Rainie
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Birth Story
Born Via - Elective C - Section - Due to past Complications
TOB - 11/10/11 10:52am
Weight - 7lbs 9 3/4
11th Oct - 7am
Woke up actually feeling pretty refreshed, i somehow got 6 hours sleep through the night and only needed the toilet twice which was odd. I really thought i would not be able to sleep and be a utter mess but guess i shocked myself. Got my daughter up, OH and set around to getting myself sorted and LO ready for school. Up to this point she thought me and OH would be going out shopping down tesco and that was why papi was taking us out before she went to school. Everyone else around me seemed to be more nervous and concerned and kept saying "leave sam be" as i think they assumed i was keeping busy to take my mind off the procedure but actually i was thinking "omg have i got everything... camera, charger, notes.... damn 5 minutes to get there" as i was so focused keeping everything calm for my daughter time seemed to fly by.
8am
Went into the hospital and was greeted with the same delivery room i was in with my latent labour. I just lay there and snoozed but kept needing the toilet and had a big show and the runs and was thinking please do not let me go into labour right now as i know i won't develop in time and kept thinking it would be the same horrible experience i had with my daughter but luckily it did not get much further. I stayed watching tv whilst my OH was running round nervous getting himself a coffee or two and kept looking over at me. How i had stayed calm throughout that morning looking back i really do not know.
9am
Met some of the team who would be in theatre with me and spoke about the past complications as they wanted me to feel at ease and told me id be going down in 15 minutes that was when my heart stopped and i thought ohhhh boy. But ended up being a hour due to a emergency which was okay it allowed me to calm down again. Got changed into my robe and wore my dressing gown and walked down to the theatre. OH came in scrubbed up and sat by the wall looking extremely pale. He was convinced history would repeat itself.
10am
The whole team which ended up being almost 16 people
2 surgeons, 1 junior surgeon, 5 anestiatists, 2 midwifes, 1 nurse and a paediatrician. The other 4 were trainies and asked if i minded them coming in to experience it. I honestly did not care at this point and it was a blur of faces all i kept thinking was he will be here soon. They all introduced themselves and explained everything and went about prepping me. They added the canular in the hand i asked for and it did not hurt that much as i watched it go in, funny thing is watch it and it does not hurt as much as if you do not, maybe i am sadist i dunno. I was more worried about the spinal going in that anything else they would be doing to me and the guy who held me was comforting me and chatting away and it did feel uncomfortable and a lot of pressure whilst they find the spot they need but the needle itself did not hurt just the pushing and prodding they did as it is a weird nerve. Soon it began to take effect which is strange as heat goes across you and thats it you cannot move your legs yet you feel them moving you around but its like it is not your body.
10:30am
The Operation began they monitored me throughout the start as i got uncontrollable shakes which looked like someone had left me in a freezer for way too long and i began to feel sick as my bp dropped low but they caught it and brought me back fast and controlled my bp raising it and lowering it as they needed to. I honestly do not know when they began cutting or anything as next thing i know there talking about bringing him out but apparently my bladder needed to be moved due to a complication so they could bring him out. Then sickness hit again so that was all i heard and also i was placed on oxygen to help me.
10:50
They brought brandon out at 10:52 and instantly he was checked, wrapped and passed to his daddy and stayed by mine and his side throughout the rest of the operation. They set about cleaning me up and also was looking at removing my scar tissue and stiching me back up. Brandon was so alert looking at everyone and us he did not remove his eyes from my the whole time. everything went slow from that point all i kept thinking was i want to hold him but had to wait, once i was all cleaned up they all congratulated us and were lovely. The surgeons came and chatted to me whilst i was still in theatre as they wanted me informed all the time and explained that the baby had been pushing my bladder so high up it was completely full, sore and they had to manually lower it to its origonal position but they were keeping the catheter in me for 48 hours to allow it to drain constantly as they was worried it might spasm and cause complications. This is why i could never go to the toilet.
12:30
we was recovering in the delivery room and within ten minutes i had already pulled myself up and pushed myself back so i was fully sitting up and relaxed cuddling brandon. They were amazed as i did it without there help but i had been through the procedure before. Brandon was checked over and we got to eat some breakfast and oh must have had his 15th cup of coffee lol. We was left alone to bond with our son and spoke to by the team who told me they could not remove my past scar tissue as it would be too dangourous for my health so instead they compromised by tidying up the outer layer of my previous scar which does sometimes get infected and give me pain and restiched so it was all neat.
14:30
We were moved to the ward for c section deliverys and found only four people shared the room which was nice as last time it was 8 and i did not like that with the constant traffic of people. The nurses were lovely, same with the midwifes as i was worried they would pressure me to breast feed and also rip his dummy from his mouth but they understood how i wanted to bring him up and did not mind.
18:00
I was gotten up as i had expressed i wanted to be mobile right away and they kept to it. From that moment i was mobile constantly going toilet to clean myself up which is not easy with the catheter as it is a horrible feeling as i felt like i needed a wee but knew nothing would come out as it was draining.
But from then i was seeing to bubba as even though they said ring the bell i hated that feeling with my daughter having her cry for me and calling someone to lift her so i was adament to do it all myself.
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12th oct
The whole day i was mobile moving around from chair, to bed and to baby. the bond which i thought was strong before just got stronger and even though i was knackered and had not slept right i was really happy. The whole team came round to see me again and all commenting on how good his colouring was and apgar score concidering he was a c section baby he was 9/1 10/5 which is really good apparently. He was checked over and everything came back ok. Due to me being Red D Neg and him Positive i needed the injection, then told i need 14 days worth of needles to prevent clots and that i have to give them myself... O_O. i asked the canular be removed as it was sore and i wanted a shower and felt it would fall off.
Showered but they did not remove canular until 8pm that night which meant til 10pm it was sore as heck til the bruising settled down. For something which does not use a needle it don't have sting.
Scar was checked and told looked really good, had disolveable stiches due to me losing so much weight i was allowed them YAY. When i came to moving about and was weighed i was shocked as i had lost 2 Stone O_O and babies weight so god knows what my water weighed or how much blood i lost but daaaaammmmnnn.
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13th oct
woke up sleeping a little better to meet a surgeon/consultant who came round to check on me and also explained on what to do if i feel ill etc. But then when he realised id had a bad time the first c section in a different hospital he went and read my notes. i did not think id see him again but he came back fast and looked a bit angry and concerned, he went mad about the other hospital and told me he would make sure my notes were sent to them one way or another. As it was risking my life if i needed future operations. Turned out what i thought had happened was one of three big things which happened that day but he was pleased to say nothing like that happened this time and it went amazingly well and if i had any concerns to get him paged or any of the team. As he wanted me to feel relaxed.
Had the catheter removed and managed to go to the toilet and go enough for them to allow me to come home.
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So i arrived home at 8pm in the evening when our daughter was in bed sleeping and brandon settled right in, everyone was besotted with him and he was loving the attention.
The whole experience in the hospital was amazing, the c section even though was a operation and i should have been nervous they really were top knotch and kept me calm as anything. It was a really weirdly pleasant experience to go through this time and i came out looking really well.
One thing for those who asked me before what it is like having a c section, it feels like someone is rumaging in a handbag the only bit i felt uncomfortable was when they lowered my bladder to its right placement and checked me over afterwards by pushing on my tummy.
^_^
Born Via - Elective C - Section - Due to past Complications
TOB - 11/10/11 10:52am
Weight - 7lbs 9 3/4
11th Oct - 7am
Woke up actually feeling pretty refreshed, i somehow got 6 hours sleep through the night and only needed the toilet twice which was odd. I really thought i would not be able to sleep and be a utter mess but guess i shocked myself. Got my daughter up, OH and set around to getting myself sorted and LO ready for school. Up to this point she thought me and OH would be going out shopping down tesco and that was why papi was taking us out before she went to school. Everyone else around me seemed to be more nervous and concerned and kept saying "leave sam be" as i think they assumed i was keeping busy to take my mind off the procedure but actually i was thinking "omg have i got everything... camera, charger, notes.... damn 5 minutes to get there" as i was so focused keeping everything calm for my daughter time seemed to fly by.
8am
Went into the hospital and was greeted with the same delivery room i was in with my latent labour. I just lay there and snoozed but kept needing the toilet and had a big show and the runs and was thinking please do not let me go into labour right now as i know i won't develop in time and kept thinking it would be the same horrible experience i had with my daughter but luckily it did not get much further. I stayed watching tv whilst my OH was running round nervous getting himself a coffee or two and kept looking over at me. How i had stayed calm throughout that morning looking back i really do not know.
9am
Met some of the team who would be in theatre with me and spoke about the past complications as they wanted me to feel at ease and told me id be going down in 15 minutes that was when my heart stopped and i thought ohhhh boy. But ended up being a hour due to a emergency which was okay it allowed me to calm down again. Got changed into my robe and wore my dressing gown and walked down to the theatre. OH came in scrubbed up and sat by the wall looking extremely pale. He was convinced history would repeat itself.
10am
The whole team which ended up being almost 16 people
2 surgeons, 1 junior surgeon, 5 anestiatists, 2 midwifes, 1 nurse and a paediatrician. The other 4 were trainies and asked if i minded them coming in to experience it. I honestly did not care at this point and it was a blur of faces all i kept thinking was he will be here soon. They all introduced themselves and explained everything and went about prepping me. They added the canular in the hand i asked for and it did not hurt that much as i watched it go in, funny thing is watch it and it does not hurt as much as if you do not, maybe i am sadist i dunno. I was more worried about the spinal going in that anything else they would be doing to me and the guy who held me was comforting me and chatting away and it did feel uncomfortable and a lot of pressure whilst they find the spot they need but the needle itself did not hurt just the pushing and prodding they did as it is a weird nerve. Soon it began to take effect which is strange as heat goes across you and thats it you cannot move your legs yet you feel them moving you around but its like it is not your body. 10:30am
The Operation began they monitored me throughout the start as i got uncontrollable shakes which looked like someone had left me in a freezer for way too long and i began to feel sick as my bp dropped low but they caught it and brought me back fast and controlled my bp raising it and lowering it as they needed to. I honestly do not know when they began cutting or anything as next thing i know there talking about bringing him out but apparently my bladder needed to be moved due to a complication so they could bring him out. Then sickness hit again so that was all i heard and also i was placed on oxygen to help me.
10:50
They brought brandon out at 10:52 and instantly he was checked, wrapped and passed to his daddy and stayed by mine and his side throughout the rest of the operation. They set about cleaning me up and also was looking at removing my scar tissue and stiching me back up. Brandon was so alert looking at everyone and us he did not remove his eyes from my the whole time. everything went slow from that point all i kept thinking was i want to hold him but had to wait, once i was all cleaned up they all congratulated us and were lovely. The surgeons came and chatted to me whilst i was still in theatre as they wanted me informed all the time and explained that the baby had been pushing my bladder so high up it was completely full, sore and they had to manually lower it to its origonal position but they were keeping the catheter in me for 48 hours to allow it to drain constantly as they was worried it might spasm and cause complications. This is why i could never go to the toilet.
12:30
we was recovering in the delivery room and within ten minutes i had already pulled myself up and pushed myself back so i was fully sitting up and relaxed cuddling brandon. They were amazed as i did it without there help but i had been through the procedure before. Brandon was checked over and we got to eat some breakfast and oh must have had his 15th cup of coffee lol. We was left alone to bond with our son and spoke to by the team who told me they could not remove my past scar tissue as it would be too dangourous for my health so instead they compromised by tidying up the outer layer of my previous scar which does sometimes get infected and give me pain and restiched so it was all neat.
14:30
We were moved to the ward for c section deliverys and found only four people shared the room which was nice as last time it was 8 and i did not like that with the constant traffic of people. The nurses were lovely, same with the midwifes as i was worried they would pressure me to breast feed and also rip his dummy from his mouth but they understood how i wanted to bring him up and did not mind.
18:00
I was gotten up as i had expressed i wanted to be mobile right away and they kept to it. From that moment i was mobile constantly going toilet to clean myself up which is not easy with the catheter as it is a horrible feeling as i felt like i needed a wee but knew nothing would come out as it was draining.
But from then i was seeing to bubba as even though they said ring the bell i hated that feeling with my daughter having her cry for me and calling someone to lift her so i was adament to do it all myself. ===========
12th oct
The whole day i was mobile moving around from chair, to bed and to baby. the bond which i thought was strong before just got stronger and even though i was knackered and had not slept right i was really happy. The whole team came round to see me again and all commenting on how good his colouring was and apgar score concidering he was a c section baby he was 9/1 10/5 which is really good apparently. He was checked over and everything came back ok. Due to me being Red D Neg and him Positive i needed the injection, then told i need 14 days worth of needles to prevent clots and that i have to give them myself... O_O. i asked the canular be removed as it was sore and i wanted a shower and felt it would fall off.
Showered but they did not remove canular until 8pm that night which meant til 10pm it was sore as heck til the bruising settled down. For something which does not use a needle it don't have sting.
Scar was checked and told looked really good, had disolveable stiches due to me losing so much weight i was allowed them YAY. When i came to moving about and was weighed i was shocked as i had lost 2 Stone O_O and babies weight so god knows what my water weighed or how much blood i lost but daaaaammmmnnn.
===============
13th oct
woke up sleeping a little better to meet a surgeon/consultant who came round to check on me and also explained on what to do if i feel ill etc. But then when he realised id had a bad time the first c section in a different hospital he went and read my notes. i did not think id see him again but he came back fast and looked a bit angry and concerned, he went mad about the other hospital and told me he would make sure my notes were sent to them one way or another. As it was risking my life if i needed future operations. Turned out what i thought had happened was one of three big things which happened that day but he was pleased to say nothing like that happened this time and it went amazingly well and if i had any concerns to get him paged or any of the team. As he wanted me to feel relaxed.
Had the catheter removed and managed to go to the toilet and go enough for them to allow me to come home.
======================
So i arrived home at 8pm in the evening when our daughter was in bed sleeping and brandon settled right in, everyone was besotted with him and he was loving the attention.
The whole experience in the hospital was amazing, the c section even though was a operation and i should have been nervous they really were top knotch and kept me calm as anything. It was a really weirdly pleasant experience to go through this time and i came out looking really well.
One thing for those who asked me before what it is like having a c section, it feels like someone is rumaging in a handbag the only bit i felt uncomfortable was when they lowered my bladder to its right placement and checked me over afterwards by pushing on my tummy.
^_^
Congratulations!
xx
