victoriaaa0
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I went into labour with Rio at 39 weeks, so when that came and went this time around I kind of gave up with all the 'wives tales', and got prepared to either be overdue or induced. I'd been told at my last app that he was 'bigger' than Rio and my bump measurement was literally off our chart. An 8lb baby was mentioned and I literally thought.."thats why i'm having false starts..he cant come down..im too small!"
On the 2nd I had intense groin pain, that gradually radiated up into my bottom bump and then upwards like a constant contraction. I had a bath but it was still there, along with Braxton hicks every so often. As I was told to watch out for "constant pain", I rang triage and went in to get checked. Little One was back to back (which is what Rio was but instead of the constant back pain I was getting a constant bump pain). I was given a sweep which took me from 2cm to 2-3. The pains gradually got abit nippy throughout the day and I went on all fours to try and rotate my hips to encourage him to turn.
At 7:45pm I sat back from all fours to watch abit of corrie and got a contraction that lasted about 2 minutes, I was just thinking "gosh this ones going on for ages" when I felt something and then there was 'a flood'. I went to be checked out but went back home to try and snooze in between pains. No luck. I was talking to myself "in my head" to get me through the back pains until it got to about 2:30 and I got pressure with every pain. Well...anyone who has read Rio's birth story will know that I got this urge to push in bed with Rio too and hardly made it to the hospital in time. So off we went.
I was only 5cm and was given gas and air to help resist the urge to push for a while..she said "there will come a point when you cant resist anymore, then go with it". That came two contractions later so she took the gas & air off me, pulled my nighty high enough for skin to skin and said "lets meet your baby"..pushing was a lot more controlled this time so I didn't tear but it was still fairly fast at 17 minutes..the longest part was after the head was out..the last contraction seemed to take so long and Craig passed the time by telling me how much hair he had
With the next push Niall was born, sideways..not quite back to back but not quite the usual way haha. Craig cut the cord again. And Niall latched for the first time
It was great to be able to go straight home too. It was the first time that id ever left Rio overnight, and I couldn't wait for him to meet his brother! Their births were so alike, with the back to back labour and urge to push in bed its scary!
Baby Niall - 03/07/2014 - 3:47am - 7lb6 - 54 1/2cm
So a 'bigger baby' but more so in length!
On the 2nd I had intense groin pain, that gradually radiated up into my bottom bump and then upwards like a constant contraction. I had a bath but it was still there, along with Braxton hicks every so often. As I was told to watch out for "constant pain", I rang triage and went in to get checked. Little One was back to back (which is what Rio was but instead of the constant back pain I was getting a constant bump pain). I was given a sweep which took me from 2cm to 2-3. The pains gradually got abit nippy throughout the day and I went on all fours to try and rotate my hips to encourage him to turn.
At 7:45pm I sat back from all fours to watch abit of corrie and got a contraction that lasted about 2 minutes, I was just thinking "gosh this ones going on for ages" when I felt something and then there was 'a flood'. I went to be checked out but went back home to try and snooze in between pains. No luck. I was talking to myself "in my head" to get me through the back pains until it got to about 2:30 and I got pressure with every pain. Well...anyone who has read Rio's birth story will know that I got this urge to push in bed with Rio too and hardly made it to the hospital in time. So off we went.
I was only 5cm and was given gas and air to help resist the urge to push for a while..she said "there will come a point when you cant resist anymore, then go with it". That came two contractions later so she took the gas & air off me, pulled my nighty high enough for skin to skin and said "lets meet your baby"..pushing was a lot more controlled this time so I didn't tear but it was still fairly fast at 17 minutes..the longest part was after the head was out..the last contraction seemed to take so long and Craig passed the time by telling me how much hair he had
With the next push Niall was born, sideways..not quite back to back but not quite the usual way haha. Craig cut the cord again. And Niall latched for the first time It was great to be able to go straight home too. It was the first time that id ever left Rio overnight, and I couldn't wait for him to meet his brother! Their births were so alike, with the back to back labour and urge to push in bed its scary!
Baby Niall - 03/07/2014 - 3:47am - 7lb6 - 54 1/2cm
So a 'bigger baby' but more so in length!
