Yup, this morning, fourteen years ago, I gave birth to my first child...a son. It was supposed to be a home birth. I was in a very weird cult like religious group at the time, and doctors were considered pretty taboo...so, I had not had a single check up etc thru the whole pregnancy. It turned out I had preclampsia toxemia really badly and did not even know it...tho idid know I was very, very tired all the time and super swollen up.
The night before he was born, I went in to labor. His father was going to deliver him. I had no midwife or anything. However, I started bleeding a lot, and my mom, who had all six of her babies at home, came over to check on me. She said I was bleeding way too much and convinced me to go to the hospital. At the hospital the nurse taking my blood pressure just dropped the thing on the ground and went running out to find a doctor cuz my blood pressure was so high, and my mom told me that if I did not get the baby out right that instant, I was going to end up getting drugged up or something. so, I pushed as hard as I could, and his father caught him before the nurse even got back in the room. So, it was at a hospital, but still not a birth where a doctor is present, tho we still had to pay the doc anyhow. lol.
My second child I had at home just fine with her father delivering her and had a healthy pregnancy that I did not see a doctor during. I do, however, recommend having a doc or midwife.
He turned out to be a healthy nine pound boy.
And now he is a teenager who loves playing Skyrim, Call of Duty 2 Black Ops, and messing with his ipod and watching Kenshin. So, he turned out pretty cool. :) He is very ticklish and likes collecting pokemon and the big wave pool at wisconsin dells.
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