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at last my little girl has arrived !
I was induced on thursday 30th june after a growth scan revealed the baby was very small and a lack of fluids around her..We arrived at hospital at 9 am and first reported to the antenatal ward where we had our appointment,there we found out that I was classified 'high risk' and we got transferred straight to the labour ward,gulp ! I got given the pessary and the gel thingy.We were sharing a horrible poxy room with another lady,all the view I had was a curtain on each side and a white board in front of me...I thought OMG I could be here for 4 days as well !
I went for a walk around 2 and I felt a lot of pressure in my 'foof' making it very uncomfortable to stand up.About 5 ish I started with a mild period pain,I thought I had food poisoning as for some reason I thought contractions were to be felt higher than at the botom of your belly !
By 9 pm I was in agony and I heard the word I was dreading...'you're 1 cm dilated,this baby won't be there before hours !
I started to cry at the next contraction as I thought there is no way I can't be feeling like this for hours and I'm only 1 cm ! Eventually the mw told me that we would move to a labour room as I was getting louder and the poor woman next to me wanted to get some rest and I suppose it must have been horrible for her to hear me moaning and groaning..so we moved a short while later and the mw gave me some gas and air saying 'it might be a bit early for that but I can see you're in real pain..it went quite quick from there ! she kept asking me if I had any back pain but the pain at the front were so bad I couldn't even feel the rest of my body ! So I stood up for a while (I was attached to the monitor alll along and the baby seemed content enough and after a few gulps of gas and air I felt like I was going to pass out so Paul and the midwife helped me back to the bed..Then I screamed 'I need to push' ! A doctor arrived and checked me,she turned to the bemused midwife and say shes ready ! It took 3 pushes for Scarlet to come out ! I was in complete shock when she arrived ..they took her straight to check if she was ok as my waters may have been dripping for a while and there was a funny smell..Scarlet was born at 11.35 pm and weighted 5lbs 13..she is beautiful and we adore her ! she started breastfeeding a few minutes later and I hope to keep breastfeeding even thought I find it very hard at the moment !
The pain was nothin like I'd ever expected ...but yes it was all worth it !
sorry no joy with downloading pics !
I was induced on thursday 30th june after a growth scan revealed the baby was very small and a lack of fluids around her..We arrived at hospital at 9 am and first reported to the antenatal ward where we had our appointment,there we found out that I was classified 'high risk' and we got transferred straight to the labour ward,gulp ! I got given the pessary and the gel thingy.We were sharing a horrible poxy room with another lady,all the view I had was a curtain on each side and a white board in front of me...I thought OMG I could be here for 4 days as well !
I went for a walk around 2 and I felt a lot of pressure in my 'foof' making it very uncomfortable to stand up.About 5 ish I started with a mild period pain,I thought I had food poisoning as for some reason I thought contractions were to be felt higher than at the botom of your belly !
By 9 pm I was in agony and I heard the word I was dreading...'you're 1 cm dilated,this baby won't be there before hours !
I started to cry at the next contraction as I thought there is no way I can't be feeling like this for hours and I'm only 1 cm ! Eventually the mw told me that we would move to a labour room as I was getting louder and the poor woman next to me wanted to get some rest and I suppose it must have been horrible for her to hear me moaning and groaning..so we moved a short while later and the mw gave me some gas and air saying 'it might be a bit early for that but I can see you're in real pain..it went quite quick from there ! she kept asking me if I had any back pain but the pain at the front were so bad I couldn't even feel the rest of my body ! So I stood up for a while (I was attached to the monitor alll along and the baby seemed content enough and after a few gulps of gas and air I felt like I was going to pass out so Paul and the midwife helped me back to the bed..Then I screamed 'I need to push' ! A doctor arrived and checked me,she turned to the bemused midwife and say shes ready ! It took 3 pushes for Scarlet to come out ! I was in complete shock when she arrived ..they took her straight to check if she was ok as my waters may have been dripping for a while and there was a funny smell..Scarlet was born at 11.35 pm and weighted 5lbs 13..she is beautiful and we adore her ! she started breastfeeding a few minutes later and I hope to keep breastfeeding even thought I find it very hard at the moment !
The pain was nothin like I'd ever expected ...but yes it was all worth it !
sorry no joy with downloading pics !
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