Hi
Im not pregnant with baby2 yet, but want some advice. I had my dd summer 2007, my pregnancy was o.k up until about 33weeks then i got S.P.D where the bones in your pelvis separate, this was very painful, and i was induced at full term, but my birthing experience was awful. The midwives were very non-sympathetic with my condition and some didnt seem to know what it was. I was in labour and doing great with no pain relief for most of the day, then they decided to break my waters and it went downhill from there!!
From then on i was having very strong contractions but they were on top of one another. i had about 7in row before i had about 60secs break and i didnt dilate any further than 3cm. Needless to say I had an epidural, which also went wrong the first time!The midwife pulled my legs apart during a contraction to put my catheter in, it wasnt until my partner reminded her of my SPD that she was a little gentler with me!At last i was pain free but exhausted from a whole night and day in labour!
This is when my dd went into distress, but due to the midwife putting the monitor in the wrong place the doctor had no idea why, and by the time they found out her heart rate dropped very low and didnt return to normal....so i was rushed down for an e/c.section.
I was told i would be able to have a spinal block for the op, but once we were down there they told me they would just top up my epidural and this is just as effective. Well it wasn't!!! They started the surgery and i was immediatly unconfortable, until they opened my uterus, and i felt EVERYTHING my partner was rushed out of the room, and i was held down until they got my daughter out! Then i was put under a general anesthetic immediatly, so never got to see my daughter until the next day when i came round! It was the most painful and horrendous experience of my life, but to make it worse, i was discharged from hospital the next day, just 36hours after my surgery, with a blood count of 7, I was severly anemic and needed a blood transfusion but was told i could go home and take tablets if i wanted! Who wouldnt choose that option given that information! I wish i hadnt, i was sooo poorly for months and months and also suffered Post Traumatic Stress afterwards which also took a lot to deal with! I never want to feel like i did again.
But recently ive been watching my daughter thinking that i cant leave her as an only child and i never wanted just one child! But i dont know if i could deal with feeling the same after, if i did get it again. and also wether to book in for a c.section so it is controlled and not an emergency and just hope the drugs work on me next time as ive never heard of what happened to me and can find hardly any research on internet of other people where the anesthetic hasnt worked in surgery, or to try for VBAC which is what i would prefer to do? HELP ME please.....
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How should I have baby two after traumatic emergency c.section first birth...Help me please
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oneyummymummy · 09/12/2008 15:47
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