Hello again! Sorry for the delay - haven't had a minute yet! Love being a Mommy, just can't believe how scary it is. Love him so much, just want him to be happy & safe all the time - never felt worry like it!
So I went into labour on Sunday night, I had been feeling a bit crampy in the day and then in the evening I had a bloody show. Contractions started off once every hour from around 10pm but I thought they were probably just braxton hicks as it wasn't too painful but by 2am they were more frequent and I was in a lot of pain. Spent the night pacing and had a bath at around 6am, went to the hospital when they were around 5 mins apart. Used the tens machine which seemed to take the edge off a bit but by the time I got to the hospital it wasn't doing much at all.
At the hospital they said I was 4cm and I knew that I wasn't going to get through it without pain relief so skipped the pethidine and went straight for the epi - good job I did as by the time I got it I was 7cm and it took ages to kick in. It didn't work properly either and there was one part of me that it didn't affect at all (despite all the top ups) so I was still in a lot of pain. Apparently I got really mad at the anaesthetist because it wasn't working! haha! My bf said that they couldn't put it where they originally wanted to because I have a tattoo so maybe that it why it didn't work properly? Anyway, after what seemed like an eternity I needed to push and 9 minutes later he was here!! The RLT must have worked as the midwife said that pushing can take two hours for ftm's!
Anyway hope everyone is well, will add some pictures asap!
xx