Well on October 2, 1996, the doctor had my induction scheduled. I had Gestational Diabetes so this is why I was induced. I also was positive for Strep B and they immediately started my on antibiotics. Anyway on the the story. At 6:30 am I drove Krystal (my 2 yr old daughter) to day care and kissed her bye (this was hard knowing I wouldn't be home for a couple of days) and went back home and grabbed my bags and me and my hubby went to the hospital. This was really weird to me knowing I was soon to be in a lot of pain. The first time I went into labor on my own but knowing when it is going to start was kinda scary.

We got there and started Pitocin drip around 7:30 or so and every 30 minutes they would increase it slightly. My doctor likes to take it slow so you don't have contractions come hard and fast. Well around 9:00 am I started having mild contractions, nothing to write home about. By 12:00 - 1:00 pm the contractions were getting more uncomfortable. By this time I was still only about 2 cm dilated. The doctor came in at 3:15 pm and broke my water and I asked him when could I get my epidural? I had no intentions on having natural birth. I stated from the minute I arrived that I wanted an epidural just as soon as I could, that minute if they would. Of course they wouldn't. He told me to wait and see how the contractions would go after breaking my water and when I was pulling everyone's hair out he would order me one. I was like "O.K." He guessed the baby would arrive around 6:00 pm since I wasn't dilated very much.

Prabably within 5 minutes after breaking my water the action was on! The pain became unbearable and there seemed like there was hardly a break in between. My doctor had stepped out for about 5 minutes and came back in and at that time I was begging for help, I could bearly speak and boy was I in some kinda pain!! He said he would get the epidural, I think the anesthesiologist must have been tied up because my OB ended up doing my epidural. Everything was just going so fast! So here I was in intense pain with contractions constantly (no break) and I had to sit up and bend over and be perfectly still while he placed the epidural and he took forever! I went through 4 major contractions waiting for him to finish and I had to be perfectly still, this was very hard, I was sweating and crying, I knew I couldn't make it. he got it in and I knew the pain would be gone (as soon as it was in for my first baby the pain stopped instantly). Well low and behold, the pain was still there and still very intense. I don't believe he had it in very good, I am sure he doesn't put these in routinely. He said it may take up to 10 minutes to start working. This was about 4:10 pm.

All of a sudden I had a weird burning sensation in my vaginal area and I told the nurse something was happening (they still thought it would be awhile before baby popped out). She rushed to check me and I was fully dialated and baby was coming! Boy did the rushing start then, the doctor barely had time to put on his gloves when they started yelling push!! I screamed that "I did not want this baby naturally! I needed drugs!!" They told me it was too late and the baby was almost here. I thought at that moment I would die! The pain was horrible (I don't tolerate pain very well). I kept saying I can't do this, the nurse said yes you can! Then I had to be very still and not push so the doctor could give me Lidocaine block (since the epidural wasn't working) to give me an episiotomy. Boy was this hard! Then they said one more good push and baby would be out. I was in pain but I said to myself that I would push hard and get this over with. So with some unknown strength I pushed and didn't stop and over rode the terrible pain and out popped Brandon! He cams so fast the doctor had to catch him! I pushed only 3 times and he was out! His little head was bruised he came so fast!

The doctor said it was a boy and I was in shock! I just knew I would have another girl. My husband cried and then I started to cry. I couldn't hold him right away because he was having a difficult time breathing. I held him for 1 minute before they took him away to work on. I just kept saying "I can't believe I had a boy!" Well the epidural did kick in around 4:45 just in time for him to sew me up! Brandon was born at 4:34 pm.

I never wanted to give birth naturally and I thought I would never make it. But as soon as he popped out and the pain was gone I am glad I got to feel everything. I really know what it is like to have a baby now. I felt every little bit of Brandon coming out and it was an experience I will never forget.

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