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I started my contractions on Thursday morning (for the second time!!). They were very far apart and irregular, so I just tried to keep busy and sleep at night. Thursday night was long and painful, but I napped. Friday, they were still 13mins, 17 mins, 5 mins apart and painful. So I rang labour ward and they told me to stay at home until they were 3 minutes apart. By 5pm, they were still irrregular and 4 minutes apart, but I couldn't stand the pain and went to the assesment unit. We agreed I would go home for a bit longer and come back later. But when I stood up, I had a sudden blood stained gush, followed by a very large blood clot. They didn't know what it was, so took me to labour ward for another assesment. The examined me and discovered that it wasn't my waters, but would admit me anyway.
So after an hour, at around 9pm, I asked for gas and air. The examinations had really kicked things off. I struggled with the pain for ages, even with the gas and air. The contractions were so painful and kept commenting on the effectiveness of the gas and air. By midninght I asked for an epidural, which I finally got at 1am. When it kicked it, it was clear that it was only one sided. I was still feeling immense contraction pains down my left side. They topped it up twice and the third time (4am), they gave me a different solution. This was by a different midwife, as mine had gone on a break. When she came in, she took one look at me and said "that isn't working - you aren't getting any gas and air at all". WTF???? No wonder I couldn't cope with even the simple contractions at the beginning! So the top up started to work beautifully and the gas and air kicked in. After 7 hours of no pain relief, I was on cloud 9!!
So at 6.30 I was ready to push. I tried so hard, but after all the effort of a drug free labour, i was just too tired. At 8.30, the doctor was called and he said that baby was too tired for too much more. He examined me and said that baby was facing sideways and stuck beyond a ridge. He said he would take me to theatre and give me an attempt at a ventouse, but if that didn't work it would go straight to GA c-section. By this point I was so stressed and in pain (as my epidural had now long worn off), that all I wanted for him to do was put me to sleep and take baby out. But an anaesthetist arrived and snuck in a full strength epidural top up, which instantly numbed me from the waist down. I relaxed and was ready for anything!! So the doctor took some blood from babies head and said if the gases were fine he would try the ventouse, if not, straight to section. But because of the epidural, I could now have it awake and hubby could join me.
The bloods were fine, so I was prepped for theatre. By the time we got there, baby was then back to back. It only took one little push and the doctor lifted babies head over the ridge. Then one more push and out he came!!!
Oliver was finally born at 09:06 on 1st November 2008, weighing 8lb 1oz. He is the most precious thing in the world!!
There is a lot more to this story, but it is all so blurry! But at least you get the jist. Some little piccies of our little man:
So after an hour, at around 9pm, I asked for gas and air. The examinations had really kicked things off. I struggled with the pain for ages, even with the gas and air. The contractions were so painful and kept commenting on the effectiveness of the gas and air. By midninght I asked for an epidural, which I finally got at 1am. When it kicked it, it was clear that it was only one sided. I was still feeling immense contraction pains down my left side. They topped it up twice and the third time (4am), they gave me a different solution. This was by a different midwife, as mine had gone on a break. When she came in, she took one look at me and said "that isn't working - you aren't getting any gas and air at all". WTF???? No wonder I couldn't cope with even the simple contractions at the beginning! So the top up started to work beautifully and the gas and air kicked in. After 7 hours of no pain relief, I was on cloud 9!!
So at 6.30 I was ready to push. I tried so hard, but after all the effort of a drug free labour, i was just too tired. At 8.30, the doctor was called and he said that baby was too tired for too much more. He examined me and said that baby was facing sideways and stuck beyond a ridge. He said he would take me to theatre and give me an attempt at a ventouse, but if that didn't work it would go straight to GA c-section. By this point I was so stressed and in pain (as my epidural had now long worn off), that all I wanted for him to do was put me to sleep and take baby out. But an anaesthetist arrived and snuck in a full strength epidural top up, which instantly numbed me from the waist down. I relaxed and was ready for anything!! So the doctor took some blood from babies head and said if the gases were fine he would try the ventouse, if not, straight to section. But because of the epidural, I could now have it awake and hubby could join me.
The bloods were fine, so I was prepped for theatre. By the time we got there, baby was then back to back. It only took one little push and the doctor lifted babies head over the ridge. Then one more push and out he came!!!
Oliver was finally born at 09:06 on 1st November 2008, weighing 8lb 1oz. He is the most precious thing in the world!!
There is a lot more to this story, but it is all so blurry! But at least you get the jist. Some little piccies of our little man:
huge congratulations to you and your DP, he's gorgeous, such a lovely name x x x
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He is so gorgeous babe.
