Goodness…as I was reading back through the birth story in some ways it seems like yesterday, but mostly it seems like it was almost a dream! It goes by so fast! Well…it doesn’t seem that way when you’re in labor. It was just amazing how the 1st and 2nd labors and deliveries with my boys were so different. You always hear stories of how after the 1st baby it is so much easier, but then you talk to people and their 1st delivery was the easiest! So I was scared as I think most women are, no matter how many babies they’ve had! There are so many unknowns! Complications during labor, complications during birth, complications with the baby, uhh! With T baby I went from wondering if I was in labor to extreme hard core contractions. With Drew it was a gradual increase from hour to hour. With A-man I was wanting to see how much pain I could endure without meds. I tried the “light” stuff, which did NOTHING! I did well with the pain, until I had major pressure which made my body tense up and I believed that I was defeating the purpose. Give me epidural!! With Alex I pretty much knew before hand I would want epi ASAP! But when labor came on I never realized how much I meant ASAP!! With T baby the “light” meds (Stadol) made me very sleepy and druggy feeling, which helped me get through the awful pain until they could give me my epi. With both babies, I think more so after Drew, after delivery for like the next week or two, I was SO HUNGRY. After I had T baby I ate the hospital meal, a meal from McDonald’s, and that was just in the first few hours. I’ve never been so hungry in my life! But anyway…I think that’s all for now…I may add more later! I just think it’s good for me to get all this down in writing, because you think you’ll remember, but some how detailed memories fade!
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