So my little man is here finally and oh so perfect

His birth story is definitely not what I was expecting, but I'm just so happy he is here and healthy...

So 4/2 I started having contractions that were like 10 mins apart starting around 6pm. They continued into the next day and but started to get closer together around 9am changing to 6 mins apart. They stayed that way until around 3ish when they were between 4-5mins apart and getting more intense.

I get home from work and the intensity starts to ramp up. My fiance had to run to his dad's house due to a family emergency so I stayed with our 10 year old and tried to help him with schoolwork between contractions. Pretty soon they moved to 3 mins and were pretty intense so i called L&D and was told to come in. I called Jeffrey and he raced home to get us. We dropped our son off with my mom and drove to the hospital.

We get there @ 6:45pm and contractions are 2 mins apart and very painful I'm only 2cm at this point. Around 11pm I was 4cm and in so much pain through contractions with my temp spiking so we decided epidural was the best option. It felt like heaven until about 3am when it stopped working and I spent the rest of the day with a temp and extremely painful contractions.

Around 2pm I was fully dilated and they had me start pushing. I only made it through 4 contractions before baby's heartrate dropped and they fought to get it back up. Finally the words I dreaded entirely came out of the doctors mouth. Next thing I know I'm being wheeled into an operating room for an emergency c section. I was crying and Jeffrey had to stay back in the room because there wasn't enough time to get him in there.To top it off the epidural still wouldn't work so I ended up being put under and missing my little man come into the world. Ramzi was born on 4/4 @ 2:11pm weighing 7lbs 5oz and 20 3/4in long.

Next thing I know, I'm waking up in a recovery room with Jeffrey holding our sweet baby boy in his arms next to me. I cried again when they told me it had been over 20 mins since he had been born. I had missed it all and I was still so groggy from being put to sleep.

Eventually we were put in the room we would stay in for recovery and I was able to feed my little man and start to process what I had just gone through. Like I said I am so happy he is here and healthy, but this was most definitely not the way I saw my first pregnancy going.

Now we are home and happy and I'm healing we thankfully. I am enjoying being a mom and giving everything I can to this little boy. I've never thought any less of women getting c sections and now I firmly believe that it can be a lot more taxing both physically and mentally/emotionally. I still can't think about it without crying and wishing it could've gone differently. But he is here and he is perfect and we are a happy family with our new addition. If you made it this far then thank you and I hope you have a great day.