Oh yes, even though I had an epidural, there was pain. I had a walking epidural, so I could still feel my legs and everything was comfortable from 6 cm to about 9.5 cm but the pain returned and felt like it had at 6 cm plus I had the…
They got me back to bed and the anesthesiologist got there shortly. While she gave me the epidural, I sat on the edge of the bed with my forehead pressed into John’s. Thankfully I didn’t move, despite having a contraction during the time she was giving me the epidural. I…
At this point, it was kind of surreal. I said yes, and one of his nurses walked us over to the hospital registration desk. There, the German-only speaking nun got us registered in between the incessant phone calls she was taking. It seemed that the registration took forever. We then…
I had been having Braxton Hicks contractions for weeks, and March 31st didn’t seem any different. It was a week past the day John and I believed was my due date and 3 days after the doctor’s calculated due date. I was really motivated to finally get our little guy…