Just thought I'd share my first birth story.
This story is actually crazier than you can believe and when you read it you'll swear that I'm full of crap but I promise I'm not!
My dates were spot on. I was sixteen years old and had only had sex one time before I got married. That one time was all it took. My ex was stationed at the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field in Gila Bend, Arizona. Anybody from Arizona can appreciate just how miserably hot that area is. My son was due June 14th, 1993.
My due date came and went. I was dilated to 3cm and 50% effaced. I thought labor was imminent but I was WRONG. I walked around that way for over four weeks, crying myself to sleep every night.
On July 15th we were making our way around the base perimeter as we did every night, trying to kickstart my labor. Then we heard a familiar sound...a rattle. The next thing we knew, a sidewinder (that's a rattlesnake for you non-desert dwellers!) jumped out from behind a bush at us and started chasing us down the road. I ran for about 10 feet before I decided I would rather die then run one more step. We were an hour and a half from the nearest hospital. I wanted to tell the others to just cut the baby out of me if I got bit but those jerks (mostly my family) had run ahead and left the enormous pregnant lady behind.
By some kind of miracle the snake gave up and turned around. I was THAT pathetic that even a snake wanted no part of me.
The next morning (July 16th, 1993) I was induced. Yes, after all of that I STILL didn't go into labor on my own. I had him in three hours, after only 10 minutes of pushing. However, because I pushed so hard and forgot to breathe, I popped the blood vessels in my eyes and was blind for about two hours. NOTE: make sure you BREATHE while pushing!
When he was born he had some problems due to being so overdue. He had to spend a week in the NICU and it was tough. But almost twenty years later life has come full circle and he his about to become a dad himself; his girlfriend is due about two weeks before his birthday...
Thanks for reading, hope you've learned some valuable lessions:
1) When the doc does the cervical checks don't take them too seriously or you could be crying yourself to sleep every night thinking that labor is right around the corner.
2) If a rattlesnake jumps out at you don't panic - it's just not worth it
3) BREATHE while pushing or you won't be able to see your baby for at least two hours!
This story is actually crazier than you can believe and when you read it you'll swear that I'm full of crap but I promise I'm not!
My dates were spot on. I was sixteen years old and had only had sex one time before I got married. That one time was all it took. My ex was stationed at the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field in Gila Bend, Arizona. Anybody from Arizona can appreciate just how miserably hot that area is. My son was due June 14th, 1993.
My due date came and went. I was dilated to 3cm and 50% effaced. I thought labor was imminent but I was WRONG. I walked around that way for over four weeks, crying myself to sleep every night.
On July 15th we were making our way around the base perimeter as we did every night, trying to kickstart my labor. Then we heard a familiar sound...a rattle. The next thing we knew, a sidewinder (that's a rattlesnake for you non-desert dwellers!) jumped out from behind a bush at us and started chasing us down the road. I ran for about 10 feet before I decided I would rather die then run one more step. We were an hour and a half from the nearest hospital. I wanted to tell the others to just cut the baby out of me if I got bit but those jerks (mostly my family) had run ahead and left the enormous pregnant lady behind.
By some kind of miracle the snake gave up and turned around. I was THAT pathetic that even a snake wanted no part of me.
The next morning (July 16th, 1993) I was induced. Yes, after all of that I STILL didn't go into labor on my own. I had him in three hours, after only 10 minutes of pushing. However, because I pushed so hard and forgot to breathe, I popped the blood vessels in my eyes and was blind for about two hours. NOTE: make sure you BREATHE while pushing!
When he was born he had some problems due to being so overdue. He had to spend a week in the NICU and it was tough. But almost twenty years later life has come full circle and he his about to become a dad himself; his girlfriend is due about two weeks before his birthday...
Thanks for reading, hope you've learned some valuable lessions:
1) When the doc does the cervical checks don't take them too seriously or you could be crying yourself to sleep every night thinking that labor is right around the corner.
2) If a rattlesnake jumps out at you don't panic - it's just not worth it
3) BREATHE while pushing or you won't be able to see your baby for at least two hours!
