ok girls my birth story
induced at 10.am tuesday using prostin my cervix was high and not at all ready
niggly by 12pm period pains cramps style,actual contractions by 4pm quite strong enough for me to have to walk walk lean over and breathe
supposed to have assesment at 5.10pm but all went wrong on delivery ward and never got down there till 8.30pm by then i was 3cm dilated and having to use a bit of gas and air
baby showing signs of distress on monitor with heart rate dipping so i had to have continuous monitoring then which was not nice i wasnt active at all and strong contractions
after nearly 3 hours of this they gave me an epidural then broke my waters by 12 midnight
all contractions then stopped baby still in distress no dilation either they waited till 4am for doctor to assess
4am put on drip to speed things up
put on insulin drip as blood sugars very low
put on saline drip as BP dropped to 90/47
now on 4 different drips
5am major pains epidural only worked on one side
now 4cm dilated
7.30 am 5 cm dilated baby not happy and calling reg in as they want to discuss how to do this now im in immense pain and dropping in and out of consiousness
speeded drip up to max they could and by 9.15 was fully dilated
9.30 baby,s heart rate kept stopping and starting he needed to be out asap i was not aware of nothing by this time
they put my legs in stirrups got the reg got the ventouse she was sat there ready to cut and i had this massive urge to push
everyone was shouting at me to push now they brought recuss equip in for sam he was out in 4 pushes by me
he was blue and not breathing they put him on the machine and he soon came round and was breathing unaided they cut his cord and he screamed
i was kinda holing my breath by this time no one spoke it was weird
then i just cried along with my dh relief is such a silly and not right word for this emotion i felt
BUT he here we are home and all is ok
yes he does have problems and a fused skull but to me he is lovely and my precious son
im shattered still in nightie right now
but each labour is different isnt it my 7th baby and they though i was going to pop him out no probs like shelling peas
i wanted an active birth and ended up having full intervention
but at the end of the day we can only do our best and the result is was want happy healthy babies so if intervention was needed so be it
i so hope i havnt wrote a scary story for you first timers here just tried to be accurate and honest no point me writing a pack of lies is it
he is a very sicky baby cant really bf him as hes quite weak and will not suck so expressing and keep trying him he has a go then i have to top up
hes a bit jaundiced today so i have him by the window in his crib
i had forgot how much having a baby takes it out of you im so weak still but i taking it easy not gonna rush things and trying to aviod the baby blues in a few days time
hope you guys are ok and well and have those babies soon im going to be on here to see what you are all up to
just remember i knew my baby was going to have a problem so i was fore warned and prepared this is just my story all my other births were good and actually enjoyable experiences,