karenandbump
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Hi ladies
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Finally got around to posting my birth story and its a bit of a saga Im afraid .
I was aiming for a VBAC following a section with my little boy 2 years ago where after 2 days of labour I failed to dilate past 1cm at which point my waters broke full of meconium and Harrison got into distress and was delivered by emergency section. Id had a low lying placenta so it was thought that cord compression had been the problem so with this pregnancy there was no reason not to try for a VBAC.
On Monday 29 Nov I started getting period kind of cramps and had my consultants appointment on the Tuesday. He attempted to do a sweep but I was only 1 cm dilated and couldnt be stretched (which was exactly what happened when I had Harrison). After he tried to sweep me on the Tues morning I had contractions that got up to every 3 mins apart so went in to hospital on the Tues night. Got sent home as I was still only 1cm dilated even though I did say that this had all happened before and I was supposed to be monitored. I contracted on and off until Friday from Tuesday and went in for my pre-booking appointment for my section on the Friday afternoon.
I broke down in my appointment cos I was still contracting every 5 mins at this point and exhausted so they examined me. I was still only 1cm dilated. We decided at this point that a c-section was appropriate now rather than waiting until Tuesday. I had about 3 hours to wait until a theatre was free and an hour before I was due to go in my waters broke and had meconium in them (really getting a sense of déjà vu by this point)!
C-section was done and Elliot arrived safely at 7:43pm and it was lovely they dropped the screen as he was delivered so we could see that we had a new little boy and I was so relieved to see him here and crying that I burst into tears. I had honestly never felt as blessed as I did when I realized I now had 2 beautiful children.
In recovery my temp went up and I was sick which was a shame as it was pretty uncomfortable throwing up after a section. Unfortunately it got worse when at 1am I had a significant vaginal bleed resulting in my blood pressure needing to be monitored for the rest of the night. Then at 5am my scar started spurting blood. I have honestly never been so scared and wont go into detail as it was pretty unpleasant stuff. I got taken back to theatre but the bleeding stopped with pressure being applied so no operation needed. I stayed in hospital for 3 nights after the bleed and was allowed to go home as bleeding was still stopped and because I hadnt passed any clots.
20 mins after getting home I passed a golf ball sized clot and after some debate it was decided that as long as I didnt pass anymore that Id be ok to stay at home and thankfully I didnt so stayed put.
A few days later my stitches needed to come out but as I was so swollen and bruised from the pressure being applied to stop my bleeding the stitches were really difficult and very painful to be taken out so had to be done over 2 days with gas and air to help with the pain. I really thought at that point that it was all over and done and that I could finally relax but then on Sunday the left side of my scar swole up with a lump the size of a tennis ball. After examination it turns out that I have a hematoma build up of blood in a pool under my scar. I am on antibiotics now to stop me getting and infection and am being monitored to see whether I need it drained in hospital.
So in short, I am a very happy mummy with a beautiful new baby boy but am having a tough recovery hence me not being on here very much at the moment. Hope ur all ok x x x
Finally got around to posting my birth story and its a bit of a saga Im afraid .
I was aiming for a VBAC following a section with my little boy 2 years ago where after 2 days of labour I failed to dilate past 1cm at which point my waters broke full of meconium and Harrison got into distress and was delivered by emergency section. Id had a low lying placenta so it was thought that cord compression had been the problem so with this pregnancy there was no reason not to try for a VBAC.
On Monday 29 Nov I started getting period kind of cramps and had my consultants appointment on the Tuesday. He attempted to do a sweep but I was only 1 cm dilated and couldnt be stretched (which was exactly what happened when I had Harrison). After he tried to sweep me on the Tues morning I had contractions that got up to every 3 mins apart so went in to hospital on the Tues night. Got sent home as I was still only 1cm dilated even though I did say that this had all happened before and I was supposed to be monitored. I contracted on and off until Friday from Tuesday and went in for my pre-booking appointment for my section on the Friday afternoon.
I broke down in my appointment cos I was still contracting every 5 mins at this point and exhausted so they examined me. I was still only 1cm dilated. We decided at this point that a c-section was appropriate now rather than waiting until Tuesday. I had about 3 hours to wait until a theatre was free and an hour before I was due to go in my waters broke and had meconium in them (really getting a sense of déjà vu by this point)!
C-section was done and Elliot arrived safely at 7:43pm and it was lovely they dropped the screen as he was delivered so we could see that we had a new little boy and I was so relieved to see him here and crying that I burst into tears. I had honestly never felt as blessed as I did when I realized I now had 2 beautiful children.
In recovery my temp went up and I was sick which was a shame as it was pretty uncomfortable throwing up after a section. Unfortunately it got worse when at 1am I had a significant vaginal bleed resulting in my blood pressure needing to be monitored for the rest of the night. Then at 5am my scar started spurting blood. I have honestly never been so scared and wont go into detail as it was pretty unpleasant stuff. I got taken back to theatre but the bleeding stopped with pressure being applied so no operation needed. I stayed in hospital for 3 nights after the bleed and was allowed to go home as bleeding was still stopped and because I hadnt passed any clots.
20 mins after getting home I passed a golf ball sized clot and after some debate it was decided that as long as I didnt pass anymore that Id be ok to stay at home and thankfully I didnt so stayed put.
A few days later my stitches needed to come out but as I was so swollen and bruised from the pressure being applied to stop my bleeding the stitches were really difficult and very painful to be taken out so had to be done over 2 days with gas and air to help with the pain. I really thought at that point that it was all over and done and that I could finally relax but then on Sunday the left side of my scar swole up with a lump the size of a tennis ball. After examination it turns out that I have a hematoma build up of blood in a pool under my scar. I am on antibiotics now to stop me getting and infection and am being monitored to see whether I need it drained in hospital.
So in short, I am a very happy mummy with a beautiful new baby boy but am having a tough recovery hence me not being on here very much at the moment. Hope ur all ok x x x
