Birth Stories from EVERYONE!!

Jamie - posted on 11/14/2009

My pregnancy was a pretty good one. Haylea is my first and only child so far, but I cant wait to have more. I only go sick a handful of times through out the pregnancy, but I did have heartburn every moment of the day. Nothing would work to make it go away. I thought to myself my baby better come out with lots of hair lol and she did tons of it. the last to weeks of my pregnancy I stayed home b/c I was afraid of going into labor at work. The first week me and my mom walked every day for long periods of time. Went to the dr and no change, so I gave up on walking and just sat around home, but one day me and mom went to the mall and we walked for 4 hours straight without resting or anything. My belly would get hard as a rock, but without any pain, so we thought it was nothing. Later that night we ate chinese food for dinner and then Haylea dad started knocking at the door to let him in and when I opend the door I said oups my water just broke. We rushed around and went to the hospital and got all hooked up. They were going to send me home b/c they said my water couldnt break without me having pain, so they said I went to the bathroom on myself which after they checked me proved wrong and my water did break. They gave me a room and I walked round the halls about 3 times and the pains started to come on. Mine didnt come 5 minutes apart they were back to back from the very start. Well, I could make it natural like I wanted b/c I two disk in my back that dont move, so I couldnt take the pain anymore, so I took the IV drip and then the epidural. I was in labor about 13 hrs and pushed 7 minutes.

Amy - posted on 11/07/2009

Well, I do have an interesting pregnance story for all of you.I did not even know that I was pregnat. You heard me right. Abraham was conceived after I had a nasty chest cold or the flu. My husband and I went out for lunch one day. We came home and an hour later or so we went for a walk. We were looking over a bridge and talking all of a sudden I flt nausious. I was couphing and started to volmit. Frank asked me if I was alright and I said I feel better. Did not think anything of it. A month later Frank was just looking at me the whole day like something was wrong. He said to me you are pregnant. I laughed and said yah right. A few more months went by and the same think. He said to me the Lord is showing me you are pregnant. I did not know what to make of it. I felt kicking now and then but Abraham was not moving that much. The summer was very hot. If I was out side long my stomach got upset and I would throw up. on and off the whole summer. I drank alot of gaderaide. That was the only way I could keep anything down. One day I was in my Moms car. She said to me are you pregnant I said I do not know. Told my husband and we went for a pregnanatcy test. My husband droped it so we thought it would not work and through it away. We both took a nap. I was very tired when I was pregnant.Frank yelled down to me Amy come up here. No responce. Honey he yelled and I was out of it. All of a sudan he called and soang Mom Mom Mommy. Who are you talking too I said he said you. He showed me the test. It showed I was preganat. It took a while to get to the doctores went for a blood test. I was indeed pregnant. Went to the doctors a week later and had all the tests done. Ultrasound and everything. Because he did not move much they put a heart moniter on him around my stomach. I stared contractions. Two days later gave birth to Abraham Adam Brown 8 lb 6 oz. 21 inches long. They gave me an epidural and had trouble during labor could not puch him out. He kept going to the left and did not want to come out. They used forseps and everthing. They had to cut me open from my back side to my virgina because Abe was taring me up. Thedoctors and nurses finally got him out. Frank wanted to hold him right away but the doctors and nurses would not let him. Abe would not lach on to my breast to breast feed and was dyhydrating and asked if they can use furmula and I said go ahead. They thought the heart was on the right side of his chest instead of the left. They had hi in the NICU over night and then I took him home. I was a mess.