Suze
Mummy to Ava & Oscar
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Friday (26.6.09) evening and I was still stressed as anything as my baby was 3 days late and I was beginning to think I'd had a phantom pregnancy 
Friday night around 10 pm I started with 'different' feeling Braxton Hicks, there was discomfort underneath my bump and a little round my back but I wasn't sure if I was imagining things!! They were about every half hour. By about midnight they were increasing in frequency and we thought "this must be it!". I had a bath at 2am and this eased things and I decided to go to bed knowing I'd need all the energy I could get! I didn't really sleep as was aware of the pains and at about 5am I had a definite bloody show. I got the TENS machine on, took some paracetamol and started timing contractions, made sure everything was ready and phoned my Mum!!
By lunch time on Saturday the contractions were about every 4 minutes and lasting almost a minute each. By 4pm they were every 3 minutes and so we had some food and decided it was hospital time!
Can you imagine my disappointment when on examination I was only 2cm dilated! I was really surprised at this, as Id been 1.5cm 24 hours earlier at my sweep. The midwife thought the baby was also in the back to back position. So we decided to go home thinking it was going to be a long night!
I got back in the bath at home but by 7pm my OH decided we needed to go back to the hospital I think he was quite disturbed at the noises coming from me! I got myself dressed and then I felt a trickle .it was bloody and had a really strong sweet almondy smell! I put a pad on and we got to the hospital at 7.30pm.
We were taken straight away to a delivery room and I was given the Entonox it was great initially but it made me think my voice sounded funny! The staff were doing handover and I was told that the midwife coming on shift would examine me after the handover. In the meantime I sat on the birthing ball furiously sucking on the gas and air and every time I tried (it really hurt!) to stand up my waters would gush down my trouser legs onto my feet!
8.30pm we met Angie the midwife who suggested that I firstly got changed into my nightie and then asked if I needed the loo so off we went to the loo but I found it really difficult to walk and was trailing bloody water/amniotic fluid as I went!
8.45pm: We got back into the delivery room and the mw started unwrapping the delivery pack wed been told about in the antenatal class but I thought I must have been mistaken as wed only been in the hospital just over an hour and wed been led to believe that once the midwife opens this youre just about to deliver!
So the midwife asked if I felt I might want to push .she still hadnt done the examination but obviously I was ready. I said no I just wanted some pain relief, I still had the TENS machine stuck to my back which she suggested wouldnt help one bit now and that I take it off!!
9pm : I had an utter panic attack, I can just remember thrashing from side to side in the bed and both the mw and my OH telling me to calm down. I think this was my most scary part of the delivery, I didnt think I could do it and that I was going to die! I think this was transition.
9.15pm All of a sudden the panic and pains and everything stopped, it was bliss! It was as if I actually wasnt pregnant and I wasnt lying there about to give birth, the midwife said this was known as the thankful resting period, I had about 3 of these and they were great, apparently the bodys way of storing energy ready for the main event. In between though I was pushing but making a hell of a lot of noise and was told to stop as I was using up too much energy making the noise whilst pushing. At this point I was on my back on the bed, the one position I didnt think I wanted to give birth in. The midwife suggested I try on all fours but I just ignored her! I pushed again and I felt it sting and asked if it was out yet? which was met with an amused no (dont be silly). I got myself into a strange position where I clenched my fists and put them underneath my bum and pushed. The midwife showed my OH the small part of the babys head which was visible and asked if I wanted a feel, I said no (something else that was on my birth plan!) and then she suggested I pull my knees up, again I ignored her and pushed again, was told to stop, I ignored her again thinking yes this does hurt, the stretching and Im not going to prolong it and so at 9.36pm I pushed Ava Lily into the world in one go 
much to the shock and surprise of both the midwife and my OH! My OH said the midwife thankfully did a good job of catching her and that it was a good job the end was on the bed!
It was just the most amazing feeling to have this perfect warm and wet baby put straight onto my stomach! After what seemed like a few minutes we both said oh what is it? and the midwife said well have a look, we pulled the towel back and realized we had a baby girl which I had secretly hoped for!
After the birth I had a bit of a bleed which at first they thought was from my uterus but on further examination it was a very high and deep small vaginal tear which had to be stitched but to be honest I wasnt bothered about! I then had a lovely bath (and the midwife dried me!!) and back to the room with my new family. My OH had had some Daddy and Daddys girl bonding time which was nice and he left for some sleep at about 2am. I then spent the next 5 hours just staring at my baby girl who was wide awake and she spent the next 5 hours of her life just staring at her new Mummy, I will never ever forget that beautiful special time and here she is, my beautiful sweetpea...
Friday night around 10 pm I started with 'different' feeling Braxton Hicks, there was discomfort underneath my bump and a little round my back but I wasn't sure if I was imagining things!! They were about every half hour. By about midnight they were increasing in frequency and we thought "this must be it!". I had a bath at 2am and this eased things and I decided to go to bed knowing I'd need all the energy I could get! I didn't really sleep as was aware of the pains and at about 5am I had a definite bloody show. I got the TENS machine on, took some paracetamol and started timing contractions, made sure everything was ready and phoned my Mum!!
By lunch time on Saturday the contractions were about every 4 minutes and lasting almost a minute each. By 4pm they were every 3 minutes and so we had some food and decided it was hospital time!
Can you imagine my disappointment when on examination I was only 2cm dilated! I was really surprised at this, as Id been 1.5cm 24 hours earlier at my sweep. The midwife thought the baby was also in the back to back position. So we decided to go home thinking it was going to be a long night!
I got back in the bath at home but by 7pm my OH decided we needed to go back to the hospital I think he was quite disturbed at the noises coming from me! I got myself dressed and then I felt a trickle .it was bloody and had a really strong sweet almondy smell! I put a pad on and we got to the hospital at 7.30pm.
We were taken straight away to a delivery room and I was given the Entonox it was great initially but it made me think my voice sounded funny! The staff were doing handover and I was told that the midwife coming on shift would examine me after the handover. In the meantime I sat on the birthing ball furiously sucking on the gas and air and every time I tried (it really hurt!) to stand up my waters would gush down my trouser legs onto my feet!
8.30pm we met Angie the midwife who suggested that I firstly got changed into my nightie and then asked if I needed the loo so off we went to the loo but I found it really difficult to walk and was trailing bloody water/amniotic fluid as I went!
8.45pm: We got back into the delivery room and the mw started unwrapping the delivery pack wed been told about in the antenatal class but I thought I must have been mistaken as wed only been in the hospital just over an hour and wed been led to believe that once the midwife opens this youre just about to deliver!
So the midwife asked if I felt I might want to push .she still hadnt done the examination but obviously I was ready. I said no I just wanted some pain relief, I still had the TENS machine stuck to my back which she suggested wouldnt help one bit now and that I take it off!!
9pm : I had an utter panic attack, I can just remember thrashing from side to side in the bed and both the mw and my OH telling me to calm down. I think this was my most scary part of the delivery, I didnt think I could do it and that I was going to die! I think this was transition.
9.15pm All of a sudden the panic and pains and everything stopped, it was bliss! It was as if I actually wasnt pregnant and I wasnt lying there about to give birth
, the midwife said this was known as the thankful resting period, I had about 3 of these and they were great, apparently the bodys way of storing energy ready for the main event. In between though I was pushing but making a hell of a lot of noise and was told to stop as I was using up too much energy making the noise whilst pushing. At this point I was on my back on the bed, the one position I didnt think I wanted to give birth in. The midwife suggested I try on all fours but I just ignored her! I pushed again and I felt it sting and asked if it was out yet? which was met with an amused no (dont be silly). I got myself into a strange position where I clenched my fists and put them underneath my bum and pushed. The midwife showed my OH the small part of the babys head which was visible and asked if I wanted a feel, I said no (something else that was on my birth plan!) and then she suggested I pull my knees up, again I ignored her and pushed again, was told to stop, I ignored her again thinking yes this does hurt, the stretching and Im not going to prolong it and so at 9.36pm I pushed Ava Lily into the world in one go much to the shock and surprise of both the midwife and my OH! My OH said the midwife thankfully did a good job of catching her and that it was a good job the end was on the bed! It was just the most amazing feeling to have this perfect warm and wet baby put straight onto my stomach! After what seemed like a few minutes we both said oh what is it? and the midwife said well have a look, we pulled the towel back and realized we had a baby girl which I had secretly hoped for!
After the birth I had a bit of a bleed which at first they thought was from my uterus but on further examination it was a very high and deep small vaginal tear which had to be stitched but to be honest I wasnt bothered about! I then had a lovely bath (and the midwife dried me!!) and back to the room with my new family. My OH had had some Daddy and Daddys girl bonding time which was nice and he left for some sleep at about 2am. I then spent the next 5 hours just staring at my baby girl who was wide awake and she spent the next 5 hours of her life just staring at her new Mummy, I will never ever forget that beautiful special time and here she is, my beautiful sweetpea...
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