Amy MacDonald: 10.13

I woke up on Wednesday

feeling great. Baby Mac was due in a week and I had a long list of things,

"To Do".

There was no time to waste! The first thing on my list was an ultrasound that morning.

I had been measuring somewhat small for being

39 weeks so my doctor had me sent in for an ultrasound, to make sure everything was okay.

When the ultrasound was over, the tech told me she would be right back.

She left the room for a few minutes then came back and said, "You are actually

measuring low on amniotic fluid. You need to go to the hospital and

your doctor will meet you there. That's really all I can tell you".

Whaaaaaaaaaat????

She then tells me where the hospital is and to have a great day.

No YOU have a great day lady.

I called Joe and told him

what was going on, luckily he was already at the hospital for his rotation. He met me outside and we went in together.

They admitted me in and hooked me up to a bunch of monitors

(Keep in mind, I still have no idea what is really going on at this point).

After about an hour of tests the doctor came in.

He told me I am below the normal threshold of amniotic fluid and that the baby was no longer going to grow

inside of me. Then he proceeded to tell me that they were going to start an

induction.

I sat there confused, I mean...

I guess no one knew how much I still needed to do

before the baby came.

I asked, "Okay so like can I leave?"

Rookie mistake, obviously.

He replied, "You wont be leaving here without your baby".

Okay rude.

They moved me into the labor and

delivery room, set me up to an Oxytocin drip,

as well as an IV. I sat there trying to wrap my head around things. I didn't wake up expecting to have a baby that day.

I was SO unprepared, I didn't even have my

hospital bag with me. So I did what anyone in my situation would do, I made a big long list of things

I needed and handed it to Joe with a smile.

He was so good to me that day.

Don't mind this.

This is just me fruiting my looms

before being induced.

I had No0o0o0o idea what was coming.

About an hour went by and I couldn't really feel anything.

I was super calm, sitting there reading a book.

Joe arrived back at the hospital with everything I asked for, including a bag of food.

He went to go warm supper up for us and the nurses left with him.

I started to move around a bit to get comfortable and... Well... this was the worst idea I'd ever had. As I moved something burst!

I was hit with this massive contraction and my water broke at the same time.

Well at least I think that was my water...

It really felt like I had peed my pants and let's be honest, at that point, who can tell the difference.

I couldn't help but squeEeEeEeEeEeEeEal!

And where the *Beep* was everyone?!

I started ringing the nurse buzzer and luckily in walked Joe.

It was official, ~~labor~~ death had begun. My contractions started getting faster and more intense. I went from

2cm - 9cm in about an hour.

..................

People told me labor is just like bad period cramps, yah well those people are liars. I don't know about you but my time of the month aint ever felt like that. My whole body was shaking and I was 99% sure I was going to throw up from the pain. It was awful. They had to turn off the drip because my body couldn't handle what was happening. At that point I was begging anyone and everyone for some drugs.

Natural, shmatural - I got nothin' to prove!

In came the anesthesiologist

and in went the epidural.

I bow to you woman that have

been through a natural birth.

Because everything happened so fast, I could still feel the contractions but they were no where near as painful as before. I started to be induced at 4 and around 8:30 the doctor came in, checked me, and told me it was time to push. Let the games begin! Contraction, push, contraction, push... and then... it happened, the head crowned and...

*hit it Johnny*

"I fell into a burning ring of fire

I went down, down, down and the flames went higher

And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire

The ring of fire."

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand there he was. It was over.

He was here. They put him on my stomach and

I went into total shock.

We had our baby boy.

We had our Declan.