Hi There,
Niamh Moira was born 22.07 on 13/05/06, weighing in at just 8lb 6oz.
I went into hospital on thurs 11/05/06 for prostin Gel with a view to breaking my waters Friday morning as I would then be 13 days late. As I was already having strong contractions 3hrs after the 1st gel they decided to leave the 2nd dose for another fews hours, but eventually by Friday evening, as I had not made any progress and was still only 2cm dilated and her head was still only 3/5 engaged, I had been given the full 3 sets of gel to induce me.
At 9am on Saturday morning I had still failed to progress, and was put on a hormone drip. I thought I was doing quite well with G+A and a birthing ball, until 4pm, when the registrar that examined me told me I was STILL only 3cm dilated and the head was no further engaged.
At which point I cried! 
They upped my dosage of the drip again but had to lower it as Niamh's heart rate began to drop. We perservered until the next exam at 9.15pm, and when I still had made no progress it was decided to proceed to an emergency c-section. Niamh was in a posterior presentation and was obviously not going to make an appearance in the usual fashion.
Everything went so quickly and I was pretty out of it so I don't remember it very clearly, however, needless to say, squidgeydaddy and I are over the moon and happy to be back at home finally.
x