Baby girl arrived this morning at 7:31am by emergency section. Waters broke on Saturday night and I was admitted, assuming I'd go into labour spontaneously within 24 hours.
That didn't happen so they induced on Sunday night by Oxytocin drip. I'd heard so many bad things about induction that I opted for a mobile epidural. The induction was going well and contractions were bearable but I didn't progress at all. Literally not a single cm dilated in 8 hours of labour.
To make matters worse the epidural failed at some point (due to congenital fused vertebra issues that I have) so for the last two hours or so I was in agony but was determined to follow through.
After 8 hours the doctor made the decision to do a section. Luckily baby was happy out the whole labour, not a bother on her.
In theatre they should have been able to use the same cannula for the section anaesthetic bit when they introduced it it did absolutely nothing at all. That's when we discovered that the epidural had failed (there had been clues obviously but as a first timer I really didn't know what to expect).
The anaesthetist then had to put in a spinal block ... which failed first try. There was talk of a general anaesthetic but luckily the second attempt at spinal block was successful and baby was born soon after. She's absolutely incredible, and I'm actually really happy with how the hospital dealt with the situation, even though I had to have an induction in the end.
I'm currently trying to establish breastfeeding and the midwives have been amazingly helpful and supportive. Hopefully baby will have a weigh in tomorrow and we can start to get an idea of how it's going (she did have a very substantial pooey nappy today, so hoping that's a good sign).