Update on my beautiful baby Solomon & birth story

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Well, what can I say. It's been a thoroughly upsetting/exciting/traumatising/exhausting 11 days. I know all you ladies want to go into labour early, but trust me, nothing can prepare you for the rollercoaster that goes along with it. Some water trickled out after I'd had a wee at 34.2 weeks at 6:30 on tues 14th June, I was so scared, rung my hospital to be told "sorry were closed were full, where's your next nearest hospital" and when I told them the next hospital, "sorry they are closed too" and the next nearest, "also closed" We ended up driving an hour to the next nearest hospital that wasn't closed, all the while loosing gallons of water and blood. We eventually got to St James' in Leeds (amazing hospital) where further water continued to pour out all over a&e floor, was in my shoes and everything lol. I was taken straight to delivery to trace babies heartbeat and monitor my contractions as they were reluctant to check how far along I was due to premature membrane rupture and chance of infection. Eventually at midnight they decided to check me as I was getting quite antsy by this point, and I was 5cms! Decided to have a puff on g & a then (lovely stuff) but at about 1:45 g & a had stopped helping and was really moaning through the end of each contraction, so midwife ( who was amazing, I owe her so much) checked me again, and I had a contraction mid check, nothing more painful than having an almighty contraction with someones hand right up your foof! She then said I was 9cms and about ready to push, no sooner had she said that then my body was pushing! Such a weird feeling, five pushes and he was out, at 2:04 am. I was so unprepared for the whole thing, not been to antenatal classes or packed hossy bags properly or anything, which looking back was probably a good thing, I didn't have time to dwell or stress about anything. My whole labour from start to finish was 7 1/2 hours. Pretty much as soon as he was born he was taken away to neo-natal due to 'grunting' (breathing problems) I was heartbroken, eventually a few hours later they took us to see him, all wired up in an incubator, sounds silly but I was devastated to not have been the first person to put a nappy on him or cuddle him or feed him, and I think I will always grieve for loosing those firsts. After a few days I was allowed to hold him once a day, and change his nappy through the incubator windows, SOOOO not how it should be. By day 4 he was making real progress, everything going in the right direction when he had a massive setback, he'd caught an infection in his blood, was such a scary moment, doctors flying round trying to sort him. Eventually he was in a stable enough condition to move nearer to home so was transported in an ambulance to a different hospital, but I wasn't allowed to stay on maternity then, was horrendous leaving him at night, at least in St James' I was only upstairs, although that was heartbreaking enough! Finally now, 4 days after his transfer he is well enough to be on a transitional care ward where I can stay with him and try to establish breastfeeding. It's depressing and lonely in here but I don't care, at least I can be with him. He is progressing really well with his feeds, so hopefully won't be too long before we can go home. I wouldn't wish the emotional trauma we've been through on anyone. My poor little son has been treat like a pin cushion for the first ten day of his life and deprived of cuddles and time with mummy and daddy, I will always be sad about his first weeks but at least he is coming out of it and should be fine. Embrace the end of your pregnancy girls, because if baby comes early, it will cause you so much more stress and upset than being 'still pregnant and fat' lol. My son is so amazing and strong and brave, and i love him so much. Will put pics up soon, when i get home. Love to you all and hope you all have super smooth births and aftercare :) xxxx
 
Congratulations on your lovely little man! And so sorry things didn't turn out as they should have but I'm so glad he's doing so well and I hope it's not long before he's home with you and you have all the time in the world to make up for all those early cuddles you missed out on :hug: x
 
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Oh wow hun! You've certainly been through a traumatic experience, as has your LO. :hug: Congratulations and well done on the birth of your DS. x

It must've been such a heatbreaking time for you and I can appreciate your feelings for the firsts that you weren't able to do. I'm sure you're making up on lost time for the cuddles your LO missed out on and he's very much enjoying Mummy time, and just remember, the situation was out of your control and even though you missed the firsts that you long for, he's a wee fighter and there will be many more firsts that you won't miss out on ;)

Its great that he's making super progress with his feeding and health, and you as his Mummy, are supporting him through it all the way. x
 
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Congratulations hunnie, I know how scared I was when my twins were in scbu, glad your lo is doing well xx
 
Awe Hun bless u but your lo will soon be home with u have lots and lots of cuddles xx


 
I've been thinking about you a lot recently, wondering how you are getting on so I'm glad you managed to give us an update! Although you've had quite an ordeal, you sound like you are coping amazingly well! It must have been very frustrating having 3 hospitals say they were closed! In saying that, it meant that you went to a great hospital with great staff and care for you and you LO.
Do they have any idea about when you're allowed to take him home? The fact that he has been transferred closer to home is a good sign and it's lovely that you can stay with him. It must be very difficult for you, but as I say, you sound like you are coping extremely well. Can't wait to see some pics of baby Solomon! xxx
 
Sounds your little man is doing great, Im sure he'll be home soon congratulations xx
 
Congratulations on the arrival of your little man - what did he weigh? My little girl was born at 35+5 weighing 5lbs 9oz and she was in hospital for 11 days. It is really hard but hopefully you will have him home soon and you can start a proper life together as a family xx
 
Congratulations Toni, what a birth story! You have been so strong and faced it head on which I admire you for. It really sounds like Solomon is a wee trooper too. I hope the rest of his recovery is fast and smooth so that you can get him home to cuddle and fuss over as much as you want x
 
Congratulations on the birth of your little boy, I'm glad his okay now and pulling through. It will go really fast and before you know it you'll have a toddler on your hands causing mischief! Haha. Hope your okay and well done you did really well! I would of been panicking my head off!! xx
 
Wow - what a story thank so much for sharing...... Huge congrats on the birth of your son, I really hope you get him home safe soon. You have had me thinking about my sons first few hours and I cant remember getting nappy on and dressing him..... I really dont think I must have done it!! I'm sure I was just soooo knackered they did it for me. All I remember was the fact that they gave me the baby in my arms and the tea and toast at same time and I was like, hey - someone please take the baby, I'm starving!! I was in labour for 36 hours and think my last food and drink was 24 hours before he was born lol. I also cant remember the "moment" when they tell you if its a boy or a girl !!! Completely blank.... I'm sure there are many firsts that many people miss out on so hope you can just put it behind you and look forward to all the others firsts to come! Well done! xx
 
Congratulations hun, sounds really horrible but at least now you can give him all the cuddles he needs xxx
 
So glad he is doing well Toni, I bet when he's home all those horrible feelings will disappear! You did fab, take care of yourself and hoping you are both home soon x
 
Aww hun :( welldone for being so strong! So glad to hear he is doing well - sounds like you've got a brave little man there!

Hope he gets home soon so you can get lots and lots of cuddles! :)

Welldone and congrats :hugs: xxx
 
Thanks girls. When we go home is up to Solomon really, he still has a feeding tube in his nose as he gets too tired to feed from me everytime with being that bit early and under developed, he usually manages every other feed from me. We can go home when we've both cracked breastfeeding, could be two days, could be two weeks, we'll see. He's such a cutie, can't wait to get pics on here to show him off :D x
 
Wow, you're so brave - to go through all that, and still going through it, yet still write such a positive post! Glad to hear he's coming on well, hope he can come home very soon! xxxxxx
 
Congratulations Toni. I hope you get to take your lo home soon. I'm sorry to hear you've had a tough time, but glad he is ok.

xxxx
 
So sorry you had an awful time, but wonderful news that your little boy is doing so well, congratulations! xx
 
So glad baby's doing well. It must have been such a scary time for you, hope he's back home very soon :hug: xx
 

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