Hi girls,
This is a very very long thread, so feel free to skip it!
Here is my full labour story, I didn't wanted to tell it on the AN thread in order not to make them panic
Went to the ward at 8am on Wednesday, as ward was busy I was put under monitor to check on LO. At 2pm, I was given the 1st pessary and walked along the corridors of the ward for most of the afternoon. Was given the 2nd pessary at 8pm and 45mn later, my waters went and I started to have contractions (mostly on the lower back). So I asked for the Tens.
At 1am on Thursday, I was transfered into the labour room where I was given some diamorphine in order to help me sleep / relax.
At 6am, I was put under 2 drips because of my diabetes. I went on gas & air at that point.
At 10am, I was only 3cm dilated so they decided to put me under another drip to accelerate the contractions, so I asked for an epidural as all the others painkillers were just making the pains less strong but they were still painful. Once the epidural kicked in, it was a bliss!
Contractions were on a completely irregular pattern and the mw had to increase the drip twice in order to keep them going.
At 7pm I was 8cm dilated so they told my DH to go home and have some sleep. A bit later, I told the mw that I thought the head had drop, after a check I was found to be fully dilated but they were not able to decide in which position his head was.
So they called my DH back and the obstetrician to come and have a 'look' at me.
When DH walked into the room, I was pushing! 5 mn later the obstetrician arrived, examined me and told me to stop pushing as the baby's head was not position properly and therefore I'll need an emergency cs.
At that point, both the baby and I were started to be in distress (my BP was high up, I had temperature and baby heart bit was sky high!)
So they brought me down to theatre, increased the epidural, DH got changed and Samuel was born at 11.41pm on Thursday!
Labour officially lasted 22.15 hours
Unfortunately, he had breathing difficulties as he was very mucussy (sp) so he was brought to intensive care where they discovered that he had an infection so he was put under a drip of antibiotics.
It was quite an upsetting time as I didn't really see him after the birth, only my DH did and hold him in his arm. luckily, the mw realized it was upsetting me and by 5am on the night, she asked the ICU nurse if I could have him for a bit, so they brought him for 1 hour, I was soo pleased and relieved.
Samuel left ICU on Friday by 2pm and still had to be checked for his blood sugar and received his antibiotic.
We finally left the hospital the following Wednesday, once al the treatment was over (his and mine as I developed a mild infection at the level of the cs scar!).
Now we are settled down, feeding goes well (he is bottlefed) every 3 to 4 hours and he takes 100ml each time.
Sam also received a one shot of vit K.
Sorry for the long post, but it is good to be able to put the story 'down on paper'.
Hope you are all doing well and that BF is starting to work fine.