reAllytee
24-11-2005, 01:37 AM
Well i thought i would tell my birthing story as a way of introducing myself hopefully im not doing it in the wrong area !
I gave birth to Harrison on the 7/3/05 he was 4.5kg just one ounce off 10lb his length was 57cm. He was one big boy & still is he is currently the size of the average 12mth old & is only a little over 8mths !
My contractions started by waking me up 3am Friday morning with me thinking "Ok i now get what it means by you will know the difference from braxton-hicks".
As we have a townhouse & i didnt want to walk downstairs alone i had to wake my partner to ask him to get the hot water bottle for me. He of course woke up wondering what was going on & i dont think it hit him till he walked back into the room still half asleep with it seeing me grimacing. We were already 5 days overdue & i had my show a few days prior seems he had forgotten i was pregnant ! heh.
I got through the day having a whinge here & there by the afternoon it was stronger & regular so my mum & aunty had turned up to help keep my mind off it & walk with me around the block. At 9pm we called the birthing unit & they said to come in so i was thinking awesome im going to be like them & have an easy birth ( famous last thoughts ! ). So what happens it all stops doesnt it. I wanted to cry so they kept me there until 12am but still nothing. I was then sent home with a sleeping tablet & some panadeine forte & told they would see me tomorrow ! HAH !
Got home showered took the sleeping tablet & then slept a good 5hrs woke up around 7am with a few niggles nothing major so just went about our day waiting but of course i only got the contractions randomly which meant i went another nite but because i didnt have another sleeping tablet it meant i was awake all nite.
By Sunday morning i was a wreck the contractions would come strong then nothing would get into rythm then stop. I remember laying in bed talking to bubs telling it that it needed to make up its mind soon or else !
By lunchtime Sunday after calling the birthing unit again they said to come in as they wanted to see how bubs was & as the showers werent helping anymore & i started vomitting i wanted help. Unfortunately i still wasnt progressing enough so the doctor admitted me onto the labour ward for the nite as he wanted me induced as it had been too long & i was too dehydrated after prolonged vomitting. I was given more sleeping tablets ( i was sure bubs would sleep for weeks after it all ) & put on a drip to get my fluids back up as even my temperature was rising.
I remember a nurse coming in later saying "Its getting bad isnt it" & all i could do was manage to nod then the lady i had in the room with me told her it was worse as she had been keeping an eye on me & keeping time. So at 2am Monday morning i was back in the birthing unit my partner was called & he was back in with me at 2.30am with my mum arriving shortly after.
I was given morphine as im allergic to pethadine & as i couldnt take the gas as i had started vomitting yet again.
By 9am still nothing so i was so tired they were pretty much offering me the epidural to which i gladly accepted. The greatest thing in the world i went from pain & thinking i was going to lose it to a feeling of calm it was great.
So i laid back dozing on & off. Im not sure what time it was but sometime around midday they broke my waters. Then i remember not long after starting to get sensation back & feeling an urge to push. So hoorah i was checked & yes it was time to go. The epidural was turned off & given time to wear off but as i said i had already gotten sensation back so it was time for me to start vomitting again.
I pretty much vomitted the whole way through. My aunty thought the head was going to pop out with me vomitting !
I pushed for 2hrs with not much luck so the doctor organised the ventouse. Which they had trouble with as they couldnt understand why i wasnt pushing on contractions & i kept saying there wasnt one but then would complain of back pain. It turned out bubs was rotating in the birth canal making life difficult !
By this stage i was concentrating so hard i was keeping my eyes shut & when i opened them at one stage i realised i had 5 midwives in with me as well as the head midwife & 3 doctors i thought this was normal ! Everyone was great really inspiring me to push
Bubs apparently wasnt doing so well & neither was i but im glad i was oblivious to it all otherwise i think i would have lost it. My mum had started crying & so had my partner i didnt even see that either.
I had gone through the entire labour without screaming or yelling i just didnt want to as i thought once i started i would never have coped. I remember just before that last go i said " I cant i really cant, i cant do it anymore im tired just so tired ". I had already pushed twice with the ventouse & was being given a 3rd & final chance as the operating room had been prepped & was ready for a caesar. One last push & his head came out. My mum was excited saying "he" is nearly here little did we know that it would soon be known it was a boy we didnt find our during the pregnancy as we wanted a suprise !
It was 4.45pm
He was placed on my tummy only for a brief moment as the baby doctor whisked him away. He was blue. But no sooner than they checked him out he started reacting & crying. My partner never left him. I kept passing out but i remember when i did look around he was with him.
I passed the placenta fine & was stitched up he had done a lot of damage but i didnt care it was all worth it.
I was put onto another drip & left to rest.
Ive been told im not to have another vaginal birth that caesarian will be my only choice.
Its true what they say that its the worst pain you could ever endure but you do endure it & the end result wipes away the memory in seconds.
I gave birth to Harrison on the 7/3/05 he was 4.5kg just one ounce off 10lb his length was 57cm. He was one big boy & still is he is currently the size of the average 12mth old & is only a little over 8mths !
My contractions started by waking me up 3am Friday morning with me thinking "Ok i now get what it means by you will know the difference from braxton-hicks".
As we have a townhouse & i didnt want to walk downstairs alone i had to wake my partner to ask him to get the hot water bottle for me. He of course woke up wondering what was going on & i dont think it hit him till he walked back into the room still half asleep with it seeing me grimacing. We were already 5 days overdue & i had my show a few days prior seems he had forgotten i was pregnant ! heh.
I got through the day having a whinge here & there by the afternoon it was stronger & regular so my mum & aunty had turned up to help keep my mind off it & walk with me around the block. At 9pm we called the birthing unit & they said to come in so i was thinking awesome im going to be like them & have an easy birth ( famous last thoughts ! ). So what happens it all stops doesnt it. I wanted to cry so they kept me there until 12am but still nothing. I was then sent home with a sleeping tablet & some panadeine forte & told they would see me tomorrow ! HAH !
Got home showered took the sleeping tablet & then slept a good 5hrs woke up around 7am with a few niggles nothing major so just went about our day waiting but of course i only got the contractions randomly which meant i went another nite but because i didnt have another sleeping tablet it meant i was awake all nite.
By Sunday morning i was a wreck the contractions would come strong then nothing would get into rythm then stop. I remember laying in bed talking to bubs telling it that it needed to make up its mind soon or else !
By lunchtime Sunday after calling the birthing unit again they said to come in as they wanted to see how bubs was & as the showers werent helping anymore & i started vomitting i wanted help. Unfortunately i still wasnt progressing enough so the doctor admitted me onto the labour ward for the nite as he wanted me induced as it had been too long & i was too dehydrated after prolonged vomitting. I was given more sleeping tablets ( i was sure bubs would sleep for weeks after it all ) & put on a drip to get my fluids back up as even my temperature was rising.
I remember a nurse coming in later saying "Its getting bad isnt it" & all i could do was manage to nod then the lady i had in the room with me told her it was worse as she had been keeping an eye on me & keeping time. So at 2am Monday morning i was back in the birthing unit my partner was called & he was back in with me at 2.30am with my mum arriving shortly after.
I was given morphine as im allergic to pethadine & as i couldnt take the gas as i had started vomitting yet again.
By 9am still nothing so i was so tired they were pretty much offering me the epidural to which i gladly accepted. The greatest thing in the world i went from pain & thinking i was going to lose it to a feeling of calm it was great.
So i laid back dozing on & off. Im not sure what time it was but sometime around midday they broke my waters. Then i remember not long after starting to get sensation back & feeling an urge to push. So hoorah i was checked & yes it was time to go. The epidural was turned off & given time to wear off but as i said i had already gotten sensation back so it was time for me to start vomitting again.
I pretty much vomitted the whole way through. My aunty thought the head was going to pop out with me vomitting !
I pushed for 2hrs with not much luck so the doctor organised the ventouse. Which they had trouble with as they couldnt understand why i wasnt pushing on contractions & i kept saying there wasnt one but then would complain of back pain. It turned out bubs was rotating in the birth canal making life difficult !
By this stage i was concentrating so hard i was keeping my eyes shut & when i opened them at one stage i realised i had 5 midwives in with me as well as the head midwife & 3 doctors i thought this was normal ! Everyone was great really inspiring me to push
Bubs apparently wasnt doing so well & neither was i but im glad i was oblivious to it all otherwise i think i would have lost it. My mum had started crying & so had my partner i didnt even see that either.
I had gone through the entire labour without screaming or yelling i just didnt want to as i thought once i started i would never have coped. I remember just before that last go i said " I cant i really cant, i cant do it anymore im tired just so tired ". I had already pushed twice with the ventouse & was being given a 3rd & final chance as the operating room had been prepped & was ready for a caesar. One last push & his head came out. My mum was excited saying "he" is nearly here little did we know that it would soon be known it was a boy we didnt find our during the pregnancy as we wanted a suprise !
It was 4.45pm
He was placed on my tummy only for a brief moment as the baby doctor whisked him away. He was blue. But no sooner than they checked him out he started reacting & crying. My partner never left him. I kept passing out but i remember when i did look around he was with him.
I passed the placenta fine & was stitched up he had done a lot of damage but i didnt care it was all worth it.
I was put onto another drip & left to rest.
Ive been told im not to have another vaginal birth that caesarian will be my only choice.
Its true what they say that its the worst pain you could ever endure but you do endure it & the end result wipes away the memory in seconds.