Can I start by saying hello as I haven't used this forum before.
Something has been bothering me for quite a while now and I want to say from the outset that I am not slating the NHS and I am very happy that the end result of my pregnancy/labour was a healthy happy baby. There was nothing terrifying about my birth experience and I was well cared for.
However, I am not happy with the circumstances surrounding my unplanned (did not even feel like an emergency) c-section. It was also nearly 4 years ago.
I went the full 2 weeks over my due date and didn't have an appointment in the last two weeks until the day before they sent me in for induction. The maternity unit were not happy about this as I was there when the call was made. I had absolutely no sign the baby was coming (but I do ovulate on day 19 and know that conception was a week after the "normal" 12 days). Out of sheer ignorance I refused the cervical sweep the day before induction as I thought the drugs would just move everything along. Lol.
I am sure you don't want to know everything so I will try and be brief. I had the full lot of pressaries and only really had mild labour pains. Got sent down to delivery where they broke my waters (7.30pm) left me for a short time then hooked me up to pitocin. Only pain relief was Diamorphine. For a good while my contractions were not strong enough and they kept upping the dose.
It was between 9-930am the next day when they decided I was to have a section. I had gotten to 8cm and was ready to push, they told me not to and left for a good 15mins to deliberate.
This is the part I am not happy with. The baby was fine, and had been throughout. I was ready to push and wasn't tired (in fact I was geed up and ready to go). Then about 5 people came in the room telling me I was having a c section and the only reason they gave was "my labour had not progressed and they could not give me anything else."
I feel I was pushed into it far too soon.
I am really looking for opinions on this, if you want anymore info just ask.
Having been through it there are a number of things I would be pushing for to have been done differently.
Thanks for reading.
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C Section after failed induction
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numberjack99 · 22/01/2015 18:43
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