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[quote=Anonymous]Funny, when my mom told me her story of my birth, it actually sounded like it happened 150 years ago. My mom is very petite and I was a large baby. The doctor told her that an epidural wasn’t an option because of her chronic back pain. Her water broke at home. She labored for a long time at the hospital. She struggled and my birth became an emergency situation. Instead of a c section, two doctors pressed on her stomach until I was low enough to pull me out with forceps. I was born with meconium and there was concern about that. It sounded awful, but it gave me confidence that my kids would be born vaginally. I figured if my mom’s tiny body handled, my larger bone structure would be even better suited.

It wasn’t. I labored for two days at home. I was already tired by the time I went to the hospital. The doctor broke my bag of waters and got me an epidural. I labored until I got to 10cm. Then, I pushed for three hours. The nurse suggested my pushing would be more effective if I let the epidural wear off. It wasn’t - by the time the doctor asked me if I wanted to keep trying, I was yelling for a c section. I was so exhausted that I couldn’t stay awake for it, once they got my epidural started again. My baby was small and born with a cute little cone head. I was told she had gotten stuck. My second was a scheduled C. I guess neither of them would have made it.[/quote]

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