Lulu - sorry to hear about your Grandma
VS - sorry about your kittens too....
So yeah, as you heard, my waters were broken 'accidentally' on Thursday morning at my 41 week check up! The consultant was about to discuss induction with us and was giving me a sweep - she said I was 3cm dilated so all that really needed to happen was for my waters to break. So I asked if she could not just break them now and she (almost literally)clicked her fingers and said 'oh look, your waters have just broken. Labour ward for you my girl...'
We were sent to labour ward at 10.45 and basically sat for 12 hours until a delivery suite became free (v busy day in Sheff last Thursday apparently). About 11pm they started me on the induction drugs and I managed 4 hours on gas and air (bloody good stuff I have to say) but was in total agony by 3am when they checked me again. I was distraught to find I was only 4 cm to had an epidural. 8 hours later they said I could start to push, which I did for an hour and a half but with no feeling from the boobs down it was bloody hard work. Eventually the MW went to get the registrar to examine me. She took one look and said, this baby is in the wrong position, you need a c-section. 20 minutes later at 14.56 Amelie was out!
So a but traumatic but totally worth it in the end (oh and DH enjoyed the gas and air too - daft chuff)
Discharged last night after 2 days which was brilliant so can't stop from ear to ear.
Oh, and Amelie latched on wihtin 5 minutes of being born and is feeding like a pro. Milk is ocming in so everything seems to be in working order!
Thanks for all the well wishes and sorry this is a long one!