A Day in the Life: Iniya Pau Ng

Iniya Pau Ng
NOT PRONOUNCED "IN-YA PAW NIG"
CORRECTLY PRONOUNCED "EH-NIGH-YUH POW UNG"
THANK YOU!!!
Long story cut very short:
During the summer of 2009 I found out I was pregnant. Around 16 gestation I found out that I would be having a daughter. My pregnancy went very well, I was healthy. I gained a total of 25 lbs and had no problems with any of the prenatal testings. My son Ian was very excited to be having a sister and many members of my family were looking for to meeting this child growing inside of me.

Me and Mike got married in Merced County. It was a small court house ceremony but I was heavy in pregnancy and wasn't wanting to plan and go through a formal wedding at the time. We will be planning an actual wedding, and you bet I am getting the Bachelorette party of my dreams! We became an expectant married couple December 15, 2009.
To be quite honest, I hated being pregnant. I hated it to the core. I am so glad it is over and so very proud to be her mother. I am so happy to have my daughter here and the influence on my life is tremendous. I love her, she takes my breath away. Each and every day I feel myself falling more in love with her as I had with my son Ian.
This is her birth story:
On February 18, 2010 your father and I headed to Modesto for an ultrasound appointment. Once there the Perinatologist discovered that there was the amniotic fluid was running quite low and felt it was in your best interest to be born. He wrote a recommendation to have labor induced. We drove to Sutter Roseville Labor & Delivery Department to be induced. The staff was reluctant to induce the labor due to the doctor not being linked to their hospital. The on call doctor decided to go ahead and honor the recommendation and induce me that evening. At approximately 5 pm they broke the amniotic sac. Very little fluid seemed to leak. The contractions were slow to start but once they introduced pitocin they began to peak up dramatically. The contractions grew very intense and before low I was unable to tell when one contraction started and another contraction began. I was reluctant to ask for pain killers at first but after experience the full throttle labor I begged the nurse to administer something. Initially she gave me something through the IV. This had absolutely no effect at first and then the pain began to only get worse. The nurse gave me a second dose of this drug and still no effect was felt. She called the anesthesiologist to issue an epidural. I suffered through almost another hour of excruciating contractions. The anesthesiologist finally got there and began the epidural process. The epidural took some time to work and perhaps ten minutes passed before the nurse decided to check my cervix again. I was suddenly 10 cm dilated and it was already time to push. I could barely feel the urge to push at all but the nurse would notify me when I was having a contraction. In approximately four short pushes you were out! The doctor put you on my chest and you screamed. Iniya Pau entered the world on February 18, 2010 at 10:51 pm, weighing in at 5 lbs 15 oz and 17 inches in length.