Guest Confession by Jackie: I am a proud new mama to a beautiful baby girl born in September. She has two big brothers to keep up with.
CJ was almost born on the way to the hospital, which is 30 minutes away from our house. It was a stressful drive but something we had been through before. With our second baby, I will admit, it was mostly my stubbornness that got us into the trouble. I was afraid of driving all the way to the hospital, just to be sent home, so I just continued to deal with the contractions at home, then my water broke and the baby was ready to be born – NOW.
With our third baby, I was extra cautious to not put my husband and myself through the stress of driving 80 MPH while in intense labor again. So, long story short, I went to the doctor early on when my contractions started. I was sent home, only to have my water break five minutes after walking into my living room. Both times, I had to use the lamaze “holding” techniques that I did not bother practicing (seriously, who needs those?). Let’s just say, true road rage is needing to give birth to a baby now, but you have to wait for the &#@$* red light to turn and the &#@$* four cars in front of you to move it and the &#@$* pedestrians to get the hell out of the way!
The end results were perfect, although I still am not happy with the doctor that sent me home.
Oh, and baby #1? My water broke in a church, about an hour before a wedding that my husband and I were suppose to be in. At least I was the best dressed mama that time.
Guest author Jackie Kaufenberg is one of the most motivated moms I have had the pleasure of working with in a variety of ways. Jackie is a Marketing Manager for Altimate Medical, Inc., mommy of two little boys and a new baby girl. She’s a mommy blogger at Inspiration of the Moon.
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My babies come fast too. We lived about 30 minutes from the hospital (without traffic). I made it with a couple hours to spare with my first. With #2, I happened to go in because I didn’t feel right (isn’t that your first hint?) and they found consistant contractions. They kept me overnight, but I didn’t change and since I don’t feel contractions (until my water breaks and it’s too late) they wanted to send me home. Luckily a snow storm was coming and they started petocin….they didn’t want to risk having a freeway baby that day. Seriously, if they can monitor contractions, know I don’t feel the pain until the last minute, and know that I deliver quickly, why couldn’t they just call it close enough and let me stay? Looking back I should have checked out and picked a cozy spot in the waiting area. I could have walked the halls and gotten that baby out pronto with less intervention.
Thanks for sharing your story Jackie.