Hi!
I've finally got 5 mins to post our birth story.
I woke up on Thursday morning with period like cramps that were regular. Managed to stay in bed til 7 but then had to get up as they were getting more painful and regular, every 10 mins. Had some breakfast, bounced on my ball but all of a sudden at around 9.30 everything stopped, so I convinced myself it was just a false alarm as I was expecting baby to be late.
Then around 12ish the pains started up again, so got bouncing for over an hour. I was pretty sure that something was really happening by now as they were getting closer together.
Mid afternoon I called the midwife team, and a midwife arrived around 4.30pm. She said they were definite contractions so she would examine me and give me a sweep to properly get things going as I hadn't lost any plug . I was 3cm dilated at this point, so she said she'd come back in an hour to see if any progress.
She came back around 6, and the contractions were really starting to kick in, 3-4 every 10 mins. So she said to get some dinner and then get myself to hospital, she booked the pool room for me so I was happy.
I arrived at hospital about 8.30, just about able to walk! They examined me and I was still 3cm...I was so gutted.
Anyways they let me get in the pool even though I wasn't 4-5cm. There I stayed until midnight when the water was not helping, I started on the gas and air around 11pm (fantastic stuff!). At midnight I was 6cm, and in agony but they wouldnt let me have pethidine. Shortly after my waters started to go.
Around 2am I started the transition stage and was begging for pain relief but the wonderful midwife would not let me have an epidural as I had stated it in my plan. She also reminded that my birth plan said to the assisted delivery bit - "not in a million years" so she was sticking to it.
An hour or so later at 03.16 am, Isaiah Colenzo Shine arrived in to the world weighing 7lb 6oz
I am complelety and utterly in love
I've finally got 5 mins to post our birth story.
I woke up on Thursday morning with period like cramps that were regular. Managed to stay in bed til 7 but then had to get up as they were getting more painful and regular, every 10 mins. Had some breakfast, bounced on my ball but all of a sudden at around 9.30 everything stopped, so I convinced myself it was just a false alarm as I was expecting baby to be late.
Then around 12ish the pains started up again, so got bouncing for over an hour. I was pretty sure that something was really happening by now as they were getting closer together.
Mid afternoon I called the midwife team, and a midwife arrived around 4.30pm. She said they were definite contractions so she would examine me and give me a sweep to properly get things going as I hadn't lost any plug . I was 3cm dilated at this point, so she said she'd come back in an hour to see if any progress.
She came back around 6, and the contractions were really starting to kick in, 3-4 every 10 mins. So she said to get some dinner and then get myself to hospital, she booked the pool room for me so I was happy.
I arrived at hospital about 8.30, just about able to walk! They examined me and I was still 3cm...I was so gutted.
Anyways they let me get in the pool even though I wasn't 4-5cm. There I stayed until midnight when the water was not helping, I started on the gas and air around 11pm (fantastic stuff!). At midnight I was 6cm, and in agony but they wouldnt let me have pethidine. Shortly after my waters started to go.
Around 2am I started the transition stage and was begging for pain relief but the wonderful midwife would not let me have an epidural as I had stated it in my plan. She also reminded that my birth plan said to the assisted delivery bit - "not in a million years" so she was sticking to it.
An hour or so later at 03.16 am, Isaiah Colenzo Shine arrived in to the world weighing 7lb 6oz
I am complelety and utterly in love
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I'm so happy for you and Mr Shine xxxxx
I hope your lo will be here soon too hun, come on bean xx
