A tale of two births

A year and a half late, I've finally written Olivia's birth story. Laila's birth story was written only 2 months late. That's just one more fact to add to the list of differences between their two stories. Honestly their births were so drastically different, I think the only thing they had in common was that they both came from me. Oh and I did have the same recovery room both times.

With Olivia my water broke 23 hours before she was born, my doctor had to break it right before Laila was born. I needed to be induced to start the contractions going with Olivia, I had contractions all morning with Laila but I was in denial about it. I was in a huge fancy labor suite with cable and a gorgeous view of Manhattan when I delivered Olivia, I delivered Laila in the early labor room which isn't even a delivery room and it had no windows or even stirrups on the bed. Also when I delivered Olivia there was just Vince, Rinne, the nurse and the doctor and it was pretty quiet; when I delivered Laila there seemed to be like 15 people in that tiny room and it was pretty chaotic. I had pain medication to help manage the contractions for Olivia, for Laila I was home and had to be quiet so I wouldn't wake up Olivia, not that there would have been time for that once I did get to the hospital! I pushed for almost two hours it seemed with Olivia, and with Laila I pushed for 15 minutes. I did have the same room both times, but with Olivia I had tons of guests whereas with Laila I had way fewer - it was pretty much just me and her the whole time.

So that's the summary of their births in a nutshell! If you want to read the full stories I'll warn you now: they're pretty long!