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well after going 10 days overdue I was feeling very ill all day And was ready to jump into bed after putting my toddler to bed. Unfortunately I started feeling worse & worse until regular pains started at approx 12pm. I woke James up & carried Joseph out to the car. I sat in the back with him as he was still asleep. I was still able to cope with the pain without to much trouble.
I got to my mums & James ran in & woke my mum up. She came & got Joseph who had woken up in a happy mood lol. Mum took Joseph in & I was still able to walk between contractions but struggled during them. I got inside & James rang the hospital to tell them we were on our way but forgot to tell them I wanted a pool room. My mum rang them back to reserve a pool room.
my mum then decided she wanted to drive us to the hospital so we got all the bags in the car & wrapped Joseph up, clean nappy etc & jumped him into the car. Off we went , the midwife unit was between 30-40 minutes away. Needless to say I got quite annoyed with my mums driving & kept snapping at her
however by then I couldn't talk through them at all.
When we got to the hospital james grabbed our bags & we started walking to the midwife unit. It was a fair walk & my contractions were about 3-4 minutes apart. We got the lift upstairs & got to the midwife birthing unit . We were shown into the room & it was gorgeous , mood lights , a huge sofa like bed & a giant birthing pool. The on suite also had a giant bath/shower.
It was stunning & I'm thriled to have given birth there.
The midwife came in & started getting things sorted. Notes and all , took my obs which were all normal & everything was going well. She checked me & I was 4cm along with contractions however my waters hadn't gone etc.
She gave me gas and air & I struggled on with my partner holding my hand & helping me through. Midwife said I could labour in the pool when I got to 5cm, I kept going on gas & air although it was making me insanely dizzy & I was so tired. I was almost sleeping in between contractions.
This continued for hours, she checked me again & I was 5cm so got into the water , I think it was almost 4am here.
I was in the water for about 5 minutes , I only got through 2 contractions in there but it just wasn't helping. So I got out & asked for pethidine, she kept me going for abit longer but I couldn't take anymore , so they got me pethidine & stabbed me in the leg without warning although by then I didn't care.
Onwards this went , it was blooming painful still & I was giving up . However I was now sleeping between contractions & although I felt abit knocked about the sleeping in between helped loads.
My partner said I sounded like I was being murdered during the contractions.
I must admit the screaming was killing my throat but it helped the pain for me :/
by now I was exhausted , it was just before 7am & I couldn't take anymore. I begged for a epidural , she checked me & said I was 7cm & I could go down for a epidural. She went out & got a nurse & a wheelchair ,
just as they came back inti the room I said it was too late & this baby was coming. The pain was bad but I was no longer feeling contractions just pressure & pain. I started pushing without contractions because I physically couldn't not push. Within minutes she arrived, she was shown to me & I asked weather she was a girl or boy , James & the midwife told me it was a girl. I was crying due to pain & emotions of course but the pain was still awful.
Felicity rose - 8lb 14oz / no stitches , pain relief of water, gas & air.& pethidine.
Wow it was such a nice birth
so happy with my baby & toddler both doing very well.
well after going 10 days overdue I was feeling very ill all day And was ready to jump into bed after putting my toddler to bed. Unfortunately I started feeling worse & worse until regular pains started at approx 12pm. I woke James up & carried Joseph out to the car. I sat in the back with him as he was still asleep. I was still able to cope with the pain without to much trouble.
I got to my mums & James ran in & woke my mum up. She came & got Joseph who had woken up in a happy mood lol. Mum took Joseph in & I was still able to walk between contractions but struggled during them. I got inside & James rang the hospital to tell them we were on our way but forgot to tell them I wanted a pool room. My mum rang them back to reserve a pool room.
my mum then decided she wanted to drive us to the hospital so we got all the bags in the car & wrapped Joseph up, clean nappy etc & jumped him into the car. Off we went , the midwife unit was between 30-40 minutes away. Needless to say I got quite annoyed with my mums driving & kept snapping at her
however by then I couldn't talk through them at all. When we got to the hospital james grabbed our bags & we started walking to the midwife unit. It was a fair walk & my contractions were about 3-4 minutes apart. We got the lift upstairs & got to the midwife birthing unit . We were shown into the room & it was gorgeous , mood lights , a huge sofa like bed & a giant birthing pool. The on suite also had a giant bath/shower.
It was stunning & I'm thriled to have given birth there.
The midwife came in & started getting things sorted. Notes and all , took my obs which were all normal & everything was going well. She checked me & I was 4cm along with contractions however my waters hadn't gone etc.
She gave me gas and air & I struggled on with my partner holding my hand & helping me through. Midwife said I could labour in the pool when I got to 5cm, I kept going on gas & air although it was making me insanely dizzy & I was so tired. I was almost sleeping in between contractions.
This continued for hours, she checked me again & I was 5cm so got into the water , I think it was almost 4am here.
I was in the water for about 5 minutes , I only got through 2 contractions in there but it just wasn't helping. So I got out & asked for pethidine, she kept me going for abit longer but I couldn't take anymore , so they got me pethidine & stabbed me in the leg without warning although by then I didn't care.
Onwards this went , it was blooming painful still & I was giving up . However I was now sleeping between contractions & although I felt abit knocked about the sleeping in between helped loads.
My partner said I sounded like I was being murdered during the contractions.
I must admit the screaming was killing my throat but it helped the pain for me :/
by now I was exhausted , it was just before 7am & I couldn't take anymore. I begged for a epidural , she checked me & said I was 7cm & I could go down for a epidural. She went out & got a nurse & a wheelchair ,
just as they came back inti the room I said it was too late & this baby was coming. The pain was bad but I was no longer feeling contractions just pressure & pain. I started pushing without contractions because I physically couldn't not push. Within minutes she arrived, she was shown to me & I asked weather she was a girl or boy , James & the midwife told me it was a girl. I was crying due to pain & emotions of course but the pain was still awful.
Felicity rose - 8lb 14oz / no stitches , pain relief of water, gas & air.& pethidine.
Wow it was such a nice birth
so happy with my baby & toddler both doing very well.
