Gave birth at 39 weeks 6 days
Hi everyone! I had my baby girl on June 25th, and I wanted to tell you guys how important and helpful this subreddit has been for me. It was so refreshing to read people’s stories and relate to problems other people were having. I went naturally into labor, where I had an epidural and a vaginal birth. I didn’t need Pitocin until the last half centimeter or so, but wow it increased the severity of the contractions and pressure tenfold. They allowed my epidural to lighten so that I could feel when a contraction was coming and use it as a tool when pushing. Holy wow it was a crazy feeling. If you gave birth without an epidural, please know that I think you deserve an award or something! I was “diet-controlled” and had a 6lb 14.9oz baby girl after pushing for an hour and a half. After birth, they didn’t check my blood sugar, but checked baby’s every 3 hours for the next 12 hours. It was so sad to listen to them prick her heal, but all of her blood sugars tested great. We’re now a week in and enjoying every second of it (despite being tired). I can now eat whatever I want, and it’s funny the things that I wanted so badly but couldn’t have weren’t as good when I got to have them lol. I imagine with my next pregnancy I’ll probably be diagnosed again, but I can go into it with confidence using the things I’ve learned here. Thank you guys for everything, and I wish all of you happy, healthy, and smooth pregnancies, births, and lives in general. Being a mother is tough, but so are you!