Storm1jet2
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Hi everyone - here is my birth story as promised, although I didn't think it would take me this long to even have time to turn the laptop on to update - where do the days go??
Anyway - baby was due on the 2nd Jan, but on 29th Dec I woke up at 4am after dreaming I was in labour, when I woke up I was feeling crampy but no contractions, by 6.15 I woke DH as I wasn't sure what was going - TBH I only had this unbelievable urge to do a poo - it was awful! Anyway the contractions started and the pain was incredible, and I was still going on about needing a poo. By 8am I told DH he wasn't going to work that day, I had a shower and I couldn't get over how intense the pain was. Texted a friend thats a midwife and she called round, she couldn't find the babys head at all as it was so far down and got DH to run me a bath, I spent about 45 mins in the bath until I wouldn't take it anymore. MW friend left telling DH I'd need to go to the hospital soon and she phoned to let them know I was coming. By 12 I was begging DH to take me to hospital!
So the car journey to hospital was interesting, had my eyes closed most of the time and was crippled with pain. We arrived about 12.30 and I was seen within a few minutes, a quick internal later showed I was 6cm and going nowhere!
Up to the delivery suite shortly after - I still can't get over the intensity of the contractions and the terrible urge to want to poo! Turns out baby was back to back thus the incredible poo feeling, but she turned on the way out and arrived the right way - hurrah! After an hour in the delivery suite on gas and air I asked for an epidural, but an internal showed I only had a small rim of cervix to soften so I could start pushing and it was too late
At this stage I was in agony and asked for pethadine - again too late as baby would be too sleepy and it was time to push!
After an hour of pushing and lots of moaning and shouting about needing a poo the baby was crowning! At that stage I thought I had hours to go but she was on her way. After a bit of vomiting it was all systems go, her head was out and a couple of pushes later she arrived! My little daugher Lydia was born at 16:46. They had to get her checked by a paedetrician as she poo'd on the way out, but at birth was 9 on the agpar(?) scale and after 5 minutes was a 10. It took another 15 minutes for the placenta to be delivered and then I need a few stitches. Had a couple of grazes and a laceration - but the nice MW numbed me up so much and let me keep the gas and air while she did her sewing.
I cannot believe how much I love this little lady and how now at less than a week old I cannot imagine my life without her. Her daddy is being great with her and now all we need is her to sleep at night and not during the day...
https://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k614/storm1jet2/Baby.jpg
Anyway - baby was due on the 2nd Jan, but on 29th Dec I woke up at 4am after dreaming I was in labour, when I woke up I was feeling crampy but no contractions, by 6.15 I woke DH as I wasn't sure what was going - TBH I only had this unbelievable urge to do a poo - it was awful! Anyway the contractions started and the pain was incredible, and I was still going on about needing a poo. By 8am I told DH he wasn't going to work that day, I had a shower and I couldn't get over how intense the pain was. Texted a friend thats a midwife and she called round, she couldn't find the babys head at all as it was so far down and got DH to run me a bath, I spent about 45 mins in the bath until I wouldn't take it anymore. MW friend left telling DH I'd need to go to the hospital soon and she phoned to let them know I was coming. By 12 I was begging DH to take me to hospital!
So the car journey to hospital was interesting, had my eyes closed most of the time and was crippled with pain. We arrived about 12.30 and I was seen within a few minutes, a quick internal later showed I was 6cm and going nowhere!
Up to the delivery suite shortly after - I still can't get over the intensity of the contractions and the terrible urge to want to poo! Turns out baby was back to back thus the incredible poo feeling, but she turned on the way out and arrived the right way - hurrah! After an hour in the delivery suite on gas and air I asked for an epidural, but an internal showed I only had a small rim of cervix to soften so I could start pushing and it was too late
At this stage I was in agony and asked for pethadine - again too late as baby would be too sleepy and it was time to push!After an hour of pushing and lots of moaning and shouting about needing a poo the baby was crowning! At that stage I thought I had hours to go but she was on her way. After a bit of vomiting it was all systems go, her head was out and a couple of pushes later she arrived! My little daugher Lydia was born at 16:46. They had to get her checked by a paedetrician as she poo'd on the way out, but at birth was 9 on the agpar(?) scale and after 5 minutes was a 10. It took another 15 minutes for the placenta to be delivered and then I need a few stitches. Had a couple of grazes and a laceration - but the nice MW numbed me up so much and let me keep the gas and air while she did her sewing.
I cannot believe how much I love this little lady and how now at less than a week old I cannot imagine my life without her. Her daddy is being great with her and now all we need is her to sleep at night and not during the day...
https://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k614/storm1jet2/Baby.jpg
What point did your water break?
