Hey Ladies...finally managed to get back online with what's been happening.. Cosmo Kai born 21.01.2011 11.15pm 52cms 9lbs 9oz /4320kg
In the end we had him in hospital
... We spent wed eve, All of Thursday night after losing my plug at 2 in the afternoon on Thursday and all of friday with (waters breaking at 7.30 am) at home with my midwife... at one point the head could be seen but at 5.30 pm friday my midwife decided that I should go to hospital to see if with prostglandin it would move things along.
So we ate and off we went, ooof the reaction we got when we arrived at as i had 42 weeks and 5 days!!! How could we have waited..how irresponsible!!
Thing is.. in the house i had been having contractions and pushing with no pain!! at times I was even having to sit with my hands on my stomach to feel if i was contracting or not.. my midwife kept saying my mum had 6 kids with no pain, sometimes it's just like that.!!
When we were ready to go and getting in the car, my contractions were coming every 4 mins and they were sore finally!!
Arriving at the hospital every 3 mins they took a look and said, you're closed..how could that be??? They sent me up to a room and said your husband has to leave at 9... this was 8.. I was crying like a baby as the pain was so bad and I had him doing pressure points on my sacrum to relieve the pain... By 9.30 I was coming every 2 mins so I said you're nt leaving call to have them take me downstairs again.. so off we went and midwife who was around 63 and VERY scary said ok you're 3-4 cms go and we'll monitor you... errrr are you kidding lie in the bed and not be able to move, no thanks.. she respected my birth plan and left me in peace... within half an hour i wanted to push, she saw my face and said ok lets take a look again, i was 7-8 cms... then i said really i want to push she said your waters will break any minute and that will be you, literally 10 seconds later POP all over the place... ok lets go and off we went to the labour room, up you get she said, i thought she just wanted to look again but oh no this was where i was giving birth... no no no i can't. Dany had to explain to her that i wasn't saying I couldn't push but that I didn't want to do it on the bed in stirrup things... thats the way we do it she said!!! It was too late to do anything else at this point... out came the head, she checked the cord and then said ok lets push, she wanted to cut me or use forceps but dany said, look she already has given birth to a 9lb 3 oz , she's tried and tested!!!! She grabbed under his armpits and pulled out the little monster as I pushed...with that last push and a noise that was apparently a cross between the Hulk & Godzilla Cosmo Kai was born....
After my previous experience of the uterus not contracting she massaged me and MAN did she massage and had cotton swabs inside to clean me up...ooofff, the old ways of doing things..but you know what. I had much respect for her.. She was thorough and experienced... I think maybe someone younger would have cut me. But wee man in the end is fab!! Huge and healthy. We enjoyed our experience at home as much as we had, but in the end it just wasn't to be.
Good luck to those of you still waiting for your home births, maybe IF I decide to have any more i'll get another opportunity. We shall see!!
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