So the night of August 8th, around 11:30pm, I felt a small gush of fluid come out when I stood up. I wasn't positive if it was my water breaking or not so I put on a pad and went to sleep. Early morning of August 9th around 4:30am I woke up and there were several wet spots on my bed sheets. I called Labor & Delivery and they told me to come in to get checked. But on the way to the hospital, I started getting consistent contractions! Crazy!

In L&D; they examined me and my water didn't break. BUT I was already 5 days past due, 4.5cm dilated and was having contractions every 5 minutes so they decided to admit me! Yay!

I was handling my contractions like a PRO. They checked me a few hours later I was 6cm, a few hours after that I was 8cm. No Pitocin, and my water STILL hasn't broken. At 9cm my water breaks and ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE. HOLY F*** I've never felt such pain in my life! I had horrible back labor and I asked for an Epidural (the thing I did NOT want) at 9cm. I just couldn't take it anymore. Looking back at it I shouldn't have been on my back at all. When I sat up to get my Epi I was handling it a lot better.

The problem was he dropped down the birth canal TOO fast. His heart rate dropped down to 50bpm and my blood pressure dropped too. They told me I needed to push so they could use a vacuum. I think I was at 9.5cm at the time. They gave me an episiotomy. I had to push 3 times back to back, no rest in between and I had to do that 3 times. They could only use the vacuum 3 times before it can cause harm to the baby. They tried and it was unsuccessful.

My son's heart rate was still at 50bpm so they called a Code C and disconnected me from everything, ran to wheel me into the operating room for an emergency C-Section. I could hear the anesthesiologist say "I haven't setup her anesthesia yet!" And the doctor said, "No time we need to get this baby out NOW!" So they cut me open with just the Epidural, I felt some pressure and a little pain from the pressure and he was out in literally 2 minutes from when I entered the room. I heard them say "He's out!" And then after a couple seconds of silence I heard his cries! A nurse said "Oh wow he has nice strong cries!"

After they cleaned him up they brought him to me and put his face to mine. The first thing I saw these BIG eyes staring at me and my life was literally complete.

Every time I think about how my labor story went I want to cry. The pain was out of this world, NOTHING went according to plan, I gave in for the Epidural which I did NOT want, they gave me an episiotomy, and I had a c-section. My son's life was at risk and everything was so chaotic and crazy. Just thinking about all this I could cry all over again. But I would do it ALL over again for him. No question.

Baby Grayson, born August 9th, 2017 at 7:50pm. 20 inches, 7 lbs 14 oz. The love of me and my husband's life!