Hi all, finally I can say I'm a mother!! Phoebe was born on the 5th March, 5 days late, by emergency c section, after a failed induction.
I won't lie to you! It was bloody horrific! But she's worth it! Here's what happened:
went for what i thought was a chat with a consultant on the Monday, as Phoebe had shown as a big baby and they were concerned that she was bigger than my dates etc. She gave me a sweep there and then, which was so agonising i was writhing up the bed and almost crying, and there and then, my waters broke. They sent us home, saying that i may go into labour naturally overnight. Well, after much tossing and turning, nothing happened! The following morning we had to return to the hospital, and at 8am i was given Prostin etc, waited the 6 hours, and again, nothing happened, so had to repeat this process. Both internals were agonising i might add! Finally then, after my husband had gone home, at 4 in the morning, i felt as if the contractions were starting, and so had a nice warm bath and they gave me paracetamol! Paracetamol!! That doesnt even get rid of my headaches!!
Anyway, the pains were quite bearable, so when the docs came round again in the morning, they examined me once again and said that nothing had happened, and to go to the delivery suite to be started on the drip. Midwife broke my hind waters (what a mess!!) and then i was hooked up to the drip. Well, i had every pain relief available!! Started with gas and air, went a few hours, then had pethidine, few hours went by again, and then had epidural, plus top up a few hours later! After much poking and prodding around down there, 17 hours later, they said that i was still only 5cm, and that nothing was progressing, I was so hanging at this point, they decided to operate as the baby's heartbeat was dropping with each contraction with the drip at its maximum effect. So, I had the c section, which was wonderful compared to what i had imagined, and out came Phoebe at 9lb 7oz!! The cord was around her neck and her head coming in the wrong position too, so there was no way she was coming out down there!
She's now blissfully sleeping in her moses basket, and i am recovering, just have a bad back and severe constipation!! Apart from that, everything is amazing!