The Day We Met Her: My Planned C-Section Birth Story

From the moment we found out we were expecting, I knew this journey would be full of unforgettable milestones. As we neared the big day, I prepared for a planned c-section, a mix of anticipation and nerves swirling within me. This is the story of the day we met our beautiful daughter—an experience filled with love, gratitude, and the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. It was at our 34 Week appointment that we found out our little bundle of joy was breech. If you don't know what breech means, it's essentially when the baby's bottom is down when at this time the baby should be heads down for delivery. Hearing this news was absolutely devastating. I had always dreamt of giving birth vaginally, and this made my mind skyrocket. I immediately started doing all of the Spinning Babies exercises, the Miles Circuit, Chiropractic care, and prayer. We were at the point where we had appointments every week so we could check to see if she had budge at all. Well, if you can tell by the title of this blog post... She did not. So, we scheduled a planned C-Section for 39 weeks. My heart was all over the place. I was sad, confused, scared, upset, anxious, angry, and devastated that I wouldn't ever get to live out my dreams of a vaginal birth AND I had to have a surgery that would leave a gnarly scar. But, keep reading. It really ended up still being one of the most magical and memorable days of my life and here are some reasons why. As a type A person, I have and will always be an organized planner. I like to know the next move before it's even a thought in someone else's head. So, knowing exactly when baby girl was going to come gave me some sort of relief. I was able to go on "one last date" with my Husband before we became a family of three, we were able to load the car up, get cameras installed, nursery ready, carseat figured out, and bags packed without the hassle of the"OMG MY WATER JUST BROKE AND NOTHING IS READY!" feeling. It was a great weekend soaking it all in that Monday - 11/11 our baby girl would be Earth side. The night before our scheduled c-section date, I was a ball of emotions settling into bed. I cried for hours to my Husband. Tears of joy, anxiousness, sadness, scaredness and excitement all in one. I was sad that it would be the last time it was just us, I was anxious about the surgery and outcome of it all, but overall I was EXCITED to become a Mommy. The thing that I have always wanted to be in life. The thing I had been waiting for the past 9/10ish months. It was all happening that very NEXT day. I finally got like ~maybe~ an hour of sleep total. We had to be at the hospital around 5:30AM to get checked in and fluids started. I woke up around 2:30AM and started to get ready and prepped for surgery, and also just due to the fact that I could not sleep anyways so might as well get up, right? We left the house around 5AM and headed to the hospital. On the way there, I was so calm and excited. I was ready to get it all over with and have you in my arms. My Husband stopped at Casey's (a midwest gas station) and got a coffee that smelled AWFUL and had to be thrown away immediately, but other than that we listened to our favorite songs to calm the nerves and get ready for her big arrival. When we arrived at the hospital, I looked up to see a light was on in the OB Unit and I saw a (assuming) Father at the side of a bed and the Doctor at the end of the bed, indicating that someone was having a baby! It gave me chills as I said, "Look Nick, someone is having a baby!" and we both just smiled. When we walked into the Emergency Entrance and I told the lady I was there for a scheduled C-Section she said "WOW, busy day in the OB Unit! You're the 3rd one today and there hasn't been anyone all weekend!" So that was pretty awesome. After that, we headed up to the unit where we got placed in room #9. A nurse came in and immediately started an IV (my first one ever) and we got all the fluids going... Continue onto my next blog post "A Gentle Start: My Planned C-Section Journey to Motherhood" to hear about how my scheduled C-Section really went...