My mom is one of those “super women” type gals. I seriously don’t know how she does it all. So when I found out I was going to be a mom, I hoped and prayed I could be at least half the woman she is. My mother gave birth to 3 healthy baby girls completely natural, no complications. So I figured I would do the same...
I had my birth plan ready and my doctor knew that I was against drugs and planned to do it all on my own. At 41 weeks, on a Friday night, I finally started feeling contractions. My super mom was there with me and helped keep track of timing the contractions as I paced around with my husband playing video games in the living room. By midnight they were consistent and around 4am we decided to head to the hospital. Once I arrived, I was already dilated 5cm and things were looking good.
I felt okay.