3 stories from people sharing their experiences
By my third baby, I knew exactly what it felt like to have to push. But here's the thing — I never had normal labor pains. Not once. Every time I had a contraction, I had to pee. The nurse said I was only 3cm and had a LONG way to go. She took me to the bathroom and walked out. Then I started yelling ‘the baby is coming!’ She came back explaining that the baby can't be coming yet, put her hand down to check, and started screaming ‘GET BACK IN BED!’ A student doctor caught my daughter. I called it bladder labor — nobody in that hospital had ever heard of it...
My first appointment at Brigham & Women's in Boston gave me a due date of August 27. I moved back home to Wisconsin at 6 months pregnant and my new doctor said September 5. My daughter was born October 7 after being induced with Pitocin — and she was only 6 pounds 7 ounces. If she was really that late, she should have been much bigger. Something was seriously wrong with that estimate, and nobody caught it. Oh, and I was already delivering before my doctor got back in the room because they told me I was only 3cm and didn't believe I needed to push...