The births of my children....

I decided that it would be fun to write a blog about the birthing experience of each of my children. They were some of the most amazing, scary, exhausting experiences of my life and i think it would be fun to share them.....

Alexia: I had Alexia when i was 17 years old. She weight 5 pounds 10 ounce and was 18 inches long. She was born at 36 weeks. I was induced on a Friday, September 10, 2004 around 5:00. I didn't end up having her until the next night at 10:38 pm.  I had an epidural with her pretty early on, i told my doctor i didn't care about having a C-Section i just didn't want to feel pain. (Epidurals can stop or slow labor and after your water is popped or breaks you have 24 hours to deliver or you have to have a C-Section.). The birth of Alexia was amazing and scary because it was my first time giving birth. My whole family was involved in her birth and that made it extra special. The labor part when it was actually going went pretty smooth....there was a little incident with the pushing that made it embarrassing but it happens. Towards the end i started getting extremely tired and my mom whispered in my ear "You don't want them to use forceps on that baby, now push!" and that i did! I had to get an episiotomy which sucked after. After i gave birth i got really sick, my heart started beating too quickly and i started to hemorrhage buuuut everything calmed down and it was a pretty good experience overall.

Austen: I had Austen when i was 19 years old. He weighed 6 pounds 1 ounce and was 19 inches long.  He was born at 37 weeks. I had some contractions around 5 pm on March 14 and waited a few hours to see if they would stop....they didn't but weren't getting stronger. As a precaution my mom took me to the hospital around 9 pm so i could get checked out and they said that i was measuring a bit bigger than i was at my apt the previous week and so they had me walk around the hospital for an hour to see if anything progressed. It did! I had my water broken and this time i decided to with stand the contractions as long as i could...i successfully got to a 6 before i started complaining for an epidural. Austen was birth was pretty fast and easy. My water was broken at 10 pm and i had him at 1:12 am on March 15. :) Austen was the most alert baby i have ever seen....so said a few others. He laid with his eyes WIDE open and just took in the world. He moved his head back and fourth looking all over the room...and he was only 2 hours old!!! Holy wow!!

Alyssa: I had Alyssa when i was 20 years old. She weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. She was born at 37 weeks. Alyssa's birth was a lot like Austen's. I had some contractions went in to get checked out and after waiting an hour i was induced. Alyssa's birth was a little more dramatic because they came in and measured me and after 30 minutes i felt extreme pressure and the need to push. I had an epidural  but i could feel pressure. I yelled for the nurse and she came in and said they just measured me and there was nothing to worry about. I got really angry and said "No you need to check me again because i feel extreme pressure!" This stupid nurse wouldn't listen to me and so i felt down and sure enough my little girl was waiting to come out.....the nurse got mad at me for doing that because it's not safe and i was pissed at her because she didn't listen to me. I wouldn't let her be in the room for the delivery. Another nurse really got on my nerves, she kept insisting that i cross my arms during the delivery and it felt unnatural and i didn't like it. I am not sure what happened with my epidural, maybe it started wearing off but i felt part of Alyssa's birth. I started complaining that i could feel her when she was coming out, it wasn't full on feeling it but it was more pain and pressure than i had felt with the previous two births. Luckily her birth went smooth but man she came out one unhappy, hungry baby.

Aspen: I gave birth to Aspen when i was 22 years old. She weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces and was 19 inches long. She was born at almost 38 weeks. If i would of been one day later it would of been 38 weeks. On January 23, around 8 pm I was having really bad back pain...which is normal during pregnancy but this back pain was taking my breath away. I took a really hot bath in my mom's jet tub and tried to relax. After that didn't work i took some Tylenol and laid down with a hot pad and fell asleep. Around 11 pm i woke up and thought i had peed in my sleep...than i realized MY WATER HAD BROKE! I was super excited because i always wanted to experience having my water break. It was actually pretty gross and it felt like i had peed my pants but i was still excited to have experienced that. This was also the first pregnancy where i had back labor, i really hope i don't have that this pregnancy...that hurt!! Even the epidural was painful because my back was so sensitive.  I went to the hospital got the process started and like i said got an epidural. (Can you tell i don't like pain?) Aspen's birth was exhausting and it felt like it took forever pushing. I ended up needing oxygen because i was so out of breath. I kept saying "I can't push anymore, i can't push anymore" I was super tired. This delivery i was completely in control, another nurse tried to get me to cross my arms and i snapped back "No, i want my arms like this!"...she shut up real fast. Aspen was born 12:22 pm on January 24. She came out one happy baby and slept a lot.

I have one more birthing experience to go through but as you can tell from experience i am a pro! As long as i have my epidural, the nurses leave me alone i am fine. I am getting my tubes tied after this one as i mentioned in a previous post. I kinda want my water to break again....the labor was a lot easier on my body because it was done naturally.