Birth Stories

Birth Story #1: At around 2 in the morning my mom is driven to Holy Cross Hospital to give birth. When they get there she has constant and strong contractions, so they begin moving her to the delivery ward. My mom starts to want an epidural for the pain, but on the heart monitor it reads that my heart started to beat "irregularly." This means it would be to risky to put an epidural in now, and that normal birth might not be the best choice of delivery. When on the monitor it reads my heart has slowed down to much, causing possible brain damage the doctor decides to perform an emergency C-section.

Birth Story #2: When my mom gave birth to my sister, fearing complications, my mom had a planned C-section before her due date so the baby would come out as safely and as soon as possible.

Birth Story #3: My mom's friend had close to a typical "normal" birth, except she too had complications with her baby. When Mary was at the hospital she had had an epidural and the birth went as smoothly as a birth can, but after the baby was born she began to get a lot of infections. One infection had gone to her breast and her breast milk so when the baby tried to drink, it also made the baby very sick. This caused them both to be in the hospital, sick, for quite awhile after the birth.

Birth Story #4: During her 3rd pregnancy she had a lot of complications. Along with a weak immune system leaving her constantly frail and sick, she also had kidney failure. It's not only the mom who had problems though, because at one point during pregnancy the baby had stopped growing. Constantly in and out of the hospital, it was feared the baby would have a lot of problems or be sick. When it finally did come time to deliver the child she went into labor for an extremely long time, lying in labor for more than a full day. Despite it's long duration the birth itself was a fairly "normal" procedure. After the baby was born though some fears had become reality. After being taken home the baby had become very sick with a lung infection. The baby, who at one point was barley able to breathe, was taken to the hospital and had to stay there for days under close watch until she became well enough to go home.