Post by sifreynir on Sept 14, 2006 10:16:19 GMT
This one despite my abusive circumstances I feel better about...good job really lol
I feel that they got my dates wrong, based on my babies size, but that is a whole other story lol.
I was booked to be induced 11 dates after their EDD. But the saturday morning before I got a show!
I was very chuffed, because this meant that my body was doing it all on its own, where with my first pregnancy i felt I had failed, my body had failed and again nearly killed a child....but now I knew 'I worked!'
So I called the midwife unti told them what had happened. She asked if this was my first and I said no, gave a brief history - induced, pre-eclampsia etc. She told me to make my way down to the labour ward not to hurry but just let them check me over.
I called my partner who rushed home from work. I wasn't getting any pains, just back ache. Arrived and was placed in a room. A midwife came in and I explained what had happened. Told her I had backache but nothing exciting.
She left again, and then asked me to give a urine sample. Which I did...she disappeared again. Came back and told me that I had a UTi and they would probably induce me but it wouldn't be until tomorrow as they were really busy on the ward....then left.
This confused me, why induce me just because of a UTi? But I was so HUGE by that point I was just relieved to be finally seeing my baby. My partner at this point was being his usual annoying self, striding up and down etc.
Finally a midwife came back in and told me I was being taken down now to be induced...oh. I had called the midwives at around 11am...I got up there by 12pm and by 4pm they had me on a drip.
I was workign through the contractions quite well on my own, think I managed 3/4 hour without any pain relief, but when the midwife offered the gas and air...I didn't turn her down. Spent the next hour or so giggling.
This labour was different to my first. I could tell what was happening. I remember getting a HUGE urge to push and couldn't fight it despire requests from my midwife not to. I told her the baby was coming just prior to me pushing.
Aparently tho, whilst baby was ready to go, my cervix wasn't. I was only 7cm dilated. She then found my waters hadn't gone...why she would think they had I don't know, but broke them. I went to 10cm in the space of a few minutes....I recognise this now as transition but I got really confused.
I felt frustrated....didn't see how I could possible put up with this for god knows how long...only 7cms??? No way could I take this...so i asked for the pethidine lol
She told me it was too late and that it was time...but it didn't register, I still thought I was 7 cm's, thought I had ages to go.
It took a while for it to sink in...then they had to prise the gas and air tube out of my teeth!
It took 2.5 hours to get through the first stage of labour, just 12 mins to push my wee girl out into the world.
I remember those first moments. Holding her warm wet body next to mine feeling for the first time a HUGE rush of love and complete amazement at what was in my arms. Then a HUGE panic as I realised this was MY baby and it was MY responsibility and what on earth was it I was supposed to do again???
My placenta came away in tact...YAY and generally everything was normal! I remember too climbing off the bed into the wheelchair and nearly falling over...my 'wee' girl was over 10lbs in weight, i wasn't prepared for the change when I stood up lol!
I got PND after this deliery too...which was more down to my personal circumstances this time than the birth...which despite the inducement, was beautiful.
Hope to add number three soon...am all booked for a homebirth!
I feel that they got my dates wrong, based on my babies size, but that is a whole other story lol.
I was booked to be induced 11 dates after their EDD. But the saturday morning before I got a show!
I was very chuffed, because this meant that my body was doing it all on its own, where with my first pregnancy i felt I had failed, my body had failed and again nearly killed a child....but now I knew 'I worked!'
So I called the midwife unti told them what had happened. She asked if this was my first and I said no, gave a brief history - induced, pre-eclampsia etc. She told me to make my way down to the labour ward not to hurry but just let them check me over.
I called my partner who rushed home from work. I wasn't getting any pains, just back ache. Arrived and was placed in a room. A midwife came in and I explained what had happened. Told her I had backache but nothing exciting.
She left again, and then asked me to give a urine sample. Which I did...she disappeared again. Came back and told me that I had a UTi and they would probably induce me but it wouldn't be until tomorrow as they were really busy on the ward....then left.
This confused me, why induce me just because of a UTi? But I was so HUGE by that point I was just relieved to be finally seeing my baby. My partner at this point was being his usual annoying self, striding up and down etc.
Finally a midwife came back in and told me I was being taken down now to be induced...oh. I had called the midwives at around 11am...I got up there by 12pm and by 4pm they had me on a drip.
I was workign through the contractions quite well on my own, think I managed 3/4 hour without any pain relief, but when the midwife offered the gas and air...I didn't turn her down. Spent the next hour or so giggling.
This labour was different to my first. I could tell what was happening. I remember getting a HUGE urge to push and couldn't fight it despire requests from my midwife not to. I told her the baby was coming just prior to me pushing.
Aparently tho, whilst baby was ready to go, my cervix wasn't. I was only 7cm dilated. She then found my waters hadn't gone...why she would think they had I don't know, but broke them. I went to 10cm in the space of a few minutes....I recognise this now as transition but I got really confused.
I felt frustrated....didn't see how I could possible put up with this for god knows how long...only 7cms??? No way could I take this...so i asked for the pethidine lol
She told me it was too late and that it was time...but it didn't register, I still thought I was 7 cm's, thought I had ages to go.
It took a while for it to sink in...then they had to prise the gas and air tube out of my teeth!
It took 2.5 hours to get through the first stage of labour, just 12 mins to push my wee girl out into the world.
I remember those first moments. Holding her warm wet body next to mine feeling for the first time a HUGE rush of love and complete amazement at what was in my arms. Then a HUGE panic as I realised this was MY baby and it was MY responsibility and what on earth was it I was supposed to do again???
My placenta came away in tact...YAY and generally everything was normal! I remember too climbing off the bed into the wheelchair and nearly falling over...my 'wee' girl was over 10lbs in weight, i wasn't prepared for the change when I stood up lol!
I got PND after this deliery too...which was more down to my personal circumstances this time than the birth...which despite the inducement, was beautiful.
Hope to add number three soon...am all booked for a homebirth!
