Aidan's Mummy
Mummy to Aidan and Oliver
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My birth story
As some of you may know i was in alot of pain since sunday last week and i found out i was in early labour and they wouldn't hurry it up as they just wanted me to go naturally.
Tuesday 9th December
Well on Tuesday night i went into hospital (for the fourth time that week). When i got onto the labour ward i was waiting for the midwife, OH was syaing how this could be it ( i doubted it as i had been sent home so many times). Well while we were waiting i felt a warm trickle come from down below and go into my pad. So i went to the toilet and checked my pad which was was very damp. I didnt think it was my waters as i was expecting a sudden gush (like on the films lol). When the Midwife came in i mentioned it to her and she said it could be my hind waters and she would have to take a swab from inside me and see if it was. Because if it was they would have to put me on a special drip to get things moving more quickly, due to risk of infection. She did that and then told me i would have to stay in and see the consultant in the morning and he will decide what to do.
Wednesday 10th December
So in the morning the midwife came in and told me the consultant had reviewed my notes and said he didn't want to wait for the results of the waters and to just go ahead and get me on the drip as the early labour had been going on for too long and he thought if it wasn't my waters then by the time i did go into established labour i would be too exhausted to give birth therefore incresing the risk of intervention e.g. forceps. So he said they were going to break my fore waters and then get me on the drip.
So at about 1.45 pm they took me up to the labour ward. The midwifes came in and explained what they were going to do. They then gave me the gas and air and she broke my waters. A doctor came in and put the drip in and started me off on the drip. They explained that they would start on a low setting and then increase it every half an hour until they found a setting that was good for me. They did this we manged to get to a setting of 2.5 but Aidan started getting distressed so they had to lower it. After i had been in labour 2 hiurs the contractions were coming thick and fast and the gas and air started to not really have an effect. I really didn't want and epidural but in the end i caved in and pratically begged for one. So the anathatist (sp?) came in and explained the procedure. I told him i didnt care and to just get it in
Heput it in and omg it was amazing. By about 10 mins after he put it in i couldnt feel a thing and i just drifted off to sleep. I woke up about 7 becuase the epi started to wear off but they topped it up and then i was just laying there chatting to the midwifes ( you wouldn't have thought i was in labour lol) By 8 they told me they were going to do an internal and see how far i had come. The midwife said she would estimate me to be about 6cm dilated but she would do an internal to find out. So she did that and i saw the shock on her face, she said i'd say you were 8cm but thats very quick progress, so she went and got someone else to double check and yerp i was 8cm alright.
So i knew then that it wouldnt be long until i met my little man. 3 hours passed and at 11/15 pm they decided to do another internal when i began shouting at them i needed a poo(by this time the epi was wreaing off again) and to let me go. So they did another internal. The midwife took a few secs said "get everything prepared" and turned to me and said "heather it's time to have a baby, your 10cm dilated" By this time another midwife had come in so i had 3 including a student. I put my feet on two of the midwifes one wither side of the bed. And they told me to hold th back on my legs, put my chin on my chest, take a deep breath and push down into my bum. Omg the urge to push was intense and i did what they said it was hard though as some of the epi was still working so i couldnt really judge when i was having a contraction but they helped me and told me when to push. After 30 mintues of oushing i started to tire and tell the i couldnt do it anymore. OH was amazing and he was stroking my hair telling me i would do it. Then the midwife said those magic words "i can see the head heather, do you want to feel it" I put my hand down and i could feel my precious little mans head
. This made me so determined and with the next contaction i pushed with all my might.
Then they told me to pant and give two more little pushes and at 12:05 am on the 11th December 2008 i pushed my gorgeous little man into the world weighing 8lb 5oz. They placed him straight on my chest and i just stared at him. I Couldn't believe i had created something so perfect. Oh was crying too.
I had a second degree tear so had a few stitches (which didnt really hurt).
I was so tired but it was so worth it. Anyone that is scared of labour. Don't be it is the most amazing experience in the world
xx
As some of you may know i was in alot of pain since sunday last week and i found out i was in early labour and they wouldn't hurry it up as they just wanted me to go naturally.
Tuesday 9th December
Well on Tuesday night i went into hospital (for the fourth time that week). When i got onto the labour ward i was waiting for the midwife, OH was syaing how this could be it ( i doubted it as i had been sent home so many times). Well while we were waiting i felt a warm trickle come from down below and go into my pad. So i went to the toilet and checked my pad which was was very damp. I didnt think it was my waters as i was expecting a sudden gush (like on the films lol). When the Midwife came in i mentioned it to her and she said it could be my hind waters and she would have to take a swab from inside me and see if it was. Because if it was they would have to put me on a special drip to get things moving more quickly, due to risk of infection. She did that and then told me i would have to stay in and see the consultant in the morning and he will decide what to do.
Wednesday 10th December
So in the morning the midwife came in and told me the consultant had reviewed my notes and said he didn't want to wait for the results of the waters and to just go ahead and get me on the drip as the early labour had been going on for too long and he thought if it wasn't my waters then by the time i did go into established labour i would be too exhausted to give birth therefore incresing the risk of intervention e.g. forceps. So he said they were going to break my fore waters and then get me on the drip.
So at about 1.45 pm they took me up to the labour ward. The midwifes came in and explained what they were going to do. They then gave me the gas and air and she broke my waters. A doctor came in and put the drip in and started me off on the drip. They explained that they would start on a low setting and then increase it every half an hour until they found a setting that was good for me. They did this we manged to get to a setting of 2.5 but Aidan started getting distressed so they had to lower it. After i had been in labour 2 hiurs the contractions were coming thick and fast and the gas and air started to not really have an effect. I really didn't want and epidural but in the end i caved in and pratically begged for one. So the anathatist (sp?) came in and explained the procedure. I told him i didnt care and to just get it in
Heput it in and omg it was amazing. By about 10 mins after he put it in i couldnt feel a thing and i just drifted off to sleep. I woke up about 7 becuase the epi started to wear off but they topped it up and then i was just laying there chatting to the midwifes ( you wouldn't have thought i was in labour lol) By 8 they told me they were going to do an internal and see how far i had come. The midwife said she would estimate me to be about 6cm dilated but she would do an internal to find out. So she did that and i saw the shock on her face, she said i'd say you were 8cm but thats very quick progress, so she went and got someone else to double check and yerp i was 8cm alright.So i knew then that it wouldnt be long until i met my little man. 3 hours passed and at 11/15 pm they decided to do another internal when i began shouting at them i needed a poo(by this time the epi was wreaing off again) and to let me go. So they did another internal. The midwife took a few secs said "get everything prepared" and turned to me and said "heather it's time to have a baby, your 10cm dilated" By this time another midwife had come in so i had 3 including a student. I put my feet on two of the midwifes one wither side of the bed. And they told me to hold th back on my legs, put my chin on my chest, take a deep breath and push down into my bum. Omg the urge to push was intense and i did what they said it was hard though as some of the epi was still working so i couldnt really judge when i was having a contraction but they helped me and told me when to push. After 30 mintues of oushing i started to tire and tell the i couldnt do it anymore. OH was amazing and he was stroking my hair telling me i would do it. Then the midwife said those magic words "i can see the head heather, do you want to feel it" I put my hand down and i could feel my precious little mans head
. This made me so determined and with the next contaction i pushed with all my might. Then they told me to pant and give two more little pushes and at 12:05 am on the 11th December 2008 i pushed my gorgeous little man into the world weighing 8lb 5oz. They placed him straight on my chest and i just stared at him. I Couldn't believe i had created something so perfect. Oh was crying too.
I had a second degree tear so had a few stitches (which didnt really hurt).
I was so tired but it was so worth it. Anyone that is scared of labour. Don't be it is the most amazing experience in the world
xx
xxx
