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Amanda's Birth

Well it started like this....I was 16 years old. I found out I was pregnant..I was soo scared...I didn't have insurance, didn't know anything about babies, and didn't know where to start. I got on medicaid and started going to a Public Clinic...I didn't know I had other choices, more options...I went once every 3 or 4 months never had the same doctor, and never was told much..of course I didn't know what to ask..I thought they wouldve known that and helped me out...I had morning sickness really bad and was very dehydrated but they sent me home at this point I haven't kept anything down for two weeks. Finally that stopped at four months. Anyway I was getting closer and closer. I had a sonogram at five months and they said my due date would be January 27. Well it was January 25, at 4 am. I started to feel cramping ..I waited a couple of hours and took a shower, got dressed and woke my husband up. Told him.. Went and walked and walked and walked and the contractions were harder and harder and harder...Well it was time to go to the hospital my contractions were 5 minutes apart..know...anyway...We got there and they said that I wasn't dialated but 1 cm....So we went home... where I screamed and screamed finally at 4am the next morning on the 26 and they said your contractions are irregular go home..I was crying and screaming and they sent me home.still 1cm. I walked and walked and cryed and tried to keep my mind off it..that night I went back to the hospital and they sent me home still 1cm...we decided to walk around the hospital but went to my aunts after circaling the hospital 3 times...I would wake up screaming every 11/2 ,2 minutes then passing out, that morning around 5am on 27 I went back to the hospital they finally admitted me...I was sent to a room with 6 other beds and 3 other moaning women...I had no medication but crying for something I layed in that bed until 7or 8 at this point I don't remember...It was finally time to push...I was on all fours,squatting, and lying down...then they rolled me into a room a scary looking room where I was to have here..I was too tired to cry or scream at this point finally they had to cut me a little to get her out..they used that metal thing to help pull her out...When she was finally out I started crying looking at this swollen but beautiful looking baby.they told me Its A GIRL:!!! Oh oh whats this, more contractions...I didn't know anything about the placenta but soon I was pushing it out and then looking at this gross bloody blob. Then I started to pass out but they made me hold her. I felt like I was going to drop her.. yes he cut the cord...They were about to sew me up when they noticed I was hem. the blood just gushed out..they needed to give me a shot to stop it but needed to know what my blood pressure was..well can you believe they didn't have one in the room and couldn't get to one...so they just gave me the shot..thank god nothing happened anyway I had beautiful 8lb 2 oz. baby at 9:15 pm on Jan. 27..the due date..that was in 1992..Now I have 3 more beautiful children and after my first experience I knew to ask more questions and looked at more options to my care..i found out having my last three children that I have trouble dialatating and keeping my contractiions going...but I had better doctors, insurance, and one comfortable room to have my babies in...I loved the experiences once I was in control of what was going on around me...I have Gina 7lb 4ozbeautiflu baby girl two weeks late at to be induced popped into nurses hands while the doctor was getting his gloves on...Matthewat 6lbs ?oz induced he came out so handsome true blue boy I was soo proud...And now remarried with a wonderful man we had Chelsey 8lbs 14oz..my water broke but had to be induced...no stitches...awsome birth.I am very proud of my beautiful babies...