Ethereal
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I had a second sweep at 10am on Friday 5th Oct. I was 1cm dilated and 50% effaced. Felt crampy all day but nothing major.
At 6pm the cramps began to get closer together but they were barely noticeable. I had something to eat and we watched a film. I went to the bathroom and noticed i had lost a lot of my plug. Grossest thing I'd ever seen!
By 8pm the contractions were 5 mins apart and getting stronger. I wanted to wait at home as long as i could bear it, so i had a bounce on the ball for a while and phoned my mum
I phoned the hospital at 10pm, contractions were 3-4 minutes apart and i was struggling a little. Was nervous about going in and getting sent home so i hopelessly paced around for an hour before i decided I'd had enough.
We got to hospital at 11.10pm and were told to wait in the waiting room. It felt like we were in there forever. There was a woman in there screaming her head off and she wasn't in labour so that freaked me out as i thought if I'm not in that much pain obviously nothing was happening!
We were seen at 12am, she did an exam and i found out i was 3-4cm dilated by then and they were keeping me in! They put me in the room with the birthing pool and sorted me out some gas and air.
I was fine with gas and air (more than fine actually, it was bloody brilliant) until about 2am when i asked them to fill the pool and oh my, it was beautiful. I let OH take the gas and air and he zonked out watching Blockbusters. Started needing it again at around 3am, was struggling to get comfy in the pool as my back was sore so i got out and walked around. Ate a mars bar and OH fell asleep. I got grumpy and woke him up
I had another exam at 4am and i was 6cm dilated. She was very rough and my waters broke, it was so uncomfortable while she had her fingers up there i burst out crying and couldn't stop! After my waters went, things took off rapidly. The contractions got really bad, i was screaming the place down. I was in absolute agony and wanted pethadin but it didn't kick in until I started pushing so I did it all in gas and air which I'm proud of myself for!
Started pushing at about 5am, i found pushing quite easy, was just like doing a massive poo
She came out at exactly 5.45am, weighing 8lbs 6iz. Very nice weight!
I am torn quite badly, 2nd degree from my bum to my clitoris. I have lots of stitches, that was more painful than labour!
I had a catheter put in and stayed in the ward that night. Got home with our little princess this afternoon. Absolutely smitten!
At 6pm the cramps began to get closer together but they were barely noticeable. I had something to eat and we watched a film. I went to the bathroom and noticed i had lost a lot of my plug. Grossest thing I'd ever seen!
By 8pm the contractions were 5 mins apart and getting stronger. I wanted to wait at home as long as i could bear it, so i had a bounce on the ball for a while and phoned my mum
I phoned the hospital at 10pm, contractions were 3-4 minutes apart and i was struggling a little. Was nervous about going in and getting sent home so i hopelessly paced around for an hour before i decided I'd had enough.
We got to hospital at 11.10pm and were told to wait in the waiting room. It felt like we were in there forever. There was a woman in there screaming her head off and she wasn't in labour so that freaked me out as i thought if I'm not in that much pain obviously nothing was happening!
We were seen at 12am, she did an exam and i found out i was 3-4cm dilated by then and they were keeping me in! They put me in the room with the birthing pool and sorted me out some gas and air.
I was fine with gas and air (more than fine actually, it was bloody brilliant) until about 2am when i asked them to fill the pool and oh my, it was beautiful. I let OH take the gas and air and he zonked out watching Blockbusters. Started needing it again at around 3am, was struggling to get comfy in the pool as my back was sore so i got out and walked around. Ate a mars bar and OH fell asleep. I got grumpy and woke him up
I had another exam at 4am and i was 6cm dilated. She was very rough and my waters broke, it was so uncomfortable while she had her fingers up there i burst out crying and couldn't stop! After my waters went, things took off rapidly. The contractions got really bad, i was screaming the place down. I was in absolute agony and wanted pethadin but it didn't kick in until I started pushing so I did it all in gas and air which I'm proud of myself for!
Started pushing at about 5am, i found pushing quite easy, was just like doing a massive poo
She came out at exactly 5.45am, weighing 8lbs 6iz. Very nice weight!
I am torn quite badly, 2nd degree from my bum to my clitoris. I have lots of stitches, that was more painful than labour!
I had a catheter put in and stayed in the ward that night. Got home with our little princess this afternoon. Absolutely smitten!
I agree with you about the stitches - mine were worse than the actual labour too! xx
