The story of my birth

2007-09-13T20:01:00.000-07:00

My birth story is shorter than my sister's was. Mom and Dad moved from the old house to the new one on the 1st of September, and Mom had some false labor that night, which was a big scare - the house was a huge mess! Luckily, I waited until the house was pretty much put together to arrive.

Mom went into labor on September 10th around 8 pm. They waited a couple of hours to be sure this was the real thing, then put their careful plan into action: they called Grandma and Grandpa Hirsch, and then called their friend Niki. She lives in Marblemount (90 minutes away), so they also talked to the neighbor couple, Bob and Collette. These folks were enlisted to watch my sister, while Mom and Dad were at the hospital.

Niki arrived around 1 am, so they didn't need to wake up the neighbors. They all watched a movie in between contractions, until Mom and Dad headed off to the hospital around 1:45 am. Mom was only at 3 cm, so they were worried they might have to head home again, but the labor was really strong, so they were admitted (2:30 am).

Mom labored for a while as she waited for Mr. Epidural to drop by, and he finally showed up around 4:15 am. Right before he started, Dr. Holtzman checked Mom and she was already up to 8 cm! We were nearly there, so Mr. Epidural just did the intrathecal (quick, short-lived) instead of the full epidural.

We waited another half-hour or so, and then Mom started pushing. It only took about 5 rounds of pushes, and out I came, fast, pushing my way through the cord that was wrapped around me, and tearing Mom a little bit (sorry!).

I weighed in at 8 lbs, 14 oz (and that was after peeing on myself, so I started even bigger than that), 21 inches long, and I had a lot of light brown hair and dark blue eyes. The doctor said that my umbilical cord looked like a firehose, and that this is why I was so big!

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The story of my birth