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The birth story of our beautiful 2nd son Lucas Daniel Mills born on 20/03/13 at 3pm weighing 5lb13oz
Tuesday...just another day... In the evening i started off with mild period like cramps, didnt think a whole lot of them but they got stronger(not THAT strong) and enough to make me wonder if it was early labour. With a s/a c section you get told that for any signs of labour to contact the hospital..
Left it a few hours we started trying to time them but werent really regular enough so at about 11pm we decided to just try and get some sleep and thought that if they were nothing then they would go anyway.
Oh by the way LUCKILY mum had Harrison overnight so we didnt have to worry about him.
So tried to get to sleep but couldnt, had really bad back ache too so at about 2am i woke Alan and said we need to make a decision about whether to contact the hospital, i still felt a bit silly about it thinking it was probably just a false alarm. I phoned and they told me to come in. so we had showers then went in for about 3am.
They hooked me up confirmed i was having mild contactions etc, baby was happy enough, they took my BP which was pretty high and my urine was +4. Well it had only ever been +1 before so that was worrying.
I had an internal check and it was apparent i wasnt in active labour, cervix high and closed and not dilating.
They tooks bloods and the rest of the time was waiting around for results of urine and bloods but they had indicated id be going home pretty soon, they even let me eat at 8am so that indicated they had no intention of surgery that day.
Bloods came back ok and so just waiting on urine which came back around 930am. 3 doctors and a mw walked into the room, the comsultant explained that the urine result diagnosed quite severe pre ecclampsia and the only cure would be delivery, hence they have decided to deliver that afternoon. Well mine and Alans face must have been a picture! i got really emotional lol looking back il never forget that moment in my whole life.
So after that we made a few calls, mum brought H in to see us before i went down for the op at about 2, it was all so surreal those last few hours.
From my last section it actually turns out i had lesions on my bladder so they had to be extra careful around there, but the op went really well, everyone in theatre was fab and lovely to me especially the anesatists, they had a bit of a job getting the spinal in but even that wasnt too bad at all.
So at 3pm our 2nd little man Lucas Daniel was brought into the world, we heard him crying straight away before we even saw him which was so reassurring especially as he was a little early. Couldnt believe how teeny he was though and when they told us the weight we were shocked!
The surgeon held him up over the screen and went "hello mummy" which was pretty funny really.
Recovery went really well, much better than last time, i didnt suffer with many after effects at all and they had me out of bed and showering the next morning, whereas last time it was 24 hours later so really quick. The 1st day is always the hardest with regards to the pain but started to feel better really quickly and today i actually feel really good so far.
Lucas, because they had to give me beta blockers before delivery (bp) was on a red feed care plan when he was 1st born, meaning he had to be fed every 3 hours and have regular blood sugar tests but he came off it really quick and is now back to normal, hes passed all his test so far, and despite being small he is perfectly formed with everything working as it should.
We got home last night at 6pm, it was all a bit overwelming and emotional, but this morning we are doing much better and Lucas seems pretty settled now. Harrison is a very proud big brother and is being lovely with him so far. He seems so big now, where did my little boy go!
We are going to write to the hospital over next few weeks about the consultant i saw last friday who showed no concerns about my protein and bp issues, as we feel we were lucky and no thanks to her things could have gone downhill a lot quicker than they did.
its very weird as we werent expecting to have our new baby so soon, although everything was prepared, mentally i dont think we were, so that will take a bit of time i think. Saying that we are over the moon with our family, im so proud all of my boys and despite the tiredness i couldnt be happier.
Tuesday...just another day... In the evening i started off with mild period like cramps, didnt think a whole lot of them but they got stronger(not THAT strong) and enough to make me wonder if it was early labour. With a s/a c section you get told that for any signs of labour to contact the hospital..
Left it a few hours we started trying to time them but werent really regular enough so at about 11pm we decided to just try and get some sleep and thought that if they were nothing then they would go anyway.
Oh by the way LUCKILY mum had Harrison overnight so we didnt have to worry about him.
So tried to get to sleep but couldnt, had really bad back ache too so at about 2am i woke Alan and said we need to make a decision about whether to contact the hospital, i still felt a bit silly about it thinking it was probably just a false alarm. I phoned and they told me to come in. so we had showers then went in for about 3am.
They hooked me up confirmed i was having mild contactions etc, baby was happy enough, they took my BP which was pretty high and my urine was +4. Well it had only ever been +1 before so that was worrying.
I had an internal check and it was apparent i wasnt in active labour, cervix high and closed and not dilating.
They tooks bloods and the rest of the time was waiting around for results of urine and bloods but they had indicated id be going home pretty soon, they even let me eat at 8am so that indicated they had no intention of surgery that day.
Bloods came back ok and so just waiting on urine which came back around 930am. 3 doctors and a mw walked into the room, the comsultant explained that the urine result diagnosed quite severe pre ecclampsia and the only cure would be delivery, hence they have decided to deliver that afternoon. Well mine and Alans face must have been a picture! i got really emotional lol looking back il never forget that moment in my whole life.
So after that we made a few calls, mum brought H in to see us before i went down for the op at about 2, it was all so surreal those last few hours.
From my last section it actually turns out i had lesions on my bladder so they had to be extra careful around there, but the op went really well, everyone in theatre was fab and lovely to me especially the anesatists, they had a bit of a job getting the spinal in but even that wasnt too bad at all.
So at 3pm our 2nd little man Lucas Daniel was brought into the world, we heard him crying straight away before we even saw him which was so reassurring especially as he was a little early. Couldnt believe how teeny he was though and when they told us the weight we were shocked!
The surgeon held him up over the screen and went "hello mummy" which was pretty funny really.
Recovery went really well, much better than last time, i didnt suffer with many after effects at all and they had me out of bed and showering the next morning, whereas last time it was 24 hours later so really quick. The 1st day is always the hardest with regards to the pain but started to feel better really quickly and today i actually feel really good so far.
Lucas, because they had to give me beta blockers before delivery (bp) was on a red feed care plan when he was 1st born, meaning he had to be fed every 3 hours and have regular blood sugar tests but he came off it really quick and is now back to normal, hes passed all his test so far, and despite being small he is perfectly formed with everything working as it should.
We got home last night at 6pm, it was all a bit overwelming and emotional, but this morning we are doing much better and Lucas seems pretty settled now. Harrison is a very proud big brother and is being lovely with him so far. He seems so big now, where did my little boy go!
We are going to write to the hospital over next few weeks about the consultant i saw last friday who showed no concerns about my protein and bp issues, as we feel we were lucky and no thanks to her things could have gone downhill a lot quicker than they did.
its very weird as we werent expecting to have our new baby so soon, although everything was prepared, mentally i dont think we were, so that will take a bit of time i think. Saying that we are over the moon with our family, im so proud all of my boys and despite the tiredness i couldnt be happier.
my BP has never gone that high and have only ever had ++ of protein so that explains it LOL thanks so much for getting back to me 
a scary labour story you've got here though, really hope you're doing well now x
