Sometime until 2AM: The water felt amazing. I panicked at first, thinking my contractions were going to stop, but they came back and were very strong. Alison assured me they weren't going away this time. I started to get scared because I remembered how painful pushing was with Piggie. I was feeling like I was going to have a bowel movement and Alison told me that was a baby, not poop. I stalled through a few contractions cause I just kept thinking "Shit...I don't want to do this. I can't do this." Alison told me that when I was ready to be done, the baby would be born, and until then I would just keep having contractions. I most definitely did not want to remain pregnant and in labor, so I started focusing on how happy it would make me to be able to call our family and let them know the baby was here. I wasn't necessarily having pushing contractions, but it felt good to push. So every contraction, I grabbed hold of Luis on the side of the tub and pushed.
angelica
thanks for sharing Jessica! This has just made me so much more ready for my coming journey! It's truly amazing what a woman's body is capable of if she just listens to and works with it. I discovered that with the birth of Forrest and will keep that in my memories forever.
Anonymous
Wow!! What an amazing experience!! Thanks for sharing, brought me to tears
Jessica
Thank you 🙂
Anonymous
You go girl!
Toni
This was so encouraging to read! It made me excited for our upcoming baby's birth! Thank you for sharing!
Jessica Dimas
That's so exciting Toni, best wishes for you and your upcoming birth. It's seriously so transformational!