I had a feeling from the beginning that I would not make it to 40weeks. My due date was March 12th and by how I had been feeling throughout I just knew that wasn’t happening.😪

This is my second baby and with both pregnancies I had all the symptoms and complications in the book. I stopped working January 29th. Had my baby shower January 30th and then the week that followed I focused on nesting and getting ready for baby.🙃

Well.. for that whole week I would get extremely tired quickly and take multiple naps, contractions off and on to where I would need to lay down. I was super constipated a couple of days and then started going TOO much👀 which resulted in hemorrhoids😒

On February 7th I spent most of the day resting and in general feeling uncomfortable. When it came time for bed I was very restless and couldn’t sleep so I did some grocery shopping on my phone, then I noticed it was 1:30am and figured I’d go to bed..but first I went pee😂 while I was peeing I felt my baby stretch and I felt like she shoved herself against my cervix which took my breath away for a moment🥲 I thought it was weird but I chalked it up to her getting big, but honestly it felt like she was going to fall out for a second!

Finally I go to bed..when I was finally drifting off to sleep suddenly I had a sensation like I was peeing myself! I shot up in bed and said “oh fuck!” As I ran to the bathroom, just “peeing” myself the whole way😂 my husband woke up when he heard me yell and said “you ok did your water break!?” I was on the toilet just “peeing” non stop and I said idk? Let me check? I smelled my shorts and they smelled sweet✔️then I stood up and wiggled a bit and continued leaking✔️ At this point I knew, but I was in denial because I was only 35w3d!

I kept telling my husband idk 🤷🏻‍♀️ and he was like “babe call your mom, your water broke”😕 I asked what time is it? And he said 2:30am.. I was like what the hell! I thought it was at least 6am!? Everyone is gona be asleep!😫He goes “babe your water doesn’t just break at convenient times”😒😏 we laugh and then I start getting anxious.. I start packing an overnight bag for my 4yr old and call my mom. She lives 35mins away so she heads out.🚗

In the meantime I put on a diaper lol and start doing my makeup💁🏻‍♀️😅 bags had been packed so just had to wait on her. I cleaned a bit, packed more, makeup off and on, changed-all the while having contractions..eventually my mom gets there, we kiss our baby and head to the hospital! Get there around 3:30am and get checked in👍 I was at 3.5cm, great! They get me started on antibiotics in case I’m gbs positive,(hadnt had that appt.yet) get steroids for babies lungs and get settled.

Contractions start getting worse and I just focus on breathing and keep declining the epidural. (Got it with my first and it didn’t work so I thought why bother🤷🏻‍♀️)

Ob checks me at 9am, no progress😓

Comes back around 12:30pm, still no progress!

She then lets me know that they will have to induce me.. happened with my first so I thought “figures”😪 they ask me again if I want the epidural and finally I said yes..I figured if I have to get Pitocin again it’s worth a shot..anesthesiologist came in around 3:30pm and luckily this man was so knowledgeable and sweet and made sure it worked! Got some relief, although it was temporary, it was good to have it at all!

Then, my OB came back just before 5pm, she was leaving for the day and wanted to check me again. Again she lets me know that I am not progressing and then proceeds to tell me that at that point my water had been broken so long and no progression meant I needed a c-section.. I immediately started crying..this is not what I wanted and the fact that I had a rude nurse and my OB throwing in the fact that future pregnancies would most likely be c-sections too made me really cry 😭 she could tell I was upset so she let me know that if I wanted, they could give me a few more hours, but if I still wasn’t progressing a c-section was my only option.. I said ok and she left🙏 this is where things get better.

There was a shift change and mean nurse leaves🙌also the on call doctor comes in and introduces himself. He tells me they caught him up on everything but he wanted to know how I was feeling about everything🥲 I let him know that my first delivery was very similar and I had my daughter after 27hrs and I didn’t want a c-section. His response: “hey, you may just be one of those ladies that needs time and I have all the time in the world, as long as you and baby are doing good I don’t mind being patient”😌 I immediately felt so relieved and he left me to it.

My nurse was amazing and kind and she checked on me often, changed positions often, used the peanut ball and slowly but surely I started to progress!

Eventually as labor kicked up so did my pain and no matter how many times I hit the epidural button, contractions where getting stronger😭 I threw up like six times, had the shakes, got a terrible migraine, horrible contractions..and then at about 12am I felt my babies head coming!!! I yelled at my husband to get the nurse and when she checked me she could see her head🙀🙀🙀

She ran to get the doctor and suddenly the room was filled with nurses, the doctor got situated and I pushed through two contractions and Jayda Gabriela Nguyen was here!!!!😭😇❤️

Born on February 9th, 2021 at 12:52am. She was 18.5in long and weighed 5lbs9oz! Tiny but perfect 😍 we stayed in the hospital until Thursday and then went home, but then...

At her first appointment the next day, her bilirubin was dangerously high that we had to take her to the hospital.. I had to be there alone since my husband and daughter couldn’t come and I was a nervous wreck the whole time.. Luckily she is a little trooper and we got to go home the following day🙏

But then AGAIN because things just kept happening 😪 Texas had the biggest snow storm in like thirty years which totally shut our city down..everyone lost power (luckily we didn’t🤞) and then water..that was a NIGHTMARE! And then people started panic shopping so no food or supplies either🖕all the while I had to take Jayda to her doctors appointments to make sure she was improving which meant lots of blood draws and crying, again I was alone..

And now we are here😪🥲 As of Wednesday Jayda’s levels are finally “ok” and she has put on 16% of her weight and now weighs 6lbs7.5oz!!🙏yay breast milk😌🤱🏻and she doesn’t have to go back to her pediatrician until she is two month’s💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

These past couple of weeks have been a roller coaster but we are so happy and blessed❤️

If you read this whole story, thank you for letting me vent!! If you are waiting on your babies, enjoy the wait and be patient, they are so worth it😌

Ps-I tried to add a picture but Glow never lets me🤷🏻‍♀️if you know the trick let me know and I’ll update💛