diamonds22
09-07-2006, 12:31
Hey all...lol I'll try and keep it short....just wanted to let you all know that i gave birth to my lil Claudia Paris via elect c/sec on 28JUN6 and it was the most wonderful experience of my and my hubbys life !!!
Trip there:
Okay..lol have to spill....I started crying as soon as I got in the car to go to the hospital. I was sooo nervous/scared/shaking...and I hate to say it..but all the negative vibes i got from anti c/sec girls kept running though my head...I started to question myself and kept saying to my hubby "do you think less of me??" he calmed me down/reassured me and held my hand the whole way there (lol lucky we have an auto car)
Giving Birth:
I had an awesome midwife (is he called a midwife if he’s male:confused: ) anyway..I had to sit forward while they put the epi in my spine....the middy kept me calmed while i hugged a pillow and he talked me through the whole thing and told me the different sensations I would feel....It did hurt..but it wasn’t unbearable, more uncomfy it was like a normal needle but hurt a bit more (lol don't know what it looked like..didnt dare look!! heheh)...anyway that was the longest/most painful thing of it all ( i dont even really like saying painful cos it really wasn’t that bad for me...maybe I have a high tolerance to pain??)
Anyway the epi kicked in straight away and I felt a warm sensation in my feet that rose up through my legs (heheh it felt nice) then they lifted my legs up and laid me on the bed and put all the curtain things up...my hubby was then allowed to sit next to me and held my hand...he said something funny and we started laughing while the docs were doing there thing...there were like "arh don't laugh"...which of course made us laugh more..but then we settled down heheh must have been the nerves.
Its hard to explain what it felt like I know some people have said its like a washing machine in there belly..and I can understand that now...I kinda just felt like I was on a hammock...like I was getting rocked from side to side..it didnt hurt/wasnt uncomfy at all)
Anyway after about 10mins...the nurse said 'okay your going to feel a pushing sensation while the docs push on your tummy...then the next min we heard her cry and she was out and they were holding her up!!! we took stacks of photos (she didn’t have any blood on her) and then they put her in dhs arms then in mine and we both got to hug her while they took photos for us!!
After birth/recovery
Dh went with the nurses to get lil Claudia weighed..she weighed 3.98kgs and was 52cm long and had a good pair of lungs on her!! lol....I had to wait in a recovery bit for observation, as soon as they weighed/checked her they brang her back to me in her lil cot and we just layed there looking into each others eyes. After a bit they took her away to get her injections (my hubby went with them) and I was taken back to my room.
I started to feel really hot...like the room felt like it was 40degrees but I had goosebumps..then nurses told me it was from the epi... then i started to get a really itchy nose!!! to be honest...me feeling hot and the itchy nose was the worst part of my birth!!! heheh it lasted for about an hour then went away.
Day after birth:
they took the cathedral (sp) out (they put it in there when all the blankets were up and I had the epi so i didn’t feel anything and my modesty was intact!) it wasn’t that embarrassing, then I was right to get up when I wanted to...i started walking around straight away...I was a bit scared cos I remember thinking..."shouldnt I be in more pain" ...I put Claudia in the nursery for the first night cos i was tired from the drugs...but the rest of the time she stayed in her lil cot next to me.
After 3 days i asked to go home....my lil bubba was sooo peaceful...heheh it was all the other bubbas that were keeping me awake...so hubby and I decided to take her home...(I wasnt in any pain )..now a week or so on....i took off the sticky tape to my scar and I can barley see it!!! its a thin horizontal line just above my 'cha cha'...i got my hubby to look and he couldn’t believe Claudia had come out of there!! he was like 'that can't be it....there’s barely a mark" (which made me feel heaps good...with a summer tan i doubt you will be able to see the scar unless you were full on staring and searching for it:smiliedance: )
Now:
All in all....my birth was wonderful...I can't put it into words...my lil princess arrived safely after 10mins and her nor I were stressed. For me c/sec is the way to go...i seriously wouldn’t do it any other way it was absolutely perfect..better then I even imagined!!! and I'm in awe at how this lil bubba (whos quite big) was nurtured and kept safe by me in my tummy for 39weeks..I'm so proud of what me and my hubby created...lol its unbelievable!!!! i'm still pinching myself!!! I love love love being a mummy!!! (i don't even mind the late nights...i feel like I have a purpose...and I do..lil Claudia relies on us for her survival..I will do everything to protect her for the rest of my life!!!! lol I love her and my hubby so so so much it brings tears of happiness to my eyes!!!! its the best thing eva!!!! Heheh I’m starting to sound corney now so I’ll stop!!! :o :smiliedance:
Okay lol sorry the ‘trying to keep it short’ didn’t work out….heheh you deserve a medal if you read though all of that!!!
Good luck for everyone else who is due to give birth (which ever way) !! I can only hope yours goes as perfect as mine...its all so wonderful/amasing!!!!!!
Trip there:
Okay..lol have to spill....I started crying as soon as I got in the car to go to the hospital. I was sooo nervous/scared/shaking...and I hate to say it..but all the negative vibes i got from anti c/sec girls kept running though my head...I started to question myself and kept saying to my hubby "do you think less of me??" he calmed me down/reassured me and held my hand the whole way there (lol lucky we have an auto car)
Giving Birth:
I had an awesome midwife (is he called a midwife if he’s male:confused: ) anyway..I had to sit forward while they put the epi in my spine....the middy kept me calmed while i hugged a pillow and he talked me through the whole thing and told me the different sensations I would feel....It did hurt..but it wasn’t unbearable, more uncomfy it was like a normal needle but hurt a bit more (lol don't know what it looked like..didnt dare look!! heheh)...anyway that was the longest/most painful thing of it all ( i dont even really like saying painful cos it really wasn’t that bad for me...maybe I have a high tolerance to pain??)
Anyway the epi kicked in straight away and I felt a warm sensation in my feet that rose up through my legs (heheh it felt nice) then they lifted my legs up and laid me on the bed and put all the curtain things up...my hubby was then allowed to sit next to me and held my hand...he said something funny and we started laughing while the docs were doing there thing...there were like "arh don't laugh"...which of course made us laugh more..but then we settled down heheh must have been the nerves.
Its hard to explain what it felt like I know some people have said its like a washing machine in there belly..and I can understand that now...I kinda just felt like I was on a hammock...like I was getting rocked from side to side..it didnt hurt/wasnt uncomfy at all)
Anyway after about 10mins...the nurse said 'okay your going to feel a pushing sensation while the docs push on your tummy...then the next min we heard her cry and she was out and they were holding her up!!! we took stacks of photos (she didn’t have any blood on her) and then they put her in dhs arms then in mine and we both got to hug her while they took photos for us!!
After birth/recovery
Dh went with the nurses to get lil Claudia weighed..she weighed 3.98kgs and was 52cm long and had a good pair of lungs on her!! lol....I had to wait in a recovery bit for observation, as soon as they weighed/checked her they brang her back to me in her lil cot and we just layed there looking into each others eyes. After a bit they took her away to get her injections (my hubby went with them) and I was taken back to my room.
I started to feel really hot...like the room felt like it was 40degrees but I had goosebumps..then nurses told me it was from the epi... then i started to get a really itchy nose!!! to be honest...me feeling hot and the itchy nose was the worst part of my birth!!! heheh it lasted for about an hour then went away.
Day after birth:
they took the cathedral (sp) out (they put it in there when all the blankets were up and I had the epi so i didn’t feel anything and my modesty was intact!) it wasn’t that embarrassing, then I was right to get up when I wanted to...i started walking around straight away...I was a bit scared cos I remember thinking..."shouldnt I be in more pain" ...I put Claudia in the nursery for the first night cos i was tired from the drugs...but the rest of the time she stayed in her lil cot next to me.
After 3 days i asked to go home....my lil bubba was sooo peaceful...heheh it was all the other bubbas that were keeping me awake...so hubby and I decided to take her home...(I wasnt in any pain )..now a week or so on....i took off the sticky tape to my scar and I can barley see it!!! its a thin horizontal line just above my 'cha cha'...i got my hubby to look and he couldn’t believe Claudia had come out of there!! he was like 'that can't be it....there’s barely a mark" (which made me feel heaps good...with a summer tan i doubt you will be able to see the scar unless you were full on staring and searching for it:smiliedance: )
Now:
All in all....my birth was wonderful...I can't put it into words...my lil princess arrived safely after 10mins and her nor I were stressed. For me c/sec is the way to go...i seriously wouldn’t do it any other way it was absolutely perfect..better then I even imagined!!! and I'm in awe at how this lil bubba (whos quite big) was nurtured and kept safe by me in my tummy for 39weeks..I'm so proud of what me and my hubby created...lol its unbelievable!!!! i'm still pinching myself!!! I love love love being a mummy!!! (i don't even mind the late nights...i feel like I have a purpose...and I do..lil Claudia relies on us for her survival..I will do everything to protect her for the rest of my life!!!! lol I love her and my hubby so so so much it brings tears of happiness to my eyes!!!! its the best thing eva!!!! Heheh I’m starting to sound corney now so I’ll stop!!! :o :smiliedance:
Okay lol sorry the ‘trying to keep it short’ didn’t work out….heheh you deserve a medal if you read though all of that!!!
Good luck for everyone else who is due to give birth (which ever way) !! I can only hope yours goes as perfect as mine...its all so wonderful/amasing!!!!!!