Elisa was born
Elisa Charlotte Egly was born June 11th at 11:11am.
During this pregnancy I fiddled with the idea of trying to give birth without an Epidural. My aunt Carol gave me a subscription of Mothering magazine during my pregnancy with Omilia. Inside the issues are often stories of women giving birth naturally, by decision or circumstance, and surviving. Most of all each new mother said it was hard but doable, and in the end were glad to have done it naturally. (Not to mention that women have ben doing it for centuries, and still do all over the world.)
So contractions started at about 4am.
By the time we got to the hospital and i was examened by the midwife, I was already at 7cm. It was decision time, now or never. I said no to the epidural and there was no turing back. I was taken of the monitor and told I could walk around and do what i want, she’d be back in an hour.
She came back and put in an I V. After another hour or so of contractions and some yelling, I was fully dialated. She broke my water and Elisa was born!