Health
What To Do When Your Birth Plan Doesn’t Happen How You Imagined
The nurse tiptoed over to me as my husband snored quietly a few feet away on the world’s most uncomfortable couch. She leaned over the bed, and I tried to maneuver into a more upright position, an IV in my arm and monitors around my belly measuring my baby’s heart rate making the task infinitely more difficult.
By Gwen Farrell4 min read
The nurse’s voice was laced with sympathy, and my heart instantly dropped to my stomach. “With everything going on, we want to induce you tonight,” she said.