Liam's Birth Story

Oh wow!! My sister completely took over my blog!! I kinda feel like I am invading HER privacy lol.

I hope yall enjoyed reading Liam's birth story from Mannys perspective, I know I did! Espesh cuz some details I would have left out... You know, the part where I had a major FREAK out with my midwife & my nurse. People jus won't stop talking about it and you know me, I hate attention and embarrassing moments hehe. Man! I was jus so stressed! For hours and hours AND hours Liam was stressed and his heartbeat was low with every contraction so I was very worried. I asked many times if a c-section would jus be the answer since it didn't seem like he was going down naturally. But, no they wanted to try different things, different positions, so I finally threw in the towel and had a panic attack and added a lil curse word to the mix. Ok, fine, it's a HUGE curse word. But at least I got my point across ;)

Oh! And it didn't help that I was in so much pain. I guess everyone was right: I CAN'T handle pain very well. I basically NEEDED that epidural as soon as I walked into the hospital. So much for going "natural" Ha! At least, I figured that part out a month ago. Oh gosh, the things we say and do.

So, how was my very first birthing experience? Let's jus say it's my last!! Lol. It was jus soo long and so overwhelming. I don't really remember specifics details cuz of all the drugs I asked for, so it's great that Manny got to document it all. I'm definitely gonna treasure it forever. The only details she missed was when I had to push. Cuz she wasn't there in the O.R. It was jus Billy and I... oh and like 10 other people. So here goes..., to the best of my knowledge:

As they rushed me to O.R. #1, I screamed for my mom to come and was surprised to see Billy in the room. But whatever as long as someone was there. They told me that they may need to move me to the operation table. I am completely out of it so all I really notice is all the people getting everything ready and getting me all prepped up. I seriously think they are gonna do a c-section but then I hear someone say that Liam isn't quite stressed out anymore so they tell me that we are gonna try to push him out and see how it goes. Since I was so hopped on drugs I didn't feel any pain! ZERO pain!! It was amazing!! Shannon (cute lil nurse) would check my belly for a contraction and then everyone would tell me to push. I remember looking at the clock at 1:45 and thinking how long will this take?? How long will I have to push for?? After a couple a tries, I realize how exhausted I was. I seriously kept giving up. They offered me a mirror and at first I declined. Heck no! def dont wanna see what's going on down there LOL. Then halfway through the pushing and the giving up, I started to get super nauseous from the oxygen they were providing me. So, I threw up. BUT turns out it was helping push out lil Liam. What are the odds?? I started to push again and again and again and I jus didn't feel like I was getting anywhere even with everyone around cheering me on. I thought about the mirror and asked for it. They set it all up and I was in business!! Popped that baby out like 10-15 mins later. I totally am a visual learner LOL.

And he sure is a cutie!! So it was all totally worth it!!

Liam Santiago

 
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