@VDM1420 yes I know what you mean I like to have exact dates, times and when and how things are going to happen, another difficulty in pregnancy as that just doesnt happen especially in hospitals lol
@Akasia thanks lovely yes were doing well and at home :)
We got there Wednesday at 4 and this is my first baby, as soon as we got there was put in a side room opposite a room where a lady was giving birth, screaming very loud (as expected) but that alone made my anxiety high! Had the pessary put in at 17.40 doctor said she was just going to put the pessary in, didnt tell me how she was doing it so i thought she was just putting a pessary up there pretty straight forward, but no she had to pull my cervix down to get it near my babys head which was absolutely excruciating and unexpected so instantly i felt things were being done to me that weren't explained properly, after a very long boring 24 hours in hospital and lots of walking ant moving about it hadn't worked, lovely midwife listened to my anxieties and let me have gas and air whilst she checked me took the propess out and put it back in which was much better she was amazing
Checked me 6 hours later and my cervix was soft enough and open to break my waters
They broke my waters, gave me an epidural after that, put me on hormone drip and I went from 2cm dilated to 10cm dilated quite quickly, even though I had an epidural I felt alot of pain, they said it was pressure pain not actual pain but I was in agony
When it came to pushing I pushed for 90 minutes and it was very strange as I was feeling the pain and the urge to push yet when I was pushing I couldn't feel where I was pushing, I struggled to push her naturally due to their being a bump on my birth canal and I couldn't get her over that bump, so I needed forceps to help get her over that bump which was very painful but once she was over the bump forceps came off and I pushed her out, as soon as she was out it was all so worth it
I think the problem with me is that 1st doctor didnt help the situation
I'm a massive wuss and havent got a great pain threshold and havent got any self belief so already had in my head I wouldn't be able to do it
I was abit naive and thought with an epidural I wouldn't feel one thing and itd be like it is on one born every minute when there so chilled they feel nothing and midwife tells them when to push lol but I'd gone completely out of focus was so focused on thinking and saying that I couldn't do it it almost became true
Please dont let me experience scare you as I have heard lots of amazing quick induction stories, every woman is different!
Why are you being induced if you dont mind me asking?
@blackkittykat thanks lovely xx