Ok birth story!
Monday evening I was feeling a bit unsettled, had had some bh that were quite strong. Due to the placenta previa I was supposed to get checked out, so we went in. I was feeling like an over anxious idiot though. Triage was short staffed so they sent us up to the special delivery ward (making me feel even more like a fraud.
They hooked me up to a ctg which showed that some of the bh were reaching a srength of 100 - but still not really painful. Then they scanned and examined me and decided that although my cervix wasn't open it was shorter than the week before. They found a room for me and mrb went off to get the bag from the car. Whilst he was gone they gave me an injection to try to stop the bh, at which point I started to bleed. Possibly a bit more than earlier bleeds but not massive amounts.
But this was enough for them to tell us to prepare for an EMCS possibly within an hour. As the bleeding had stopped they decided it wasn't quite so urgent but put me as nil by mouth and sent me to get showered in disinfectant. They stuck a drip in me and said we should try to rest, though they may come and get me in the middle of the night!
We managed some sleep with no interruptions. I think i had another ctg in the morning and then about 9:30 they said we would be going up to the operating theatre very soon. The drs came in to say hello first, one of them we had met on an earlier stay!
We went up to theatre, which I was very surprised to find had windows! Everyone introduced themselves whilst they asked me loads of questions. Then they stuck the needle in my spine. Eventually they were happy and they started. At 10.46 she was born. I gave her a kiss before she was taken behind my head for weighing etc - mrb was with her. We both shed a tear or 2.
Then they bought her back for some skin to skin - and to show me she was a girl.