WitchHazel
13-05-2008, 01:49 PM
My second little boy came into the world on the 11th of April. At about 9.30ish my waters began leaking, but I didn't have any contractions. I rang the hospital, and the midwife told me to come in as my doctor was already there attending to another woman.
I trudged in with my bags (just in case!), and my doctor examined me and informed me that I had not dilated and wasn't in labour. However, because my membranes had ruptured, he told me to stay in hospital that night to be induced at 6 in the morning. I was hugely unimpressed by this, as I'd planned to stay at home for as long as possible, and I hated the idea of being attached to a drip (I was to be induced with synctocin, which happened in my first labour). The birth of my first son took ages and I went into hospital far too early and ended up with heaps of intervention.
We went to a room to go to sleep (by this stage it was about 11.30pm), but of course I couldn't get to sleep!:hissy: At about 12.30am, I started getting quite strong contractions. I just put up with it for about an hour, figuring that there was no point telling the midwives as labour would take some time. However, my husband encouraged me to at least let them know. I called them, and they came to the room and offered me pain relief. Figuring I still had ages to go, I refused and said I would just take a shower. I went down to the labour ward (so my shower wouldn't wake the other women) where my doctor examined me and told me I was 7cm already :smiliedance:.
About 15 minutes after that, I felt the need to push. By this stage it was after 2.30am. The doctor came in, and two pushes later Riley was born! The whole labour from the first contraction was just over two hours, and there was no need for stitches!:smiliedance::smiliedance:
After a quick feed and a lovely shower, I had a nice night's sleep (broken, but nice!).
All in all, it was a very quick and positive birth experience. It wasn't so great for Riley though. The quick birth bruised his face, and he ended up with bloodshot eyes and jaundice. After a sleepy few days, he finally started feeding well and turning a good colour.
If (and it's a BIG if) I have another, I'm thinking it will be a damn quick birth! Riley would easily have been an accidental homebirth if my membranes hadn't ruptured because there's no way I would have gone to hospital only a few hours into labour. The transition from contractions to wanting to push was sudden, and I really didn't expect it.
Thanks for reading!
I trudged in with my bags (just in case!), and my doctor examined me and informed me that I had not dilated and wasn't in labour. However, because my membranes had ruptured, he told me to stay in hospital that night to be induced at 6 in the morning. I was hugely unimpressed by this, as I'd planned to stay at home for as long as possible, and I hated the idea of being attached to a drip (I was to be induced with synctocin, which happened in my first labour). The birth of my first son took ages and I went into hospital far too early and ended up with heaps of intervention.
We went to a room to go to sleep (by this stage it was about 11.30pm), but of course I couldn't get to sleep!:hissy: At about 12.30am, I started getting quite strong contractions. I just put up with it for about an hour, figuring that there was no point telling the midwives as labour would take some time. However, my husband encouraged me to at least let them know. I called them, and they came to the room and offered me pain relief. Figuring I still had ages to go, I refused and said I would just take a shower. I went down to the labour ward (so my shower wouldn't wake the other women) where my doctor examined me and told me I was 7cm already :smiliedance:.
About 15 minutes after that, I felt the need to push. By this stage it was after 2.30am. The doctor came in, and two pushes later Riley was born! The whole labour from the first contraction was just over two hours, and there was no need for stitches!:smiliedance::smiliedance:
After a quick feed and a lovely shower, I had a nice night's sleep (broken, but nice!).
All in all, it was a very quick and positive birth experience. It wasn't so great for Riley though. The quick birth bruised his face, and he ended up with bloodshot eyes and jaundice. After a sleepy few days, he finally started feeding well and turning a good colour.
If (and it's a BIG if) I have another, I'm thinking it will be a damn quick birth! Riley would easily have been an accidental homebirth if my membranes hadn't ruptured because there's no way I would have gone to hospital only a few hours into labour. The transition from contractions to wanting to push was sudden, and I really didn't expect it.
Thanks for reading!