mishlc
27-09-2007, 15:52
The Birth of Marc Simon Elsey - Caesarean :thumbsdown: after failed VBAC
D.O.B 12/9/07
7lb 7oz
HC 35cm
L 52cm
It all started on Monday 10th September.
I had niggling contractions all day, I started timing them from about 4pm but they were very irregular and all over the place so nothing to get excited about, but still…something was beginning.:smiliedance:
I didn’t sleep very well Monday night, if at all as I was still having these pains all night. In the morning I started timing them and from 9am they were 5 mins apart. They were bearable though so I was still not really getting my hopes up just yet.
My midwife was due to visit me in the afternoon so I figured she could tell me if anything was happening then.
Mum was spending the day with me “just in case” so we went back to my house and went on a huge cleaning frenzy…we cleaned and tidied my whole house, which worked out well, as it was pretty clean when I came home from hosp *big thumbs up*
Midwife came about 4pm and did an internal, about 2cm dilated! She did a Stretch and Sweep and said to give her a call when they are regular 5 mins apart and I have to breathe through them.
They did keep going but still very irregular. I went to bed about 8:30pm and tried to get some sleep. I must have got some sleep because I remember waking about 10:30pm and they were getting a bit more full on. They starting becoming a bit regular and from 1am on they were 2-3mins apart. I had rang my Mum at 1am and told her and she said give it about and hour and ring if they became more intense etc, so DH rang her about 2ish and said they were regular and we were going to head to hospital. I said to DH we should let Mum come over and give us her opinion as to whether we needed to get excited and head in, as I thought it was too early. “No, No, when your Mum gets here we’re going to the hospital” he said, and rang the midwife to tell her aswell. :rolleyes:
So off we headed to hospital.
We went to the assessment room and they strapped me up, put in an IV and sent me off to Labour Ward.
This was it, no turning back now!
Upon getting into the Labour room I was again strapped up to the CTG.
*Looking back now, I forgot about the conversations with my Ob that continuous CTG was only once I was in established labour so until I hit the magic 4cm I didn’t have to be monitored continuously, but I forgot that and reluctantly let them strap me up! Silly me….I should’ve spoke up!
Once I got to the hospital however, all the contractions eased up….:(
I was so annoyed. I was really hoping for a nice quick labour so after the 2 days of pre-labour stuff I thought I wouldn’t have long to go. An internal was done, still 2cm!
I played around with all the different aids in the room to get a feel for what was comfortable…laying against the beanbag, stool, fitball etc but the best thing was standing and leaning on the bed sinking my head into the pillow…?
I had a couple of showers and when in the shower they became regular again, 2 mins apart but when I’d get out they went all over the place again…?
*Looking back, this was probably because I wasn’t being monitored in the shower so relaxed a bit more. My first shower however the stupid midwife came in with me for a bit with the Doppler??? I had just been strapped to the CTG for the past 5hrs and now she needs to come in the shower with the Doppler??? Anyway…..
My Independent Midwife in the meantime was getting very tired as she had been up all night the previous night with another lady in labour so she asked if I was ok with her going home for a rest and give her a buzz when things were moving along. She offered to call the back-up midwife but I didn’t think it was necessary so said no.
*I probably should have got the back-up as you will see…
So by the afternoon, about 1pm the midwife suggested I get up on the bed and try to get some sleep as I would be needing my energy later…so I got up and they shoved pillows all around me to try to get comfy and I tried to sleep….
I managed to get some sleep because I woke about 4pm-ish with really full on pains and started crying, DH was asleep on the beanbag next to me and no-one else was in the room…he woke to me crying, helped me unstrap myself from the monitors and get off the bed to go to the toilet. The midwife came in a minute later to see if all was ok as I had taken the monitors off. I asked where my Mum was and she said Mum had gone home for a shower and rest and was coming back in later.
It seems the midwife was very happy to take this opportunity to start to hassle me about ARM as, as far as she was concerned I was not progressing quickly enough.:rolleyes:
We (DH & I) talked and decided we’d wait until our midwife and my Mum returned. The midwife said she’d agree to wait until 5:30pm. I had decided I’d wait until everyone was there, whatever time that was…
So it got to 5:40pm and they hadn’t come back yet and the midwife was pressuring us to do the ARM and I caved…I said OK.
5:55pm ARM was done and just as they did it, my midwife walked in and a little while later so did Mum, always the way!
As soon as they did it, I was most definitely in labour!:yes:
D.O.B 12/9/07
7lb 7oz
HC 35cm
L 52cm
It all started on Monday 10th September.
I had niggling contractions all day, I started timing them from about 4pm but they were very irregular and all over the place so nothing to get excited about, but still…something was beginning.:smiliedance:
I didn’t sleep very well Monday night, if at all as I was still having these pains all night. In the morning I started timing them and from 9am they were 5 mins apart. They were bearable though so I was still not really getting my hopes up just yet.
My midwife was due to visit me in the afternoon so I figured she could tell me if anything was happening then.
Mum was spending the day with me “just in case” so we went back to my house and went on a huge cleaning frenzy…we cleaned and tidied my whole house, which worked out well, as it was pretty clean when I came home from hosp *big thumbs up*
Midwife came about 4pm and did an internal, about 2cm dilated! She did a Stretch and Sweep and said to give her a call when they are regular 5 mins apart and I have to breathe through them.
They did keep going but still very irregular. I went to bed about 8:30pm and tried to get some sleep. I must have got some sleep because I remember waking about 10:30pm and they were getting a bit more full on. They starting becoming a bit regular and from 1am on they were 2-3mins apart. I had rang my Mum at 1am and told her and she said give it about and hour and ring if they became more intense etc, so DH rang her about 2ish and said they were regular and we were going to head to hospital. I said to DH we should let Mum come over and give us her opinion as to whether we needed to get excited and head in, as I thought it was too early. “No, No, when your Mum gets here we’re going to the hospital” he said, and rang the midwife to tell her aswell. :rolleyes:
So off we headed to hospital.
We went to the assessment room and they strapped me up, put in an IV and sent me off to Labour Ward.
This was it, no turning back now!
Upon getting into the Labour room I was again strapped up to the CTG.
*Looking back now, I forgot about the conversations with my Ob that continuous CTG was only once I was in established labour so until I hit the magic 4cm I didn’t have to be monitored continuously, but I forgot that and reluctantly let them strap me up! Silly me….I should’ve spoke up!
Once I got to the hospital however, all the contractions eased up….:(
I was so annoyed. I was really hoping for a nice quick labour so after the 2 days of pre-labour stuff I thought I wouldn’t have long to go. An internal was done, still 2cm!
I played around with all the different aids in the room to get a feel for what was comfortable…laying against the beanbag, stool, fitball etc but the best thing was standing and leaning on the bed sinking my head into the pillow…?
I had a couple of showers and when in the shower they became regular again, 2 mins apart but when I’d get out they went all over the place again…?
*Looking back, this was probably because I wasn’t being monitored in the shower so relaxed a bit more. My first shower however the stupid midwife came in with me for a bit with the Doppler??? I had just been strapped to the CTG for the past 5hrs and now she needs to come in the shower with the Doppler??? Anyway…..
My Independent Midwife in the meantime was getting very tired as she had been up all night the previous night with another lady in labour so she asked if I was ok with her going home for a rest and give her a buzz when things were moving along. She offered to call the back-up midwife but I didn’t think it was necessary so said no.
*I probably should have got the back-up as you will see…
So by the afternoon, about 1pm the midwife suggested I get up on the bed and try to get some sleep as I would be needing my energy later…so I got up and they shoved pillows all around me to try to get comfy and I tried to sleep….
I managed to get some sleep because I woke about 4pm-ish with really full on pains and started crying, DH was asleep on the beanbag next to me and no-one else was in the room…he woke to me crying, helped me unstrap myself from the monitors and get off the bed to go to the toilet. The midwife came in a minute later to see if all was ok as I had taken the monitors off. I asked where my Mum was and she said Mum had gone home for a shower and rest and was coming back in later.
It seems the midwife was very happy to take this opportunity to start to hassle me about ARM as, as far as she was concerned I was not progressing quickly enough.:rolleyes:
We (DH & I) talked and decided we’d wait until our midwife and my Mum returned. The midwife said she’d agree to wait until 5:30pm. I had decided I’d wait until everyone was there, whatever time that was…
So it got to 5:40pm and they hadn’t come back yet and the midwife was pressuring us to do the ARM and I caved…I said OK.
5:55pm ARM was done and just as they did it, my midwife walked in and a little while later so did Mum, always the way!
As soon as they did it, I was most definitely in labour!:yes: