Baby mosschops finally arrives in dramatic style!

[mosschops30]

Im torn between typing a big dramatic birth announcement and just letting you know he's finally here.

As you know i went into hospital last monday, was induced monday eve with no results. Then induced again on wednesday with no result.
After waiting and waiting for a bed so they could do ARM we were finally transferred to delivery suite on thursday afternoon.
ARM was tried by mw, then senior mw and then finally achieved at 4pm by doctor.
Contractions started within an hour or so, and lots of drama ensued - baby's heart rate kept dropping, emergency buzzer was pulled several times and the room filled up with people.
I was dilating well up to 5cm, and then nothing, baby was facing in a funny direction, i was in a lot of pain, and was fairly terrified most of the time.

Not going to go into any more detail but definately feel at some point i will need to talk to someone about it

Noah James was born at 3.22am by emergency section. He weighed 8lbs 6oz, and is perfect

I came home the following day and am still in terrible pain, think it may be an infection in my uterus. Its just good to be home!
DH is being amazing, i am getting great help with bf and am expressing at the moment.

Thanks to everyone who's offered me support over the last few months

Congratulations Mosschops, I'm sorry that you had such a horrible time of it.

Tis me, Pesto, btw!

Mossy...congratulations! Sorry you had such a crappy time.

Oh thank goodness, great news Mosschops, sorry to hear you had such a tough time. Congrats and welcome to Noah- fab name

congratulations ob wee noah.i can recommend debrief after traumatic birth when you feel up to it

but in immediate short term,rest,take care

Congratulations!!!! What a beautiful name.

So sorry it didn't all go as planned. How scary for you . Must be such a relief to have him in your arms now

Congratulations and welcome Noah (love the name)

Hope you get plenty of rest over the next few days - sorry you had a rough time of it.

Glad to hear Noah has arrived safe and sound. Congratulations. Sorry to hear you had such a tough time

Your poor thing that sounds tough. I think I remember from previous posts that an emergency middle of the night section was exactly what you didn't want right? With everything you know from your line of work that must have been very, very scary for you - and for dh. So debrief when you're up to it sounds like a good plan. For now - baby cuddles, maybe some antibiotics and don't stint on the pain relief. Welcome to Noah and a big manly punch on the arm for Mosschops because it wasn't how you wanted it to be but you've done it nevertheless. Congratulations on the birth of your son!

great post northern thanks. Youre right it was scary and im not sure how i'll feel about going back to same place of work after so many colleagues seeing me like that! A change was on the cards anyway!

Will deffo ask mw about debriefing services

Congratulations.

Love the names (my ds1's middle name is James and ds2 is Noah )

oh, mosschops! congratulations.

sorry the birth was difficult.

hope you get some peace with it all and enjoy your lovely new son.

YEAH MOSSCHOPS - well done lovey and enjoy the newbie

Massive congratulations - sorry you had such a horrendous time of it. Hopefully you'll start feeling better soon.

Love the name

Congratulations Mosschops and family.. xxx

Bloody hell woman, you have had a HELL of a time! So, so glad Noah is here safely (fab names, fab weight!)

I had emCS after 2 normal VBs and it hit me like a ton of bricks too. contact me any time to talk about it if you'd like to, as someone who's had a similar experience.

So pleased he's finally here though xxx

Well done, lady.

Sorry you had such a rough time of it but glad you have a beautiful new DS.

Ah, there you are MamaG - made that phone call yet??

Congrats mosschops, so sorry you had a hard time, love the name

hey mamag i was so looking forward to your post youve been a great stalker support over the last couple of months.

am currently beating myself up after yet another failed attempt at bf so could do with some of your kind words and wisdom (there is another thread)

how did you cope with the emcs? i am finding it a struggle and am quite upset about it all at times. i feel like im never going to be the same again at the moment

Well done mosschops. I was thinking of you yesterday when I had no internet., I knew I would miss the announcement.

Welcome Baby Noah. Gorgeous names.

I had a emergency section with ds and never had a debrief about why I had to have it and wasn't told until he was 3 days old that he was okay and only because I said something to the midwife, wouldn't have been told otherwise.

Make sure your infection is sorted out. I had a problem and it was left resulting in future problems. I am sure that isn't the same as for you though and I hope you will be soon better.

Rest as much as you can.

Well done!

Don't feel guilty about feeling bad or having the emcs - that's my first tip. I coped badly, with handsight, I found it so hard to come to terms with. I'm havinga debrief tomorrow actually with the midwife so I'm hoping it will help me "move on"!

I think it's much harder to cope with a CS if:-

1. its an emergency
2. you've had 1 or more VBs previously
3. you weren't expecting it

so you tick all the boxes just like me. We can moan to each other when you're feeling stronger! Know that it is OK to grieve for the birth you didn't get, and don't feel bad that you haven't fallen nto the "you're ok, baby's ok, get over it" camp!

My top BF tip is do nothing except BF

Congratulations Mosschops!!!

Congratulations moss, I think we joined the same TTC thread at the end of last year.

Lovely names and a great weight, well done you