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Water VBAC 38 weeks 4 days Ollie Jack 9lb 5 1/2 oz
saturday 2nd April 8pm i started getting niggly pains nothing more than uncomfy braxton hicks, i slept ok but by 8am were still there i was thinking by this stage they were slow labour signs,
i was having a Doula with me for the birth, and for anyone who doesnt know is also a bnb member and i have been friends with for a few yrs and we've met previously on previous meets, i was keeping her updated with the pains and around teatime 3rd april she would start her journey down from yorkshire to west midlands. i called the hospital to let them know what was happeneing and and that i'd agreed in the vbac clinic that i'd been granted 'permission' to use the pool, they said it was free and if everything went ok with monitoring id be moved from consultant led unit to midwife led unit.
Lisa arrived around 7pm and we just chilled out on the sofa watching top gear and i listened to my ipod practising my hypnobirthing techniques. i rang the hospital again to double check the pool situation and it was still free pending my ctg results on arrival to triage.
around 11pm we decided to go to the hospital but were told by a idiot of a security guard only one birth partner at a time as i wasnt in labour
. errrm when did he becomes a doctor lol. what he meant was until i was out into my own room i could still be going home.
we sat in triage room and i sat with lisa she helped me concentrate on my breathing as this helped regulate the surges i was getting, and i managed to get into the zone and concentrate although difficult with mw's and other patients coming in and out the waiting room, it was my worst nightmare.
i was seen 1 1/2 hr later and put on he ctg monitoring, my bp was slightly raised but not too much. she took bloods ad had them sent off. when she examined me i was 3cm i was gutted as i feared they'd send me home and id have to go through all the triage waiting all over again.
they were quite busy on the wards so they were making room by making the triage ward into a postnatal ward, this meant they were putting me into make shift triage ward and i'd be allowed my oh and my doula Lisa in with me unless anyone else arrived to be assessed.
it was 3am by now and we decided to go into the other room, at about 3:15 we decided my oh would go down the car and try get some rest. so off he went 10 mins later i got on the bed and tried to get some kip. about ten mins later i rolled over over on the bed and my waters went with a big gush, Lisa then text my oh to bring the bags up lol, he's only been gone 10 mins bless.
i knew things would pick up now. the mw still wasnt pleased with the ctg trace as baby was moving around so much, my bp was still slightly raised i really wanted to go round to the pool i was worried i'd lose it even though they assured they were keeping it open for me, i felt really confined a metal curtain thing was between my bed and the next bed separating the room in two i really didnt want to deliver in that room it was horrid.
Lisa and oh did a brilliant job keeping me focused on my breathing as they were getting intense. the mw checked me and i was 5 cm i was gutted i just wanted it over with now i was so tired. but oh and lisa were there every surge keeping me breathing deeply and slowly to relax. i did panic a couple of times how they kept going must have been so hard for them it was like they were breathing through all my contractions with me, i decided i'd like some gas and air which helped immensly with my hypno breathing and lisa was there after every contraction giving me sips of water from a straw and hold the ctg monitor, she knew how important it was for to get to the pool.
they still werent happy with the trace they were getting as it had gaps from my wriggly baby, i started getting annoyed now, what was the point in having vbac clinic encouraging me to go for the water birth and they just ummed and arrred over it so annoying.
off the mw went to check blood results AGAIN i was sick of hearing them say that lol.
after a short while my contraction changed slightly they got very edgy and pushy toward the end they actually made me look down at my stomach lol
the mw checked me again and said i was 8 cm with a lip this was de je vus they said the exact same when i was giving birth to my 1st daughter and she came very shortly after they said 'dont push yet.'
i then remember saying 'just give me a c section i know i'll have the baby here' at that point lisa reminded me what this moment was, i was in transition and the baby was coming, i knew while i was saying these things that my body was starting to take over my mind its amazing. tears started rolling, i knew we'd be at the end soon,.
Lisa once again reminded them that i really wanted to get in and deliver in the water. off the mw went. Lisa then gave me the fab news they were running the pool and i was being wheeled over,
i was convinced they were taking me for a c section as the coolness of the corridor breeze and the mw running with the bed bought back c section memories i saw the security gaurd i so wanted the call him a twat but i was in too much pain lol
soon as we got in the pool room, lisa and craig helped me in the water and i lay down, it felt like heaven i instantly got the push feeling and my body just floated in the water and i began to bear down without thinking about it. i felt the stretchy feeling but it really didnt hurt that much so i just went with it, two pushes and i heard the mw say catch the baby i looked down and i saw him under the water in instinctively picked him up and out and cradled him. it was lovely so peaceful and calm he wasnt crying he wasnt blue like i expected just really cuddly, i instantly felt a sense of relief, empowerment, love, every emotion i was so pleased that i'd manage to birth our last child the way i wanted it really was perfect.
i was crying oh and lisa were crying i was so proud we'd 'DONE IT'
i sat for a while till the cord stopped pulsing and Lisa cut the cord my oh is squeamish my not so little man just sat gazing up at me the whole time,
i got out the water and sat cuddling Ollie and after 20 mins or so my placenta came away. i lay on the bed and the mw checked me i had a small graze but nothing major that needed stitching.
we gave ollie his vit k he didnt murmour, and he weighed in at a whopping 9lb 5
lisa dressed him and i sat snuggling him
i was allowed home 5 hours later
looking back on my reasons for a vbac i did originally start out thinking nahhh just have a c section get it done with no faffing. i have a low opinion of my reprodutve organs anyway my 1st son took best part of 4 yrs to concieve with clomid ended in a c section and Ollie took 19 months of clomid for me to get pregnant again so i just thought i maybe was capable to have a 'normal' conception and delivery. i just didnt trust that part of my body to act 'normal'
but then i turned a corner other bnb members were so pleased they had their vbac births, clairbear, donnaballona they gave me alot of inspiration and really encouraged me to give it a go, if it wasnt for bnb i would have had another c section and a completely dfferent outcome, this really is a special site to me on so many different levels and in so many threads from conception to pregnancy to birth.
i thought ok if i'm going to do this i'm going to do this. i had a cocktail of drugs to get pregnant i wanted to do it my way with as little intervention as possible this i why i went for hypnobirthing water birth, a natural 3rd stage and with Lisas continuos help and my oh we eventually even though rushed at the end, got a beautiful perfect ending i couldnt have wished for anything better.
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saturday 2nd April 8pm i started getting niggly pains nothing more than uncomfy braxton hicks, i slept ok but by 8am were still there i was thinking by this stage they were slow labour signs,
i was having a Doula with me for the birth, and for anyone who doesnt know is also a bnb member and i have been friends with for a few yrs and we've met previously on previous meets, i was keeping her updated with the pains and around teatime 3rd april she would start her journey down from yorkshire to west midlands. i called the hospital to let them know what was happeneing and and that i'd agreed in the vbac clinic that i'd been granted 'permission' to use the pool, they said it was free and if everything went ok with monitoring id be moved from consultant led unit to midwife led unit.
Lisa arrived around 7pm and we just chilled out on the sofa watching top gear and i listened to my ipod practising my hypnobirthing techniques. i rang the hospital again to double check the pool situation and it was still free pending my ctg results on arrival to triage.
around 11pm we decided to go to the hospital but were told by a idiot of a security guard only one birth partner at a time as i wasnt in labour
. errrm when did he becomes a doctor lol. what he meant was until i was out into my own room i could still be going home.we sat in triage room and i sat with lisa she helped me concentrate on my breathing as this helped regulate the surges i was getting, and i managed to get into the zone and concentrate although difficult with mw's and other patients coming in and out the waiting room, it was my worst nightmare.
i was seen 1 1/2 hr later and put on he ctg monitoring, my bp was slightly raised but not too much. she took bloods ad had them sent off. when she examined me i was 3cm i was gutted as i feared they'd send me home and id have to go through all the triage waiting all over again.
they were quite busy on the wards so they were making room by making the triage ward into a postnatal ward, this meant they were putting me into make shift triage ward and i'd be allowed my oh and my doula Lisa in with me unless anyone else arrived to be assessed.
it was 3am by now and we decided to go into the other room, at about 3:15 we decided my oh would go down the car and try get some rest. so off he went 10 mins later i got on the bed and tried to get some kip. about ten mins later i rolled over over on the bed and my waters went with a big gush, Lisa then text my oh to bring the bags up lol, he's only been gone 10 mins bless.
i knew things would pick up now. the mw still wasnt pleased with the ctg trace as baby was moving around so much, my bp was still slightly raised i really wanted to go round to the pool i was worried i'd lose it even though they assured they were keeping it open for me, i felt really confined a metal curtain thing was between my bed and the next bed separating the room in two i really didnt want to deliver in that room it was horrid.
Lisa and oh did a brilliant job keeping me focused on my breathing as they were getting intense. the mw checked me and i was 5 cm i was gutted i just wanted it over with now i was so tired. but oh and lisa were there every surge keeping me breathing deeply and slowly to relax. i did panic a couple of times how they kept going must have been so hard for them it was like they were breathing through all my contractions with me, i decided i'd like some gas and air which helped immensly with my hypno breathing and lisa was there after every contraction giving me sips of water from a straw and hold the ctg monitor, she knew how important it was for to get to the pool.
they still werent happy with the trace they were getting as it had gaps from my wriggly baby, i started getting annoyed now, what was the point in having vbac clinic encouraging me to go for the water birth and they just ummed and arrred over it so annoying.
off the mw went to check blood results AGAIN i was sick of hearing them say that lol.
after a short while my contraction changed slightly they got very edgy and pushy toward the end they actually made me look down at my stomach lol
the mw checked me again and said i was 8 cm with a lip this was de je vus they said the exact same when i was giving birth to my 1st daughter and she came very shortly after they said 'dont push yet.'
i then remember saying 'just give me a c section i know i'll have the baby here' at that point lisa reminded me what this moment was, i was in transition and the baby was coming, i knew while i was saying these things that my body was starting to take over my mind its amazing. tears started rolling, i knew we'd be at the end soon,.
Lisa once again reminded them that i really wanted to get in and deliver in the water. off the mw went. Lisa then gave me the fab news they were running the pool and i was being wheeled over,
i was convinced they were taking me for a c section as the coolness of the corridor breeze and the mw running with the bed bought back c section memories i saw the security gaurd i so wanted the call him a twat but i was in too much pain lol
soon as we got in the pool room, lisa and craig helped me in the water and i lay down, it felt like heaven i instantly got the push feeling and my body just floated in the water and i began to bear down without thinking about it. i felt the stretchy feeling but it really didnt hurt that much so i just went with it, two pushes and i heard the mw say catch the baby i looked down and i saw him under the water in instinctively picked him up and out and cradled him. it was lovely so peaceful and calm he wasnt crying he wasnt blue like i expected just really cuddly, i instantly felt a sense of relief, empowerment, love, every emotion i was so pleased that i'd manage to birth our last child the way i wanted it really was perfect.
i was crying oh and lisa were crying i was so proud we'd 'DONE IT'
i sat for a while till the cord stopped pulsing and Lisa cut the cord my oh is squeamish my not so little man just sat gazing up at me the whole time,
i got out the water and sat cuddling Ollie and after 20 mins or so my placenta came away. i lay on the bed and the mw checked me i had a small graze but nothing major that needed stitching.
we gave ollie his vit k he didnt murmour, and he weighed in at a whopping 9lb 5
lisa dressed him and i sat snuggling himi was allowed home 5 hours later
looking back on my reasons for a vbac i did originally start out thinking nahhh just have a c section get it done with no faffing. i have a low opinion of my reprodutve organs anyway my 1st son took best part of 4 yrs to concieve with clomid ended in a c section and Ollie took 19 months of clomid for me to get pregnant again so i just thought i maybe was capable to have a 'normal' conception and delivery. i just didnt trust that part of my body to act 'normal'
but then i turned a corner other bnb members were so pleased they had their vbac births, clairbear, donnaballona they gave me alot of inspiration and really encouraged me to give it a go, if it wasnt for bnb i would have had another c section and a completely dfferent outcome, this really is a special site to me on so many different levels and in so many threads from conception to pregnancy to birth.
i thought ok if i'm going to do this i'm going to do this. i had a cocktail of drugs to get pregnant i wanted to do it my way with as little intervention as possible this i why i went for hypnobirthing water birth, a natural 3rd stage and with Lisas continuos help and my oh we eventually even though rushed at the end, got a beautiful perfect ending i couldnt have wished for anything better.
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