:wave: kel!!
Sorry I haven't read back so i'm hoping all are ok? Let me know if there are any
i might have missed!
I hear Sparkle filled you all in, typing is slow with one hand as i'm breast feeding my lovely daughter Maisy Rose Little
Well I have to say I wasn't expecting her early but my birth story is quite nice so i'll share if thats ok
Went to bed tuesday night at about half 10 and woke up an hour later soaked through with pinky blood! Went to the toilet and there was loads more blood and it didn't seem to stop. Was crapping myself at this point so woke OH up who told me to call hospital. Looking back it was quite funny cos i just kept running out the bathroom for the number for hospital and then running back in cos this clear liquid started gushing out and covering my pad!!!!! Thats when it hit me......it was my waters and she was coming
Hospital wanted me in to take a look at me so by 12am I was being examined. They confirmed my waters had gone but that most likely labour wouldn't start for 24hours as I was only getting light back pain and wasn't even registering properly on there monitor. They wanted to keep me in though cos of my high blood pressure and found protein in my urine.
OH as sent home at 2am and I tried to get some sleep. By 3.30am i had period cramps that were really picking up and felt such a wuss having to ask for pain relief...they told me it was early labour and gave me paracetomal
I was joking that I was a weakling and god help me when the 'proper' contractions started!!!
I was in this small ward struggling with what felt like the worst period cramps ever, and trying not to make a noise. They seemed to get closer & closer and soon there was no let up in between. By 5am I struggled to walk to nurse who advised me to take a bath...so off I went! Bath was ok but after a while I felt heavy in my bottom. Once out I was back on the ward asking for something else. One of the nurses finally took me seriously at 6am and said they'd better have a look (up to this point I hadn't been examined at all!!) To my shock I was 9cm....and i'd got there in record time with no real pain relief
Then it went quick, OH was told to come in and hurry and was wheeled to delivery in massive pain with no real letup in between! OH was fantastic, it all went smoothly (but very painfully) and Maisy was born at 8.12am. What a shock to call our families that day to say she was here
I got home yesterday afternoon and were just getting by on a minimum amount of sleep.....I had NONE tuesday night as was in labour, half and hour or so weds night in hospital due to babies crying all night and my baby being greedy and last night had an hour and a half so were getting there!
She's wonderful but my boobs hurt
Anyway will be back to check in on you all, sorry its been so long