MY INCREDIBLE BIRTH STORY

Lyssa • mother of a 6 yr old girl, 1 1/2 yr. old boy & a 3 1/2 month girl..
MY INCREDIBLE BIRTH STORY!!! I had my 3rd baby on the 6th of July, but the whole experience was way more insane than I could have imagined!!!! My daughter is 6, I had her via C-section & my son who just turned 1 years old on June 12th was born via C-section.. So I knew I was definitely having a C-section this time.. I found out pretty late, I was pregnant therefore the dr couldn't give me a certain date, but I was scheduled for a C-section.. A week before my Scheduled due date, I started having "major" pain around 12am I couldn't sleep or get comfortable at all.. It felt like I was being stabbed in my back, then it went to my stomach  & it was getting worse each hour.. I started to google labor pains because I never felt them before.. Still wasn't sure, butthe pain  was increasing & becoming closer in time..  So by 10:30 am I was in serve pain & couldn't even walk & crying because the pain was unbearable.. On top of that I noticed some blood, so my husband rushed me to the hospital, even doing 90 mph, it felt like forever.. My contractions were 5 mins apart, by now & I couldn't sit straight on the seat, I knew this must be labor..  After I get to the hospital, they want to monitor my contractions & at this point I'm telling the nurse, somethings happening, the baby's coming!! She kinda just ignored me, then I screamed in pain, grabbing my husbands arm, I yelled get the doctor, he finally came in, lifted up the sheet & saw I was dilated 4 cm, then everyone realized this was serious!! I asked the dr can I have a natural birth?? He said absolutely NOT!! It's way to dangerous, especially because my incision was only a year old, & he would not take that risk.. So They preped me for surgery, in the OR.. I was about to get my epidural, but I couldn't sit up, I was laying on my side, then the nurse said oh my god, she's crowning!! Get the doctor!! I can see the look of fear in everyone's face, including the doctor, when he said, your going to have to push!! With no epidural no pain medication, i pushed my hardest, not even sure how to, but because the pain was so insane at this point, I just pushed like I was having a bowel movement.. I was pushing my hardest & the dr is putting all his pressure on my incision.. My husband is reminding me to breathe, & after the first push, sure enough her head & arm came out.. Then again trying to push & finding the strength to do so.. I began to push & again.. My baby was finally out, & through all the pain I experienced, once she was out, it was all gone, complete euphoria!! The sense of relief was unexplainable, as well as knowing nothing went wrong, & I was handed a healthy baby girl!! It was slightly interrupted when I feel the dr stitching me back after they cut me, so I wouldn't tear.. At the end I  was both happy & proud to have experienced a natural birth especially after 2 C-sections, without any pain medication or surgery like I always did with my other children.. It was an experience I thought I would never have!!! 

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