Little Spencer (09/11/12)

Zoe20

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Hi Ladies, finally got round to getting on the pc and thought i would write my birth story.

Well on the 09/11 just after midnight I started losing a very bloody mucus and was having bad period like cramps they got more painful thru the night (did post for advice on here). By 4am they started coming every 8-10mins apart and lasting for about a minute. just after 5am i woke my OH and told him i thought i was in labour, lol talk about headless chicken. any way we rung labour ward and was told it sounded like i was in labour, was told to stay at home till contractions were 5 mins apart, my waters went or things got too painful, was also told to have a bath.
i kept my family informed by watapp. anyway i took some painkillers, and at 7:30am we took my son school and called for a bacon sandwich lol. when we got back i went on the ball, my OH kept rubbing my back, bless him. managed to have a little nap as contraction had slowed down to every 30mins. at 10:30am i took everyones advice and went for a bath, only to fall asleep and contractions to stop completely. managed to crawl out of the bath with my OH help lol.
anyway with contractions stopping we had some lunch and watch a film, dont remember the film as a fell asleep again. just before 3pm my OH mum phoned to see how things were going, told her, to which she replied they could start up again anytime, bang on queue contractions started again, by 5pm roughly they were only 15-20mins but lasting well over a minute the pain was just like a dull cramp but the backache was the worst. by 6pm i rung labour ward as the backache was getting too painful, was told to come up to hospital. got there for just after 6:30pm, was examined and told i was 4-5cm dilated, as i was examined it felt like i wee'd myself, so asked if that was my waters, was told no and that baby was back to back. was offered the tens machine which was great. and walked to the delivery room, i placed the ball on the bed i started to rock on it, as it eased the cramps. my OH was fantastic. i started on gas n air about 7:30pm, lol my OH decided he wanted to try it too. had a midwife that kept poking her head in to check on us. contractions were about every 4-10mins by 8pm, but lasting nearly 2mins. At 9pm midwife asked if everything was ok, to which i replied yea, 10mins later my OH had to buzz her as i had the urge to push and a burning sensation down below. when she came in and looked she told me not to push told her i wasnt, but Spencers head was nearly out. was told at the next contraction to push. i started pushing, and 4 pushes later i was handed my son. my OH cut the cord and started to cry. i dont thing i could have asked for a better birth, i didnt tear and didnt really need any help. to be honest if it wasnt for the painful backache then we wouldnt have rung or gone up to the hospital.

little spencer weighed 7lb, he was weighed again on monday and had gained 7oz. i couldnt BF as his roof of his mouth is high up, my other son had the same problem, but hes feeding well on orthodontic teats, hes taking between 4-5oz every 3-4hrs and only wakes once thru the night around 2-3am for a feed. hes a very content little boy.

thanks for all the support over the months ladies.

Zoe n Spencer x
 

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He is gorgeous! well done and congratulations, I love the name Spencer as well :) xx
 
Congratulations. Such a nice birth story! He is gorgeous xx
 
Congrats! Beautiful bubba! And great positive birth story. x
 
Beautiful, well done and congratulations x
 
Massive congratulations! He is gorgeous and you did amazingly! X
 

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