I went into labor around 1am on August 27th, 2007, but I didn’t know if I was actually in labor or if it was false labor again so I ignored it.

That day I had just finished painting the front room with no help might I add…

I took a long shower and went to bed just to be troubled by no sleep from constant pain. I tossed and turned all night because I was having irregular contractions that were 10-20 minutes apart or more. I thought if I changed position it would stop hurting and I really didn’t want to wake anyone up for nothing.

Around 4 or 5am I couldn’t take it anymore. It seemed like it was hurting more than before so I called my sister and woke Jeremy up too. I then called my Midwife and as soon as I got off the phone with her the contractions were even more intense and were 5 minutes apart.

When Jeremy got me to the hospital I was in tears. I was breathing okay through the pain, but it just got so overwhelming and I didn’t think I could cope. My mom was waiting at the hospital for us and she told me to just breath because crying could interfere with labor.

I was admitted which seemed like forever after my mom cursed out the valet for refusing to park her car and was told that I was already 8cm! I was like “Oh Lord, please give me my epidural!”

Of course the epidural didn’t work because the attendee allowed a resident whom had no idea what the hell he was doing give me one. All that shit did was numb my legs. I still felt every contraction no matter how much medicine they gave me…now I know what natural birth feels like with the added paralysis…

Also after specifically saying “No Medical Students” in my birth plan a medical student still was there observing my birth. She did not ask me if it was okay because I would have said no, instead she introduced herself to me like that made it okay. I was extremely angry about that and told my Midwife and the nurse about how that made me feel when I said no. That really ruined my birthing experience big time.

After maybe 10 minutes of pushing I gave birth to my new son Jeremiah Samu`r (pronounced Sa Mar) at 10:01 am. He was 6 lbs 14oz and 18 3/4 in. long. He looks just like me when I was a baby, but he has Jeremy’s eyebrows and ears. He’s so adorable.

I couldn’t wait to come home after the birth. I was tired of constantly being woke up for vital signs and tests and people coming in to talk to me and poke at me and Jeremiah. I was so happy when I finally walked into my apartment even though I hate it here.

Well I’m about to go get some rest and hold Jeremiah.