lol - crikey. We could be here a while!!
Here goes...
11 days overdue, I have my induction appt at midday which I drove myself too - they monitered Ellie and weren't happy as she wasn't moving much so they did a stretch and sweep and booked me in for an induction for 8:30 the next morning.
I got home and was a bit uncomfortable - had some bad BH's but nothing too concerning.
At about 4pm I was really uncomfortable and couldn't sit down, but didn't think anything of it and just walked in circles in the living room whilst watching TV!
At about 9pm I was a bit p****ed off so ran my OH, but apparently he was out bowling with his friends!! I had a shower and then tried to get some sleep.
About an hour later I ran the hospital as I couldn't actually sit or lay down, I was just walking round and round in circles and was getting tired and umcomfortable. The MW's said to have a bath and take some paracetomol as sometime a stretch and sweep can make you a bit uncomfortable
I finally managed to get hold of DH at about 2am as I was still pacing around our bed and he told me to ring the hospital again. I didn't want to as the MW had been a bit rude to me, but eventually did. Thankfully it was a different lady and she told me to come in.
At 3:15am(!) I rang my boss (of all people!) and he drove me to the hosp.
I was examined but was marginally dilated and cervis has still very high, so they sent me to the ward with a couple of paracetomol.
Contractions got worse and worse with no effect on my cervix
There were 2 more ppl in the ward being induced and I was sick in front of both on seperate occasions!
Eventually at 4pm a male asian dr examined me and said I was 5cms and could go to the delivery ward (
) was sooo happy!!
Pretty much immediately got naked and got on the birthing ball - thankfully had a student midwife there who was happy to rub my back and take me to the loo etc!!
Got to about 8:30 pm and wasn't dilating as much as they wanted so they broke my waters - the contractions immediately got alot stronger and closer together - on several occasions I had 3 in a row
Started pushing at about 10pm - wanted to be on all fours but after hours bouncing on a birthing ball and previous hours walking round and round, I was knackered so was half sitting / half lying down.
Was pushing away, when a new MW examing me and discovered I had a lip on my cervix. She didn't want me to push as it would make my cervix swell. I was shouting at her that I couldn't stop pushing, so she said if I didn't stop pushing then they would give me an epidural to make me stop. I freaked out and another MW (There were 3 down there by then!!) said she would try and push it out of the way, which thankfully worked.
At 10:42pm Eloise was born weighing 8lb14.5oz. I had bilateral labial tears and needed stitches but other than that was ok so got my mum to drop my car off at the hospital and I drove myself home the next day!!
Hubby got home from the Falklands when Ellie was 4 weeks old!
phew.... well done if you got through all that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i got carried away!
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