From what I hear, my mommy had a rough labor with me and I felt it afterwards. This story is based on hearsay and part of my own experiences. I am a very coherant and I take everything in my brain like a sponge. So here is my story:     

  Mommy went into labor on a Sunday March 23,1997;one day after I was supposed to be due. At least she thought she went into labor. Her water was leaking. I guess leaking isn't good because we would get an infection. So off we went to the hospital at 4:00 in the afternoon.

Daddy was very helpful throughout the labor and delivery and I knew that they were both there for me. Mommy says she never felt the labor because the anesthesiologist provided her with a helpful dose of Epidural. At that point I rested and then woke up with enough energy to get outta that Uteris home I was in. It got a little empty in there after a while. Mommy says the doctor broke the water and she sat in a sea of water. She always says that there was more water than more of me. I was a patient one though. I waited a long time to see Mommy and Daddy.   

Mommy says she regrets getting the epidural so quickly because she could have progressed a little while longer with me. Mommy says, "That was A NEEDLE"     As the labor went along...it was a long and enduring process. Many hours passed of not being able to feel the labor process. Mommy says she will never again be the advocate of the epidural. The dialation was very slow.

Finally, the next day at 10:00 am, I was getting weak of trying to get out and mommy was exhuasted from staying up all night. Mommy only dialated up to 9 and didn't go anymore. My head got stuck and Mommy told me my heart rate dropped very low.     I remember feeling Mommy cry..it was a cry I had never heard before. I saw the light of day about a half hour later when they pulled me from a hole in Mommy's belly. I tried to cry to begin with and after I was cleared, I let out a healthy loud cry..about as loud as I can cry even now. They said, "Congratulations." Mommy asked. "Well, is it a boy or girl?"     After a long pause, they announced that I am a girl. Mommy says she wanted to throw up and cry at the same time. I just wanted to be held, loved and wrapped up. I was cold! I needed Mommy or Daddy. I saw it when Mommy and I first made eye contact in the Operating room out of the womb. She cried and I cried harder.

For a few hours after, I did not see her again. I waited for her to hold me in her arms, but no one came. She wasnt there.     Mommy needed to recover in the other room. I was consoled by various members of my family. My daddy helped me mostly. He held me and said that he was still worried about Mommy coming out of it ok. Daddy had rough hands and a rough face. he was gentle in his words and had tears in his eyes. He loved me so much from the very start. He calmed my fears and lonliness.     We stayed in the hospital a few days more. My mommy caught up with her sleep. Daddy took care of me untill Mommy was well. We emerged happy and somewhat healthy. Mommy got an infection after the surgery and suffered quite a bit and I didn't get to see her much to begin with. But she turned out ok and so did I. Daddy worries about us alot. He is a wonderful Daddy.

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