So my birth wasn't what I was after...we started at home (having planned for hb)and had a nice 24 hours with tens and Bill Bailey DVD's, midwife first visited mon am and said I was no where near (despite cx 4 mins apart) and left us to it.
Drank lots of hot water with honey in. DH fab. 10pm waters broke and so we called mw's again - 2 came out and looked at the waters (more came out when they were there) and they said meconium in water so we had to go to hosp. Was feeling okay about it as was scared, really...so off we went in an ambulance which was horrid as journeys go...DH followed in car with all the gubbins including cd's we had made and we settled intot delivery room.
CX got worse, used gas and air and water kept viciously flooding out making me leap off the bed (I could only do the g+a lying down for some reason - oh I was also on continuous monitor for baby's hb) - 2 pints my arse by the way..
By morning I was 4 coms, at some point they broke a little bubble of water that was in front of baby's head but it didn't help, they then talked about syntocin and said it would make the cx much more painful, so we talked it thru and I agreed to an epidural. Rememeber being really scared I would have a contraction as they tried to put it in...
Lunchtimeish got to 9 and a half cms but a few hours later no further and around 2 they said had to be c section. Had a little weep but was so tired by then didn't mind - the op was hilarious as I was practically hysterical with tiredness and relief and was demanding water to drink all thru; asked the surgical team if they were sure they were qualified as they all looked too young; insisted on my Mozart cd being played...
When I heard her cry me and dh just LOOKED at each other in shock...they showed her to me but I was too tired to focus so had no idea what she looked like!! DH had her in the recovery room and was cuddling her and talking to her when they took me in - which ws gorgeous. I do love him. Rose was born at 3.27pm, and was 7 lb 10oz, dark hair and a dimple. (yeah - just one??)
And since then its been lots of staring at her!
I think I DID get pushed perhaps into more intervention, but I also have to accept the meconium detail and accept that this was not a good thing for baby (hb did slow a lot as well with strong cx) and at the end of the day I didn't want a birth I wanted a baby. I was at Harrogate Hosp and I know they have a high cs rate. But they did talk me thru all of it both at the time and the next day - the doc came to make sure I understood what happened and why, which I was pleased with.