Serious worries after my last birth: warning, not a nice story. Very rare labour.

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But, their are no other options at 16days overdue?
I took raspberry leaf tea and evening primrose oil in the last couple of weeks before birth.
However perhaps I am an isolated case as my placenta wouldn't detach and had to be fish hooked out in theatre even after they gave me the injection to eject my placenta.
I weighed 114lbs giving birth, so not a weight issue. I worked 50hour weeks on my feet as a pharmacist so would of drank allot of caffeine as I was tired from work.
I got sweeps and pessaries from 11days over and two sweeps a day until the day before birth.
So what else could I have done? What else could if been done?

My sister had two pitocin drips at 15days over due and they didn't work so she had to have a c section. I really don't understand how you can think it's your own fault sometimes bodies don't cooperate and that's just it. And as we say in pharmacy no drug is risk free.

I unfortunately miscarried last month but I saw my consultant when I was pregnant and they were worried about my placenta not ejecting and I'd haemmorage again I spent 2miserable weeks in hospital stuck in a bed because I couldn't get out of bed because of rectal bruising and I literally could not turn my head because I was so dizzy and breathless it was horrific. And I know I got ratty over your comment it just upset me that you would think that I was doing nothing to help myself.

Yes, unfortunately some babies just don't cooperate and no amount of pineapple, and curry, and raspberry leaf tea, and sex, and sweeps and bouncing on birthing balls will help them hurry along. I had a very healthy, active pregnancy and had my birth plan all written up- all natural in a MLU. Unfortunately baby had other plans so it was induction or c section for me! I had fought with the midwives to let me go longer with monitoring as I was so sure my body would eventually do as it was meant to naturally. As it happens, my LO was born completely overcooked, completely devoid of the cheesy stuff that usually covers newborns and very dry and wrinkly! I felt let down by my own body but also very thankful that I eventually listened to the medical professionals!

 

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Jeez I thought mine was really bad. Now im freaking out. No really though of course your anxious that was a pretty bad one. I persoanlly was induced...was 2 weeks late, but in slow labor the night before induction.....I was moving slowly.I had epidermal but it wore off before I was about to push. Felt it all. I was too small pelvis sis to deliver I guess she was stuck n everything I push she stopped breathing. Sheba purple n not breathing when she came out. After vacuum was used. I am demanding c section since the doctors were supposed to give one but there was no surgeon on duty ( like it was 1920 or something)

Anyways...my point is do what ur guttells you.... also look into the counselling for it. As will I. I cannot go through that again. Neither should you! They are the doctors and they need to be prepared. Good luck hun.