x-Rainbow-x
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x-Rainbow-xBirth Story of Benjamin William
8th March 2011
01.00am Weighing 5lb 2oz
A little bit of back ground - I have been in hospital alot since 30 weeks pregnant, due to blood pressure problems, i got sent home on sunday 6th March with my blood pressure medication increased , Baby was breech and i was booked in for an ECV on the 15th March to have baby turned, if not i was going to deliver vaginal breech.
so i went home on the sunday and just fely generally shite, i slept on the sofa because my hips were killing me and i could barely move
Monday - 36 weeks excately !!
i woke a few times that night for the loo and noticed at 5am that i had a show , didnt think to much of it and went back to sleep
at around 6-7am i had a bad tummy and went to the loo a couple of times and just generally didnt feel right
my OH went to work and my LO went to nursery and i just started playing cityville on facebook as usual
i noticed that at around 8am i was starting to get pains
at 9.00 they were still coming , so i decided i would download the contraction app for my i phone to see if they were coming regular (FABULOUS APP
)i had to go to the day unit that morning anyway to get my blood pressure monitored so decided that i would wait a bit , at around 10.30 ish they were still coming every 5 mins and lasting around 40 seconds . Because baby was breech i decided to go early to be checked out because if i was going into labout then i needed to be in early because of opting for a vaginal breech delivery
i hadnt told my OH i was having pains because they might have gone off so i had to drive to hospital myself although it wasnt far driving while having a contraction is not advisable
i got there they examined me i was 2cm cervix was very anterior, they managed to get a hold of my consultant as i needed to be transfered to another hospital as my local hospial just has a birthing centre
he scanned me to see babys position and
he was HEAD DOWN i rang my OH to come and arranged for Alex to be in nursery for the afternoon too
we got to the other hospital went into the delivery room , i was examined again at around 5pm there was no real change so got transferred to the ward
while there i went in the bath with my badedas
i was there for a good few hours , came back to my room and started using my birthing ball and tens( I CAN HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND A TENS IT WAS AMAZING ESPECIALLY IN EARLY STAGES
)the pains were getting longer and alot more intense so i asked to be examined i was 4 cm at 21.30
shortly after i was transfered to the delivery suite
the pains started getting stronger and stronger , i remained standing most of the time and used the gas and air
( i love love love the gas and air - it absolutely knocked me silly but if u could buy it i defo would
its amazing)i was attached to the monitor as baby was prem , despite my bmi being around 60 i still could stand up while being monitored so was impressed
i decided that i needed somthing stronger so at around 23.50 i had diamorphine , it was good stuff but i could barely stand up i was very fuzzy headed so got on the bed
the tracing wasnt too reassuring so i had my waters broke at 00.52 at 6cm.
shortly after at 00.58 i wouldnt say it was an urge to push or anything like that but i knew he was coming and shouted "he's coming"
he literally fell out at 01.00am
not a single push needed he was placed onto my chest
and OH cut his cord , he was perfect in every way my placenta was delivered pretty much the same way as the baby was
very quicklyhis temperature was low 35.3 c so he had to be under double heaters and because of my medication he had to have his blood sugars monitored for 24 hours , he is combi fed and is doing really really well
his Big brother loves him we are one very very happy family and know their big sister is watching over mummy and her house full of boys
here are some pictures x
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