Princess_Puddles
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I do apologise that its 5 weeks late but here is my birth story:
I went in to be Induced early on Saturday 21st Oct, When I arrived I had my BP taken & was strapped up to a monitor for an hour after what seemed like forever the Midwife came to explain the whole process & checked my cervix which was not favourable at all, still very high and hard, she ummd and ahhd whether inducing me was the right thing to do but after a chat with a collegue she decided it would be ok and inserted my first pessary (10:30ish am), After that I started to worry that it was going be a long & painful wait but the Midwife explained that lots of ladies come in with a favourable cevix & it can take them a while to get going whilst others come in with a cervix like mine & after 1-2 pessaries theyre off! She then strapped me up to the monitor again for another hour.
After hours that dragged the Midwife told me I would have the next pessary after dinner.
I was put back on the monitor for another hour after dinner and during that time I started to get contractions which became rather painful but bearable enough to smile though them, At 6:25pm the Midwife inserted my 2nd pessary but had to burst my bubble by telling me that the pains were just the pessary and not my cervix dialating
After my 2nd pessary I walked about the hospital a bit & was getting very strong irregular contractions so I took 2 paracetamol & had a lovely warm lavender bath, by this point I was in a lot of pain with the contractions but it was still just the pessary doing its job. When I got back to my bed OH was sent home & the Midwife checked me after I shouted at her & found I was only 1 & half centimetres (10:35pm), I was given a sleeping tablet which didnt help much. The next hour and half is a bit of a blur but I know I spent most of the time getting shocked by my TENS machine because where I moved so much the wires kept coming out lol 
around 11:45pm I started getting a bearing down feeling whenever I got a contraction, I thought I needed to poop so trotted off to the toilet and by this time my contractions were 1 after the other and so unbearably painful that I couldnt get off the loo, I pulled the buzzer & the Midwifes that came along told me I was pushing too soon & could do damage 
I was helped to my bed and examined by the Midwife who told me I was 10cm & was going to have my baby 
To cut it short I was whisked off to delivery room, was given gas & air to suck when I felt the need to push as it was still too soon, spent more time biting the mouth piece though lol(12
5am) I started full blown pushing at 12:31am when OH & my Mum arrived (Just in time!!!!) and Harrison Keyon was born at 12:35am weighing 7lb 10oz
Overall I was only in Labour for 1hr 35 mins!!
The cord happened to snap when I was pushing the placenta out so I was put on the drip to make my womb contract but that didnt work so I had to have it removed manually in theatre under a spinal, I waited nearly 2hrs for the Doctor to come to do it though so I had to spend nearly 3hrs in total on the drip having painful contractions again!!
Would do it all again though for my lil man
I went in to be Induced early on Saturday 21st Oct, When I arrived I had my BP taken & was strapped up to a monitor for an hour after what seemed like forever the Midwife came to explain the whole process & checked my cervix which was not favourable at all, still very high and hard, she ummd and ahhd whether inducing me was the right thing to do but after a chat with a collegue she decided it would be ok and inserted my first pessary (10:30ish am), After that I started to worry that it was going be a long & painful wait but the Midwife explained that lots of ladies come in with a favourable cevix & it can take them a while to get going whilst others come in with a cervix like mine & after 1-2 pessaries theyre off! She then strapped me up to the monitor again for another hour.
After hours that dragged the Midwife told me I would have the next pessary after dinner.
I was put back on the monitor for another hour after dinner and during that time I started to get contractions which became rather painful but bearable enough to smile though them, At 6:25pm the Midwife inserted my 2nd pessary but had to burst my bubble by telling me that the pains were just the pessary and not my cervix dialating
After my 2nd pessary I walked about the hospital a bit & was getting very strong irregular contractions so I took 2 paracetamol & had a lovely warm lavender bath, by this point I was in a lot of pain with the contractions but it was still just the pessary doing its job. When I got back to my bed OH was sent home & the Midwife checked me after I shouted at her & found I was only 1 & half centimetres (10:35pm), I was given a sleeping tablet which didnt help much. The next hour and half is a bit of a blur but I know I spent most of the time getting shocked by my TENS machine because where I moved so much the wires kept coming out lol around 11:45pm I started getting a bearing down feeling whenever I got a contraction, I thought I needed to poop so trotted off to the toilet and by this time my contractions were 1 after the other and so unbearably painful that I couldnt get off the loo, I pulled the buzzer & the Midwifes that came along told me I was pushing too soon & could do damage I was helped to my bed and examined by the Midwife who told me I was 10cm & was going to have my baby To cut it short I was whisked off to delivery room, was given gas & air to suck when I felt the need to push as it was still too soon, spent more time biting the mouth piece though lol(125am) I started full blown pushing at 12:31am when OH & my Mum arrived (Just in time!!!!) and Harrison Keyon was born at 12:35am weighing 7lb 10oz Overall I was only in Labour for 1hr 35 mins!!
The cord happened to snap when I was pushing the placenta out so I was put on the drip to make my womb contract but that didnt work so I had to have it removed manually in theatre under a spinal, I waited nearly 2hrs for the Doctor to come to do it though so I had to spend nearly 3hrs in total on the drip having painful contractions again!!
Would do it all again though for my lil man
CONGRATULATIONS 
