Labor of Love

I was expecting contractions to begin in about 10 minutes, but they were pretty small and insignificant for an hour. Gave me and Danny time to nap and watch a little Dirty Jobs and America's Funniest Videos. By about 4 the videos weren't so funny to me as the contractions became more steady and painful. I opted not to have an IV of pain meds, since they said it could be hard on the baby, who was already going to have enough health issues. Although I don't use labor drugs, I really don't recommend it to anyone. It was quite painful, but only lasted about an hour. The worst part of the entire labor was when I asked for the doctor to come in because I knew the baby was going to come out and I needed to push and the nurse thought I was kidding. She measured me and told me I was a 7, which I really didn't believe. She tried to tell me the doctor was coming, which I knew she was just telling me, so after being a little more serious and quite demanding, the doctor came in and sure enough I was a 10 and ready to go. Don't mess with someone who has a babies head coming out of her. The worst part was that the cardiologist and specialists weren't there for the baby so I still couldn't push. I thought I was going to die. I think the entire hospital heard me screaming in pain. They got there (it was probably about 10 minutes, even though it felt like forever) and the baby came after about 6 pushes.