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Where's the One Born Every Minute 07/03 thread?!

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msrisotto · 07/03/2011 21:02

Anyone watching?

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coinoperatedgirl · 07/03/2011 22:04

I'd rather the cs rate be high than the stillbirth rate tbh. Who knows how many of the failure to progress/slight distress cases would go on to be birthed vaginally, successfully. would you risk your baby to find out? Because I certainly wouldn't.

BalloonSlayer · 07/03/2011 22:10

Oh I agree coinop, with my CS I was bloody delighted! DS1 had a great big head that hadn't engaged and I knew that I'd never get it out by myself, but still had to go through 24 hours labour (12 of them on syntocinon) before they decided that the head was still too high and I was only 3cm and I needed a section.

(Epidural didn't help of course but I didn't have Mumsnet then to tell me)

NotaMopsa · 07/03/2011 22:13

Reshape - i am with you. Generally I am in a light state of 'surreal hell' in the half hour-hour post partum. None of this rosy smiling glow for me. Normal is green, shaking, shivering teeth chattering and vomiting Blush Looks fab on the photos!

MilaMae · 07/03/2011 22:14

Re the c/s,the poor miscarriage lady had said she wasn't worried about herself.

When you've had a long arduous road to parenthood you don't give a flying f**k how it comes out just that it comes out alive.Hence the swift move to a c/s.

Don't think natural birth was high on her agenda more finally having a baby safely in her arms.

ReshapeWhileDamp · 07/03/2011 22:19

Mopsa, I didn't have any photos taken until I felt better! Though they're all fatty nekkid ones and as such, did not enjoy a general circulation. Grin

sad, though, the feeling like crap. I have rare;y felt that unwell. Kept on asking my lovely midwife if I was about to faint, or if I was dying. Sad

EssieW · 07/03/2011 22:20

I've never managed skin to skin either for similar reasons to to NotaMopsa - I end up in a shaking wreck on the floor for awhile after giving birth. I regretted it after DS (although he was delivered by forceps in theatre so didn't get much of a chance). DD arrived at home but I still spent the first half hour of her life lying on the floor of the toilet..

ReshapeWhileDamp · 07/03/2011 22:22

I was ok with DS1 actually, but he was induced and I had an epidural. He took a 'normal' length of time too, wheras DS2 was fast and dirty and took about an hour and a half. I think I was in shock as much as anything else.

NotaMopsa · 07/03/2011 22:23

reshape - same here. Keep nearly passing out ! With dc4 dp picked up the cine camera (!) within seconds it focuses in the floor and I am heared retching ! The glamour!

Onetoomanycornettos · 07/03/2011 22:28

Reshape, I had the same experience, too much vomiting and shaking (in shock) after my second to have or want skin to skin whatsoever. They did try putting her on me, but it was right on my Vegas nerve and just started me vomiting again. In the end, I waited til I'd had a nice cup of tea (after an anti-vomiting drug) and let her daddy have the first cuddle for a good 20 min or so til I stopped shaking. We've told her about this, how daddy held her first and so on and made it part of her birth story, I don't personally feel strongly about skin to skin myself, slimy babies aren't for me. Didn't stop me bonding or breastfeeding.

detachandtrustyourself · 07/03/2011 23:27

I didn't like the way the chip eating bloke said his wife is messy. She will have enough to cope with having a new baby, without worrying about him moaning about how untidy the place is. I don't know if he was a bit useless due to nerves, not knowing what to do, but telling her off for crying was horrible.

fruitshootsandheaves · 07/03/2011 23:32

I'm glad they didn't ask me the question about the blood loss. Teaspoon vs Tablespoon, Vs Mug vs bucket, or whatever it was ...no wonder my midwife called an ambulance! brought it all back!

fruitshootsandheaves · 07/03/2011 23:33

(brought the memories back that is not the blood loss!)

Panzee · 08/03/2011 07:03

I'm quite relieved to hear these stories of overrated skin to skin! I couldn't have held my son even if I'd wanted to. I shook for a good hour after my CS. My husband held him while I tried to touch his face and not throw up at the same time. Never affected bonding, breastfeeding or son's blood sugar as far as I can tell.

FourFortyFour · 08/03/2011 08:44

My dh had skin to skin with dd while I was in theatre having the placenta removed. I know he enjoyed it, dd slept so I assume she did too.

chickieno1 · 08/03/2011 22:17

I had an emergency cs for decelerations and all I cared about was getting my little one out safe and sound! My husband did skin to skin but only because I kept shouting at him to do it and a wonderful midwife heard me and got him to take his shirt off! it sounded like they hadn't seen many men do this in theatre :)

I was quite unwell after the cs with low bp, low sats and vomiting so it was a while before I did skin to skin and was totally out of it, so knackered. No problems breast feeding though, still going six months after my september baby Blush

sheeplikessleep · 09/03/2011 19:50

this is a lovely vid ...

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