mrscookie
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Hey ladies! Here is my birth story! Those of a nervous disposition and are due to give birth I probably wouldn't recommend reading, those who don't.. then read on lol!
As alot of you know, saturday early hours I posted on here saying I was having pains. They were every 5-7 mins and lasting 30 seconds, intenssifying when I had a pee lol.
Well those pains subsided about 7am ish, and although occasionally still there, they were at the back of my mind. So we took a stroll to the shops. Back from the shops the pains were mildly back, but again nothing that bothered me, so I posted on here that they were subsiding.
about 7pm ish they were back, and measuring at 4-6 mins apart, and lasting 40 seconds to a minute each time. So I called the labour suite, and although I was not in much pain, they wanted me in due to my blood pressure being a little high. So off we go!
We get in, and I got plopped on a monitor to listen to the princess and monitor my contractions. The blasted machine picked up no contractions at all! LOL I was gutted, I thought ' this is where they send me packin!'
I actually asked for an internal as I knew something was going on up there. The midwife went in, and looked at me kinda shocked. She said I was 5cm dilated and a bulging bag of waters was sticking out. I just laughed! lol, it had been an easy ride so far, what more could happen.
She promptly offered me pain relief, to which I declined as the pains were nothing really to bother me, and she then offered to break my waters as they were easily reachable from there but I declined. She advised we took a stroll about the hospital to get things going, so we did.. for an hour. Came back when the pains were stronger, but again waaaaay bearable.
I sat on the bed and GUUSSSSSHHH lol, waters went. I felt a pop forst but I thought it was my poppy pelvis thing that I have sometimes.
I pressed the midwife button and she came in, looked at me and left again, told me to prepare for the pain to intensify. My god she was right.
Within 20 mins the waves fo contractions hit me like no ones business, but each decline was fantastic, I was sat about having a laugh with the midwife and my hubby and everything!
Then It all went down hill. I had been in hospital probably 3 hours when I was examined again, a good 7cm she said! woo! She said another 3 hours or so and baby would be here.
An hour or so later, and pethedine and gas and air later lol, it was becoming very hard to deal with, I told the midwife I couldnt do it anymore and I was tired. She told me to keep going and since I couldnt just stick a plug in and stop the whole thing I had to deal with it lol. All of a sudden I needed to push, so I did- she told me to stop since I was not ready! I said I was and i needed to push, so she checked me, and sure enough I was 10 cm! So pushing began!
It was so strange when my body began pushing even though I didnt want to, my body just took over and did it. It hurt to buggary, I felt like I was constantly gonna poo myself even though the midwife kept telling me I wasnt, I know for sure with every push I wee'd myself- either that or amniotic fluid ran out. After 2 hours of pushing and hardly any progress, and contractions on top of eachother, I was screaming my face off, I could not cope with being so out of control and with so much pressure down there, it really hurt me, I begged the midwife after every single push to get the baby out of me ANY way possible. She told me there was no other way, but I kept begging anyway. Finally a registrar came in to see what was happening, and she had a feel, and told me that she could give me an episiotomy to help baby get out as I was 'small' lol.
So I agreed, through shouts and crying to let her do it. It did nothing, baby was not coming out. I was so out of it and so tired, I couldnt really recall too much, but she came back with a consent form and I signed it... I could have signed my baby over to social services for all I knew, I didnt even read it!
Then 3 people ran in my room, and wheeled me down to theatre, and explained I was gonna have a forceps delivery, put me in a gown and hubby got into these green clothes. They put a spinal block into my back, each contraction made me squirm like you would not believe, and they made me sit up for it too! Painful is the understatement of the century.
there were alot of people in the theatre, I didnt care though, I just opened my legs like they asked, and then everything from the boobs down went totally dead, all contractions gone like magic- THE BEST FEELING EVER. They propped my legs into stirrups, and in came registrar lady again, looking down there and telling me what she was gonna do.
She explained she would need to cut me further and insert forceps to help baby out. I agreed.
I felt nothing and just remember the relief I felt from the spinal block made me so happy, I was having a laugh with the spinal block man lol. I kept saying sorry for fluiding all over his bed (lmao)
My hubby all of a sudden said '' theres her head babe'' but I couldnt see due to my belly still being in the way, and the whole time the registrar lady was pulling her out with forceps, really really giving it some welly apparently. Then before I knew it, my sweetheart was plonked right onto my tummy at 4.48am sunday the 25th jan. I reached down and looked at this TINY greyish white greasy baby and cried my eyes out, as did the baby lol. They took her off straight away and did some things I didnt see, and bought her back in a towel and put her on my numb chest. I looked at hubby and he was crying too.
Our baby was here. Nothing else mattered, the pain was gone, and she was here with us, looking at me with wide blue eyes. It was amazing. Then hub took her and I lay looking at them both while they stitched me up and put my catheter in.
I stayed in hospital from sat-tue evening, they wouldnt let me go due to Lylah not feeding properly, but we soon established breast feeding and now there is no looking back, although I do need to express one boob as my nipple went a little flatter and she prefers the other one lol!
I am so in love with my little Lylah, she is truly amazing and beautiful in everyway, I could not imagine life without her. She looks like both of us- has my fat nose and hubbies chin and mouth.
through the pain of the stitches and forceps, I am on cloud 9! she is my beautiful baby and I cannot believe she is here.
Lylah Tilly Dawn Bolton
25/01/09
weight- 6lb 3 and half oz
length 45cm
Im healing well, every day is a beautiful one with my my little girl
xxx
A few minutes old
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/melanieyeah/S7000598.jpg
1 day old
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/melanieyeah/S7000629.jpg
first bath! Daddy did it while mommy expressed milkhttps://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/melanieyeah/S7000617.jpg
2 days old
https://f.imagehost.org/0961/ABCD0004.jpg
3days old
https://f.imagehost.org/0571/ABCD0001.jpg
As alot of you know, saturday early hours I posted on here saying I was having pains. They were every 5-7 mins and lasting 30 seconds, intenssifying when I had a pee lol.
Well those pains subsided about 7am ish, and although occasionally still there, they were at the back of my mind. So we took a stroll to the shops. Back from the shops the pains were mildly back, but again nothing that bothered me, so I posted on here that they were subsiding.
about 7pm ish they were back, and measuring at 4-6 mins apart, and lasting 40 seconds to a minute each time. So I called the labour suite, and although I was not in much pain, they wanted me in due to my blood pressure being a little high. So off we go!
We get in, and I got plopped on a monitor to listen to the princess and monitor my contractions. The blasted machine picked up no contractions at all! LOL I was gutted, I thought ' this is where they send me packin!'
I actually asked for an internal as I knew something was going on up there. The midwife went in, and looked at me kinda shocked. She said I was 5cm dilated and a bulging bag of waters was sticking out. I just laughed! lol, it had been an easy ride so far, what more could happen.
She promptly offered me pain relief, to which I declined as the pains were nothing really to bother me, and she then offered to break my waters as they were easily reachable from there but I declined. She advised we took a stroll about the hospital to get things going, so we did.. for an hour. Came back when the pains were stronger, but again waaaaay bearable.
I sat on the bed and GUUSSSSSHHH lol, waters went. I felt a pop forst but I thought it was my poppy pelvis thing that I have sometimes.
I pressed the midwife button and she came in, looked at me and left again, told me to prepare for the pain to intensify. My god she was right.
Within 20 mins the waves fo contractions hit me like no ones business, but each decline was fantastic, I was sat about having a laugh with the midwife and my hubby and everything!
Then It all went down hill. I had been in hospital probably 3 hours when I was examined again, a good 7cm she said! woo! She said another 3 hours or so and baby would be here.
An hour or so later, and pethedine and gas and air later lol, it was becoming very hard to deal with, I told the midwife I couldnt do it anymore and I was tired. She told me to keep going and since I couldnt just stick a plug in and stop the whole thing I had to deal with it lol. All of a sudden I needed to push, so I did- she told me to stop since I was not ready! I said I was and i needed to push, so she checked me, and sure enough I was 10 cm! So pushing began!
It was so strange when my body began pushing even though I didnt want to, my body just took over and did it. It hurt to buggary, I felt like I was constantly gonna poo myself even though the midwife kept telling me I wasnt, I know for sure with every push I wee'd myself- either that or amniotic fluid ran out. After 2 hours of pushing and hardly any progress, and contractions on top of eachother, I was screaming my face off, I could not cope with being so out of control and with so much pressure down there, it really hurt me, I begged the midwife after every single push to get the baby out of me ANY way possible. She told me there was no other way, but I kept begging anyway. Finally a registrar came in to see what was happening, and she had a feel, and told me that she could give me an episiotomy to help baby get out as I was 'small' lol.
So I agreed, through shouts and crying to let her do it. It did nothing, baby was not coming out. I was so out of it and so tired, I couldnt really recall too much, but she came back with a consent form and I signed it... I could have signed my baby over to social services for all I knew, I didnt even read it!
Then 3 people ran in my room, and wheeled me down to theatre, and explained I was gonna have a forceps delivery, put me in a gown and hubby got into these green clothes. They put a spinal block into my back, each contraction made me squirm like you would not believe, and they made me sit up for it too! Painful is the understatement of the century.
there were alot of people in the theatre, I didnt care though, I just opened my legs like they asked, and then everything from the boobs down went totally dead, all contractions gone like magic- THE BEST FEELING EVER. They propped my legs into stirrups, and in came registrar lady again, looking down there and telling me what she was gonna do.
She explained she would need to cut me further and insert forceps to help baby out. I agreed.
I felt nothing and just remember the relief I felt from the spinal block made me so happy, I was having a laugh with the spinal block man lol. I kept saying sorry for fluiding all over his bed (lmao)
My hubby all of a sudden said '' theres her head babe'' but I couldnt see due to my belly still being in the way, and the whole time the registrar lady was pulling her out with forceps, really really giving it some welly apparently. Then before I knew it, my sweetheart was plonked right onto my tummy at 4.48am sunday the 25th jan. I reached down and looked at this TINY greyish white greasy baby and cried my eyes out, as did the baby lol. They took her off straight away and did some things I didnt see, and bought her back in a towel and put her on my numb chest. I looked at hubby and he was crying too.
Our baby was here. Nothing else mattered, the pain was gone, and she was here with us, looking at me with wide blue eyes. It was amazing. Then hub took her and I lay looking at them both while they stitched me up and put my catheter in.
I stayed in hospital from sat-tue evening, they wouldnt let me go due to Lylah not feeding properly, but we soon established breast feeding and now there is no looking back, although I do need to express one boob as my nipple went a little flatter and she prefers the other one lol!
I am so in love with my little Lylah, she is truly amazing and beautiful in everyway, I could not imagine life without her. She looks like both of us- has my fat nose and hubbies chin and mouth.
through the pain of the stitches and forceps, I am on cloud 9! she is my beautiful baby and I cannot believe she is here.
Lylah Tilly Dawn Bolton
25/01/09
weight- 6lb 3 and half oz
length 45cm
Im healing well, every day is a beautiful one with my my little girl
xxx
A few minutes old
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/melanieyeah/S7000598.jpg
1 day old
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/melanieyeah/S7000629.jpg
first bath! Daddy did it while mommy expressed milkhttps://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/melanieyeah/S7000617.jpg
2 days old
https://f.imagehost.org/0961/ABCD0004.jpg
3days old
https://f.imagehost.org/0571/ABCD0001.jpg
