One Born Every Minute 24/1

[juneybean]

Here we are then

Aww bless her.

Aww I really heart him now and take back what I said :(

bpool lady had episiotomy and vntouse last time

episiotomy and ventouse I think.

'I am wondering what happened to her last time. Sounds like it left its mark'

She felt like she wasn't treated well in her last birth. She was sent home and sent home and she didn't want to be.

I'm really glad she has two such supportive partners to speak up for her and fight her corner.

oh poor thing.

Oh shit, my first baby is due in May - I hate watching them do the internal!!! Ooohhhh! The thought of that is even worse than pushing the baby out!

good reason not to have VE

That horrible feeling of realising you're not as far along as you thought you were and feeling like you can't go on anymore ... I know it well!

I think she had a ventouse, and I can sort of relate, because I nearly had one with DS and there were all these people in the room, and I hadn't got a clue what was going on. It was quite unsettling.

I can understand why she would want to avoid that in subsequent pregnancies.

DD didn't cry at all but she was delivered straight to me (I was on my side, home birth) and I could see that she was breathing and blinking. It was magical- no crying isn't always bad. (her first cry was at about five hours old!)

oh dear, only 4cm but partner being great

My internals were all fine, honestly. Not pleasant but OK.

What lovely supportive birth partners. And YES "failure is not a word to be used with childbirth" Well said!

Have they sent her home at 4cm? I thought that was established labour?

Thank you - I keep getting called away to soothe DD.

Poor thing. I got sent home twice with DS and because we didn't want to get sent home AGAIN, we stayed home too long and I ended up so exhausted that despite getting to 8.5 cm on my own at home, I ended up with an EMCS.

I didn't think they'd send you home at 4cm!

I hate to say it, but I think this lady Donna would have done better with a homebirth so a midwife could stay with her.

She has confidence issues.

They sent her home at 4cm with contractions? I guess things have changed.

I thought 4cm meant that you were in established labour???

I don't think internals were that bad compared to contractions! (although not exactly pleasant!)

she's going home in her dressing gown?

I was 4cm when I arrived at hospital with dd2 and she was born 3 hours later!

4cm with a second baby, too.

Shocking 4cm, second baby and sent home!