Susan Burton
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Everything's going fine.
We had dinner.
And hours pass.
Things get more intense.
She's in pain.
She gets an epidural.
And, you know, when you get an epidural during labor, right, that's to reduce your discomfort.
But for Vanessa, the epidural, like, isn't really working right.
She's in the hospital overnight.
She's a lot of discomfort, kind of, you know, moving around in the bed.
It's the next day.
It's been 24 hours since this all started.
Vanessa's heart rate is rising a little bit.
The baby's heart rate is rising a little bit.
The baby's not moving down.
And the doctors are like, well, you know, I think it's time to do a C-section.
Vanessa isn't that nervous about the surgery.
She told me, you know, she's a health care provider.
She works in a hospital.