lol I love you lot!
now little bumpie is eating (again! takes after his dad)
Are you sitting comfortably? So I will begin!
As a caviat you need to know, I am stubborn, had fought with the consultant to have a mlu birth, hate the idea of drugs and wanted to be as active as possible, had added complications of taking happy pills and having a single artery umbilical cord.
2:40am 24th, I wake convinced I am wetting myself but then remember I am pregnant with the bladder the size of a pea, commence frantic run to bathroom visualising baby swimming out!!
Go to dh who is in the spare room and ask him if he fancies a long weekend, I have washed the bathroom floor!!!
start smiling but then have a vice start on my back.
Call labour line and speak to a lovely midwife who points out I may be in labour, get in the bath similar to air raid warning I arrange to go to our local mlu when it opens at 8am or call back if needs be. So 5 hours of back contractions at home, including sending dh to tescos as I hadn't bought nappies (was 38.5, thought by buying them it would put me in labour!!).
8:05am, arrives at the mlu, am examined and 3cm with 3-4 contractions every 10 mins so the admit me and I start a wonderful, tens led labour, getting in the pool at 10ish, in a lot of pain, back to back baby but adamant I didn't want gas and air!!
fast forward to 6pm, 4 midwives later I ask about g&a, may be I'll give it a go! 4cms!
7pm examined - 5 cms so ordered out of the pool, "let's try new positions!!" "remember to breath"!!!!
9pm, examined 6/7cms,
10pm, 5cms, one bottle of gas and air empty, let's think about going to hospital the midwife says. I go historical but agree
11pm, cue blue lights, two old paramedics, me asking about football scores, criticising their driving and dh following in the car.
11:30 arrive in pouring rain at the hospital, lovely midwife leaves in histerics as I utter again that I have an allergy to commitment!!
Epidural offered and dreaded drip inserted. I lie to the doctors saying I have read the info sheet, truth be told, I knew what would be on it and I knew I would say no to it if I had read it!
Clip put on baby's head as my pulse is so high they can't be sure what they are getting is baby's HB.
Decelerations and escelerations in los HB and they examine me - 4cm. I shout literally stop, get it out, I need him to live and don't want an emergency situation. Doctor agrees so we go to have a c section.
thank fuck for that!!!
Zachary is born healthy, happy peeing at 6:28am weighting 6.4 and beautiful!
learning points-
- drugs are amazing, stubbornness causes problems
2.dh deserves a fucking medal, new car, holiday in the sun and an obe
- hospitals are not as scary as I thought but need more ice machines
- my national insurance payments were well worth the 3bottles of gas and air, two epidurals 12professionals in surgery and the bliss of a baby
- I have no shame and the whole world has seen my fanjo and baps!!!!!!!!
And breath!!! 