotic fluids!" "You're staying here mama" :) Oh my gosh, my hubby and I became so excited after hearing that news. We would soon be meeting our son! I am excited just typing this, thinking back to that special day. A few hours later at 11pm I finally got admitted to my labor room. By this time I was only dilated to 4 centimeters so I was given Pitocin to bring on the contractions. Since my water had apparantly started leaking earlier that morning they didn't want me to go on too much longer because infection could set in. 30 minutes later I started feeling contractions and they were slowly but surely intensifying. I had already ordered my epidural...BEST INVENTION EVER! I remember the delivery of Layla I had an epidural and didn't feel any urge to push..after all everything below your waist becomes numb! That was the ONLY drawback of having an epidural. BUT I was able to enjoy my labor and delivery. So at 12 am I was only at 4centimeres, the nurses uppped my pitocin to bring on stronger contractions but I could only feel slight tightening of my uters. WHEW!! 2am I was at 5 centimeters! 6am at 6 centimeters! 6:30 am the nurses came in to just prep my room for delivery when it came time to push. I started to feel an urge to push down there.I was HAPPY I could actually feel that feeling!!! I told the nurses so they checked me and I hear the nurse say, "oh my goodness she's at 10 and crowing...the baby's head is RIGHT THERE!" MAJOR EXCITEMENT NOW!!! YAY!!! I had gone from 6 centimeters to fully dilated to 10 in 1 hour. THe doctor was called! With every contraction I was feeling the urge to push, and I did. Push...push it real good. haha. I remember lauging with the doctor, nurses and my hubby..and doc said "yes laugh the baby out" haha. And at 6:57 am with my last push I heard a healthy cry...BABY Noah was born!! He was handed right to me..warm and wet and so perfect. All I said was.."Hi beautiful baby, I love you. Thank You God!" Such a beautiful experience. I would do it all over again. The Lord has answered my prayers, the desires of my heart. My husband and I are so thankful to Him. God bless our babies.
- Anita Bobita
