Hi ladies! Thank you all for your lovely comments. I really don't know how I would have got through this without all of your support - you are all stars. And welcome to the new ladies too - healthy and well y'all.
Now, first things first, matters of boobs. I was absolutley petrified of breast feeding and never thought I would do it but Amelie had other ideas - she latched on within 5 minutes of being passed to me,without any encouragement from me at all. Admittedly it is a bit sore now but is starting to ease of and the MW says it will be alot better by next week(but the knives in boob analogy is a brilliant description - sorry to say!).
So yeah, as you heard, my waters were broken 'accidentally' on Thursday morning at my 41 week check up! The consultant was about to discuss induction with us and was giving me a sweep - she said I was 3cm dilated so all that really needed to happen was for my waters to break. So I asked if she could not just break them now and she (almost literally)clicked her fingers and said 'oh look, your waters have just broken. Labour ward for you my girl...'
We were sent to labour ward at 10.45 and basically sat for 12 hours until a delivery suite became free (v busy day in Sheff last Thursday apparently). About 11pm they started me on the induction drugs and I managed 4 hours on gas and air (bloody good stuff I have to say) but was in total agony by 3am when they checked me again. I was distraught to find I was only 4 cm to had an epidural. 8 hours later they said I could start to push, which I did for an hour and a half but with no feeling from the boobs down it was bloody hard work. Eventually the MW went to get the registrar to examine me. She took one look and said, this baby is in the wrong position, you need a c-section. 20 minutes later at 14.56 Amelie was out!
So a but traumatic but totally worth it in the end (oh and DH enjoyed the gas and air too - daft chuff)
Discharged last night after 2 days which was brilliant so can't stop from ear to ear.
Phew - that was a long post!