I have edited it now so it makes more sense
Hello, i just thought i would post my birth story...
Wednesday evening i was very anxious because of the booked induction 8am Thursday morning. At about 8.30pm i decided to have a bath, it was quite a hot bath. As i got out the bath i had a very prominant 'show.'
I went to bed and 15 minutes after the show i felt a small contraction! I said to dp it could just be the baby pressing against me, i didn't want to get my hopes up because i had had so many "Is the it...?" moments over the last few weeks.
About 9 or 10 minutes later i had another contraction. I layed in bed with my eyes shut and kept an eye on the time incase anymore contractions came. They came every 8 - 9 minutes from then on, not getting closer together but getting stronger. At about 11pm i put my tens machine on. I remember thinking as i had it on A4 setting, i couldn't imagine having on C30
The contractions kept coming every 8 minutes from then on, i kept drifting off to sleep in between, i was very tired. At about 1am i took off the tens machine because it was annoying me in between contactions when i was drifting to sleep. I don't know how but i managed to sleep for an hour Then at about 2am the contactions were getting alot stronger.
At about 3.30am, i woke dp up and said the contractions were strong. Dp rang the unit at 4am to tell them i was in labour and they said to wait until the contractions were about 3 - 4 minutes apart before coming in. They were 7 minutes apart at that point so we stayed put at home and put my tens machine back on.
By 5.30am they were 4 minutes apart and i said to dp i wanted to go to the hospital. He took what felt like an age to get dressed. The car journey wasn't too bad, i just stayed silent and focused on my tens machine.
We arrived at the hospital at 6am. I was 7cm dialated! I thought they were going to say i was 1cm or something. I remember thinking how happy i was that i had got that far on just a tens machine. I was given gas and air but took a couple of gasps and threw up. I hated it this time so didn't have any more.
I led on the bad on my side and it seemed once i was in one position, moving out of it was too painful. I was given half a dose of pethedine, the midwife said i was so close that a full dose would be too much and would make the baby drowsy. I did manage to get up and have a walk around the room though and the midwife wanted me to go to the toilet to empty my bladder. I sat down on the loo and pushed a little because i thought i was going to do a poo but it wasn't a poo, a gush came out and my waters had broken! I think the modwife was relieved they broke on the toilet and not the floor.
I went back into the delivery room and they hired the bed so i could lean over it. By this time my tens was on C30 and the boost button constantly. The midwife said to push whenever i had the urge to and i managed a couple of pushes leaning over the bed.
I led back down on my side on the bed and done a few more pushes. Then i rolled on my back, another push and the head was crowning! I felt like my bits were on fire they were burning so much. I had to do a couple more pushes to get his head out and some little pushes for his body and that was it! At 9.54am Finley was born.
This birth was so different from my dds birth. I cannot believe how different it is being induced and doing it without being induced. With my dd it went from nothing to continous very painful contractions. This time it was nice to get a couple of minutes break in between contractions and they were no where near as strong.
I am happy i didn't need an epidural like i did with my dd and very proud i did it was just on my tens machine and half a dose of pethedine. I had no tearing either! I just feel so lucky that after a traumatic birth with dd, i managed to get a positive birth with my son. He is such a lovely, contanted little baby.