First I went to my midwife's office, and she checked me out, then we went to the hospital. At the hospital they put me in my room, and my midwife convinced me to get into a warm bath to soothe me. HA! I started getting sick as soon as I got in the bath. It was horrible! So I got out, and layed in bed. I didn't want an IV, so I tried to drink water, and it wouldn't stay down, so I tried gatoraid and that wouldn't stay down either. So I got the IV, and it was awful. (I am PETRIFIED of needles!) I spent most of my labor in bed, I know walking is supposed to help, but I was in too much pain to walk! I just wanted to lay there! I didn't want drugs, especially an epidural, so I breathed as best I could. (I had taken Lamaz and it helped ALOT!) Finally my midwife gave me a drug...(I don't know the name of it), which helped me to relax and sleep. I did sleep for a bit, until the drug wore off! Then my midwife said I was too far along and it wouldn't help anymore. I didn't want anything stronger, so I just breathed! I remember once I had to pee, and the midwife made me sit on the toilet for a while, and it hurt so bad! The day went on and my labor progressed. I remember during contractions saying, "Mom, it really, really, really...........hurts!" and I kept telling my mom, "I'm having a baby!" Like she didn't know! I had many coaches, my mom, my sister, a good friend of the family, Kathy, and another family friend, Jeane, and my friend, Shana. There also was my midwife, and a nurse. They were all so great!
Finally, around 5:30pm, I started having the urge to push. However, I was not completely dialated so I couldn't push. I have to say, this is the worst part of labor. I was crying, and I kept saying, "I am pushing, I can't help it!" but everyone kept saying I wasn't. Finally, after what felt like forever, my midwife said I could push! I said Thankyou and started pushing! It was such a relief to push!!! But, when Kacie's head came out I went into shock. My mom said it was not for that long at all, but it felt like a while to me. I don't remember much at this point, but my mom said that Kacie was turning blueish. I remember my eyes trying to focus, and everyone was all around me, and I noticed they were all crying, so I paniked and pushed, and out came Kacie! She wasn't crying, so my midwife put her on my belly and said, "Stimulate that baby!" and Kathy rubbed her back and Kacie started screaming!! It was such an incredible sound! I cried! Kacie was gorgeouse! I held her so close and I never wanted to let her go. My baby, my angel was finally here. Kacie Elizabeth Ryan, born at 6:13pm on Friday, September 22, 1995. She was 8lbs 5 oz and 21 inches long!