Pippin
Sam and Adélie-Rose's Mum
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Well unlike my labour I shall keep this fairly short and to the point. I hope that someone may learn from my story or at least take satisfaction that it wasn't as long as my labour.
It all started at 2am on my due date, tightenings at 3 minute intervals getting stronger and I thought here we go a nice quick labour, 6 hours tops!!! Oh how wrong was I.....
At 9 am I phoned my Mum and she said talk to L and D. Which I did they said come in. I went in and they hooked me up to the machine, contractions were there but not that strong and I was only 1/2 cm dilated. BP was up so they wanted me in for further tests in 20 minute intervals. Thankfully they went down so I was allowed home to carry on dilating. They said come back when they are 5 minutes apart and I'm doubled over in pain. At that point I could breath through them without too much worry.
So I went home and began the waiting game. I tried to rest but couldn't and hoped that the pain would get worse soon. Well to cut a long story short the pain did get worse, mostly so in my hips. It was agony but the contractions slowed to 7 minutes apart. So I couldn't go in. Over the next 48 hours I kept timing the contractions they would go from 8 minutes to 7 minutes to 6 and occasionally 5 or 4 minutes apart but then they would jump back up to 14 minutes apart. The pain was so bad I phone the L and D suite three or four times but same story. Stay home, take paracetamol and have a warm bath with your tens machine on until they are regular 5 minutes. I did all this but was in tears most of the time. Eventually exactly 48 hours later from when they started I had, had enough. I phoned and insisted that someone looked at me, they said come in. Thank god I did!!!!!
I got to the L and D suite at 2:30 they hooked me up again and saw the contractions were very strong but still irregular. They examined me and found I was 4 cm dilated and in active labour!!!! How long they would have left me I don't know but I'm glad I was strong and insisted I came in. I had a lovely MW that said she would get me the epidural and a room straight away so that women will always be an angel in my heart!!!! Anyway the epidural was lovely and the end result meant I could relax and doze for the first time in 49 hours.
Anyway I rested and was induced to get things moving. The contractions never did get regular but I was able to deliver by KIWI after 50 minutes of pushing. I then delivered the placenta 6 minutes later. I got a second degree tear at the back and stitches at the front as well. I had a lovely doctor sew me up and he's done a good job.
Thankfully I got my own room as I had t leave in the catheter but actually that helped me heal quickly so I have no worries going to the loo now. My hospital was amazing and I can't thank them enough. They have a bad reputation from way back but they really have out done themselves. I live in Middlesex so if you want to know who they are PM me. I will be going back there again for the next one.
I won't lie it was hard work and very painful but it really is worth every bit. The hardest bit was the sleep deprivation over the whole labour starting 2am 23rd August finishing 8:44am 25th August roughly 54 hours or so. My advice if you feel you are ready go in, don't wait for the 'rules' to come true for you, they never did for me.
Right this is all the time little monkey has given me to write so I shall ad pictures later. xxxx We are on
Baby Samuel 8lb 8oz 25th August 2009
It all started at 2am on my due date, tightenings at 3 minute intervals getting stronger and I thought here we go a nice quick labour, 6 hours tops!!! Oh how wrong was I.....
At 9 am I phoned my Mum and she said talk to L and D. Which I did they said come in. I went in and they hooked me up to the machine, contractions were there but not that strong and I was only 1/2 cm dilated. BP was up so they wanted me in for further tests in 20 minute intervals. Thankfully they went down so I was allowed home to carry on dilating. They said come back when they are 5 minutes apart and I'm doubled over in pain. At that point I could breath through them without too much worry.
So I went home and began the waiting game. I tried to rest but couldn't and hoped that the pain would get worse soon. Well to cut a long story short the pain did get worse, mostly so in my hips. It was agony but the contractions slowed to 7 minutes apart. So I couldn't go in. Over the next 48 hours I kept timing the contractions they would go from 8 minutes to 7 minutes to 6 and occasionally 5 or 4 minutes apart but then they would jump back up to 14 minutes apart. The pain was so bad I phone the L and D suite three or four times but same story. Stay home, take paracetamol and have a warm bath with your tens machine on until they are regular 5 minutes. I did all this but was in tears most of the time. Eventually exactly 48 hours later from when they started I had, had enough. I phoned and insisted that someone looked at me, they said come in. Thank god I did!!!!!
I got to the L and D suite at 2:30 they hooked me up again and saw the contractions were very strong but still irregular. They examined me and found I was 4 cm dilated and in active labour!!!! How long they would have left me I don't know but I'm glad I was strong and insisted I came in. I had a lovely MW that said she would get me the epidural and a room straight away so that women will always be an angel in my heart!!!! Anyway the epidural was lovely and the end result meant I could relax and doze for the first time in 49 hours.
Anyway I rested and was induced to get things moving. The contractions never did get regular but I was able to deliver by KIWI after 50 minutes of pushing. I then delivered the placenta 6 minutes later. I got a second degree tear at the back and stitches at the front as well. I had a lovely doctor sew me up and he's done a good job.
Thankfully I got my own room as I had t leave in the catheter but actually that helped me heal quickly so I have no worries going to the loo now. My hospital was amazing and I can't thank them enough. They have a bad reputation from way back but they really have out done themselves. I live in Middlesex so if you want to know who they are PM me. I will be going back there again for the next one.
I won't lie it was hard work and very painful but it really is worth every bit. The hardest bit was the sleep deprivation over the whole labour starting 2am 23rd August finishing 8:44am 25th August roughly 54 hours or so. My advice if you feel you are ready go in, don't wait for the 'rules' to come true for you, they never did for me.
Right this is all the time little monkey has given me to write so I shall ad pictures later. xxxx We are on
Baby Samuel 8lb 8oz 25th August 2009
pica plz
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