Charlotte's Birth Story! March 10,2010

The original due date for this little girl was the 8th of March. I had a doctor's appointment and there was no progress since the week before (2cm, 50% effaced). He told me that maybe next week, but not too much hope that she was going to come on her own. I was praying in my heart so that he would ask me if I wanted to be induced, Cameron and I had prayed and we felt that I was going to do great when induced! The doctor turned around and asked the magical question and of course I said YES!!! He called the hospital and made the appointment for Wed. March 10th at 8am! I was so happy, I could hardly wait. The day came and finally I was hooked to the IV at 9am, didn't really feel any type of pain or anything until 2 pm!!! They were intense and painful, it turned out that they were coming out of the chart and there was no break in between the contractions they were constant!!! so they got a little worried and had to turned down the pytocin. I was only 4cm dilated at that time, and 100% effaced!
By 9pm they gave me the epidural, I could hardly hold the pain anymore and my water was artificially broken at that time but only 5 cm dilated and was the water broke it shrunk to 3 1/2!!! :(... not much for the pain I was feeling. The epidural was not really doing anything, I still felt the same pain if not worse. They put more into my back but nothing, they checked me and I was 8 cm already at 11 pm, they called the doctor to come into the hospital. I was not doing good, my body completely gave up and the pain was unbearable, I was feeling pressure and I was shaking, holding really tight to the bed and almost crying. The doctor finally arrived and checked "she is ready to work". I asked if I could push b/c I thought that maybe the pain I was feeling meant the necessity to push. They calmly said yeah, go ahead and push. The doctor was just walking out of the room to get dressed for the labor I push counting in my head 1,2... I heard a yell "Stop, don't push, breath, Get doctor Johnson!" The baby was already head out!!! LOL,If I had continued pushing until at least the count of 5 she would have been out just with that first push! I kept breathing trying not to push, the doctor dressing in front of me with eyes wide open, I heard nurses saying that I knew exactly what to do! Finally they told me to push and so I did and the rest of her body was placed on top of me, she was born in less than two minutes of pushing! She was so perfect, long and not as big as I thought! 20.5 inches and 8lbs!!! Born at 11:37 pm. I have never been in so much pain in my life, the birth of Alexis and this one were obviously very different, I feel as if this one was my first labor and Alexis' was just like a baby dropped from the sky! I have to say though, that it was all worth it! I love my little girl and seeing her makes my heart beats so fast!! I love her so much, I love being a mom and believe it or not, I love delivering babies into this world. Being a mom is a blessing and it is another exciting adventure!
Also, I had postpartum Hemorrhage. I had no idea of what was happening to me. I had high temperature, all of the sudden my pulse was very quick and my blood pressure was not good either. Everything turned out fine, the next day I was recovering pretty well, even though my little baby kept eating ME all night! I tried to massage my uterus every 10 mins. and kept doing whatever I was told to do by the nurses! I am glad everything went great and I am good as new!