I had dreamed about those first moments, getting to breastfeed right away, all that. And so when I had to go to the hospital, it was a…
Laying on the hospital bed doctors walks in and says its time to push.this is it. A few pushes. I heard your first cry .They put you on my chest and i just started at you .I had just met you but i love you.…
My father had picked me up while carrying me to mother, not angry like I thought they’d be. They held me whilst mother saying, “No one can replace you, Abigail, we love you dearly.” And “Nothing will change, even when the baby will come.” father told me. After that talk, I grew to love the fact that I am going to be a big sister.…
By 7a.m. I was hooked up to my IV. By 9a.m.the nurses had me hooked up to a fetal monitor that monitored my baby and my contractions. I was now stuck in this not so comfortable bed until after my baby was born. My labor had started on its own but my doctor decided to start a Pitocin drip to induce my labor and make it go a little faster. It was now 4p.m. and was time for the epidural. My husband almost passed out after watching…
Upon arriving it became obvious the night ahead of us would be long. I had not dilated at all, but my body was in labor. After some time, the doctor hooked me up to I.V. medication to speed up the process. I requested my epidural and the anesthesiologist came. After inserting the epidural, they informed my mother they would be back when they did the c-section on me. My mother did not tell me this until after the delivery. She knew I had prayed, and believed by faith I would deliver Micah naturally. Several medical people had told me I would not deliver my baby naturally due to my size and shape, but I prayed and trusted God would somehow aid me in a natural delivery. I had to go back to work seventeen days after Micah was born.…
The day of the surgery finally arrived. My husband and I were back in North Carolina after a two month stay with my daughter, but all our thoughts were centered in that New York hospital. Our optimism was perforated as fear started to creep in. The waiting had to be the worst of it, we thought.…
The being pregnant part was actually really awesome. I was hungry all the time and got to eat pretty much anything and everything to my hearts content. I was always sleepy but best of all never did I get nauseous, which oh my gosh I was so happy for! You get to go to the doctor ALOT and the list of the things you can do is a short story compared to the novel that is the list of things you cant do. The very first feelings you feel of the baby moving feels like you have butterflies in your stomach and getting to hear the heart beat, now that is one of the best sounds in the world. I read What to Expect When You're Expecting like it was the bible. It tells you everything about the baby, their progress, what they look like at each stage and I was obsessed with it. At about five months that's when you get to find out the sex. That was the day I couldn't wait for. I wanted a girl so bad! I tried hard not to get my hopes up. Don't get me wrong I would love my child either way, but ever since that first day, that second line I couldn't stop thinking the word girl, girl, GIRL! I knew it, even though I told myself I didn't. My heart sank at first when the ultra sound nurse said “Do you see these three dots?” I instantly thought “okay cool its a boy, good thing I still have time to pick out a name” but as the nurse went on she said “congratulations your having a girl.” My mom who was with me just exploded into pure excitement, she had her three grandsons now the first granddaughter, and me, well I felt like I won the lottery. Picking out a name was also pretty easy seeing as how I already picked it out when I was 15, Riley, after my grandfather. I never got to meet him but I've always heard what an amazing person he was and I was in love with his name, but I had to make it its own so I decided to spell it Rylee. After that its pretty much 4 long fat months of you putting baby furniture together, buying clothes,…
At 12:30 at night on June 1, 2015, my life would soon change forever. I was pregnant with my first child and my water had just broken. My mom rushed me to the hospital where I was immediately put in a private room, in the hospital bed where I was about to deliver my first child, a son. He came so quickly (5 & 1/2 hours in total) and I had requested no pain medications and turned it down on several occasions as the medical staff pleaded with me to use it. The pain began to become more and more unbearable, so much so that I honestly felt paralyzed from my waist down. My body was taking over to my surprise and I was just there with my legs in stirrups. They seemed immovable and with the pains coming faster, it is as if they stopped receiving any of the signals my brain was sending to them.…
I will never forget how hollow I felt leaving the hospital without my baby. Some days I didn't think I could even manage getting out of bed. But, somehow I found strength I never knew I had to persevere to not only get out of bed, but, to try again for another child.…
When I got to St. Vincent’s hospital I thought I was in labor but the doctor said my water wasn’t broken yet. So I had to walk up and down the hallway for the baby to come down. Then finally the doctor pulled my water. And oh my god I was in so much pain. The nurse said” Keep pushing, the baby is almost out.” With a final push I had my baby. She was the most beautiful little baby with dark hair and big light brown eyes. I called Diana.…
David quickly gets dressed, grabs the bags, wakes up Ruby our 2 year old little girl and Tyson our 4 year old son and quickly does his best to organize us into the van. He drives half a block down and wakes up our neighbor Nancy and James to help watch our kids. Nancy quickly gives my hand a squeeze through the van widow and reassures me Ruby and Tyson will be well taken care of. She takes Ruby into her arms and Tyson takes Jason hand I can see them walking into the house through the right blind spot mirror as David drives away in half a panic. Upon arriving at the hospital everything happened so quickly. David checked me into the maternity triage I was wheeled into a room and quickly examined. Nurses quickly gathered around me hooking me up to monitors, placing an ID band on my wrist and I see David out of the corner of my eye. Before I realize it I am being wheeled upstairs to the delivery unit. In the mist of all the chaos I over head the nurses give direct orders to page the on call doctor and to tell the nurses upstairs to prepare a room STAT. My husband, David shouts out, “Everything is ok, Susan, everything is ok.” In this moment I gave into the rhythmic cycle of contractions and breathing that lead me to the most epic moment in life. My sound of my new born baby filled the room with sweet melodies. My husband David kissed my head.…
We went to the hospital I was then finally able to say “I’m a big sister.” I was so unbelievably excited, all I wanted to do was go in there. We got to finally go in the hospital room and finally get to see my new baby sister! We went into there and the second I laid eyes on her I was automatically filled with happiness. My mom held her, then my dad, then it was my…
The drive to Oakland and back was by far exhausting. I remember that I was always excited to go to these appointments for a fact because I loved the cafeteria food for some strange reason. Along with the appointments, there were times where I could not eat for a whole two hours because the doctors would want to do an ultrasound on me. The ultrasound was always long that the doctor would turn on movies for me to watch. My parents mostly felt frightened every time the doctor came out the ultrasound room because they always felt expected to receive bad news. I can see why my parents were fearful because I am their only little girl in the house; in the matter is because my siblings were already at the house by eighteen.…
Before this interview, I had never really thought about how there would be good emotions associated with giving birth, I had also just thought about how painful it must be physically and how awful that sounds to go through. However, after hearing my mom describe giving birth as “breathtaking, amazing, and inspiring”, my perspective on the entire experience of giving birth has changed. It was humbly to see that birth is really more than just the physical pain; it’s about bringing someone you already love so much into the…
"When they took me into the O.R., I took a deep breath and went to sleep. When I woke up, I was in the recovery. I just felt so empty inside - one minute I had a life living inside me and 20 minutes later there's nothing. I just started crying hysterically. The nurse came up to me and said "Why are you crying? You got what you wanted, now be quiet; you're going to worry the other girls." I got myself under control and walked out into the waiting room. As soon as I got out of there I just started screaming and crying, "What did I do?" I had to be carried into the car. I cried all the way home - in my life I have never felt so much pain like that day. It's been 4 months now, and it still hurts like it was yesterday," said eighteen year old Shantel Garcia, months after a surgical procedure that changed her life.…