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18-04-2006, 08:25 AM
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The Birth of Brodie Jay Edward!
Hi Girls! I’m relatively new here so i thought a good way to introduce myself would be to tell my birth story! Here goes! Sorry if it’s a bit long!
On the 26th of Jan 2006 I experienced my first contraction, 2 weeks later and 2 visits to the hospital later, my husband decided this baby was never coming! Then 1am on the 10th of Feb, I woke up with yet another contraction... only they had never been strong enough to wake me up before! but after so much false hope I blocked it from my mind and went back to sleep; but they continued... 2am....3am....4am... and finally at 5am I couldn’t lie down anymore so I got up and put a DVD on. By 7 am they were half an hour apart. Hubby woke up at 10am and said 'nah your not in enough pain for them to be real.' I could have slapped him right then and there! They continued on half an hour apart until 3pm when they were down to 7 mins apart, I was finally letting myself get excited! I was pacing around like a lion and my step daughter thought I was crazy pacing the living room! after an hour in the shower and 4 more hours of squatting, walking and swaying I was in complete agony, they were 3 minutes apart but I refused to go to the hospital and get sent home so I carried on crying and grunting till 10pm when finally I told (sorry screamed) at hubby to ring the hospital and tell them we were on our way! After an agonizing 2 minute drive we were there! (Though the nurses knew me from our previous visits and didn’t let me get my hopes up.) They go a bath ready for me and it was the best thing in the world... I could hardly feel the contractions! Hubby lost all hope "nup that’s it they are gone, we are going home," he continued to tell me I wasn’t in enough pain till I finally got out and could no longer walk! As soon as I got out the contractions were right on top of each other! Hubby freaked and hit a button thinking it was the one to call for the mid wife, all of a sudden we here “CODE BLUE LABOUR AND DELIVERY ROOM!" And about 5 nurses come running in! Hubby went bright red and simply said "whoops!" i asked one of the mid wives to check me and she told me not to get my hopes hope, it could be a long night (it was midnight by this stage) she was surprised to see I was 5cms dilated. i was happy to be half way! i tried the gas for the pain, but it only made me feel drunk ( I hate that feeling) so I quickly pushed that away, next the pethadine but that did absolutely nothing but make me feel even more sick, and finally I did what I swore I wouldn’t do... I demanded an epidural! Biggest mistake I’ve ever made. The main guy that does epidurals was on holiday so I had a visiting doctor. He made me sit up and hunch over (I was in so much pain) that’s the last thing I remember about the epidural but hubby later informed me that the needle exploded in my back and the doctor proceeding to yell at the midwives and tell them that they shouldn’t be using these needles anymore as they don’t even manufacture them anymore! So of course he tried again, and again and again till I apparently I just totally flipped out and demanded him out of the room (still don’t remember) so after all that all I got was a numb foot for 5 mins! By now it was 12.45am and I swore I needed to push; the mid wife looked disbelieving but checked anyway to keep me happy. She got the shock of her life to see I was 10cms! (5 to10cm in 45 mins!)There was no time to get the doctor so she called for another midwife who also examined me. There was one problem… my waters still hadn’t broken! The midwives looked at each other and said “you know what will happen if we break them” (speed up delivery, I’m guessing) so they asked me if I wanted them broken but informed me not to tell anyone because only doctors are aloud to do it. They told me if they did break them I may only be in labor for another hour or so. So obviously I agreed! So my waters gushed out and with one push so did Brodies head! Wow I cant even begin to describe the sense of relief I felt once his head was out, it was the best feeling in the world, there was no pain left there at all, I gave one more big push and his body slid out,(6 mins of pushing) the nurses scooped him up and put him on my chest. I started freaking out because he wasn’t crying! I thought all babies cried when they were born! And to this day I have never seen him shed a tear! He just grumbles a little bit when he is hungry! So on the 11th feb 2006 at 12.56am (4 days early) Brodie Jay Edward was born. Weighing 6lb 15oz. Length 48cm, Head circumference 35cm and apgars of 9 and 9. We finally had our little baby! I always had a feeling he was going to be a boy! We just love him sooo much! Thank you all for reading my extremely long story! And good luck to all the expectant mothers out there! Babies are worth every moment of pain plus more! 
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18-04-2006, 08:38 AM
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CONGRATULATIONS AND A HUGE WELCOME TO BRODIE JAY EDWARD!   Thanks so much for sharing your birth story-I love to read about our babies arriving in the world. You did great!
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18-04-2006, 08:38 AM
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Forgot to mention.......He is GORGEOUS!!!
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20-04-2006, 05:01 PM
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That was a lovely story. I feel sorry for you that you experienced so much pain. My waters didn't break until I had been pushing for about an hour! It is funny how some midwives intervene and some don't. I wasn't even given the option to break them, but I'm glad I wasn't as I was told they would break on their own anyway & I wanted to do it myself. A friend of mine actually delivered one of her children still in the sac! Bizarre but true.
Anyway, sorry for the blurb. I enjoyed reading your story. Thanks. Welcome little Brodie. You're a cutie! Love, Nan. xx
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22-06-2006, 03:45 PM
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sorry bout the lateness, but can that even happen? ive never heard of anything like that b4!!!!
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