Fainting Spells & Elevator Crying
Maaaannnnn We had a TIME at this birth!
Let’s see how brief this can be!
We met in January for an August due month and we laughed and connected immediately!
Y’all know that’s my kinda people; if we can laugh and have a good time we can rock!
We make it through the ebb and flow of pregnancy and then the sh*t got real!
Sis was passing out inexplicably at the most random times and I only found out because I hadn’t heard from her and if you’re one of my mamas, 🗣 I NEEDSTA HEAR FROM YOU ON THE REGUHLAH!
It’s just a means of checking in for me. I like to know what’s new or what hasn’t changed after appointments and such.
So here we are trying to get to the bottom of why she’s passing out suddenly and we rule out anything with her blood sugar, blood pressure and finally arrive at the baby just being situated on her nerve.
Not uncommon but also annoying when it has you passing out at the most inopportune times.
Fast forward to signs of labor!
I get picture mail of mucus and I’m like YES! She’s about to get some relief!
Later that day I get a call and she tells me her water has broken!
I’m literally on go mode because this is happening!
I make it to the hospital around 2am or so.
She’s experiencing contractions and the ball is truly rolling but my homegirl can’t relax!
Some time goes by and we find out how far dilated she is.
She’s making change but it’s slow change and in MY mind, it’s because she’s struggling to relax.
I think it was because her body was in a perpetual state of fear because of her fainting episodes.
It’s almost like she was just naturally tensing up to keep her body in an upright position so that’s just become her body’s natural state at this point.
And I get it.
I see my girl getting frustrated because she’s not progressing as swiftly as she’s used to so I bring up epidural for nothing else other than to help he relax and perhaps help “speed this up.”
She has a moment because she feels like she’s caved when she wanted to go unmedicated.
She gets the epidural anyway, though. 😂
She gets a chance to rest and even with Pit running.
Then it gets real, she feels the pressure and we have a baby!
I don’t even think my girl pushed for 10 minutes and baby girl was here!
Did I mention that we ain’t even know what this baby’s gender was for real?!
I mean we had suspicions but we were clueless!
I stay long enough to make sure her first few fundal massages went well, to make sure she’s all cleaned up, armed with juice and graham crackers and collect the placenta!
I left as the nurse was about to do weight and measurements! Normally I stay for that because I’m always excited to see how juicy a baby is but I had to vacate the premises for a few reasons.
We FINALLY have a baby after the last few months had us all so frustrated because we were all living in fear of what might happen.
There wasn’t much resolve for the issue and we just had to ride it out
She had a beautiful birth at 40 👏🏽IN👏🏽SPITE👏🏽OF all she’d been going through the last few months.
I was about to be a crying mess!
I called my mom because she was vested at this point because I was genuinely worried about her those last few months and I’d talked to my mama about it! She asked how it went and I lost it!
I mean chest heaving, shirt wet, snot bubbles, ugly crying! So much so that my phone slipped out of my hand and down the elevator shoot and them people had to go into the depths of the basement and retrieve it!
Meanwhile my mama is in my AirPods and we’re still talking and I’m still crying about this birth like I didn’t just drop the device in the crevices of the elevator chile!
I cried all the way to the truck because now she can get some relief and I’m SO happy for her and her family!
To my girl: I love you down! We’ve been rocking since my early IG days but for real, for real since January and I’m so proud of you and appreciative of you allowing me on this journey with you and your family! If I’ve learned nothing else from you it’s peace, patience and poise! You are the perfect exemplar of those three things and by far the greatest encourager of my foolery! 😂 When you come out the trenches, I owe you a DRANK! 😜
To her Dope Husband: You were the perfect teammate in this birth! Too bad we can’t run the play again! 😂 Thank you for letting me in, letting me do me and tagging in when needed! You a real one!
✌🏾& 💜 To you both,
Aeryka