right quick recap as its the first time i've had chance to post!
Shannon Hope was born at 10.05 on Friday 5th Oct.
thought my waters had trickled in bed at 3.25am on Fri morning and when i went to loo they gushed and i started getting contractions at about 4 so my mum came round, got dd ready for school and got to hospital about 9am with contractions irregular but mainly every 10 mins, got ab's into me for the Streb B then mw wanted to break my waters and examine me at about 4pm, she said i was only 3 cm and tried to break my waters properly (only 1 set had gone before apparantly), but couldn't do it so a senior mw did it and the contractions got worse and i asked for a epidural but mw said i wouldn't be dilated enough, even though i knew i must be to need one that quick, anyway finally got one in, it didn't work, they'd missed bits, but then i was ready to push, was pushing for an hour but she wasn't moving anywhere, at some point they tried to relocate my epidural, but again bits where missed, so they started talking spinals and c sections, but i just kept pushing even when they left the room, she finally moved down a bit more, and doc said she'd try venthouse suction, she pulled, i pushed and thr suction plate came off the head! so she did an episiotomy(sp) and used the forceps and she was finally out, it was such a relief! i had a lot of stitches but felt better than i did even after dd1's birth, where i'd felt terrible and even managed to bf her. we came home on the Sunday after picking dd up.
we're both doing ok although she is having a growth spurt at the moment so is feeding constantly