The first person I chose to interview was my aunt Lisa, who has had two birth experiences. She has a 21 year old son and a 16 year old son. She started by telling me about her eldest sons birth. When i asked her about her overall experience, she said it wasn't that bad. except for all of the confusion everything went well. She was having contractions early one morning so decided to go to the hospital. Once she arrived they siad she wasn't dilated enough, so they had her walk around for an hour. ONce they saw that she still wasnt dilated enough, they told to her to go home and wait (I thought this was kind of crazy). When she got home, she decided to go for a walk hoping that would speed upt eh process. She walked for about a mile when her contractions started lasting longer and comming more frequently. She went back to the hospital where they told her that she still wasn't dilated, but they would admit her anyway. More confusion came when she told her nurse that she had to use the bathroom (deficate), or she would be sick. Of course the nurse said no. However, when she threw up she got yelled at by the nurse. The nurse basically treated her like shit for throughout the whole labor. She didn't really want to talk about the pain aspect, but she said that her first pregnancy was "beautiful" and "couldn't have been better", even though she was in labor for a little more than 15 hours.
Now with her second pregancy, she said it was a little bit different. She kind of new what to expect with her second baby. She knew what the contractions felt like and how faar apart they should be, inorder to go to the hospital. By the time she walked to the hospital, all she wanted to do was sleep. They once again told her that she wasn't fully dilated, so they gave her something to help her sleep. She still didn't want to speak about t he pain aspect, or what it was like in the delivery room, but she said it was very similar to her first pregnany. She was in labor for over 19 hours, but said that she loved the experience more than anything.
My Mother-
When I asked my mother about my birth story, it was similar to my aunts birth story but also very different. My mom didn't even know she was having contractions, she just felt uncomfortable in her sleep. It was kind of confusing because she said she didn't really know that she was in labor, but she never mentioned anything about her water breaking. She made this big deal about how long it took her to get to the hospital. The hospital was only about 15 minutes form our house, but it took her close to an hour and a half to get there because of a big storm. By the time she got to the hospital i was ready to "pop" out. The one thing shse does remember really well, was how rude the nurses were to her when she was getting ready to be admitted. she said they had very little paitence and didn't care how she was feeling, or if she was comfortable. They were also getting mad at her because she was pushing even when they told her not to. I wouldn't consider my mom's birth experience that bad, but i wouldn't consider it ideal either. I know i wouldn't to experience birth the same way she did.
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