Thomas Douglas DiBenedetti III was born January 11, 2012 at 1:28 a.m weighing 7 lbs 7oz and measuring 19 3/4 inches long.

Wooooo yeah! :D He's out and I'm happy! Heres how labor started/went.

On tuesday jan. 10th I woke up with thomas at 6 like normal when he leaves for work, got on facebook for an hour or so then took a nap. I woke up around 9:15 am and had to pee. As I sat up to get out of bed, I swore I peed my pants!!! I ran kind of awkwardly to the bathroom, peed and put in a panty liner and didn't think more of it. I had been peeing my pants a little everytime I sneezed lately.  I fell back asleep and woke up around 11:15am with a horrrrible cramp! It felt just like a period cramp. I got up to pee again and more fluid came out! I waddled to the bathroom, peed, replaced the panty liner and went back to my room. When I wiped there was what looked like a little red thread mixed in with the discharge. I poked it and it wasn't thread it was something else. Hello mucus plug! I got on BabyCenter and made a forum post about what water breaking was like. When I went to go change my liner again about 15 minutes later, it was completely soaked through!! I started texting my mom and telling her what was going on, she said to call the doctor. Well, I tried. They were on lunch break >:( so I waited about 20 more minutes to call back. I started straightening my hair and getting all ready for the day because I KNEW he was on his way out. At this point I had moved up to overnight pads to contain the drizzle coming from unknown regions. I texted thomas who was at work and told him my water broke. He was working,  so he couldn't really reply. I called the doctor office back, stright to voicemail, So I hit '0' for the emergency line&Got put through to a nurse. She said to come into the office at 2 p.m. It was 12:30. My mom was on her lunch break and took the rest of the day off so she could be with me. Overnight pads were NOT working now lol.  We got to the appointment at 2, they tested the fluid to see what it was, the little paper turned blue. My midwife checked my cervix and finallllly IU had dialated. 2cm&80% effaced. yesss. She told me to go over to the hospital and just wait it out for labor to get crazy. I was having contractions that were bearable, but by 3:30, they hurt. Thomas got to the hospital around 4. He called me around 3 and said "Are you having comtractions??? You sound really calm!" Haha. The doctors started my IV thing, which was cool seeing my blood squirt out the end of a tube. No big deal, I like needles so it was fine.

At 4, my contractions were about 4 minutes apart. I was starting to hurt pretty bad. I wanted some kind of pain relief and I wanted it immediately. I wanted to go all natural, no drugs but that was NOt going to happen. Around 5 I got in the jacuzzi. It didn't help too much... I got out around 5:40 and got IV meds started. Those were niiice. SO nice. Coming from me, who took drugs before getting pregnant, but those were nice. I got half the dose at first, then got the second half 30 minutes later. After the second dose, It wore off and I could feel everything again. I was 7cm dialated. Epidural time!! OMG. That was the worst! Again, I'm not scared of needles, but that terrified me. My contractions were SO bad, they were telling me not to move and I'm like uhhh, i dont want this anymore!! I started bawling cuz I was in SO much pain and had heard horror stories of what epidurals can do. The needle didnt hurt going in, but knowing it went in, I screamed. They were telling me to 'sit like a cat'(how the fuck does a cat sit??!', they meant hunched over... After the lovely ordeal of getting THAT, I started to feel a little better. My legs went numb and my hips didn't have so much pressure in them anymore. After more hours of contractions and wanting more drugs, I felt the need to push. That was at about 11 p.m. It hurt&I did NOT want to push. Heres why: I wanted a midwife as my practitioner. I WANTED MY GODDAMN MIDWIFE!!!!! For the following reason.. The doctor had come in one time to check my cervix. ONE TIME. When I started pushing, I said "WHERES THE DOCTOR?!!?" I was NOT delivering to nurses... The one who could barely speak English said, "Shes taking a little nap sweetie, you'll be fi..." "SHES TAKING A NAP WHILE I'M IN LABOR?!!?!?!? IF I CAN'T SLEEP NEITHER CAN SHE!!!!!" I had been pretty calm and held together at that point, but oh my god, that was my breaking point. I was completely pissed. Then one of the nurses looks at my mom&Goes' Its normal for her to be this angry at this stage."... Really?? SO mad. This is where labor took a turn for the angry...

Anyway, before I got a chance to kick the nurse in the effing teeth, she went and got the doctor. I had a small amount of cervix left, so they were telling me NOT to push, and to take a nap... Um no! I demanded more pain medicene, and they finally cracked and gave me some, I think just so I'd shut up about it. While I was in this stage of labor, trying to push but nothing coming out, the nurses biggest concern was: They got the doctor too early. After many pushes, the doctor said she may give me pitocin. No. I refused pitocin. REFUSED. She only wanted to give jt to me to 'speed things up'. NONONONONO. No. They said the baby wasn't going to come out soon and with the aid of Thomas' mom(Cuz the nurses weren't doing they're jobs), baby Thomas was out half an hour later. My labor&Delivery was MISERABLE due to the doctor&Nurses ignorance.

Wanted to give me pitocin? I did it(: With the aid of lots of drugs and Thoams' mom. My mom was kind of a wreck cuz I was in so much pain&She couldnt do anything about it and Thoma was like uhhh, get him out! On the note of thomas, He watched the baby come out! And almost fainted. Not from the sight, but from the feeling of omg thats My son, hitting him at once. The doctor stitched me up, then disappeared. Apparently, your supposed to get a wheel chair to go from room to room after you have an epidural... I walked. They offered me a wheel chair halfway down the hallway... 

Needless to say, I am incredibly disappointed with the hospital. They made me so mad in a time that I was supposed to be happy... Not to mention, them whispering to my mom&Thomas' mom was stressing me out....

I am super happy Thomas is here though(: 5 days late, but here with NO health problems at allll(: