@AnxiousLady1 DH got home Wednesday afternoon luckily, after some arguing with work.
@Avocuddles congratulations on the birth of India Mary, she's beautiful!
I've got a story of my own to tell guys! I got home from the labor ward after the assessment at about half 2 and contractions had really ramped up, but I thought I was being a bit daft. I'd been given some paracetamol at half 12 which I promptly threw up, so was managing with my tens machine and hypnobirthing breathing. I tried a bath but couldn't deal with being on my back, so ended up laboring on the loo. At half 4 my waters broke explosively and contractions really changed, I was struggling and pau said to come back in to be reassessed. However I couldn't get off the bathroom floor. At this point I was laboring on my knees using the side of the bath and every time I tried to get up I was floored by another contraction. I was definitely loosing control and rang labor ward back to be told... "You'll have to get up, otherwise how are you going to get here?" All very no nonsense, which I think I needee. I was then given the alternative to call an ambulance. After another 5 minutes of struggling I told DH, who was amazing and calm considering what was going on, that he had to ring me an ambulance... At this stage our whole street must have known I was in labor!!!
Ambulance arrived and I think that they both thought I was a daft first time mum, but at this point I was feeling really pushy. It took a good bit of gas and air to get me down the stairs and into the ambulance and we were off. Ten minutes into the 20 minute journey I announced I needed to push NOW.... They pulled over and after 2 pushes Samuel Ian was born, at 17:40pm, on the roadside while daddy was following us in the car 😂🙈. Luckily we are both really good he's a bit sicky from not getting a good squeeze in the way out (he came all in one push, but of a rude entry to the world and the ambulance team only just caught him!). Amazingly we actually managed quite a lot of our birth plan, labor at home, minimal meds and intervention, skin to skin, even delayed chord clamping! I can't get over how lucky I am to have our gorgeous boy!
We'll definitely have a story to tell on his 18th birthday! Because of the time of evening we've been kept in overnight, but luckily DH was allowed into the hospital and had about 5 hours with us before he had to go home. Honestly as crazy as it was we've been amazingly lucky, as the most of the north east goes back into lockdown today and the hospital are going back to really tight restrictions.
I hope you're all doing well and got more sleep than I have, and I hope I haven't scared anyone! Other than my transition, whee I got a bit out of control it was actually a lovely labor...even the bit where he was born in a layby!... Can't quite believe we're finally here.