Post by sianyc on Feb 21, 2007 21:47:45 GMT
I'm still not really ready to think about my first birth again becuse I found it a truly terrifying experience. I had flashbacks to the event and it put me off more children to the extent that I sobbed and sobbed when I found out I was pregnant for the second time.
Anyway, I thought you may want to hear a nice birth story so I'm going to share my second birth story with you.
Once I had got over the initial shock of being pregnant I was genuinely pleased. I hadn't wanted Caitlin to be an only child and fate had stepped in and made the decision for me. Work was quite stressful as the local HR department was full of clueless dinosaurs who seemed to think I should be eternally grateful to maybe get back on the course I was in the middle of. Once this was all sorted out I had an uneventful pregnancy with everything being nice and normal and worry free. My only issue with pregnancy being chronic constipation and fat fat fat ankles - grrr
I went into labour very gently on Monday afternoon (17/10/05). My mum came home from work with Caitlin having collected her from nursery for me. I packed Caitlin a bag for a few days stay at my mums in between mild contractions and waited for Gary to come home from work.
Once Gary was home I ran a bath which made the contractions stronger. I rang the hospital who told me to come in when I felt the pain was too much to cope with at home. I am a complete wimp and headed straight there so I could be near the drugs when the pain got bad. They made me walk circuits of the hospital for 2 hours cos I was only 2 centimetres but kept me a room and told me I could go back there whenever I wanted to.
I was determined to stay in control this time as I paniced the first time and freaked out on numerous occasions during the labour.
I watched Corrie and Eastenders and then by the 2nd Corrie I was on gas and air. Vincent was on after that and I can remember asking Gary what was happening and then telling him to shut up cos he was distrcting me from my lovely piped in gas and air.
I had written a birth plan and my midwives kept to it absolutely. They gave me an absolute minimum of internals (3 during 10 hours) and listened to everything I had to say.
At half past midnight I got in the birthing pool. I cannot recommend this more!! Dim lighting and warm water. The midwives were happy to leave me and Gary and most importantly the gas and air and just pop in to check on me. It was the most relaxing birth I can imagine.
When the time came to push, the midwives went with my instincts - again no internal to check - fab. I pushed for 40 minutes without any gas and air cos it was interfering with my concentration. I just bit down on the mouthpiece and held my breath, pushing for all my worth.
I felt no pain when Rhianna came out, just enormous pressure and some stinging. My waters hadn't broken and were bulging out. She was born in her membranes which looked WEIRD. The midwives had to take her out of them.
Afterwards I just felt elated. I'd had the birth I wanted and then managed to breastfeed as well. This was something I didn't manage to do the first time and felt very guilty about. I loved her from first sight - again different form the first time!
That's probably a bit disjointed but I wanted to get it down. It was such a positive experience for me and I actually enjoy thinking about her birth
Anyway, I thought you may want to hear a nice birth story so I'm going to share my second birth story with you.
Once I had got over the initial shock of being pregnant I was genuinely pleased. I hadn't wanted Caitlin to be an only child and fate had stepped in and made the decision for me. Work was quite stressful as the local HR department was full of clueless dinosaurs who seemed to think I should be eternally grateful to maybe get back on the course I was in the middle of. Once this was all sorted out I had an uneventful pregnancy with everything being nice and normal and worry free. My only issue with pregnancy being chronic constipation and fat fat fat ankles - grrr
I went into labour very gently on Monday afternoon (17/10/05). My mum came home from work with Caitlin having collected her from nursery for me. I packed Caitlin a bag for a few days stay at my mums in between mild contractions and waited for Gary to come home from work.
Once Gary was home I ran a bath which made the contractions stronger. I rang the hospital who told me to come in when I felt the pain was too much to cope with at home. I am a complete wimp and headed straight there so I could be near the drugs when the pain got bad. They made me walk circuits of the hospital for 2 hours cos I was only 2 centimetres but kept me a room and told me I could go back there whenever I wanted to.
I was determined to stay in control this time as I paniced the first time and freaked out on numerous occasions during the labour.
I watched Corrie and Eastenders and then by the 2nd Corrie I was on gas and air. Vincent was on after that and I can remember asking Gary what was happening and then telling him to shut up cos he was distrcting me from my lovely piped in gas and air.
I had written a birth plan and my midwives kept to it absolutely. They gave me an absolute minimum of internals (3 during 10 hours) and listened to everything I had to say.
At half past midnight I got in the birthing pool. I cannot recommend this more!! Dim lighting and warm water. The midwives were happy to leave me and Gary and most importantly the gas and air and just pop in to check on me. It was the most relaxing birth I can imagine.
When the time came to push, the midwives went with my instincts - again no internal to check - fab. I pushed for 40 minutes without any gas and air cos it was interfering with my concentration. I just bit down on the mouthpiece and held my breath, pushing for all my worth.
I felt no pain when Rhianna came out, just enormous pressure and some stinging. My waters hadn't broken and were bulging out. She was born in her membranes which looked WEIRD. The midwives had to take her out of them.
Afterwards I just felt elated. I'd had the birth I wanted and then managed to breastfeed as well. This was something I didn't manage to do the first time and felt very guilty about. I loved her from first sight - again different form the first time!
That's probably a bit disjointed but I wanted to get it down. It was such a positive experience for me and I actually enjoy thinking about her birth