Nurse 26
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Hey lovely ladies
Finding time at this unearthly hour to right my story.....
On sat night 24th, 2 days after due date, had just got into bed with OH who had just come in from the pub
got up to go to loo and started leaking water, so put pad on and phoned maternity assessment who said i could come in now or in the morning and get checked, needless to say i said morning due to OH's condition 
Sunday went to maternity assessment, got checked over, 2-3cm dilated nearly fully effaced, told to go home and wait for things to kick off, if not induction booked for monday
Nothing happened at home apart from lots of BH and some mild contractions, arrived at hospital monday mid day, shown to a room and told i needed to wait until there was a bed in labour ward as would need oxytocin drip for induction as waters had gone for more than 24 hours, we waited around all day with nobody telling us what was happening, eventually at 9pm someone came to say there was a problem with one of my bloods which needed re taken, would have to wait till tomorrow for labour ward bed and OH was to go home
Tuesday 6am, got woken by nurse to say i was going down to labour ward in half an hour so phoned OH to come back in. Got to labour ward about 7am, met lovely midwife, hooked up to IV antibiotics (due to risk of infection from waters breaking)
8.30am - drip started and could feel some mild contractions, examined and 3cm, she said some membranes still intact so broke them with her hook
9.30am - contractions had got worse, started on some Gas and air
10.30am - was getting some VERY strong pressure in my bum, told midwife who said she would examine me but my contractions werent showing up strong enough on monitor for much progress to be made, so she examined me and much to her surprise i was FULLY dilated
Told me i could start pushing in 1 hour once contractions had done the work of helping babies head down, was a very painful hour but i was a bit spaced out on the gas and air
11.30am started pushing
12.21pm Little Harry was born
6lb10oz
Hubby cut the cord
4 mins later placenta was delivered
Had a small tear that she stitched up but didnt really hurt!
Hubby was totally amazing getting me drinks and encouraging me, it was the most amazing experience ever, would do it all again in a second
Thank you to all the tri3 ladies, loved sharing pregancy with you all
Finding time at this unearthly hour to right my story.....
On sat night 24th, 2 days after due date, had just got into bed with OH who had just come in from the pub
got up to go to loo and started leaking water, so put pad on and phoned maternity assessment who said i could come in now or in the morning and get checked, needless to say i said morning due to OH's condition Sunday went to maternity assessment, got checked over, 2-3cm dilated nearly fully effaced, told to go home and wait for things to kick off, if not induction booked for monday
Nothing happened at home apart from lots of BH and some mild contractions, arrived at hospital monday mid day, shown to a room and told i needed to wait until there was a bed in labour ward as would need oxytocin drip for induction as waters had gone for more than 24 hours, we waited around all day with nobody telling us what was happening, eventually at 9pm someone came to say there was a problem with one of my bloods which needed re taken, would have to wait till tomorrow for labour ward bed and OH was to go home
Tuesday 6am, got woken by nurse to say i was going down to labour ward in half an hour so phoned OH to come back in. Got to labour ward about 7am, met lovely midwife, hooked up to IV antibiotics (due to risk of infection from waters breaking)
8.30am - drip started and could feel some mild contractions, examined and 3cm, she said some membranes still intact so broke them with her hook
9.30am - contractions had got worse, started on some Gas and air
10.30am - was getting some VERY strong pressure in my bum, told midwife who said she would examine me but my contractions werent showing up strong enough on monitor for much progress to be made, so she examined me and much to her surprise i was FULLY dilated
Told me i could start pushing in 1 hour once contractions had done the work of helping babies head down, was a very painful hour but i was a bit spaced out on the gas and air
11.30am started pushing
12.21pm Little Harry was born
6lb10ozHubby cut the cord
4 mins later placenta was delivered
Had a small tear that she stitched up but didnt really hurt!
Hubby was totally amazing getting me drinks and encouraging me, it was the most amazing experience ever, would do it all again in a second
Thank you to all the tri3 ladies, loved sharing pregancy with you all
