Guest Post: Written by Kayla from www.crunchymamakayla.blogspot.com
Hey
everyone!
My name is
Kayla! I am the administrator and owner of Attachment Parenting Love (APL). A
review blog for baby products and a mommy blog! I want to give you all a little
insight on my childbirth experience.
While I was
pregnant, I had EVERYTHING planned out.
How I would
parent, how I would refuse medication during birth, how I would NEVER have a
c-section, because its unnecessary… Everyone told me ‘you keep on planning, but
just wait, everything will change...’ It made me angry. No one believed me. So
my mindset was that of ‘I’m gonna show YOU!’
November 17,
2013: 1 week until my due date. I was so excited, so scared, so nervous! My
husband had finally come home from his deployment, just in time to welcome his
baby girl! My family would all be here any day now, hopefully she would arrive
while they’re here! I was still very adamant about a med-free vaginal birth. I
made my birth plan and packed my hospital bag. I was all ready!
November 23,
2013: 1 day until my due date. My family had arrived in time for my due date
AND Thanksgiving! I was thrilled! I couldn’t wait for Paisley to make her
appearance and my whole family be around to see her! I was getting anxious, but
I still wanted that med-free birth.
November 30,
2013: 6 days after my due date. My family had come and gone and still no sign
of Paisley. My doctor said I was completely unfavorable. 1 cm dialated, 0%
effaced. The thought of induction sounded REALLY great at that moment, even
though I SWORE I would NEVER do it. At this appointment, my doctor said that if
I have not gone into labor by my next appointment, he would induce me.
December 3,
2013: Induction day. Yes, I chose the induction. I strayed from my plan. I
proved everyone right. At the time, I just wanted her out. I was tired of being
pregnant. I never once felt contractions. I was still completely closed. They
started me on cervadil at 5pm and let it sit overnight.
December 4,
2013: My doctor came in to check me after the cervadil. Still completely
closed. He tried to break my water, but my cervix was too high up. So they
started me on pitocin (logic?)
15 hours
later, still completely closed. So I told my doctor just to schedule my
c-section. I knew where this was headed.
5:26 PM, I
birthed a beautiful baby girl via c-section. 7lbs 20.5 inches. At that moment,
I realized... it doesn’t MATTER how you have your baby. Having a c-section
doesn’t make you less of a mother. Just like having a vaginal birth doesn’t
make you more of a mother.
After my
c-section I was loopy from the drugs and I didn’t even see my daughter or my
husband for at least 2 hours after the surgery. I was able to breastfeed when
she came in, with the help of a nipple shield. She was beautiful. It didn’t
matter how she came, only that she did.
I’d do it all
over again, for her <3
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