Azleigh Rae

July 6th,2019

8lbs 1oz

20 1/2 in

Born one day early

💖Birth story💖

On July 2nd I had my last doctors apt. I was 39 weeks and 2 days. The doctor said I was a good 1 1/2cm - 2cm dilated and 80% effaced. He said at my next apt which was suppose to be Mon July 8th we could talk about inducing for July 10th (40.3w) because my daughter was measuring a week bigger.

On July 5th (39.5w), I woke up and showered because my back was hurting. Just relaxed after until my husband got home from work at about 4:15pm. We decided to have sex around 4:45pm. After I just laid there in bed for about 10-15 mins hoping it would help dilate me. We were going to a fair at 6:30pm with my nephews & younger sister in law. So I did a good bit of walking in the evening. I started to have contractions whenever we were walking to the car and they were getting stronger but not close in time at all. We stopped at Walmart before heading home for the night because I wanted a new pillow. We got home about 11:30pm with my nephews and sister in law ( they wanted to sleep over). I had a snack & my husband & I went up to bed around 12:45AM. I remember looking at the clock at 1:24AM before falling asleep. I woke up at 3:35AM, to my shorts being pretty wet but not the sheets. I thought I just had so much discharge just running out of me. Or I just leaked pee a good bit. So I went to the bathroom and when I wiped I seen blood. So I looked in the toilet & seen more. I woke up my husband and called the doctor and told him I think my water might have broke or I peed lol. He said to head to L&d & to bring my bags. This part was a huge hassle because we had the kids and my sister wasn’t answering the phone to get them. So at about 4:30AM my husband ran them home while I showered. He got back at about 5AM. We got to the hospital at about 5:30AM & they took me up to check and at this point I thought I really just peed because my pad I had on was dry with a tiny dot of blood. BUT she confirmed that it broke! I instantly looked at my husband and cried. I couldn’t believe July 6th was the day we would see our miracle! They got us into a room and I was still only 2cm and 80% effaced. Doctor thought she went breached because she was high but after sonogram she was still head down just up there good. He said she would weigh about 9lbs!! I was nervous. They started pitocin around 9AM. Around 10:45AM the contractions were getting worse. (I never was sure about getting the epidural bc I’m terrified of needles) so they asked because he was in the next room giving it to someone else and shortly after I did get it! I couldn’t handle the pain any longer. I’m SO happy I got it. I did so much better then what I thought. My nurse and husband helped me relax some while getting it. I couldn’t feel any pain shortly after. At about noon I started to feel pressure. So I knew when the contractions were coming. I clicked the button for more about 1PM. It didn’t work! At 1:25PM I felt like I needed to poop and they checked me, I was at 6cm but they said she was still high up there. At 2:10PM I told them I needed to push, checked & was at 9cm! They brought me more medicine since I could feel all my contractions at this point. At 3:10PM they said I could finally start to push!! It was really hard to get her to move down. Finally they said she was crowning. As my husband and mom both held a leg, they looked and my husbands eyes were watering. They said she had so much hair! The doctor had to cut to help get her out. Her head finally came out and he said to stop because the cord was wrapped around her neck. I didn’t even hear him say why though. So I didn’t find out until later. I felt instant relief once her shoulders were out because she came out right after! 3:53PM!💖 My husband cut the cord and as she was on me. She went to get weighed and looked at & I guess she got stuck when I was pushing her shoulders out so she had a little trouble moving one arm but it is completely fine now. We did skin to skin for about a hour. Now that I think of it, it really wasn’t bad! I would totally do it again! We are home now and she is doing so great. I just am pretty sore.. she is our blessing and I couldn’t thank god enough for her. I prayed everyday for you babygirl! I never thought I could have kids with pcos. Thank you for reading my long story.