Hi edie, hope you are well.
I was booked in for the sat as you know, they inserted the hormone tablet to break my waters that afternoon but it didnt work, i was told id be taken down at 8am sunday for waters to be broken however on sat night they told me there was no beds down in maternity so id have to wait, in the mean time theyd give me another tablet to see if waters broke .. that way the labour ward would have to take me (so really they were under staffed) second tablet didnt work either, got third tablet sunday afternoon about 3pm started to feel very light contractions, i was examined at 5pm and told i could go to labour ward and theyd break my waters.
Broke waters around 6pm ( a wee bit uncomfortable but ok) soon started getting contractions. Dh was called and arrived around 7pm, by 8 contractions were starting to get quite painfull but still kept jumping on b/ball which was a great help until 8.30 when they told me there were signs of baby being stressed, so they would have monitor it and take blood sample from its head.
By 9pm they pain was getting too much asked for pain/rel i was offered epidural or morpine opted for epid, was then told no dr avaialable for that as he was in an emergency section..took morphine which did nothing at all
9.30 told dr had to go to another emergency section and shouldnt be too long...he arrived around 10pm
she arrived at 3.29 but was taken up to intensive care immediatley, we were both worried sick as she hadnt cried but could see she was breathing, got out the labour ward at 7.30...went up to see her, was told shed be in there over night and she was doing well.
Monday woke up around 12noon went up to see her, they said she was fine and could come to ward with me, shes a brilliant baby, just eats sleeps and smiles...never cries...she sleeps 12 till 8am which is brilliant.
Im going to try and post a few pics now, see how i get on