Close to the end of my pregnancy my friend announced she was pregnant. Her and her husband have been married for 10 years and trying to conceive for 7.
I can not imagine the amount of patience this couple had to have to endure this part of their life. Mayra and her husband came to a point in their life that they decided to stop smoking and to pursue help with conceiving. After being told by a doctor that "she was fine since she was having regular periods" and feeling heartbreak that he wasn't interested in helping her she spontaneously conceived. Mayra attributes the timing to their decision to quit smoking (Boo tobacco!!). During her pregnancy I grew very close to mayra. I had known her previously for a couple of years but we hadn't taken the opportunity to hang out and really become friends. She would come over and babysit and help me out after my baby was born, and keep me company's while the guys were away on field ops. We would watch silly tv marathons, eat dinner and discuss birth. Mayra wanted to do an all natural birth. She was bound and determined to not have an epidural but was willing to consider an Iv med.
When she told me she wanted me to be there for support I was thrilled! One because she thought highly of me to want me to share this experience with her and her husband, and two I have never witnessed a vaginal birth. She also gave me the job of making sure she didn't cave for the epidural and take her birth pictures! I took both jobs very seriously! I wanted to there to support her, and help her.
Yesterday morning I received a phone call at 6:45. It was Mayra saying she was in the hospital and her water had broken! I called my husband and had him bring me the car and lined up a sitter for the girls. I also checked my text messages to see she has also texted me at 4:20 saying her water had broken! Oops! This mama must have been passed out!
I made it up to the hospital around 10 and started snapping pictures with the baby strapped into her beco gemini and nursing away. This woman looked beautiful in labor! They started to push pitocin on her, but all times she gracefully turned them down. Asking them to wait just a little longer and to check her progress.
At 3:22pm Mayra delivered a BEAUTIFUL baby girl, she was 6lbs 2oz and 18 1/2 inches long. She did it with no pain medication, no induction drugs and all the strength and power this mother had in her body and her husband by her side. She is my birth hero!
This was an event I will NEVER forget! Thank you, and congratulations!
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