Pinkcasi
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Birth story, written over 3 days
So I got the call at about 9.10 that my bed was ready and I could go in, so we gathered ourselves we weren't expecting to be called so early my oh was still in bed our lift (mil) wasn't there yet but thankfully arrived only 5 minutes later, we had a coffee and set off. Got to the hospital and was put in a room with one other lady also being induced, we had our curtains drawn tho so no conversation, they strapped me up to the heart monitor just to check she's alright before they start, went through what is going to happen, course I'm getting more and more nervous, it could well be a very long day.
The nurses came and put the pessarys in at about 12 noon they said I was only 1cm dilated but quite thinned out they did a sweep also, now we just wait and see if anything happens over the next 24 hours.
I was having pain and tightenings but not enough to constitute 'established' labour so my oh had to go home at 8pm I then watched some tv and tried to sleep, I woke at about 1 and again at 2 when the midwife came and did my obs and gave me some pain killers my hips were killing at this point, I was still getting the mild contractions but I tried to go back to sleep.
A new day, I woke at 1am, 2am and pretty much every hour after that with sore hips a bathroom trip and mild contractions, at about 7 I got up and went fir breakfast, cereal or cold toast hmm lovely, my oh got here at 10 and i was still getting the contractions but not regularly, at 12 noon, 24 hours after the first pessarys went in I was checked still only 1cm dilated! But the mw said my cervix was almost completely thinned out so she popped in the 2nd pessary and I sat on the monitor for an hour then at 6pm the dr will check me and we'll see what's going on, come on Stella hurry and meet mummy!!
Thurs night and I'm still here and still without baby girl, I've been having contractions for hours now I'm just waiting for them to become regular, also still waiting for the dr to come check me, it's now 9pm and my oh has had to go home again, i don't know if ill make it to morning, we'll see.
The dr came to see me and said I was 2-3 cm and ready to go! Woot, she said they would take me to have my waters broken but as they're so busy on maternity that I'd have to wait till morning, after the exam I had a bleed like a lot of blood and a big clot in the toilet I told a nurse but no one seemed bothered so I tried to get done sleep.
Fri morning, woke up at 7 (not counting the earlier wake ups for pee trips) got out of bed and could feel liquid trickling out if me, I thought I was just 'super desperate' for the toilet but then I thought maybe it's my waters, I put a pad in and it kept trickling, I mentioned it to the mw she checked and yup it was my waters tho she said to still wait till I go up to maternity, I'm not having very strong contractions so just trying to snooze a bit, my oh is bringing in clean pyjama bottoms for me.
Went to the labour ward at 4ish got examined my forewaters were still in tact so the mw popped them, I was very constipated and she seemed to think this may have stopped labour progressing so she gave me a couple of suppositories that quickly did the job, I was only 1cm despite the dr the night before telling me I was 2-3 so she started me on the hormone drip, the contractions were almost unbearable so she gave me some pethidine, I was so out of it, it made me high as a kite! Then all of a sudden I needed to push and when people have said this before you think it's a choice but your body just pushes you can't do anything it's so weird, there was a bit of pushing and then she was here, straight onto my chest as planned my beautiful gorgeous girl.
The midwifes couldn't believe how fast she came, I had no time for an epidural or even my tens machine!
The midwives did a shift change at 7.30 Stella arrived at 7.40 the midwife that I started with came back in as she hadn't left yet she couldn't believe it.
So I got the call at about 9.10 that my bed was ready and I could go in, so we gathered ourselves we weren't expecting to be called so early my oh was still in bed our lift (mil) wasn't there yet but thankfully arrived only 5 minutes later, we had a coffee and set off. Got to the hospital and was put in a room with one other lady also being induced, we had our curtains drawn tho so no conversation, they strapped me up to the heart monitor just to check she's alright before they start, went through what is going to happen, course I'm getting more and more nervous, it could well be a very long day.
The nurses came and put the pessarys in at about 12 noon they said I was only 1cm dilated but quite thinned out they did a sweep also, now we just wait and see if anything happens over the next 24 hours.
I was having pain and tightenings but not enough to constitute 'established' labour so my oh had to go home at 8pm I then watched some tv and tried to sleep, I woke at about 1 and again at 2 when the midwife came and did my obs and gave me some pain killers my hips were killing at this point, I was still getting the mild contractions but I tried to go back to sleep.
A new day, I woke at 1am, 2am and pretty much every hour after that with sore hips a bathroom trip and mild contractions, at about 7 I got up and went fir breakfast, cereal or cold toast hmm lovely, my oh got here at 10 and i was still getting the contractions but not regularly, at 12 noon, 24 hours after the first pessarys went in I was checked still only 1cm dilated! But the mw said my cervix was almost completely thinned out so she popped in the 2nd pessary and I sat on the monitor for an hour then at 6pm the dr will check me and we'll see what's going on, come on Stella hurry and meet mummy!!
Thurs night and I'm still here and still without baby girl, I've been having contractions for hours now I'm just waiting for them to become regular, also still waiting for the dr to come check me, it's now 9pm and my oh has had to go home again, i don't know if ill make it to morning, we'll see.
The dr came to see me and said I was 2-3 cm and ready to go! Woot, she said they would take me to have my waters broken but as they're so busy on maternity that I'd have to wait till morning, after the exam I had a bleed like a lot of blood and a big clot in the toilet I told a nurse but no one seemed bothered so I tried to get done sleep.
Fri morning, woke up at 7 (not counting the earlier wake ups for pee trips) got out of bed and could feel liquid trickling out if me, I thought I was just 'super desperate' for the toilet but then I thought maybe it's my waters, I put a pad in and it kept trickling, I mentioned it to the mw she checked and yup it was my waters tho she said to still wait till I go up to maternity, I'm not having very strong contractions so just trying to snooze a bit, my oh is bringing in clean pyjama bottoms for me.
Went to the labour ward at 4ish got examined my forewaters were still in tact so the mw popped them, I was very constipated and she seemed to think this may have stopped labour progressing so she gave me a couple of suppositories that quickly did the job, I was only 1cm despite the dr the night before telling me I was 2-3 so she started me on the hormone drip, the contractions were almost unbearable so she gave me some pethidine, I was so out of it, it made me high as a kite! Then all of a sudden I needed to push and when people have said this before you think it's a choice but your body just pushes you can't do anything it's so weird, there was a bit of pushing and then she was here, straight onto my chest as planned my beautiful gorgeous girl.
The midwifes couldn't believe how fast she came, I had no time for an epidural or even my tens machine!
The midwives did a shift change at 7.30 Stella arrived at 7.40 the midwife that I started with came back in as she hadn't left yet she couldn't believe it.
