On February 24th I gave birth then dropped off the planet I guess XD

*trigger or warning, birth blahblah stuff below*

I went into the hospital because my water broke the night before. She was a week early.

I was mildly induced with a low dose because labor had not started. I suspect it might have and I had no idea over night. Contractions feel like bowel issues and like the cold white hot sweat poops feeling (but wilder) The labor pain dialed to 11 after just a small trickle of the induce juice and I had an epidural requested asap while I could still get it.

Pretty sure it was precipitate labor. They checked me and I was barely dilated when I was admitted…then checked again and there was no cervix and a baby head. I think I only pushed 3 or 4 times and she was out. They had to double check when they did for a second opinion, because they did not believe it, and it set people running. Then all these people clown car came in the room, there was a crash cart because her heart rate dropped. I barely remember.

The whole event was maybe under 3-4 hours from admitted and labor. Sort of traumatic but nothing wild. Just was very fast and there wasn’t time to grasp onto any breathing or grounding. In layman's terms it felt like the worst constipation mixed with a full bladder, two things I struggled with growing up. It’s like the most dreaded type of pain for me.

We stayed admitted two nights, came home to unfinished house arranging. She was very small, and didn’t fit newborn, but was too large almost for premie clothes too. Our neighbor came over with a pack n play for us, they gifted us their baby stuff, which was helpful, and another friend donated clothes. So we only had to register for easy things, and still need to buy safety stuff.

We had flooring installed, ripped out the upstairs carpet for her to be in a nicer environment. It is very helpful. Next this week the custom blackout honeycomb blinds come. I’ve been pretty slammed with the baby life, but slowly can get to do my own thing again.