The Kissie Monster Memoirs: .Birth Story.

The post you've all been waiting for!

*Warning* Birth pics...

7/20: [37w 6d] Dilated to 4cm & 75% effaced...stripped membranes.

7/21: [38w] Lost mucus plug - bloody show

...contractions off and on all weekend, nothing painful or uncomfortable, sometimes regular for hours on end...but nothing closer than 6min apart.

7/25: [38w 4d] A day like any other...A friend & her kids were over for a playdate.

4:30pm: Just sitting around chatting when I felt a small gush of fluid. Then a bigger gush, so I went to the bathroom and even after wiping several times I continued to feel wet. I called Fred at work to let him know that I thought my water had broke...while he rushed home, I did the dishes, put away some laundry & sent the kids over to the neighbors. Fred quickly changed & it was off to the Hospital we went.

6pm: They took us into this tiny triage ~~closet~~ room, strapped me to the monitors, the nurse checked with the nitrazine swab, it was positive [my water had broke] but it wasn't the whole sac...just the little bit trapped in front of her head [which was now acting like a plug]. Regardless, my water has NEVER broke on it's own...what a relief to know I wasn't crazy & I hadn't just peed myself! lol Contractions were mild but regular and dilated to 4-5cm.

Eventually, they moved us to a L&D room...

Hooked me back up to monitors & started an IV...

9pm: Contractions were picking up, the Dr. came in to finish breaking my water and that's when things really got started and the pain kicked in. I had been managing pretty well up to this point!

10pm: Dr. checked, we were at 6-7cm. The only thing more painful than the contractions was having to endure Fred watching WWE Monday Night Raw on the TV...lol

10:30pm: So much pain, I wanted to cry...but couldn't [literally could not cry...I tried]! I started feeling LOTS of pressure & a slight urge to push during contractions, the nurse checked me 8-9cm...she said, "It could be 15min, could be an hour!?" and walks out of the room.

Next contraction comes...definitely wanting to push, contraction is over and I still want to push. Fred runs into the hall, trying to find the nurse and she's no where to be found, he hits the call button and all they heard was me saying over & over..."I have to push, I have to push"...lol

11:00pm: 2 nurses & the on-call Dr. rush in...they start breaking down the bed & being busy, I really have no idea what was going on, I just wanted to effing PUSH!!!

11:07pm: The Dr. delivered her head and then I reached down and pulled out the rest of her little body and put her directly on my chest...no rips/tears and completely au natural!