Hi Ladies.
Well....little baby Jack is a week old now!! I can't believe it....its gone so fast but it feels like he has been here forever.
Well....as promised....birth story
I went into labour at 11:30pm on 10th July. It was as soon as I got in bed. I got these period pains. Then 1 min later they went off. Then 10 mins later back again. I was just sat in bed watching TV with DH.
I didn't mention to him about the pains as I wasn't sure what it was. We turned the TV off at 12:30 and he went off to sleep straight away but I couldn't as the pains kept waking me up. They were various times apart between 5 and 8 mins.
At 2:30am I got up and went down stairs to try and watch tv. Pains were getting stronger. At 3:30am I went and woke DH up as I was a bit scared sat on my own downstairs.
I had been timing them on my phone and they were averaging 6 minutes apart. DH phoned the labour ward about 4am just to let them know I was having contractions. They said stay at home as long as I could cope with the pain.
I had a bath....this didn't really help as I couldn't get comfy at all.
At 5:30am we went up to the hospital as i was starting to feel sick because of the pain.
We were put in an early labour room and a student midwife sat with me for 10 mins to feel my contractions and time them. About 6:30am she came back with another midwife who said '2 contractions in 10 minutes is not enough'. I was thinking then that they were going to send me home again! But just then I got another one and she felt it and though it was actually quite strong so they decided to examine me.
I agreed to let the student midwife have a go and then the normal midwife would check. It was so uncomfortable and the student midwife couldnt find my cervix! I was just thinking oh god maybe I'm not even 1cm!!
So the midwife checked after (I swear to god she put her whole arm up there) OH MY GOD it hurt. She then said I was fully effaced and 4cm which is why the student couldn't feel anything. She also gave me a sweep.
They agreed to let me stay. I wanted a water birth so they asked if I wanted to go to the pool yet and I wasnt. They they came to monitor baby every 15 mins.
Babys heart rate was measuring too high 180bpm. So they were a little worried. I got hooked up to the monitors for an hour. This was awful. I was so uncomfortable with awful back back sat on the bed. Babys heart rate wouldn't come down. They they got me to move onto my knees and lean over the back of the bed. This was a bit more comfortable for me. They then said that because I was stressed out then baby was. Managed to get his heart rate down to 160 now I was more comfortable.
By this time I was on gas and air as the contractions were so much stronger. I got them to run the pool. I think it was about 10am when I got to the pool room. Really lost track of time. I had no idea and didn't care.
I got undressed to get in the pool (My plug had then come away). I was so much more comfortable in the pool. The back ache just dissapeared!!
My DH was holding the gas and air for me. Contractions were really strong and painful. I'm not sure how long i was pushing for but it was maybe 30-45mins. The gas and air ran out!!! I pushed him out on nothing! I have never felt so much pain!! But once he was out the pain was gone and I had my gorgeous boy.
I had to have a couple of stitches but nothing major. Still sore a week later but definitely on the mend!
Will update again later....baby nappies call....hehe.
Nic xx
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