Sadie Erika's Birth Story (Part 1)

So to begin the last months I was in a lot of pelvic pain. So much that turning in bed at night I would scream out in agony in my sleep (according to Sandro) so the morning before Sadie arrived, Monday September 29th, I could not take it anymore. I could barely walk or stand up so I tried my last resort...seeing a chiropractor. I have always been skeptical of trying this but apparently I have lived in the dark about their awesome-ness. So I called and made an appointment for that afternoon. During the entire day I was feeling a lot of pressure to pee. So I would go to the restroom and nothing would happen. I did not consider these contractions but maybe it was a sign for what was to come.

The appointment was quick. They watched me walk and told me I was off aligned. They adjusted me but told me I needed to come in a few days in a row to have a full effect. I immediately felt some relief. I slept better than ever till midnight. I woke up and ran to the restroom. I felt a gush and my mucus plug and a tiny bit of blood was in the toilet. I started screaming for Sandro and balling because I was worried I was too early (37 weeks) and I thought that my earlier appointment may have messed me up or something. Then the contractions started. Holy crap I forgotten this part. I was having trouble breathing through some of them I told Sandro to call the midwife. The midwife told me to start tracking them but if they got less than 5 minutes apart to head to the birthing center. Well they where coming 2-3 mins apart and increasing in intensity. Sandro was literally running around getting stuff ready. We had NOTHING ready for this. No car seat, no pack in play and no clothes. Also we had Sophia and we had planned to drop her off at the in laws house. 

There we all are packed in the car and the contractions are even more intense and coming back to back. There is NO time to drop off Sophia so she had to go to the birthing center with us. Thank God for smart phones and Netflix and it kept her distracted nearly the entire time. In the car I was crying out in pain. I felt terrible for frightening Sophia. But the contractions where unreal I was begging Sandro to tell me if how far it was away. It was all the way in McKinney so I knew it would take some time. I also remember him putting on a 80's radio station with soft rock hoping to calm me down. It makes me smile just thinking about how calm and collected he was. He told me later he was like going 100  mph and that he managed to get there in 15 mins. 

We arrive and and literally I felt like I was ready to push/poop this baby out. We arrived at 2:06 and I gave birth to Sadie by 2:13 on September 30th after only two pushes. The only thing I was peeved about was not getting in the water. Apparently there was no time to draw a bath. When the baby first came out I was told to look at the sex and I swore I thought I saw a penis but later on the other midwife arrives and she was like this isn't a boy it's a girl. I was obviously losing my mind or something and laughed when she told me. I was so happy it was a girl. I wanted another girl so much. She scored a 10 on the Apgar test and was 8 pounds on the dot. She also latched like a champ. No stitches and they gave me a double dose of ibuprofen. I took a mineral bath afterwards and about 4 am we were allowed to go home. Overall the birth center experience was exceptional.