amyjayne77
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He's here..... at last!! lol
I'll try and keep it brief, although these last few days seem to have been a life time!!
As you know, my waters broke at 2am on 27th June and after a check, they sent me away to start naturally and gave me until 8am on 28th june. He didn't come so in I went to be given anti-biotics due to the risk of infection.
Assessment after assessment and my cervix was brick like and not a bit effaced (which I expected due to my previous births. It stays like that until I labour, then it vanishes without a trace).
There were abut 3 trips to the labour ward - prostins, sweeps examinations etc which all said my cervix was not favourable.
In the end, they decided that nearly 3 days with broken waters was enough and put me on the hormone drip anyway (!) which I was so afraid of as I had it with my first and remember it to be very severe, iminant and un-natural. But I have to say, I had a wonderful midwife who promised me that it would be started off at the lowest dose ever and increased gradually depending on how my body reacted. She was teaching a student too which I found very interesting cos everything was explained in detail which I found helpful and fascinating.
Anyway the obstatrician decided to rupture my for-waters which was very stressful!!!!! Drip inserted, contractions started and were very manageable to start with, wheih eased me in nicely. Although my natural birthing centre was out of the window, replaced with every machine attached to me that the hospital owned, I found the hypnobirthing book i read invaluable and managed to breathe through all of the contractions. I visualised my beautiful bay during each one, imagining picking him up and kissing his little face and it really brought home to me what each of the contractions meant and how important they were.
Al of a sudden they became so powerful, My body seemed not to belong to me any more and I knew something was happening. The MW examined me and said something like "Stop pushing you're only 7cm" I screamed that I wasn't pushing and if it was going to be any longer I needed some pain relief now!!". In the next contraction, the MW said "he's almost here" so i said "can i push then". She said yes, and with one big push he flew out of me and the relief was immense. They put him straight on my chest, crying and pink and he was the image of poppy, my first.
He is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen and hasn't cried since that moment. He sings to himself in his sleep. He's a right tiddler - 6lb 15 lol. As soon as i upload pics I will post them.
Well I've had a long few days and it wasn't the most straightforward/natural birthing experience I had hoped for. In the doctors credit they did break protocol at my request to give me as long as possible to go myself, but in the end, after nearly 3 days and 7 lots of anti-biotics they wanted baby out. And the prodding/poking/false starts were really getting to me but now he is here, none of that matters. I cannot take my eyes off him.
He is starting to show an interest in the breast, and he is so content it is unbelievable. I feel so lucky!!
Sorry for the essay. I could go on and on..... lol x
I'll try and keep it brief, although these last few days seem to have been a life time!!
As you know, my waters broke at 2am on 27th June and after a check, they sent me away to start naturally and gave me until 8am on 28th june. He didn't come so in I went to be given anti-biotics due to the risk of infection.
Assessment after assessment and my cervix was brick like and not a bit effaced (which I expected due to my previous births. It stays like that until I labour, then it vanishes without a trace).
There were abut 3 trips to the labour ward - prostins, sweeps examinations etc which all said my cervix was not favourable.
In the end, they decided that nearly 3 days with broken waters was enough and put me on the hormone drip anyway (!) which I was so afraid of as I had it with my first and remember it to be very severe, iminant and un-natural. But I have to say, I had a wonderful midwife who promised me that it would be started off at the lowest dose ever and increased gradually depending on how my body reacted. She was teaching a student too which I found very interesting cos everything was explained in detail which I found helpful and fascinating.
Anyway the obstatrician decided to rupture my for-waters which was very stressful!!!!! Drip inserted, contractions started and were very manageable to start with, wheih eased me in nicely. Although my natural birthing centre was out of the window, replaced with every machine attached to me that the hospital owned, I found the hypnobirthing book i read invaluable and managed to breathe through all of the contractions. I visualised my beautiful bay during each one, imagining picking him up and kissing his little face and it really brought home to me what each of the contractions meant and how important they were.
Al of a sudden they became so powerful, My body seemed not to belong to me any more and I knew something was happening. The MW examined me and said something like "Stop pushing you're only 7cm" I screamed that I wasn't pushing and if it was going to be any longer I needed some pain relief now!!". In the next contraction, the MW said "he's almost here" so i said "can i push then". She said yes, and with one big push he flew out of me and the relief was immense. They put him straight on my chest, crying and pink and he was the image of poppy, my first.
He is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen and hasn't cried since that moment. He sings to himself in his sleep. He's a right tiddler - 6lb 15 lol. As soon as i upload pics I will post them.
Well I've had a long few days and it wasn't the most straightforward/natural birthing experience I had hoped for. In the doctors credit they did break protocol at my request to give me as long as possible to go myself, but in the end, after nearly 3 days and 7 lots of anti-biotics they wanted baby out. And the prodding/poking/false starts were really getting to me but now he is here, none of that matters. I cannot take my eyes off him.
He is starting to show an interest in the breast, and he is so content it is unbelievable. I feel so lucky!!
Sorry for the essay. I could go on and on..... lol x
Congratulations 
