Overdue

[starlight125]

Any other mums out there who are overdue?

Im 40+4 with my 2nd. Only went 2 days over with my DD. Had loads of twinges and braxton hicks last week which have now settled. Feeling like I just need a moan! lol

[Mumchatting]

Hi ladies congrats to all of you now who had their babies safely! We ended up with crash cesarean on Monday after I got very strong contractions 4-5 min aparts i had placental abruption and crash cesarean followed. Baby is fine now although she spent first 2 days in neonatal unit. I'm still in trauma but happy we both doing good now.
That was my attempted vbac story. Not always goes the way we wish.

[sj257]

Oh mum that must have been scary, take care of yourself congratulations x

[Mumchatting]

Thanks SJ we are recovering well.

[manhowdy]

Congratulations Mumchatting ~ very pleased to read of your safe arrival and that you're well too. Enjoy xx

[Newboots86]

Hello ladies, I'm sorry it has taken me so long to post. mum I'm so sorry to hear that you ended up with a crash section, how scary for you. Sending a huge get well soon to you and your LO. Congratulations to everyone else who's babes have arrived.
Well I ended up going into labour a couple of hours after I posted my first message, you must have been a good luck charm for me! I didn't get my VBAC, instead our little chap arrived on Sunday morning by emergency caesarean due to his head getting stuck in occiput transverse position. Exactly what happened last time. Apparently it is a structural problem with my pelvis that stops baby from turning on the way down so a vaginal birth was never going to happen for me. I'm now glad that one of my birth affirmations was that birth is beautiful no matter how it happens...

[Mumchatting]

Thanks manhowdy and
Newboots congratulations to you! Enjoy your new baby. I'm also after 2 emergency cesareans which means for me that my body is not really meant to give vaginal birth. I tried hard both times but every time I ended up with emergency.
The most important is that our babies are safe here with us.
Speedy recovery to everyone :-)

[Newboots86]

You are so right mum, time to enjoy our little bundles and be thankful

[AButterflyLightsBesideUs]

Lovely to hear of all these babies arriving but I'm so sorry that folk have had scary and difficult times of it. Birth is an amazing thing but god its a big physical deal too.

My boy finally arrived just before midnight on weds after a long latent stage (began Mon morning and contracted regularly and painfully from then til the end) so was pretty knackered. I had two sweeps in those days but by weds 3pm was still only 1cm and thoroughly disheartened and sent home and cried. Then waters went at 6pm, contractions ramped up a gear so we went back to hospital where they assessed me at 8.30pm as 3cm. I was in agony and couldn't believe it (turns out the little bugger turned back to back that day hence the excruciating experience from very early on).
Luckily they weren't busy so we were allowed to stay and I was fobbed off with a bath for two hours as "not in proper labour", by the end of which I was roaring and not coping.
At 10.30pm got in the pool and started the gas and the boy shot out 45 mins later. Early labour my arse.
Unfortunately I have terrible tearing (2nd degree internal tear and labial reconstruction... Yes that is as awful as it sounds but at least he narrowly missed my clit ! ) so am very immobile and in a lot of pain still but hopefully that will start improving soon.

I have a champion feeder this time though which is just fabulous after a real struggle to establish feeding with DD. He's a gorgeous little chunk, 8lb4.

Good luck to any still waiting x

[manhowdy]

Newboots86 great to hear of your safe arrival. At least you now know, if you have any more, that a CS is what you need. Nothing you do can change that. That should take the pressure off massively

AButterflyLightsBesideUs 'not in proper labour'.....yup, exactly what they said to me, also back to back baby. And baby was born a couple of hours after that sentence was uttered! I nearly burst into tears when she told me that. She was a wonderful midwife though and I understand it's impossible to predict how fast things will move.

So sorry to read about your tear and I hope you heal quickly. Fab to read he's a great feeder though. You lose some, and win others. And of course, massive congrats! Xx

[Newboots86]

Ouch Butterfly! Wishing you a speedy recovery and hope you've got plenty of people to pamper you at home.
Thank you for your kind words manhowdy I am much more at ease with how things ended up this time and it is nice to know the reason behind it.
I hope everyone is doing ok and enjoying their little scrumptious babes xx