Megan Pettit shares stories from a new mom
Giving birth is wild, and while having a “birth plan” is comforting and sometimes helpful, it should probably be called a “birth wish.” Nothing in my birth plan mentioned a scheduled C-section, but that’s what I ended up with.
One of the perks of having a scheduled C-section is getting a good night’s sleep before baby arrives… not that I slept much. Hard to catch Zzz’s when you’re about to undergo major surgery while being totally awake. But this surgery was unlike others with the happy baby ending. Excitement surpassed fear.
All that excitement and fear churned in my belly at the hospital and while being prepped, I had to scurry to the bathroom several times, with one hand dragging my drip and the other clutching my gown closed in the back. As cool as my OBGYN was, I imagined that he prefer that my system was cleared out in the toilet and not in the sterile operating room.
