Hi everyone, I have posted before (maybe around 5 times) but have mainly lurked
congratulations to everyone I've loved seeing pictures and reading birth stories!
I was due 18/06 with my 4th baby (6 year gap) and was took in to be induced on the 29th, they put the propess in at 6.30pm, my cervix was still very high up and as its usually a slow process they do your Obs every few hours and leave you to to it.
Around 8ish I started getting Tightenings which is normal for me at that time, and they slowly started getting painful and were really close together but I didn't think for a second anything was happening the midwives had told me that it would be the hormone making things feel more intense.
My partner had gone home at 10pm and I couldn't sleep due to contractions every 2-5 minutes, I was put on the monitor from 12 until 5 as my contractions were so close together but I wasn't dilating (probably would have if I wasn't stuck on the monitor!)so they wanted to keep an eye on baby. I was pretty much left and given co - codomol for pain relief.
At 6 the pain was getting unbearable so i asked the midwife for more pain relief so she ran me a bath and gave me an examination, my cervix was still really high up, after the bath I had a bit of my show, I knew the pains were labour by now but the midwives must have thought I was being a wimp because they were still fobbing me off even though they had seen on the monitor through the night how bad contractions were.
I broke down and started getting really distressed, I wanted my partner and I wanted more pain relief and sleep!
At around 8.15 after change over a nice midwife came and checked me again after seeing how distressed I was and I was 5cm, the propess and my show came out while she was examining me and they rushed me round to labour ward, and I finally got gas and air! after that it progressed so quick! My partner got there just on time at 9am and i started feeling the need to push shortly after, my baby girl was born on 30/06 at 9.32am weighing 9 lb 12 and is absolutely beautiful! She is my partners first baby and is the double of him!
I think I was in shock after as it happened so fast but it was definitely my easiest, no tears or grazes etc. my care on labour ward was fantastic the midwives were brilliant but I felt abit let down and ignored on the induction ward.
I apologise for the grammar and layout I'm still exhausted but I wanted to share my birth story, hope everyone is doing well