Baby Matilda Rose, born Thursday 21.7.11 at 17:55, 7lb 3oz. 
A case of "so near and yet so far", mainly down to OP positioning.
Last birth (non-OP) was a 26 hour marathon, augmented labour, early epidural ending in ventouse. This time I was hoping for waterbirth with just gas and air but not really believing I had the pain threshold for it, and at all costs, avoiding interventions (especially forceps, after reading too much on here 
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Placenta was anterior and baby had been OP for weeks (believe the two are linked?) Was assured by M/W that 95% of OP babies turn before or during labour.
Awoke 6:30am with painful contractions every 8 mins. Told DH, who asked ?shall I go to work then?? . By 8:30am I was passing out with every contraction and then throwing up when I came round. Put idea of waterbirth on hold at that point! DS, age 5, freaked out and ran to hide in another room; we managed to get another mum to take him to school as I didn't want to be left alone. Rang the hospital for advice. Triage midwife said to come in but suggested the passing out was because I was breathing too fast! I suggested it was the immense pain and my low blood pressure 
Arrived at hospital 10am. Had gas and air and threw up a cup of tea. Examined at 11am and found to be 6cm dilated. Gobsmacked at my hitherto unsuspected capacity for withstanding pain and dilating quickly! Baby still OP but said to be turning and coming down. By 12 was fully dilated just on gas and air. Hurrah! So far so good. Midwives started preparing for delivery. Pushed for an hour, many strange cowlike noises made but to no avail and I just didn't feel things were in the "right place" IYSWIM despite them telling me otherwise. Baby then found to have moved to transverse but still happy in situ.
Cue Registrar recommending Syntocinon to increase contractions and me demanding an epidural despite being fully dilated! Excellent epidural meant I could feel pressure to push but had no pain. However, it produced violent shivering, freaking out husband, but not the staff! After an hour of Syntocinon, did another hour of pushing. Baby went to synclitic (?) and reflex transverse back to direct OP again. Still nothing moving. Baby?s heartrate started to dip. At 16:00 was sent to theatre, signed consent and and prepped for trial of ventouse and, failing that, EMCS. Loads of people in theatre. I kept my eyes closed as I didn?t want to know how much I should have been panicking.
A mighty tug of war commenced between consultant and baby, with me in the middle, pushing for dear life. Still nothing moved until they did an episiotomy. I immediately felt things shift and she was born with one more push. Consultant remarked that it was the nicest forceps delivery he'd ever done. "FORCEPS! No one said anything about forceps!" I remarked accusingly. Cue theatre full of sheepish staff. Then had PPH of 500ml and was stitched back up.
Anyway, she's here now, healthy and gorgeous. I am very sore in the expected places, but will soon mend. Can't quite believe that it could have all been over in an easy 6 hours but ended up a bit of an ordeal for me and baby. Can't believe OP positioning had such an effect on the labour and delivery. Hope this helps if you're looking for info on OP births.