hi betty happy D-day
sorry it has taken me so long to come on ladies, grace is a demanding little madam lol!
went in for induction 7pm tues night, using a propess pessary, supposed to stay in 24 hours, started avin a few mild contractions but the babys heartbeat was dippin with every contraction, so they removed the propess and monitored me to see if the baby would pick up, she did thankfully after 6 hours.
7pm wednesday night i wasnt dilated so they inserted a prostin gel, supposedly takes 6 hours n then they give u another dose, felt fine, had a shower etc n snuggled down in bed. woke at 2am with a few niggly pains and the midwife came to do my 6 hour check, was 1 cm dilated and baby was fine. woke again at 3am pains were more intense and a pressure like ive never felt before, rang for the midwife who gave me some co-codamol n told me to go back to sleep, it was probably nuthin cos it was my first baby, wouldnt even check my cervix!
cudnt sleep spent the next 3 hours pacing the ward, cryin in pain n beggin the midwife to check me (at this hospital pain relief is given down in the delivery wardm they send u down there at 4cm dilated n then allow u to ring your husband but not before).
it took 3 hours of me crying, shivering and beggin and she still wouldnt check me or give me any pain relief, at one stage she actually said to me, if you think this is d wait until you go into full labour and stat dilating, this actually petrified me, i thought if this ent the real thing i cant do it!!
at 6.05am i felt like i needed to push, so rang the bell again and the midwife (who was very annoyed with me at this stage) came walkin in n said u need to man up and deal with this low level of pain, so i said look i need to push check me or im goin to get a doctor, so she grudgingly checked me, i was 10cm dilated, my water was bulging and my contractions were 1 min apart!
she jus sed oh we better get u downstairs ring ur husband, got downstairs the urge to push was really strong, finally given some gas and air which is AMAZING stuff!! took the edge right off, they said my membranes were very thick and my waters werent goin to pop with out help, so they popped the waters, and the artery in my placenta went so blood everywhere, panicking at this stage, hubby has a 20 min drive to the hospital, worried i was goin to ave to do it by myself.
the urge to push was too strong, pushed her head came out, hubby walked in at his moment, held my hand and 3 pushes later my beautiful princess entered the world!
after dilating and contracting with no pain relief pushing her out didnt hurt at all! i could do that bit all over again
she was placed straight on my chest, hubby cut the cord and she was breastfeeding within 40 minutes
i was down in delivery for a grand total of 14 minutes
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all the pain and hatred i felt towards that midwife for not believing me wen i sed i was in labour jus melted away wen i looked into my princesses eyes
its all completely worth it ladies.
take care all xxxxx
I'd put in a complaint, she should know better! Some first time moms go fast!
I can't imagine what you are feeling!
