jo14
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Yes OH won, and think I was still suffering with after effects of labour as they register them at hospital less than 24 hours after birth!!! But I don't mind his name choice as there is no way I could have done this without him. Will try to keep the story as short as possible, whist giving most of the details.
I went in to be induced on Thurs morning, after my examination I was high, closed, posteior, firm etc and almost unreachable so I had my first propess pessary inserted and basically montiored and then left to it, that was 11am, OH came from work at 6 and we went for tea and a walk and I was contracting regularly every two mins but only for 30 seconds and not real pain just uncomfotable, so we told the midwives who said it was pain from the pessary and just see how I went, luckily it was great staff on that night who let OH stay, neither of slept all night as even though the contractions were not enough to be do anything they were enough to not let me sleep, so the next morning, I got a real lecture of a horrible old midwife who called me selfish for making Mark stay with me and him getting no sleep, and then called him a martyr and that he had to go and get to bed as he would be no use to me and it would be at least another 24 hours before anything happened, and loads of other hateful things she said, this was 9am this left me in tears so he took me for brew and said he would stay till i was re examined at 11 and if nothing he would go, well, it was nearly one before they got round to re examining me and she said I was much more favourable but still not enough to break my waters but she said i was softer, easier to reach and slightly dilated, so she did a very very rough sweep and inserted another pessary and said go for a walk, which we did, within the hour while in the cafe at 2pm I was in agony with contractions every 1.5 - 2 mins and I begged OH not to leave me and he said he would not and we went back to ward and they re monitored and I was contracting 4 in 10 quite strong so she examined me again said I was 3cm but a bit postieror still so tried to fetch it forward, F**k me that hurt and I bled like a pig but that was it I was then in full blown labour, another midwife came on duty at four, took one look at me and said we are off to delivery now, so we went down, and OH rang my mum to come at four, she broke my waters at just gone 4 and I was 5cm, and I could not bear the pain after about 3/4 hour in there I asked for an epidural but the new midwife who had come on duty said we will see but just hang on a minute, this was 5pm, (also weirdly out of hundreds of midwifes it was the one who delivered my son who had shoulder dystocia so I was thinking oh shit its going to happen again) anyway I got these terrible pains that did not feel like pushing pains I had had before until I turned on my back and realised I was needing to push, so after a few good hard contractions and pushes her head was crowing and the midwife was brilliant I was so so so hot mum was putting cold cloths all over me, and OH was helping me so so so much with enouraging me, she told me how to push her out with minimum damage and after a short break so I did not tear, out came her head slowly followed by her shoulders that came out no problem, she was placed straight on me, OH cut the cord,at 5.28pm and he just held back the tears but I could see them and he admitted he had no idea how amazing it would feel and he is smitten by her, so even though it hurt it was a lovely controlled birth with excellent midwifes and great birthing partners, so here are some pics of her just after birth she weighed in at 8lbs 9oz.
I went in to be induced on Thurs morning, after my examination I was high, closed, posteior, firm etc and almost unreachable so I had my first propess pessary inserted and basically montiored and then left to it, that was 11am, OH came from work at 6 and we went for tea and a walk and I was contracting regularly every two mins but only for 30 seconds and not real pain just uncomfotable, so we told the midwives who said it was pain from the pessary and just see how I went, luckily it was great staff on that night who let OH stay, neither of slept all night as even though the contractions were not enough to be do anything they were enough to not let me sleep, so the next morning, I got a real lecture of a horrible old midwife who called me selfish for making Mark stay with me and him getting no sleep, and then called him a martyr and that he had to go and get to bed as he would be no use to me and it would be at least another 24 hours before anything happened, and loads of other hateful things she said, this was 9am this left me in tears so he took me for brew and said he would stay till i was re examined at 11 and if nothing he would go, well, it was nearly one before they got round to re examining me and she said I was much more favourable but still not enough to break my waters but she said i was softer, easier to reach and slightly dilated, so she did a very very rough sweep and inserted another pessary and said go for a walk, which we did, within the hour while in the cafe at 2pm I was in agony with contractions every 1.5 - 2 mins and I begged OH not to leave me and he said he would not and we went back to ward and they re monitored and I was contracting 4 in 10 quite strong so she examined me again said I was 3cm but a bit postieror still so tried to fetch it forward, F**k me that hurt and I bled like a pig but that was it I was then in full blown labour, another midwife came on duty at four, took one look at me and said we are off to delivery now, so we went down, and OH rang my mum to come at four, she broke my waters at just gone 4 and I was 5cm, and I could not bear the pain after about 3/4 hour in there I asked for an epidural but the new midwife who had come on duty said we will see but just hang on a minute, this was 5pm, (also weirdly out of hundreds of midwifes it was the one who delivered my son who had shoulder dystocia so I was thinking oh shit its going to happen again) anyway I got these terrible pains that did not feel like pushing pains I had had before until I turned on my back and realised I was needing to push, so after a few good hard contractions and pushes her head was crowing and the midwife was brilliant I was so so so hot mum was putting cold cloths all over me, and OH was helping me so so so much with enouraging me, she told me how to push her out with minimum damage and after a short break so I did not tear, out came her head slowly followed by her shoulders that came out no problem, she was placed straight on me, OH cut the cord,at 5.28pm and he just held back the tears but I could see them and he admitted he had no idea how amazing it would feel and he is smitten by her, so even though it hurt it was a lovely controlled birth with excellent midwifes and great birthing partners, so here are some pics of her just after birth she weighed in at 8lbs 9oz.
