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Me, Df, Ds + Dd
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Background: Ds is 3 next week and was born by c-section following induction (pre-eclampsia wk 37) and failure to progress. My plan think time was to try for a vbac, with minimal intervention an pain relief...
Tuesday 26th April 2011: I saw my midwife for a checkup and told her well I was feeling, like I could carry on for weeks and expect that I'll go overdue. All was well and as soon as I got in the car I had a funny ache at the bottom of my bump. Nothing unusual but n like braxton hicks.
Wednesday 27th April: (1am) I woke with a mild pain again. from then on I had one every ten minutes on the dot, all day long. I didn't think anything of it really.
Thursday 28th April: (8am) i had no sleep at all as the pains were annoying. Today is Dfs birthday. I got in the bath as usual and straight away the pains came every 3 to 5minutes. I got out and called the hospital, off we go! (9am) I'm not dilating and in very early labour. I was given the option to go for a walk for an hour and check again, or go home. Well, I made it out the doors an the pains got so much worse, and every 1-2 minutes. I lost my plug and made my way back in.
When I got back, I asked for gas and air as the pain was horrid. I was told it was too early and offered paracetamol, er, thanks!! I got in the bath around midday and the pain shifted to my back. great, she turned back to back!! Shortly after getting in the bath I was pushing involuntarily and told Df to get the midwife. I got out and was checked again, 8cm!! early labour, yeah right! Then they told me I needed an epidural as it was too early to push, and because ahead was high still I needed to wait for her to move down.
Natural birth out the window. Epidural in, waters artificially broken. Hours later she still hadn't moved down, and I had been fully dilate for a couple of hours.
Friday 29th April: At midnight I had been pushing for over an hour with no progress. off to theatre we went. I was told there was a good chance I would need a section again. the doctor wanted to try ventouse first. That failed. So he tried forceps. Along with an episiotomy and two pushes my gorgeous daughter was born. 1:33 am. The cord was twice round her neck, which explains why she wouldn't budge.
I got my vbac, not exactly how I planned, but it wasn't a repeat section!
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Tuesday 26th April 2011: I saw my midwife for a checkup and told her well I was feeling, like I could carry on for weeks and expect that I'll go overdue. All was well and as soon as I got in the car I had a funny ache at the bottom of my bump. Nothing unusual but n like braxton hicks.
Wednesday 27th April: (1am) I woke with a mild pain again. from then on I had one every ten minutes on the dot, all day long. I didn't think anything of it really.
Thursday 28th April: (8am) i had no sleep at all as the pains were annoying. Today is Dfs birthday. I got in the bath as usual and straight away the pains came every 3 to 5minutes. I got out and called the hospital, off we go! (9am) I'm not dilating and in very early labour. I was given the option to go for a walk for an hour and check again, or go home. Well, I made it out the doors an the pains got so much worse, and every 1-2 minutes. I lost my plug and made my way back in.
When I got back, I asked for gas and air as the pain was horrid. I was told it was too early and offered paracetamol, er, thanks!! I got in the bath around midday and the pain shifted to my back. great, she turned back to back!! Shortly after getting in the bath I was pushing involuntarily and told Df to get the midwife. I got out and was checked again, 8cm!! early labour, yeah right! Then they told me I needed an epidural as it was too early to push, and because ahead was high still I needed to wait for her to move down.
Natural birth out the window. Epidural in, waters artificially broken. Hours later she still hadn't moved down, and I had been fully dilate for a couple of hours.
Friday 29th April: At midnight I had been pushing for over an hour with no progress. off to theatre we went. I was told there was a good chance I would need a section again. the doctor wanted to try ventouse first. That failed. So he tried forceps. Along with an episiotomy and two pushes my gorgeous daughter was born. 1:33 am. The cord was twice round her neck, which explains why she wouldn't budge.
I got my vbac, not exactly how I planned, but it wasn't a repeat section!
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Well done you xxx
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This gives me hope that someday I might be able to have a vbac. If I feel brave enough to even try. 
