Rubys mummy
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Well, finally got time to share my birth story and piccies with you all...VERY long, so be warned
Arrived at hospital Friday 19th January to be induced, as I was overdu by 11 days..taken to ward, settled in and had first examination at 10am. It was VERY painful, my cervix was "hard to find"..midwife went off to get a 2nd opinion, hence another examination just as painful as first. Prostin was inserted and we were left 6 hours. Had some back pain so paced floor and bounced on ball. 4pm, was examined again...was again told they couldnt reach cervix, so a further midwife was called..my waters went in the meantime and they were very bloody so it was a bit panicky. The next midwife did an internal, again couldnt reach cervix very well, but thought I was around 2cm, gave me a sweep and 2nd lot of prostin and told me I would have my baby by morning....
11pm, we decided it was best for OH to go home and rest, I wasnt in pain and they were going to wait until morning to make a decision on what to do next. Got a few hours sleep myself, and was up at 6am bouncing madly on ball with my I Pod on!! OH arrived around 8am ad we were told I was going to labour ward and onto a drip to bring on my contractions. Started on drip @ 10am and it was increased throughout morning. All the time I paced floor, and chatted to OH, it was very relaxed and we listened to music..I want in any real pain, just backache but wasnt feeling ay contractions at all (they were showing up on monitor tho). Throughtout the day I had a further 8 internal examinations, each one as painful as the first one on day one-I since found out my cervix was sitting high up at back and to the side.
Doctor saw me at 4pm and suggested as I wasnt progressing they were going to consider a c section but wanted to turn up drip and wait a further 2 hours..after this time he examined me and made the decision we were going to theatre..I hadnt progressed past around 3cm and he couldnt reach cervix properly either!!! I was emotionally drained by this point, and couldnt bear another internal!!!
I was so relieved and excited at this point-I was finally going to meet my baby-we were all in tears (including my lovely midwife) and the next hour was a blur of getting ready fo the op, all the time our midwife explained everything and made sure I wasnt frightened (my sis had an emergency c section in Nov and had a bad time with internal bleeding so I was pretty terrified)
The theatre staff were fantastic, it was a great atmosphere in there and they all laughed and joked with me. The spinal block was a bit strange, like being drunk from waist down and I found once I went numb it was scarey, and my wole body was shaking violently but this is noraml they told me. Ten minutes later, Lee was brought in to sit next to me dressed in gown, and I asked when op would start to be told it was nearly done and baby was about to be born
I could feel some tugging (they had to use forceps) and then felt her being lifted from me which was the most amazing feeling, followed by the sound of her crying!! What a magical sound..I was amazed and so relieved...midwife called Lee to look as she held baby up so he could tell me sex...Lee just burst into tears and couldnt speak, then sai "Its a girl"!! She was born at 20.27pm
I started wailing, and shouting "Ruby, Ruby, oh my baby, oh shes crying" and then Lee and I were laughing and crying, and saying "I love you" he was saying "I am so proud of you" and it was just magical.
The porters then put on "Shes a lady-Tom Jones" as they cleaned her up so we were all singing along.
I was amazed at my first sight of her, she was so tiny-6lb 11oz and looked like an angel. Daddy got to hold her while they stitched me up so we had 40 mins of both gazing at her while daddy cuddled her.
Take to recovery room for an hour to check us both other, I got my first skin to skin cuddle before they took us to ward to settle down for the night.
It was the most amazing experience of my life, I am so glad she is here safely and I love being a mummy
They since said Ruby had been back to back, and her head was trying to com out sideways so she would never of been born naturally
Here are a few piccies from the theatre taken by midwife:
Just born, being weighed
Proud daddy
Mummys first cuddle
My princess Ruby
Sorry if I have rabbled on, hope you enjoyd my story. Its great to be back
Arrived at hospital Friday 19th January to be induced, as I was overdu by 11 days..taken to ward, settled in and had first examination at 10am. It was VERY painful, my cervix was "hard to find"..midwife went off to get a 2nd opinion, hence another examination just as painful as first. Prostin was inserted and we were left 6 hours. Had some back pain so paced floor and bounced on ball. 4pm, was examined again...was again told they couldnt reach cervix, so a further midwife was called..my waters went in the meantime and they were very bloody so it was a bit panicky. The next midwife did an internal, again couldnt reach cervix very well, but thought I was around 2cm, gave me a sweep and 2nd lot of prostin and told me I would have my baby by morning....
11pm, we decided it was best for OH to go home and rest, I wasnt in pain and they were going to wait until morning to make a decision on what to do next. Got a few hours sleep myself, and was up at 6am bouncing madly on ball with my I Pod on!! OH arrived around 8am ad we were told I was going to labour ward and onto a drip to bring on my contractions. Started on drip @ 10am and it was increased throughout morning. All the time I paced floor, and chatted to OH, it was very relaxed and we listened to music..I want in any real pain, just backache but wasnt feeling ay contractions at all (they were showing up on monitor tho). Throughtout the day I had a further 8 internal examinations, each one as painful as the first one on day one-I since found out my cervix was sitting high up at back and to the side.
Doctor saw me at 4pm and suggested as I wasnt progressing they were going to consider a c section but wanted to turn up drip and wait a further 2 hours..after this time he examined me and made the decision we were going to theatre..I hadnt progressed past around 3cm and he couldnt reach cervix properly either!!! I was emotionally drained by this point, and couldnt bear another internal!!!
I was so relieved and excited at this point-I was finally going to meet my baby-we were all in tears (including my lovely midwife) and the next hour was a blur of getting ready fo the op, all the time our midwife explained everything and made sure I wasnt frightened (my sis had an emergency c section in Nov and had a bad time with internal bleeding so I was pretty terrified)
The theatre staff were fantastic, it was a great atmosphere in there and they all laughed and joked with me. The spinal block was a bit strange, like being drunk from waist down and I found once I went numb it was scarey, and my wole body was shaking violently but this is noraml they told me. Ten minutes later, Lee was brought in to sit next to me dressed in gown, and I asked when op would start to be told it was nearly done and baby was about to be born
I could feel some tugging (they had to use forceps) and then felt her being lifted from me which was the most amazing feeling, followed by the sound of her crying!! What a magical sound..I was amazed and so relieved...midwife called Lee to look as she held baby up so he could tell me sex...Lee just burst into tears and couldnt speak, then sai "Its a girl"!! She was born at 20.27pmI started wailing, and shouting "Ruby, Ruby, oh my baby, oh shes crying" and then Lee and I were laughing and crying, and saying "I love you" he was saying "I am so proud of you" and it was just magical.
The porters then put on "Shes a lady-Tom Jones" as they cleaned her up so we were all singing along.
I was amazed at my first sight of her, she was so tiny-6lb 11oz and looked like an angel. Daddy got to hold her while they stitched me up so we had 40 mins of both gazing at her while daddy cuddled her.
Take to recovery room for an hour to check us both other, I got my first skin to skin cuddle before they took us to ward to settle down for the night.
It was the most amazing experience of my life, I am so glad she is here safely and I love being a mummy
They since said Ruby had been back to back, and her head was trying to com out sideways so she would never of been born naturally
Here are a few piccies from the theatre taken by midwife:
Just born, being weighed
Proud daddy
Mummys first cuddle
My princess Ruby
Sorry if I have rabbled on, hope you enjoyd my story. Its great to be back
Congratulations on your absolutely gorgeous little princess 
