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Philip's Birth Story
Finally got 5 minutes peace and quiet so here is the shortened version!
Contractions started on tuesday lunchtime, by 8pm were 7mins apart & rather painful! but only 1-2cm dilated so sent home from hospital, returned there at 2am to betold 3cm but contractions were 2-3mins apart so ended up with pethadine at 2.55am, wasn't checked again till new midwife came on at 8am, took me to a deliery room where she found i was 8cm, even though my show was a pretty funny colour (which she thought was meconium but turned out not to be) no-one had looked at it.
Was given gas & air at 9.10am (which is fantastic stuff!!) and hooked up to monitors, from then i remember very little, one minute (about 9.40ish) i had my husband one side, mw the other and everything fine, next thing i remember is about 10.10am when the room is full of people shouting fetel hb of 82, no hb, are the paeds on the way, anterior lip, get Mr ? (can't even remember his name!) and being told catagorically not to push!! All of which sent me into total panic and really wasn't able to stop pushing.
Ended up with Philip being born at 10.17am with an episiotomy and ventouse, husband wasn't allowed to cut the cord, they whipped him straight away to the crib thing and wouldn't even tell us what he was. He didn't cry for a while and when he did it was only a whimper then he let a wailer out. Took about 10minutes for him to be given to me during which time i was stiched etc.
So Philip Charles Barrie arrived in quite a shocked state at 10.17am on 19th December 2007, didn't really want to feed so was thurs am before he got the hang of it but he's making up for it now!:roll: Feeding every 2-3hrs for a good 45 minutes, and now my milks in i REALLY know when he's due a feed!
MW just been, he was 8lb1oz born, 7lb8oz on saturday and today he's 7lb9.5oz!
Not a really horrendous story compared to some, and i would do it all again!!
Contractions started on tuesday lunchtime, by 8pm were 7mins apart & rather painful! but only 1-2cm dilated so sent home from hospital, returned there at 2am to betold 3cm but contractions were 2-3mins apart so ended up with pethadine at 2.55am, wasn't checked again till new midwife came on at 8am, took me to a deliery room where she found i was 8cm, even though my show was a pretty funny colour (which she thought was meconium but turned out not to be) no-one had looked at it.
Was given gas & air at 9.10am (which is fantastic stuff!!) and hooked up to monitors, from then i remember very little, one minute (about 9.40ish) i had my husband one side, mw the other and everything fine, next thing i remember is about 10.10am when the room is full of people shouting fetel hb of 82, no hb, are the paeds on the way, anterior lip, get Mr ? (can't even remember his name!) and being told catagorically not to push!! All of which sent me into total panic and really wasn't able to stop pushing.
Ended up with Philip being born at 10.17am with an episiotomy and ventouse, husband wasn't allowed to cut the cord, they whipped him straight away to the crib thing and wouldn't even tell us what he was. He didn't cry for a while and when he did it was only a whimper then he let a wailer out. Took about 10minutes for him to be given to me during which time i was stiched etc.
So Philip Charles Barrie arrived in quite a shocked state at 10.17am on 19th December 2007, didn't really want to feed so was thurs am before he got the hang of it but he's making up for it now!:roll: Feeding every 2-3hrs for a good 45 minutes, and now my milks in i REALLY know when he's due a feed!
MW just been, he was 8lb1oz born, 7lb8oz on saturday and today he's 7lb9.5oz!
Not a really horrendous story compared to some, and i would do it all again!!
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well done with breastfeeding.i think once they latchon properly its a doddle but ryan likes to play for a bit, he gets a bit silly head butting my nipple and pretending to latch on then pulling away , a comedian i must have!
hope ur stitches r healing well, dont do wot i did and go for walks or to shop,really not worth it! just doss on sofa wit philip!!
well done and congrats!! xxxx
C.xxx
Cally, surely the hv should still be coming to see you regularly? Philip was weighed today & he's now 1oz over his birth weight on day 9! he's gained 9oz since monday so i must be doing something right with the feeding, but he can empty both breasts in one sitting!!
Cally & Obi... my hv isn't visiting me - I have to go to the clinic each week from now on to get lo weighed... do hvs normally visit for longer? (Bryn is 2 weeks old) I cant remember what happened with my other 2.
Hope everyone is fit and well. Em x
Em, not sure about how long they visit for before you have to go to them, she starts coming on monday so will find out then, but i'm sure it was longer than 2 wks when my friend had her little one last year.
Obi & Philip
x
Em my health visitor came after I was discharged from my midwife and will come once a week for 6 weeks, maybe you call either call your midwife about the lack of hv or call your surgery? Hope you get it sorted out soon as it really isn;t on having to take a tiny baby to them!
Amy xxx
Hope you had a fantastic xmas together
Hilary x