As I’m sitting on my couch watching my daughter sleep I thought I could write up how my labor and delivery went.

I went to my 39 week check up. Once I was called in i took my shoes off and stepped on the scale the sat down to get my BP. My BP was actually pretty high 140/80. The nurse said “what the!? Let’s try again after you see the NP.” I get in the room and start taking off my bottoms knowing I’m getting checked. I’m waiting what feels like forever for my NP to come in. Finally she comes and checks me. She says “well it’s come down some but still firm” and in my head I’m like “what the hell does that even mean. Am I don’t dilating!?” She does a sweep (super uncomfortable) and then tells me “I’ll see you on Friday” then I go out and have to get my BP done again. The nurse said “you know what’s gunna happen if your BP is still high right?” I’m thinking like I’m gunna be in trouble? She’s says “nope I’ll send you straight to Labor and Delivery.” When I heard that I was like please be high I want my baby now. Well it was still high but when down just enough to where I didn’t have to go to L&D.; I go home and just wait for something to happen.

The night before my due date I decided I was gunna drink a fruit smoothie. My husband made on for him and I asked “can I have one?” He said yeah and started making its I told him put pineapple in it. Thinking that will hopefully help with me going into labor he said “really!?” I HATE pineapple. So bam my smoothie was ready and I drank it all. Then we had Mexican food for dinner and I got something spicy hoping that would help also. Two hours after we finished dinner it was time for bed. My husband works 12hour days (4am-4pm) we get in bed and he falls asleep instantly while I took maybe 30 minutes. I wake up around 11pm to stomach pains. I go to the bathroom thinking it’s the Mexican food making its way out. So I sit on the toilet peed and that was it. The pain was gone. 15 minutes later the pain was back but I didn’t need to use the bathroom or anything. The pain lasted for maybe 10 minutes. So I started to think oh I’m having BH. Pain comes and goes I went to the bath room once more and after I wiped I thought some of my plug came out. I text my mom saying I’m having BH and might have lost part of the plug. she asks if I want to go to the hospital and I told her no because I could handle the pain and they were super far apart. I tried to tell my husband but he was knocked out.

3:30am comes around and my husband wakes up and starts getting ready. Ive probably only gotten about 3 hours of sleep and as he starts to leave he kisses me goodbye and I tell him I might be going to the hospital later and he said should I call in to work? I told him no go and make some money. After he leaves they pain was getting stronger but still manageable. My mom texts and asked how I’m feeling I told her same but they are s little stronger. She then tells me I’m leaving work I’ll see you in a hour. So I get up and start getting ready. I bring my hospital bag with me because my mom told me to just Incase they keep me but in my head I was like they aren’t. We get to the hospital in 5 minutes. (I live right down the way.) and they check me in. A nurse comes in and does my vitals and everything. Guess what, I have high BP again. She said told me to wait for the doctor that’s there to come check me. I’m waiting for two hours because she was helping with someone else’s birth she comes in checks me and tells me I’m 2cm and 80% effaced. My jaw drops because I though I was nothing. Then she tells me they are going to admit me because of my BP. Back of my mind I’m like oh shit this is really happening.

Oct 11 @ 10am in checked into my labor room. Getting my IV inserted changing into a gown. I tell my husband I was admitted and he freaks because he is two hours away and wasn’t close to being done with his job. I tell him it’s okay you’ll have time but I will be getting induced soon.

4:30pm I get the balloon inserted. They told me every couple of hours do a light tug and hopefully it will fall out on its own. As the day goes by I’m tugging hoping it will come out before the 12 hour period is over. At 6pm my husband finally arrives and is with me for the rest of the time.

Oct 12 @ 4:30am they nurse and doctor comes in to check the balloon I was knocked so I stopped pulling it but it slipped out sometime during the night. I get checked and I was 4.5cm. Now they start pit. After that happened the contractions were getting real! I got up to a 6 on the pit before I started grabbing onto the bed rails so tight. A few hours later I’m in so much pain but my plan was to have a natural birth. I walked around my room trying to keep my mind off the pain after a while I was tired of walking and just stayed in bed (bad choice)

12pm comes and this Huge gush comes out and I tell my husband and Mom that I think my water broke. They ask if they want me to have the nurse come and check I said no but then a contraction comes that I could not handle I almost asked for an epidural and they call the nurse in and she looks and said yup that was your water then checks and I’m at a nine. She starts to get the table ready and tells me to let her know when I feel like I need to push/poop. Two minutes later I yell I need to push I can’t stop baring down. The doctor comes in with all the nurses. I push with every contraction and after 30 minutes of pushing my daughter was here.

They put her on my stomach. She was having troubles breathing so they take her to the nursery when my husband follows. I had a third degree tear got stitched up and still haven’t gotten to see or hold my daughter. I finally got to see my daughter four hours later. She was under lights and had a CPAP we got transferred to a level 2 hospital where she was in the nicu for 4 days.

Even though we had few complications I wouldn’t have traded anything for that moment for my daughter

Aubriana was born October 12th @ 12:30pm weighing 9Ibs and 19.5in 💕👶🏽