Cinta
19-06-2006, 15:41
Well I know you're all dying to hear it and I have a little spare time on my hands even though I am very tired :sleeping: Okay well here goes, I will tell you about the birth and any questions you have I will answer! Imogen was due on Thursday 15th June but ended up being 2 days late coz she wanted to share the same birthday as her mummy!
Imogen Rose. Born 1.30am 17/06/06 (On my 19th birthday!) 7 Pound 12oz. 53 cm long
I was told the week before I was due that it would be any day now, but Imogen didn't want to come for another week yet!
On Friday morning I started having some weird feelings, kinda crampy painful (but not too bad) down there. I told Mark but we didn't want to go to the hospital and think 'this is it' and then be told it wasn't. So Mark ran a nice bath for me and I just tried to relax and stuff. The pain started getting bad (well I'm a wuss so what was painful for me might not have been that bad lol) so Mark rang the hospital and they said to come in. My waters hadn't broken yet and I was a little hesitant to go in just yet as a friend that had a baby a year ago told me there isn't much point going in before your waters break as you would be more comfortable at home rather then waiting around at the hospital. But I went in anyway, better to just in case Mark said.
Well they checked and basically said that I wasn't dilated enough yet and that it would take some time to get to the point where I was ready. They said that I could stay there if I wanted to but said it was up to me. The hospital is only a few minutes away so i decided that i would go back home and wait.
Well had another shower when i got back home then thought i would try and get some rest.
So i just took it easy and rested as i was exhausted and was having pains. Later on I was watching some telly and then i felt like i had ****ed my pants :o Sorry if TMI. I thought 'oh sh!t did i just p!ss myself or was that my waters breaking'. Kinda had a panic moment but Mark calmed me down and stuff and I had a shower and headed to hospital. Yep, sure enough my waters had broken but i was only a few centimetres dilated. Wont go into too much detail about it all as this is getting quite long and its probably boring but i was sucking on gas and telling Mark its his fault and crying and stuff coz i didnt want to go through it all. i was just really emotional and stuff. I ended up asking for an epidural and the nurse said that i was doing fine and that i wouldnt need one, at least for now anyway, well then i went off at her and she said she would speak to my mw about it. I absolutely hate needles but this time i didnt complain about the needle at all, i just wanted some relief. It didn't really hurt anyway. The epi worked so well for me.
I was a bit worried about having an epi before the birth coz of all the bad stories about them but i needed something done and i didnt like the gas.
Well then when i was all ready they wanted me to start pushing, it took a while but they were just trying to get me to breathe right and stay calm and just push! and yet again i was going off at them swearing and saying 'well you try bl**dy doing it! :o
Finally after a very exhausting labour Imogen Rose was born at 1.30am on Saturday. DF cut the cord.
I am breastfeeding Imogen, the nurses were actually a great help to me instructing me on how to get a good position going, etc. I dont really like breastfeeding its painful to me, but they wanted me to at least give it a good go and see how i go with it. Its very hard getting used to it, everyone just seems to be throwing all this info at me about it, you should do it like this etc etc. Very stressful, lucky i have bubhub lol!
Well yeah sorry for rambling. I wrote this down in a journal in hospital and it said it better but my journals in my bag and im tired and cant be bothered.
MIL is over and is helping out heaps which im so grateful for coz my mum passed away last year and i am pretty much clueless on sooo many things!
Ok sorry for rambling. DF and i are just so happy about everything, life couldnt be better. We love our daughter so so so much and its hard to describe the feelings i have for my fiance and my daughter. She is so gorgeous...
Thanks for listening. Luv Jacinta
Imogen Rose. Born 1.30am 17/06/06 (On my 19th birthday!) 7 Pound 12oz. 53 cm long
I was told the week before I was due that it would be any day now, but Imogen didn't want to come for another week yet!
On Friday morning I started having some weird feelings, kinda crampy painful (but not too bad) down there. I told Mark but we didn't want to go to the hospital and think 'this is it' and then be told it wasn't. So Mark ran a nice bath for me and I just tried to relax and stuff. The pain started getting bad (well I'm a wuss so what was painful for me might not have been that bad lol) so Mark rang the hospital and they said to come in. My waters hadn't broken yet and I was a little hesitant to go in just yet as a friend that had a baby a year ago told me there isn't much point going in before your waters break as you would be more comfortable at home rather then waiting around at the hospital. But I went in anyway, better to just in case Mark said.
Well they checked and basically said that I wasn't dilated enough yet and that it would take some time to get to the point where I was ready. They said that I could stay there if I wanted to but said it was up to me. The hospital is only a few minutes away so i decided that i would go back home and wait.
Well had another shower when i got back home then thought i would try and get some rest.
So i just took it easy and rested as i was exhausted and was having pains. Later on I was watching some telly and then i felt like i had ****ed my pants :o Sorry if TMI. I thought 'oh sh!t did i just p!ss myself or was that my waters breaking'. Kinda had a panic moment but Mark calmed me down and stuff and I had a shower and headed to hospital. Yep, sure enough my waters had broken but i was only a few centimetres dilated. Wont go into too much detail about it all as this is getting quite long and its probably boring but i was sucking on gas and telling Mark its his fault and crying and stuff coz i didnt want to go through it all. i was just really emotional and stuff. I ended up asking for an epidural and the nurse said that i was doing fine and that i wouldnt need one, at least for now anyway, well then i went off at her and she said she would speak to my mw about it. I absolutely hate needles but this time i didnt complain about the needle at all, i just wanted some relief. It didn't really hurt anyway. The epi worked so well for me.
I was a bit worried about having an epi before the birth coz of all the bad stories about them but i needed something done and i didnt like the gas.
Well then when i was all ready they wanted me to start pushing, it took a while but they were just trying to get me to breathe right and stay calm and just push! and yet again i was going off at them swearing and saying 'well you try bl**dy doing it! :o
Finally after a very exhausting labour Imogen Rose was born at 1.30am on Saturday. DF cut the cord.
I am breastfeeding Imogen, the nurses were actually a great help to me instructing me on how to get a good position going, etc. I dont really like breastfeeding its painful to me, but they wanted me to at least give it a good go and see how i go with it. Its very hard getting used to it, everyone just seems to be throwing all this info at me about it, you should do it like this etc etc. Very stressful, lucky i have bubhub lol!
Well yeah sorry for rambling. I wrote this down in a journal in hospital and it said it better but my journals in my bag and im tired and cant be bothered.
MIL is over and is helping out heaps which im so grateful for coz my mum passed away last year and i am pretty much clueless on sooo many things!
Ok sorry for rambling. DF and i are just so happy about everything, life couldnt be better. We love our daughter so so so much and its hard to describe the feelings i have for my fiance and my daughter. She is so gorgeous...
Thanks for listening. Luv Jacinta