kwood
Proud mummy to Samuel
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Just a quick note to say that my yellow bump turned blue. Little Samuel James arrived 6.50 pm on the 2nd of May so one day early.
Didn't really think that anything was going to happen soon, my bloody show came at 3 am on the 1st of May and contractions started soon after. I phoned L & D at 5 am when they were 45 sec every 5 min and was told to take a bath and wait until the contractions were every 3 min apart and lasting 60 seconds or my waters broke. The contractions slowed down a little but over the next few hours but still kept coming and starting getting more painful. I phoned again at 7 am to say that they were 3 minutes apart but still only 30 - 45 seconds apart so they told me to take paracetamol and try to relax (yeah right). The pain starting getting so bad so I phoned again around noon and was told to wait until my waters went or the contractions started lasting longer, they really didn't want me to come in until my water broke. Well I was so fed up and in so much pain that when I went to the loo around 3 pm I stuck a finger up to see if I could feel anything and my cervix was very low and there was a clear liquid but not very much. I couldn't stand the pain anymore so I phoned the L & D and said I had clear fluid but not much so they finally told me to come in.
They checked in triage if my waters had gone and the midwife thought it was the hind waters which is why I didn't have a gush of water so she checked how dilated I was and turns out I was 7cm......I am so glad that I came in because if I had waited for my waters to break I would have had my baby in the car or home. They put me in a delivery room and gave me gas and air and asked if I wanted the birthing pool, I had planned to labour in the pool with gas and air but get out of the pool and deliver the baby. Turns out I found it so much better in the pool that little Sam was born in the birthing pool (My waters finally broke in the pool about 10 - 20 minutes before baby arrived). I would say if you were considering this option to go for it. Baby comes out so much happier and he had his eyes open and checking the world out from the start. I couldn't believe how smoothly my labour and delivery went and in so much love I can't even put it into words.
I hope that everyone one else's babies arrive as easily as my little man (by the way it is very very painful, I won't lie about that part)
Didn't really think that anything was going to happen soon, my bloody show came at 3 am on the 1st of May and contractions started soon after. I phoned L & D at 5 am when they were 45 sec every 5 min and was told to take a bath and wait until the contractions were every 3 min apart and lasting 60 seconds or my waters broke. The contractions slowed down a little but over the next few hours but still kept coming and starting getting more painful. I phoned again at 7 am to say that they were 3 minutes apart but still only 30 - 45 seconds apart so they told me to take paracetamol and try to relax (yeah right). The pain starting getting so bad so I phoned again around noon and was told to wait until my waters went or the contractions started lasting longer, they really didn't want me to come in until my water broke. Well I was so fed up and in so much pain that when I went to the loo around 3 pm I stuck a finger up to see if I could feel anything and my cervix was very low and there was a clear liquid but not very much. I couldn't stand the pain anymore so I phoned the L & D and said I had clear fluid but not much so they finally told me to come in.
They checked in triage if my waters had gone and the midwife thought it was the hind waters which is why I didn't have a gush of water so she checked how dilated I was and turns out I was 7cm......I am so glad that I came in because if I had waited for my waters to break I would have had my baby in the car or home. They put me in a delivery room and gave me gas and air and asked if I wanted the birthing pool, I had planned to labour in the pool with gas and air but get out of the pool and deliver the baby. Turns out I found it so much better in the pool that little Sam was born in the birthing pool (My waters finally broke in the pool about 10 - 20 minutes before baby arrived). I would say if you were considering this option to go for it. Baby comes out so much happier and he had his eyes open and checking the world out from the start. I couldn't believe how smoothly my labour and delivery went and in so much love I can't even put it into words.
I hope that everyone one else's babies arrive as easily as my little man (by the way it is very very painful, I won't lie about that part)
feels a bit surreal to be honest, can't get my head round the fact that i won't be setting my alarm & dragging myself into the office tomorrow! i should have come home on Friday night over the moon to be finished but instead i worked myself into a tizzy & was in such a downer for 2 days. i've been feeling damp down there in the lady parts for ages & I had what i thought was thrush but never treated it. got home on friday with very sore lady parts including the inside of my thigh/bikini line. i managed to convince myself (by being a fool & using dr google) that i had herpes or something & that i'd have to have a section & all the medical staff would think i was unfit. being the bank hol there's no drs til Tues so I bought Canesten. then in my panicked misery i managed to drop my kindle in the bath 
it was only submerged for a nanosecond but it was enough to damage it. I was so upset at my stupidity & the thought that i was carrying some std. I've been with my husband for 6yrs but am aware these things can lurk... Buuut basically i think i had a sweat rash! i'd been wearing my normal clothes to work with my bump band which is obviously tight round my hips & at my last few days at work I was so hot & felt extra damp in the bikini line. The canesten has almost cleared it completely already & I'll ask the mw about at my apmnt on Wed. Phew. And my kindle is starting to show signs of life... So i am going to allow myself to be happy to be on Mat leave & start looking out for signs of jnr arriving!!!
but my new one is 20 December!! So nervous but lets hope 4th time lucky!
