Birth Story: Mommy May

Giving Birth with the Doctor


May was on her 38th week when she went to St. Paul's Hospital for her pre-natal. Her pregnant OB/GYN did her routine of checking her there "down under" and she found out that May was effacing, meaning her cervix was thinning but she wasn't dilating exactly. So she had herself admitted at the hospital without stopping by her home anymore. She called her husband to just bring her 'mommy and baby stuff' at the hospital, pronto! What's amazing was that she didn't feel any pain at all, so she was induced at about 6 hours after that surprising announcement from her OB that she should be admitted already. She was given oxytocin, but the medicine took some time to take effect. Her last meal was still lunchtime, so she requested to eat some cake (the same cake that she had been eyeing at the hospital cafeteria during lunch). After eating, she heard a loud pop! She thought it was the flourescent light that got broken but it was actually already her bag of water. That's when her contractions started. It was really painful, but the good news was that she was already dilating. She was in labor for 6 hours. The problem with the baby was that even if she pushed very hard, it never budged. The pain was already unbearable so she asked her doctor for a Caesarean section. But the doctor was also having labors of her own (she was on her 8th month of pregnancy) and before May knew it, her own doctor was also admitted at the hospital to give birth. What a coincidence. So May was left with another doctor. The decision had been made - she would go through the CS procedure. She was conscious the whole time and she vividly heard the doctor saying, "It's positive - cord coil!" when her baby was taken out from her womb. It turned out that the reason why her little boy couldn't come out was because the cord was coiled around his head. Her baby was handed to her, but after she had a glimpse of her baby and touched it for the first time, she passed out. When she woke up, she was just thankful that she made the good decision of going through CS, otherwise her baby will be in so much danger. The sad thing was that she couldn't nurse because her nipples were inverted. Still, she's one happy Mom. Her baby is now a healthy three-year-old.