NewMom: On Cloud Nine

Hi all. I’m still on cloud nine, with an unexpected amount of energy. So I figured I’d share a brief overview of our birth story.

First, so much for that induction date my doctor scheduled. Two weeks before I was scheduled to be induced, I went in for what I thought was a fairly routine ultrasound. Turns out my amniotic fluid was low and they sent me right away to Labor and Delivery. What a whirlwind! My husband wasn’t with me, I had forgotten my cell phone that day, and was just kind of shocked that I was supposed to leave the exam room, walk down the block into the hospital to have my baby. I used the phone at the reception desk and after three tries, finally tracked NewDad down. He met me at the hospital where they started an induction as soon as he arrived. True to form, NewDad remembered everything he needed to bring and then some – including the list of names we were considering.

They started the induction that night, I got a little sleep, and by the next morning, everything was in full gear. Except for some hiccups with the epidural, everything really went quite smoothly. NewGirl’s head is very small, and my body thanks her for my resulting easy recovery.

I would share more specifics, but apparently I don’t remember the labor all that well, because every time I try to tell the story, NewDad says that I’m so inaccurate about the timetable, the details, etc, it’s as if I weren’t there. Am I alone, did anyone else experience their labor and delivery as an out of body experience?