My personal birth
experience began on November 19, 1997.
My doctor was inducing my labor due to complications of high blood
pressure. I had developed preeclampsia. I was given Cervidil at night and my doctor
said it would take awhile because this was my first child. My husband went home to sleep. I woke up hours later feeling contractions
and told my husband to come back to the hospital. When he arrived y contractions were getting
stronger. I remember the doctor coming
in to check me and saying “stop, don’t try to push, we need to do an emergency C-section,
your placenta is separating.” Everything
happened so fast. I was rushed in to the
operating room and given medicine to go to sleep. When I woke up in the recovery room I asked
my husband did I have the baby and where was he. My husband told me that I had the baby and
that he was in the nursery doing just fine.
When the nurse brought my son to me I was so happy to hold him for the
first time. I asked my husband what had
happened and he told me that my placenta had separated. He also told me that the doctor said we both
could have died. It was then that I
realized the magnitude of what had happened.
I felt very blessed that we both were alive and well. When I reflect back on my pregnancy I could
not help but feel robbed of the natural childbirth experience. Even though I was asleep through the delivery
I was thankful for the experiences I had with the birth of my first son.
Hi Daphine,
ReplyDeleteWe have some things in common, emergency C-sections and Germany. You stayed 48 hours in the hospital, I was nine days. I believe is was because they thought my baby was diabetic. I found some difference in myself and Germany. Because you didn't give birth vaginally your were consider a failure. I disagree with that, we give birth to healthy babies and that's what counts. Then It was the thing about naming your child what the government said, I don't think so.
Hello Daphine,
DeleteThat is quite an experience you had. I am glad you and the baby were well.