Birth Story

As with most birth stories, this post could be TMI for some of you. Consider it your warning! Oh, it’s also long.

At my 38 week check up on 2/04, I was 80% effaced, 1cm dilated and my doctor could feel Mia’s head. I think this was normal and women can stay this way for weeks. I didn’t think too much of it other than whoa cool, she can feel her head already!

On 2/09, I woke up at 230am feeling like I leaked pee and was unsure if my water broke. I went to the bathroom to check, noticed a little bit of show and was still unsure. I also noticed some period-like cramps/back aches, but didn’t think too much of it. Maybe it was the Braxton Hicks contractions kicking in, I didn’t know. I tried to go back to sleep and woke up at 530am feeling the same as at 2:30am. I woke up again at 730am still wondering if my water broke. This time when I went to the bathroom, my plug plopped into the toilet. So I woke Doug up telling him ummm I’m not sure…but today could be the day!?

I kept going to the bathroom every 15 minutes feeling like I leaked pee, seeing show and experiencing period-like cramps. So we stayed in bed until 900 am to call the doctor when the office opened. Between 745am and 930am I think I was having contractions that were all over the place, varying from 7 minutes to 30 minutes apart. Since they weren’t consistent or painful, I wasn’t concerned about rushing to the hospital. After calling the doctor, they told me to go to the hospital to check if my water broke.We grabbed our suitcase wondering if today was going to be the day. The night before, Jerry Taft said there was a winter storm coming. Doug told Mia (in my belly) to wait and come after the storm passed. Already she wasn’t listening to Daddy. We arrived at triage at930am. Turns out what I felt at home wasn’t my water breaking, but just my plug. I was also 100% effaced and 3cm dilated with contractions coming every 10 minutes.

I was starving at this point since I couldn’t eat anything (I forgot why). So of course, just like my wedding night, I got a double cheesy from McDonald’s. I’m classy, I know J I finished it before we could even get home, stopping every now and then to breathe through contractions.

I started pushing at 930pm. The doctor had to tell me when since I couldn’t feel the contractions (thank goodness!). As with most people, I pushed with my face, but after a few tries, I got it right. Forty minutes later, at 10:11pm on that snowy Tuesday, Mia Josephine was born at 6lbs 11oz, 20 inches. The doctor was right when she said Mia would be little and that it would be easy. When they took her to get cleaned up, Doug sang his song that he sang to her everyday for 30 weeks, and she reached out to clasp his finger.

After I got stitched up (this was weird to be aware that it was happening, but not really feeling much) and it was time to move to the recovery room, Doug and I asked the nurses…Uhhhh so now what? Will someone come and check on us? (As in, someone is going to tell us what to do with our baby, right?!! lol) By 130am, it was time to get some rest.

We are so blessed to have had a healthy and easy pregnancy, birth, and entire year!
Mindy
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