I Have a Jewish Baby Born on Christmas in Inside My Head

I’m officially a mother!!!! My son decided not to wait for his elective c-section tomorrow. My water broke at about 3:15 this morning. I called the doctor on-call for the OBGYN practice who told me that it sounds like urinary incontinence, but to come in to the hospital if I wanted. To quote her, “No rush though.” She was working nights on Christmas and most likely didn’t want to deal with me. I have fluid gushing uncontrollably out of me, I’m starting to cramp, and the baby stopped moving. Don’t tell me there’s no rush.

I arrived at the hospital by 7am and was rolled into the OR by 8:15am. I was out of the OR within an hour. The entire staff has been wonderful. I was hysterically crying during the entire preop. I think they gave me a some other anti-anxiety medication in the IV besides doing the epidural because I was pretty spacey throughout the c-section.

He’s doing well. He has dark hair like me, blue eyes like Michael, and elf ears like my mother, my sister, and my nieces. I am so in love. Everything I’ve gone through to get to this point has been worth it.