“Can you feel that?” the nurse asked. “No,” I said. Because I was over 40, I was in the hospital being checked two days before my due date. The placenta of older mothers, my obstetrician had told me, sometimes starts to deteriorate toward the end of pregnancy. Tests on my placenta showed it was “borderline okay.” If they felt it was necessary for the health of the baby, labor would be induced. But when the nurse started monitoring me, they found I was already in the early stages of labor. I didn’t feel anything but remembered I’d had crampy feelings at home the previous day.
Very specific account of your labor. I remember being very nervous as soon as my water broke. I also ended up with a cesarean section. Sometimes I feel like I missed out on the actual birth. Do you ever feel that way?
Nancy, Yes, I missed out on the experience of natural birth, but I didn't think about it at the time, and now, after all the labor stories I've heard and movie scenes of birth I've watched, I'm not sure I feel bad that I missed it! I've felt sorry that I couldn't have more than one child, though.
Very specific account of your labor. I remember being very nervous as soon as my water broke. I also ended up with a cesarean section. Sometimes I feel like I missed out on the actual birth. Do you ever feel that way?
Nancy, Yes, I missed out on the experience of natural birth, but I didn't think about it at the time, and now, after all the labor stories I've heard and movie scenes of birth I've watched, I'm not sure I feel bad that I missed it! I've felt sorry that I couldn't have more than one child, though.
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