Born at 6.55 this morning, 6lb 12.5 oz after labouring mildly all day yesterday it ramped up about 6.30 pm when the contractions were 4-5 apart and a minute long. Called the mw who arrived quickly and I laboured in the bedroom as planned. Couple hours later I requested cervical check but was only 1.5 dilated but almost fully effaced. Was slightly worried by this since the contractions were so strong I'd expected to be more dilated based on experience. Got her to check again after another couple of hours and was fully effaced but no more dilation! By this stage is been using the g&a but it didn't help and made me vomit. Mw mentioned she'd spotted in my notes that I'd had colposcopy on my cervix for borderline changes 2 years ago and thought that scarring could be causing the issue. She said my cervix was paper thin and could easily dilate all at once after all the hard work already done but possibly not. We decided to give it another couple of hours and then if no change transfer to hospital as I was really struggling with the pain by now. Bearing in mind I had my others with no pain relief and was fine. But I was in constant pain even between contractions.
Called a friend to sit with the kids and as there was no change after that couple of hours we transferred in so I could have some pain relief. I was desperate. As anyone who knows me will understand I was set on another fully natural delivery.
Ambulance took us in and I had morphine which helped a bit. Dr tried to ease the scar tissue cervix open to loosen but it was agony and only got us to 3.5cm then morphine wore off and next lot didn't help and I was in agony begging for epidural �� by this stage lo's heart rate was dropping during contractions so it became a worry, I was told the epi would be too long in sorting and taking effect, so I actually consented to spinal anaesthetic, another shot at manipulating cervix open once numb, but if that didn't work a section. I was gutted but had to for safety of lo. Well between the decision and getting the anaesthetic was pure agony like nothing I can describe, beyond my experience and kept having to get into non spd friendly positions to administer it. Horrific but once it kicked in I truly was numb. Very weird, surreal feeling! And crying my eyes out as I was heading for a section which I hated the idea of.
Anyway they managed to manipulate the scarred cervix once I was numb and it pinged right open! So I was instructed when to push as I was unable to feel contractions by now. I couldn't feel what I was doing and had my legs in stirrups. Ended up with forceps delivery no tears or cuts which was a brilliant result in the end. I'm feeling absolutely destroyed now still catheterised and numb legs so need to stay in not sure until when.
But Marianne Sheila McCormack is perfect and we are running on euphoria.
