I had my baby recently and still struggling with my birth and not sure if I am just over reacting. I guess I wondered if people have been through a similar experience and if they forgot about it as many people tell me you do. I am petrified of having any more children in the future.
I had an induction with the Propress pessary and within an hour I was contracting - got Paracetamol and Codiene which didn’t help so pessary taken out and given pethidine due to strong intense contractions. This helped me sleep for a few hours and then the contractions came back. After 7 hrs my waters broke. The midwife said she would come back in half an hour to ‘check ‘ even though they were dripping down when showing her the pad. The contractions were so painful at this point anf agreed for more pethidine which didn’t help and just made me sick . Labour ward was busy and told no other pain relief could be given until I got there ( I had already voiced earlier I wanted epidural due to pain threshold) . This terrified me that I couldn’t have anything else for an unknown time. Was told I was 2-3cm at the point. I was left for a couple more hours on a bay of 6 women writhing in the bed and sweating due to agony of pain. Midwife did not seem to believe how much pain I was in. Only when she saw blood and clots and rechecked me at 8cm that she got me gas and air and rushed me to labour ward. My baby’s Heart rate was distressed and had to have Ventose and episiotomy for a quick delivery. Turns out cord was round neck and head. Thought I was going to die from the pain. Was very sick after and took hrs for anti sickness due to doctors being busy. Did not get much skin to skin initially due to feeling so rough.
spoke to my midwife days after who just said most women have a horrible birth and to focus on the baby at the moment!