Labour stories?

[xKimx]

i was in induced at 39 weeks due to my waters breaking , i was in labour for 11-12 hours with gas and air then i took dia-morthene Sp? , i ended up having ciaran by a emergancy C-section due to his heart rate falling .

 

[tasha41]

My friend told me that his girlfriend bawled her eyes out during labour because it hurt so badly; that TONS of doctors came in and stuck their hands up her hoo-ha feeling to check up on it then they never saw them again, lol..

Also that she ripped, got stitches, and pushed out there 6 and something ounce baby boy in 10 hours.

 

[TashaAndBump]

My waters broke at 10am. On Thursday 27th March 2008.

I had pethidine at around 12am because I was scared and panicked. That calmed me down a lot though and I went the rest of my labour humming through the contractions and using my own form of pain relief - rocking back and forth on my hands (sitting upright) at first then kneeling up and swirling my hips in circles... LOL funny image looking back. I also found ignoring everyone in the room and just focusing on breathing and humming through the contractions helped a lot too - I'd have preferred it if there were no midwives or doctors there at all for the labour part to be honest!

I was examined at 3pm and found to be just 1cm dilated! But then they examined me again 4 hours later and I was 9cm! Which was a relief because I was told it could take hours to get through the first three cm of dilatation! But I went 8cm in four hours, and then half an hour later I needed to push...

I held off on pushing because I was scared to do a poo - And advice to people yet to go through this would be DON'T hold off for fear of doing a poo. If you are going to do one you can't stop it from happening, and the midwives will likely take it away very discretely - you may not even know it happened unless someone tells you! lol I held off on pushing for half an hour then when I did finally push she came rushing straight out! The midwife didn't even have time to catch her and she fell straight on the bed! But I didn't even push too hard - she just kind of came out with a little bit of pushing... Like she was already coming down.... it was more like I stopped stopping her from coming. If that makes sense? I LET her come out She was going to anyway, I just started working with her instead of against! Because before I was kind of holding her in One thing I would say is, massage your perineum in later weeks of pregnancy and don't push too hard or excessively, let your baby come out slowly if they want to, push with contractions and not in-between - these will all help to reduce the risks of tearing.

When I knelt up the placenta fell straight out without any pushing - it was like as soon as Anna was out the way it came out with just gravity. So suspected that the placenta had already came away before I had her, but not known how long before I had her. She hadn't grown or developed past 34 weeks, though so possibly had a dodgy placenta as long as that!

I was checked over as soon as Anna and Dom had left the room (she had to go to SCBU and hubby went with her, I didn't want her to be alone). I had no tears so needed no stitches at all. So I was allowed (with some gentle nagging!) to get straight up and shower down. They wouldn't let me walk down to SCBU though so I had to wait for a wheelchair - which was painful because for some reason my BUM felt really bruised and it was quite uncomfortable to sit on - I was sitting kind of leaning to one side with my arse in the air so I was sitting kind of on my hip because my bum was killing and I didn't want any pressure on it! haha

I had Anna at half 8 in the evening - Best feeling in the world I'd do it again in heartbeat.... For Anna I would do it a thousand times over for twice as long! In fact I often wish I COULD go back and do it all again... Mad? rofl maybe, but it was the most significant and emotional moment of my life and it is over never to be lived again - that, I think, is sad. I wish I could bottle up the feeling of childbirth and having your own freshly born baby in your arms and save it for later.... If I were on my death bed I would want to open this bottle - I would want this to be the last feeling I ever felt... It's like an elixir of pure love, mixed in with euphoria and ecstasy!

[Edit: Just realised how long this is... oops! lol]

 

[Sarah-Jane]

Tasha, in a way... you've made me excited for labour now lol you've made it sound incredible I was terrified before reading that!
I took alot of advice out of that post, thanks x

 

[sleepinbeauty]

Tasha--that was beautiful. I'm so glad you had a good labor and delivery. ^-^

 

[turbo_mom]

I went into pre-term labor. Had drugs to stop the contractions but it could only be used for 48 hours. That started on friday. Than on sunday night my contractions came back quite steady. THey moved me back to emergency ward to be monitored. By Monday after lunch I was having steady and strong contractions. The pain relief wasn't working anymore and we were timing contractions about 3 mins apart and almost 2 mins long. I didn't get any gas or air to help.. actually the nurses hardly checked me at all that evening. I just laid in bed trying to forget the pain. Finally at 5:15pm my mom told them to check me because I couldn't cope anymore. I was 9cm and was whisked away for emergency c-section where my beautiful girl was born at 5:56pm 1lb 8oz. It was hard and unexpected but i'd do it all again

 

[bambino]

i was in labour 7 hours, had diamorphine for pain but it wore off before i got to pushing. I used gas and air - it was ok but helped me more to control breathing than pain relief. Labour was no where near as bad as i thought it would be. Head crowning is the painful bit but you get through it. I had a 9lb baby and didn't have any stitches had a tear but it healed in a week . Loved labour xx

 

[Amy-Lea]

My Birth Story

Monday 21st April 2008, my 18th birthday, I awoke at 5.22 am, to my waters gushing all over my bed.
I went to the bathroom and discovered my mucus plug had come away too. I woke up my boyfriend
and mother and I had a hot bath and then we all went downstairs. I had a lovely time opening up my
birthday presents and within the hour I was having regular contractions between 7 and 3 minutes. I had
never anticipated them to become so regular so quickly! I was in quite a lot of pain expecially in my
back as baby was in posterior position (back to back). By the time i got to the hospital at 7.45 am i got
taken straight up to a midwife led unit. I had 2 codeine tablets to kill the pain however it wasn't working
so I went on the gas and air. Within seconds I was relived with the gas and air however it caused me to
projectile vomit poached eggs all over my mums trousers!!! At 9.30 am my back pain become so intense
that i asked for a diamorphine injection in my thigh after i had my internal to discover I was only 3 cm dilated.
At 10.20 am I had a second internal discovering I was 10 cm. I had a bit of a rest and at 10.40 am I made my way
to the toilet as i felt her head between my legs, 3 pushes later standing over the bathroom sink, I delivered
Hallie at 10.48 am, i was so lucky the delivery came at such a ease and I have no tears and need no stitches.

 

[sleepinbeauty]

wow! Happy birthday

 

[pinkmummy]

Caitlin was due on 10th November but was born 6th November weighing 6lb 9oz

• Started with 'niggles' at 10am on Sunday morning

• Had a show at 12pm

• Went to hospital at 1pm

• Checked and was 2cm dialated, told to go home and have bath.

• Went back at 7pm as contractions were starting to bring tears to my eyes, was told I was only 2cm still to go home.

• Went back at 1am as I was crying with the pain and contractions were every 5 minutes, was still 2cm, given paracetamol, coedine and TENS machine.

• 11am Monday morning phoned midwife, she told me to go straight the hospital.

• 12pm in hospital checked and was 3cm sent my mum and dad home and gave me gas and air

• Around 2pm heartrate was monitored and Caitlin's was low so they put me on a monitor and I ended up being bed bound.

• Checked me at 4.45pm and I was only 4cm, decided to burst my waters, also got pethedine.

• 6.50pm woke up with the 'URGE' midwife checked and said to start pushing.
• Caitlin was born at 7.11pm Monday night. So 33 hours altogether for me. Hopefully this one will be different!

 

[tasha41]

Ah I heard more of my friend's girlfriend's awful labour story, LOL. She was 16 and he was 17 at the time their baby was born. He wasn't with her throughout the pregnancy but she kept in touch with his mom; they had broken up and they weren't sure if the baby was his or not. She was sure, he wasn't.

Well anyways.. this poor girl went into hospital on a Friday night about a week after her due date because I guess the mucus plug or whatever had gone but her water hadn't broken and nothing else was going on.. and my friend was out at a party drinking!

He went to work the next day and got a call from his mom telling him to get his ass down to the hospital and that the baby was definitely coming and it was HIS. So he got down there, they had broken her water but labour still wasn't progressing much. He told me from the time she got there to the time the baby was out she was in hospital 48 hours.

He said that she didn't yell at him or call him names or hit him or anything but gave him the dirtiest looks he had ever received in his life Also apparently he could tell the head had hurt her but when the shoulders came she was up off the bed nearly screaming because it was so painful, even with her epidural; he explained to me that they give you less when you're pushing the baby out so that you can feel how hard to push and when...

Made me terrified pretty much!! But they're all healthy and baby is 10 months now

 

[Danielle]

i had my baby girl on the 13th nov, 6 days late, i have to admit i had the worst time ever since i wanted a water birth i couldnt have 1, i was in labour for 3days i had all the pain releif i could have and a drip to bring things on faster, and when it came to push i was to tired and i think she got stuck so i had to have a forceps delivery and stitches, i was in agony for about to weeks after but it was all worth it and i have a beautiful daughter emily may

 

[MummyJade]

Maizie was 10 days late.... woke up wednesday 12th Nov at 3:40am with back ache and pains every 13-27mins.... so carried on through out the day making sure all was ready just in case.....started to loose my plug around 1ish.. had midwife at 3 o clock.... she checked my cervix was 1-2 cms dilated... so she done a sweep... so off i went home! walked the dog pottered around... pains where then around 12 mins apart at 6 pm.... around 7:30pm i got in the bath pains were every 7 mins... so i carried on at home rang hospital at 10:30 they said if i could cope at home do so... so i stayed home... rang at 2:30am (thursday 13th) could pains were 3 mins apart... then again told if i was ok i could choose 2 stay at home or go in... so i stayed home till i couldnt cope... i rang again at 3:50am and was told to come in... i didnt rush got there at 4:30am... was checked and i was 5-6 cms dilated! gas and air... wanted to push at 7 am but waters were still intact... so carried on... waters finally went at 8:30am and Maizie was born 08:39am! had a small cut but wasnt worth stitching.... like others said killed to pee! but a week later i was rushed in with blood clots.... had a water and womb infection! but i would do it all again xx

 

[Rachiebaby24]

Waters broke at 7pm had show 5 minutes later then had first contraction 5 mins after that. Layed on my mum's bed for 3 hours wailing through the pain. Got to the hospital at 10.38 and was 8cms. Had gas and air. Started pushing at 11.30pm and my daughter was born at 11.38pm. No cut or tear. Just a small graze which healed in a week!

 

[TashaAndBump]

Waters broke at 7pm had show 5 minutes later then had first contraction 5 mins after that. Layed on my mum's bed for 3 hours wailing through the pain. Got to the hospital at 10.38 and was 8cms. Had gas and air. Started pushing at 11.30pm and my daughter was born at 11.38pm. No cut or tear. Just a small graze which healed in a week!

Wow sounds like the perfect labour and birth! Congrats! x

 

[mummynat]

my waters broke on the thursday and i gave birth on the saturday.
i started labour at 4am an was in labour for 12 and a half hours.
i had gas and air which mad me feel very up in cloud nine lol
her heart rate kept on going low and high which was really scarey
i dont really remember much of the birth but i get filled in by partner.

 

[aidensxmomma]

My labor story is very uneventful. lol. My water broke at 10pm on Friday night and my son was born at 7:43am Saturday morning. I only had some pain medication through my IV. I had no tears, didn't need any stiches and was up and about that day cleaning my hospital room. I can only hope this labor and delivery goes that well.

 

[Landingmach3]

So waters broke at 4.45 a.m. december 7th. went to the hospital at 8.45. sat there without any drugs whatsoever until about 4:45 p.m. Then they put me on Pitocin and contractions became unbearable. Then I asked for something through the I.V. That lasted about an hour...got an epidural at like 6:00. Finally dilated to 10 c.m. around 6:30...pushed until she was born at 9:05 p.m. Pushing still was the most painful part of it all, the epidural was virtually not there. My doctor even upped the dosage while I pushed since I was pushing for so long and it hurt so bad! I had a second degree tear and nasty stitches but they are already healing and it's been a little less than 2 weeks postpartum. But I am so proud of myself and my little Lily...it was well worth it in the end. No matter how afraid you think you'll be, somehow you become capable and you just know you can do it with help and support from the nurses and your birth coach : ) Good luck to the ladies who haven't done it yet- it's the experience of a lifetime!

 

[Vixen]

I'm terrified of going into labour and giving birth, and after reading these stories, scared isn't the word, lol, but I know it will be worth it.