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Baby Photos, the Birth, A Sad Story, and a Happy Ending

So, at 38 weeks, it was time to induce. Despite my attempts to get my body ready with acupuncture and induction massage, the baby was not in the right place to deliver. He was facing the wrong way, and with too much fluid in my uterus due to the gestational diabetes, he was floating above my pubic bone instead of entering the birth canal. For two days, we flowed between intensely painful interventions and extremely effective pain medications, an ebb and flow between feeling awful and feeling artificially great. When they finally offered a C-section, I was ready to get this baby out.

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