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not prepared

It was 3 days before my wedding and I found out that I was pregnant. I was 18 years old then and living with my husband and his family, my mom and family had moved to a different state. After I found out that I was pregnant, my husband and I moved to where my mother was because I wasn’t going to be able to do it without her.

Anyway my pregnancy was great, no morning sickness, a little heartburn, and that was it until about 2 weeks before the baby was due, I started feeling weird and swelling up a lot more then normal so I went to the hospital and they sent me home again. On July 6 2005 I went in again because I thought my water broke, it didn’t, so I went home and about an hour after that the doctor called me and said that I needed to come in on the 7th and get induced, so I made sure my bags were packed and everything was ready.

Well I went in the next day at 6:30 and they started inducing at 7 o'clock, (I recommend the epidural) at first it was okay the pain wasn’t that bad, after awhile (about 6 or 7 the next morning) it started to hurt a lot. I had no meds at that point; about 5 o'clock that night they sent me home because I wasn’t progressing any. Then at about 1 in the morning my contractions were about 5 min. apart so we went back, that’s when I got the epidural (that was great) when it was time for me to push I did as the doctor said, I was on my second push and the doctor said that they were going to have to do an emergency c-section, I was really scared, they ran me to the OR and put me under.

My wonderful baby girl was born July 9th at 9:44pm, though I wasn’t able to see her until about 11. She is about 19 months old now and she'll be a big sister 1 month before her birthday the first week of June.

I’m just saying be ready for anything, oh and the reason for the emergency c-section was because the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck 3 times.


shannon

2nd pregnancy, 2nd boy

Being pregnant at 20 was kind of hard considering I had a son who was not yet 2 and pregnant again. My boyfriend and I were surprised because I was on the birth control patch. I found out I was pregnant on September 3, 2004. It was actually my boyfriend's mother’s birthday the day I found out.

My parents were shocked because they knew I was on birth control but took the news a lot better than I thought. My pregnancy went well until I was 8 months along. I had a high fever and yet again a bad kidney infection that I was in the hospital for. During my last couple of weeks I started noticing I was swelling up and there was protein in my urine so my doctor was really worried because that runs in my family.

I was having a planned c-section as well so instead of having my baby on the due date April 21,2005 I had my baby on April 13, 2005, weighing 8lbs 10oz 21 inches. It was an easy recovery and it was another boy. My second c-section was a lot easier than my first.

Now that I’m pregnant for the 3rd time I’m also having another c-section. I’m due August 15, 2007. In a couple of weeks I’m going to see what the baby is - hopefully a girl.

I hope you enjoyed my story.


Diane

all worth it

I was 18 when I became pregnant and in my last year of high school. Well I was surprised because I was only with my boyfriend for only 6 months and I was on the pill. Telling my parents was hard, so I told them a week after I found out.

My pregnancy was easy for the first couple of months, and then I got a bad kidney infection that I was hospitalized for. Other than that, everything went well. My due date was October 1, 2003 but my little boy had other plans. I had a baby shower on September 21, 2003 then on September 23 I was having labor pains so I went to the hospital I was 2 cm so the doctors made me walk and when I got back into the room I was 4 cm. My doctor broke my water {gross} and I was progressing well until I got to 9 cm then things got bad.

I was in labor for 25 hours without any more progress so I had to get an emergency c-section. My baby weighed 9lbs 15oz 18 inches, so there was no way I was able to push him out since I’m only 4'11 – very small. The recovery was a little painful but well worth it. Now he's almost 4 yrs old and has a little brother who's almost 2 and another brother or sister on the way in august. August 15, 2007.

That’s my story. I hope you new mothers enjoyed it!!!!


Diane

Teenage Birth

I had my first baby when I was 15 years old.

I was taken to the hospital at 3 in the morning because I was having small contractions. Soon I was dilated to 10 and the doctors were telling me to push. I tried but I couldn’t. They said the baby wasn't going to come out easy and they gave me an epidural. As soon as I said it was working they took me to the OR.

I could feel them tugging at me and it hurt really bad. The anesthesiologist put me out and I woke up a few hours later. I hurt really badly.

Now I'm pregnant with twins.


Diana

c-section

Well I was 19 and had no idea I was pregnant. There was a lot going on at the time as my dad died in march, but on April 1st I went to the doctors because I thought I had something wrong with me, so he did some blood tests and it turned out I was pregnant.

I was scared but also excited; I was 12 weeks by then. Everything was fine through my pregnancy until I was 36 weeks and my baby went to a breech, we tried to get him turned but it didn't work, so we had a c-section.

I didn’t think I’d have one but things happen you can’t change, so on October 5th my son Rylan was born at 8:46am. It was such a miracle baby I couldn't believe it. Rylan Paul is his name.

A c-section isn't that scary. I was perfectly fine.


jess