A slice of my life as a SAHM: My Birth Story

June 26th I started to have contractions this was nothing new to me since I have had contractions/braxton hicks my whole pregnancy. But when they began to come more frequently I began to worry and called my husband to see what he thought about...long story short by 1 am I was admitted into the hospital and there was when I was diagnosed with preeclampsia. My blood pressure was really high, I had protein in my urine and I began to see spots. Everyday they would perform a PHI test to see if the protein in my urine would increase or decrease it went from 400 to 800 to 2400 over a three day period. June the 25th was when I was told I would be delivering 6 am the next morning. I was very nervous worried if she would be okay hoping that everything would go smoothly. I was induce on the 25th by inserting a foley which is basically a balloon they insert into your cervix fill it with some water ( a couple of mililiters). At first I was worried but after they inserted it I thought to myself, "Oh this doesn't hurt so bad at all" about 10 minutes later I was in pain it was tolerable but it did hurt. After many hours passed the pain just got worse and I began taking pain medication. Throughout my whole pregnancy I said I was NOT going to get an epidural but my 6 AM I was begging for it. The anesthesiologist came and I was so happy. But I began to notice that I could still feel the my legs, vagina and contractions but not my stomach. With my last pregnancy I didn't feel a thing. A couple of hours later it was time for me to push and after many long hours of pushing the nurses realize that the baby was in a position that prevented her from coming down into the birth canal. And with all the pushing it made her head swell and it was then when my doctor decided that we had to do a c-section;which I hated. Entering the cold room, seeing men and women with masks on, seeing all the instruments just made me so very nervous. After all the draping and sterilizing I heard Genesis cry and I immediately began to cry because this is what I have been praying for. I thanked GOD many many times. I am so happy that he blessed me with this beautiful little girl. Only HE knew how much I wanted to be a mother. Now this may sound strange or even crazy but after I gave birth I was verrrry sleep and tired and my body was shaking all over. I could barely hold my eyes open while holding Genesis and soon after I was sleep. My husband called the family and sent pictures while I slept.