beth0703
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After being a nervous wreck for almost 9 months worrying about birth i didnt find it all that bad. I had a theory that if i kept calm my baby would be calm and everything would run smoothly and in actual fact it did. I cannot prove if this was just sheere luck however lol id like to think not.
I was due on the 27th Febuary and after going 5 days over due i was give the membrane sweep by my midwife. This was the friday and i had funny twinges ever since up until sunday morning around 3am i remember kept being woken up in my sleep but not realising what it was then i later realised the contractions had started. I cannot say i truely believe the sweep worked as i was already overdue by a week by the time i had Noah so he may of intended to arrive then anyway.
I found the contactions easy and very strnge id have an hour of every 7 mins or so then none for the next hour i thought it would go on forever... Then all of a sudden at around 9.30pm i had the show, and started to have painful contarctions.. i ran a bath then decided to phone the hospital as all of a sudden they were about 5 minutes apart lasting a minute. The lady on the phone was quite rude saying its 3 minutes and i should stay at home but i knew my body and knew i wanted to go.
In the end i just went at 10pm when i arrived i was taken to be checked how dialated i was and i was 5cm! i just wanted to find the lady from the phone and shout ha! told you so!.. I decided on a water birth and didnt want any pain relief drugs except gas and air. I had got to 5cm alone and it wasnt as bad as i thought so i decided that i could hold out a little longer without getting in the pool or gas and air.. ( another theory i believe worked for me) I held out till 6cm then decided to get in the water for a little relief. Although the bath didnt really work the birth pool definatly did as its a lot bigger, i dont think i could ever give birth just lay on a bed as the strain on your lower back was awful! the tub was great to chuck yourself around in and push your back against. I stayed in the water using that as relief until around 11.45 then i had the gas and air. Alot of people dont rate this but i do. I think by holding out for each pain relief helped me not ask for a severe method of pain relief i.e epidural as by the time i would of asked if id wanted it ( i didnt ) it would of been too late.
At 4am Noah arrived weighing 8lb 9oz i dont know were he was hiding as i was tiny i only got a bump at 7 months lol. i had him at the royal bolton hospital and found it clean and most staff friendly ( minus the phone lady ). Strangely he arrived in his water sack which ive never heard of they usually pop them but apperantly its fine.
The midwife who deliverd noah was called karen and was fab!! i only had me and my parter at the hospital and she just left us in the birth room. she came in every now and then to check the heart beat ect but never did she tell me what to do she just let my body go with the flow she didnt even tell me to push i hadnt a clue were i was up to he just arrived but that was good as it made it less stressfull.
Giving birth was the most amazing experience for me and my parter it has brought us so much closer together and we love having a family and i cant wait to have more! haha
I was due on the 27th Febuary and after going 5 days over due i was give the membrane sweep by my midwife. This was the friday and i had funny twinges ever since up until sunday morning around 3am i remember kept being woken up in my sleep but not realising what it was then i later realised the contractions had started. I cannot say i truely believe the sweep worked as i was already overdue by a week by the time i had Noah so he may of intended to arrive then anyway.
I found the contactions easy and very strnge id have an hour of every 7 mins or so then none for the next hour i thought it would go on forever... Then all of a sudden at around 9.30pm i had the show, and started to have painful contarctions.. i ran a bath then decided to phone the hospital as all of a sudden they were about 5 minutes apart lasting a minute. The lady on the phone was quite rude saying its 3 minutes and i should stay at home but i knew my body and knew i wanted to go.
In the end i just went at 10pm when i arrived i was taken to be checked how dialated i was and i was 5cm! i just wanted to find the lady from the phone and shout ha! told you so!.. I decided on a water birth and didnt want any pain relief drugs except gas and air. I had got to 5cm alone and it wasnt as bad as i thought so i decided that i could hold out a little longer without getting in the pool or gas and air.. ( another theory i believe worked for me) I held out till 6cm then decided to get in the water for a little relief. Although the bath didnt really work the birth pool definatly did as its a lot bigger, i dont think i could ever give birth just lay on a bed as the strain on your lower back was awful! the tub was great to chuck yourself around in and push your back against. I stayed in the water using that as relief until around 11.45 then i had the gas and air. Alot of people dont rate this but i do. I think by holding out for each pain relief helped me not ask for a severe method of pain relief i.e epidural as by the time i would of asked if id wanted it ( i didnt ) it would of been too late.
At 4am Noah arrived weighing 8lb 9oz i dont know were he was hiding as i was tiny i only got a bump at 7 months lol. i had him at the royal bolton hospital and found it clean and most staff friendly ( minus the phone lady ). Strangely he arrived in his water sack which ive never heard of they usually pop them but apperantly its fine.
The midwife who deliverd noah was called karen and was fab!! i only had me and my parter at the hospital and she just left us in the birth room. she came in every now and then to check the heart beat ect but never did she tell me what to do she just let my body go with the flow she didnt even tell me to push i hadnt a clue were i was up to he just arrived but that was good as it made it less stressfull.
Giving birth was the most amazing experience for me and my parter it has brought us so much closer together and we love having a family and i cant wait to have more! haha
What a story you've shared! It makes me interested in looking into water birthing. I also don't want any pain medication, especially not an epidural. Gas is a possibility although I haven't done much research on it but I have time. Just wanted to let you know how happy I am for you and your family!
