Post by loobynalex on Jan 8, 2014 11:39:36 GMT
My first pregnancy and it was brilliant. Plain sailing no sickness carried well apart from my baby boy measuring big!
I had a sweep at 8:30am at 42 weeks and it worked! By 11:00 am i was in labour it was slow irregular contractions and i was calm and kept it together. I pottered about had baths had my partner by my side by 9:00pm the same day id had enough they were minutes aparr and by god they were strong so we went to hospital.
We got there and that walk to delivery seemed a lifetime! And my funny moment was my waters breaking at reception with a pop and gush!
Id requested a water birth with my contractions coming thick and fast i was 5cm and the pool was running i was positive still but jeez i was so warm.
Turns out i was sick i had an inf high temp high bp so water birth went out the window. By midnight i was breathing and pacing though whilst hooked up on everything saline antibiotics bp tablets paracetamol all sorts nothong for the birth.
My heart rate was accelerating with out doing much which was a concern i was almost purple i was that warm and the my baby boy his heartrate started to drop and alarms going off.
I tbh was petrified.
The next few hours were a whirl wind.. i begged for oethadine it helped i was doing so well but by 7am and 9cm he wouldnt budge.
I knew he was big but women can do anything!
At at 7:30 with my head buzzing i was allowed to start pushing it was great i knew by then he would be coming. Still nothing then everything stopped my contractions everything.
At this point i felt a failute id fully dialated i was pushing till 10:20 am and he wasnt moving down?!
Then i really did panic.
We learbed baby had pooped inside which caused the inf and now he had it
I couldnt push him out so they said they woukd try forceps and if that failed an e c sect.
I was in such a daze exhausted i didnt care about me i just wanted my boy to be ok
They took one look at my nether regions in theatre and said no to forceps i was too small to pass a baby?! Well that was a shock
So a c sect was carried out it was all so quick and quiet.
I was given a local anesthetic and i was shaking the whole way through i had to be held to keep still
Then my boy was lifted from me at 9lb 60z!!
Poorly and barely breathing he was taken to the neonatal unit to be treated for the inf and his breathing
I was sewn up and left with my partner and no little boy to coo over
6 hours later i was wheeled to see him :-( he was a funny mixture of cokours blotchy purple yellow and pink tubes and wires everywhere just like mummy
I never knew the risks of meconium poisoning. And its frightening and dangerous.
10 days of constant care my boy and i had and we made it home
We revovered and he is a very vocal smiley 14 week old boy. And i cant imagine life without him even though i came so close to us both not being here.
A very scary first birth for myself but i couldnt be prouder of him
I had a sweep at 8:30am at 42 weeks and it worked! By 11:00 am i was in labour it was slow irregular contractions and i was calm and kept it together. I pottered about had baths had my partner by my side by 9:00pm the same day id had enough they were minutes aparr and by god they were strong so we went to hospital.
We got there and that walk to delivery seemed a lifetime! And my funny moment was my waters breaking at reception with a pop and gush!
Id requested a water birth with my contractions coming thick and fast i was 5cm and the pool was running i was positive still but jeez i was so warm.
Turns out i was sick i had an inf high temp high bp so water birth went out the window. By midnight i was breathing and pacing though whilst hooked up on everything saline antibiotics bp tablets paracetamol all sorts nothong for the birth.
My heart rate was accelerating with out doing much which was a concern i was almost purple i was that warm and the my baby boy his heartrate started to drop and alarms going off.
I tbh was petrified.
The next few hours were a whirl wind.. i begged for oethadine it helped i was doing so well but by 7am and 9cm he wouldnt budge.
I knew he was big but women can do anything!
At at 7:30 with my head buzzing i was allowed to start pushing it was great i knew by then he would be coming. Still nothing then everything stopped my contractions everything.
At this point i felt a failute id fully dialated i was pushing till 10:20 am and he wasnt moving down?!
Then i really did panic.
We learbed baby had pooped inside which caused the inf and now he had it
I couldnt push him out so they said they woukd try forceps and if that failed an e c sect.
I was in such a daze exhausted i didnt care about me i just wanted my boy to be ok
They took one look at my nether regions in theatre and said no to forceps i was too small to pass a baby?! Well that was a shock
So a c sect was carried out it was all so quick and quiet.
I was given a local anesthetic and i was shaking the whole way through i had to be held to keep still
Then my boy was lifted from me at 9lb 60z!!
Poorly and barely breathing he was taken to the neonatal unit to be treated for the inf and his breathing
I was sewn up and left with my partner and no little boy to coo over
6 hours later i was wheeled to see him :-( he was a funny mixture of cokours blotchy purple yellow and pink tubes and wires everywhere just like mummy
I never knew the risks of meconium poisoning. And its frightening and dangerous.
10 days of constant care my boy and i had and we made it home
We revovered and he is a very vocal smiley 14 week old boy. And i cant imagine life without him even though i came so close to us both not being here.
A very scary first birth for myself but i couldnt be prouder of him
