Aw Gem, I'm so sorry that you've had such a hard time of it. I didn't know you had called your baby , it's one of my favourite names and was on my girls list along with Amelia. Was late?
How lovely of your dad to do that for you!
Very exciting!
The good bit about being a young mum is that you have plenty of time to have another baby if you do change your mind.
I hope you are feeling totally better now? It is daunting the first few times you go out alone. It still takes me hours to get organised to get out! and i often dont make it downstairs until after midday. He's being a monster today, dont know what is wrong. He's just crying or asleep (as he is now). I'm feeling a bit drained!
I need to leave the house just after 9.30am tomorrow, not sure how that'll go!
Ah, the monster has awoken with a cry or 50. Best go.
Hey Lilli!
Baby wasborn at 41w1d! Labour started for me early Saturday morning, we went to hospital but after an internal check, we were sent home as i was still 2cm (i had been the week before). Luckily though, that internal worked as a second sweep, the midwife said it might help to get things moving - and it did! Me and husbandwere at my parents all day on the Sunday and at about 10pm the contractions kicked in again. We went home, but we didn't get too excited as we'd had the false start the day before. We were awake all night Sunday night and finally went into hospital at around 5am where we had to wait aggesss to be seen - but thankfully i was 4cm so we got to stay in! Wooo!
All in all, i laboured for about 21 hours and got to 10cm dilated, babe was not engaging any further. The first midwife i had had actually expected that from the beginning simly by looking at my belly shape, she guessed that baby was in a really strange position. She was all over to the left and at first the midwife actually thought it could be twins (yep, even though they're only ever been one baby on the scans since my first one at 5 weeks!!) Her heart rate was going down with each contraction and i was just bloody knackered. I was lying there shivering and shaking, i couldn't talk anymore, and the very idea of pushing baby out - oh my!
After doing some weird blood tests on baby (they had to scratch the top of her head whilst she was still inside me to check the oxygen levels in her blood) they decided to try forceps. They took me into theatre and after only one attempt, they realised she was just in too much of an awkward position so we went to c-sec. I actually really enjoyed it! I had an amazing midwife lady standing over me telling me what was going on, she told me when baby was about to come out, and then that she was a girl
Then when they stitched me back up, they had to slide me across off the op table and onto a bed - and it was the most painful experience of my life!!! Never mind the contractions - gosh this was excruciating. I obviously hadn't felt any of the operation itself, but they all hauled me across the bed with such a lack of care. I thought i'd split in half, i cringe thinking about it now. Considering i was completely numb from the waist down, i couldn't believe the pain i could feel!!
The midwife came to see me later and explained that in the olden days, my labour would have probably just carried on for hours and hours, but because baby was just sitting so awkwardly, i'd have most likely bled out and we'd have both died. NOT nice!!!
I stayed in the recovery room (which was basically a small office) for 2 hours because i had a high temp which signalled infection. They realised the bed i was on was broken and it didn't move to support my head - so i was stuck lying flat on my back for two hours. I couldn't feel my legs and they just plonked baby on my chest under my robes - it wasn't exactly the skin on skin time i'd been expecting - i couldn't even bend my head to see her properly. I don't think i got a proper look at her until about 2 days after she was born!
Ah yes, baby is very whingy recently too. She is sleeping really well, but when she is awake shes either feeding or crying. I can entertain her for a good 10 minutes before she gets bored and starts to cry. Sometimes she just cries for sleeP is bringing home fish and chips tonight and i just knew that baby would decide to wake up just before he gets home so that we'll have to wait to eat!
Best of luck getting out of the house in the morning! The days of being up and dressed in the morning are a distant memory! I'm going to my parents at midday tomorrow, and i'll spend all morning getting ready for that!!
xxx
In the first week i developed a hematoma in very lower right hand side and it felt like someone was stabbing me with a hot iron prod everytime i put weight down on my right foot!! I wasn't able to properly walk for about 5 weeks. For the first 4 weeks, i actually cried everytime i got out of bed (which had consisted of sleeping sitting up on my back - to roll on my side felt like my stomach was going to fall out!) because my back was completely locked up and it was agony to move. It actually took me a good ten minutes to get out of bed - so when baby was crying and you're trying to get to her - not good! It took a good 6 weeks for my scar to properly heal and stop bleeding 
I always had plans to go back to college and then onto university after Heidi was born (next school year) and i am excited to fulfill them. I am happy with being a younger mum (i'm 20) and want to enjoy Heidi right now. I want to concentrate on her, getting my career sorted and getting my body back 
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GRRR.
