Tanikit
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I am a type 1 diabetic so it was decided that I should be induced at 38 weeks partly due to baby size and partly because a diabetic placenta is expected to age sooner than in a normal pregnancy.
The induction started at 04:30am when they inserted a gel and my contractions started within only a few miutes. They told me I was 2cm dilated with my cervix reasonably anterior and that it should be a quick induction. An hour later I was contracting quite hard but hadn't timed anything yet - I had an enema and then could have a shower which actually helped with the contractions - I didn't want to get out of the shower but the contractions were getting a bit rough so I thought I had better.
At 06:30am I phoned my DH and asked him to come in as I was having to stand through all the contractions because it hurt too much to sit down and by then the contractions were only a minute and a half apart and lasting about 30 secs each. The internal showed I was not yet 3cm dilated so I had to wait. I did eventually have some pethidine but it didn't do much.
By then a midwife came in who helped me to breathe through the contractions until I reached about 4cm and then I had an epidural. By about 14:00 I was about 7cm dialted but baby's heart rate dropped severely every contraction and then rose again and while she may have been able to cope a while longer I was also worried about the pushing stage so the doctor advised an emergency C-section and I was taken very quickly to theatre where Kirima was born at 15:03 weighing 3,84kg (about 8 pounds 7 ounces) She scored 9 and 10 on the Apgar so hadn't suffered from the dropping heart rate.
After that I got to hold her briefly after they had checked her out and while they stitched me up and then I got to hold her again as I was wheeled out of teh theatre. I had only had a topped up epidural for the C-section so was able to move slightly even before I was off the theatre table.
They then took her to the nursery to monitor her sugar levels - these went very low - the lowest reading was 0,3 but they battled to get them up on only formula so she was put on a drip in ICU where she stayed for four nights. Despite being given a lot of formula and also being bottle fed she still seemed to prefer the breast and we are successfully exclusively breastfeeding now - the formula was essential to get her sugars stabilised but is no longer needed. Even the nurses commented that it was strange for a baby to like the breast over the bottle - they thought I would have struggled more to get her back to breastfeeding.
She is doing well at home and I am so pleased to have her with me. Will get some photos on here hopefully this evening when I can get DH to help me download them (the cable is missing)
The induction started at 04:30am when they inserted a gel and my contractions started within only a few miutes. They told me I was 2cm dilated with my cervix reasonably anterior and that it should be a quick induction. An hour later I was contracting quite hard but hadn't timed anything yet - I had an enema and then could have a shower which actually helped with the contractions - I didn't want to get out of the shower but the contractions were getting a bit rough so I thought I had better.
At 06:30am I phoned my DH and asked him to come in as I was having to stand through all the contractions because it hurt too much to sit down and by then the contractions were only a minute and a half apart and lasting about 30 secs each. The internal showed I was not yet 3cm dilated so I had to wait. I did eventually have some pethidine but it didn't do much.
By then a midwife came in who helped me to breathe through the contractions until I reached about 4cm and then I had an epidural. By about 14:00 I was about 7cm dialted but baby's heart rate dropped severely every contraction and then rose again and while she may have been able to cope a while longer I was also worried about the pushing stage so the doctor advised an emergency C-section and I was taken very quickly to theatre where Kirima was born at 15:03 weighing 3,84kg (about 8 pounds 7 ounces) She scored 9 and 10 on the Apgar so hadn't suffered from the dropping heart rate.
After that I got to hold her briefly after they had checked her out and while they stitched me up and then I got to hold her again as I was wheeled out of teh theatre. I had only had a topped up epidural for the C-section so was able to move slightly even before I was off the theatre table.
They then took her to the nursery to monitor her sugar levels - these went very low - the lowest reading was 0,3 but they battled to get them up on only formula so she was put on a drip in ICU where she stayed for four nights. Despite being given a lot of formula and also being bottle fed she still seemed to prefer the breast and we are successfully exclusively breastfeeding now - the formula was essential to get her sugars stabilised but is no longer needed. Even the nurses commented that it was strange for a baby to like the breast over the bottle - they thought I would have struggled more to get her back to breastfeeding.
She is doing well at home and I am so pleased to have her with me. Will get some photos on here hopefully this evening when I can get DH to help me download them (the cable is missing)
