Pregnancy Story - Hiro.

  Sometime in November of 2011, when I took a pregnancy test inside of Pat Catan's bathroom.  Scared to death whether I was pregnant or not.  I didn't mind being pregnant, I was just afraid of what everyone would say.  Kevin and I then left Pat Catan's and went off into a different parking lot and sat there.  I didn't read the directions and thought the faint lines didn't mean anything.  Turns out it did, so I was pregnant!  Kevin cried a little, but happy/scared tears.  He kissed me and said he was going to be a daddy and that he loves me.

   I didn't tell my family, only friends.  I mean, I was with my friends everyday at school.  I needed to tell my best friend, of course.  I always wore baggy clothing, so nobody really noticed.  My mom was bugging me about how I haven't had my period and it's usually irregular.  I was really annoyed, it's my body and she kept bothering me.  Mom made me an appointment to our doctor and in the room my doctor asked me questions.  My Mamaw was in the room and she goes with us to all our appointments.  I was so scared, because I knew I had to say I was pregnant (I was sixteen).  We sat in the doctor's office and she asked me if I took a pregnancy test, I said yea..  Mamaw was shocked and said I never told her that.  I cried and Mamaw cried, then I got an ultrasound and heard the heartbeat for the first time!  I thought I was about 27 weeks, I was actually 25 weeks.  Mamaw said I had to tell my parents that day and I dreaded it all day long.  I was so nervous, it was the worst feeling!
 
  When all of my family members got home, I had to tell them I was pregnant.  My mom smiled and cried, pretty sure she was in shock.  My dad, just sat there and looked pissed off, disappointed.  I felt like shit for the longest time, obviously I was still living with my parents and felt really awkward.  I believe at 27 weeks, I had an appointment to see the gender of the baby.  Welp, that didn't happen because the baby had the umbilical cord covering its private!  We did get pictures, which was nice.  We just looked at those ultrasound pictures, guessing if it was a boy or girl.  Not knowing the gender is so stressful, I just kept thinking about what the baby was, I just wanted to know! 

  I'm not sure when we told the rest of my family I was pregnant but I know it happened.  My cousin, Courtney and Uncle Bob were coming over and I had to tell Courtney.  At first she was like "what?" Then, she kneeled down and looked at my belly and put her hands on it.  She was excited, I didn't expect a lecture or yelling from her anyway.  My dad called and told the rest of the family.  Later in Spring, I went to Baby"R" Us with my Aunt Tara and Courtney to register.  Not knowing the gender, I had to pick a neutral theme.  I wanted ducks or sheep.  My baby shower was in June, I was due July 8th 2012.  In between my baby shower day and due date, I think I was having contractions, I was hurting so bad.  I just remember hurting so badly, I cried and I rolled up in a ball on my bed.  Then, it stopped, dad said it was probably nothing.  Ever since that day, I was leaking fluid.  I took a shower and right after putting my underwear on, it felt like I peed myself. But, I know I didn't. It just felt like water coming out, it wasn't a lot. It was enough that, I had to change my underwear.  This happened a few times and I wasn't sure what to do.  I called my Mamaw around eleven at night and she said she's coming over.  We called the hospital I was going to deliver at and the doctor was mean, I was scared.  I'm not very assertive and of course, had no idea what I was doing.  The doctor said come in and we did.  He checked if the fluid was my water and said it was, so I was going to be induced and have the baby! 
 
  It was around 12:40am June 28th, 2012. I was being induced and I asked for epidural.  I didn't feel much, which was great.  My Mamaw said they stopped inducing me at some point. In the morning, they had to completely break my water.  It was very uncomfortable and I still couldn't have the baby because I had something blocking inside.  I don't know what it was but they made me cough, so it would move.  That felt crappy, everything about labor was crappy and uncomfortable!  I had 3 other epidural pain meds, pretty sure the last shot didn't work.  I felt a lot of the pain, while pushing I kept holding my breath because the pain wasn't as bad.  The doctors and my family kept trying to get me to breathe, I had an oxygen mask on.  I had my son at 7:15pm on June 28th, 2012 on a Thursday! He weighed 7lb 7.5ounces, 20.5 inches long! 

  I was exhausted, they got the placenta out.  I felt being stitched up and when the placenta came out.  I held Hiro and we had visitors! Around 9, we had to move into the Maturity area of the hospital.  I was in a small room, sharing with my mom and boyfriend.  Then, we were moved the next day into this other room with two beds.  We were in the hospital for a couple days and I remember it was super hot outside.