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My birth story x

hi girls

Here's my birth story from the birth of my 2nd baby on sat 19th april x

After a slow start on & off for a few days I woke on the morning of the 19th at 5am with mild contractions & back ache, i had these the day before so did not think too much of them really, as the morning went on i knew this was it, called my hubby back from work about 7:30 and got my mum over to look after our daughter, i had a bath & we had some breakfast & went over to the hospital about 10am to be checked, when they checked me at 10:30 i was 3cm so gave me a sweep, said i could stay in and they left me walk around the hospital and gave me a time of 4:30 to be checked and given another sweep. the afternoon went on & i was still getting regular contractions about 5 mins apart getting slightly stronger i spent most of this time in & out of the bath and on the birthing ball, i can reccomend both to anyone still waiting, i wanted to try for a water birth but was told i wasnt allowed as i had some bad bleeding after the birth of my 1st daughter so was a bit dissapointed when she told me. When i was checked at 4:30 i was only 4cm & devasted, 1cm in 6 hours. they said they would check me again at 8:30pm and if need be could break my waters and to carry on, about an hour later i started on the gas & air as the contractions had stepped up a bit coming nearly every few mins, my midwife changed over at 7 so the next midwife said she would check me early & break my waters, when she checked me sometime after 7 she said i was nearly 9cm, and within 5 minutes of breaking my waters i was pushing, they couldnt believe how quick i had gone. I must admit it had shocked me too & I wasnt pushing very well so after about 30 mins the midwife took the gas & air off me & made me push because the baby was getting tired. thomas was born about 20 mins after, once i had got the hang of pushing in the right place at 8:44pm, he ws placed straight on my chest & my hubby got to cut his cord, it was lovely, he was just so perfect. he was left with us for at least 30 mins then took away & weighed, we couldnt believe the size of him and he was a few days early, 9lb 4oz - i dont want to think what he could have been if i had went over, but he was perfect & i managed to get away with no stitches at all which i was over the moon about !!!

Afterwards we were left in the delivery room and they let my hubby stay the night too, we had a cuppa i had a bath and some tea, it was just so relaxed it was lovely. i didnt sleep all that well as i just wanted to watch baby sleep and i had some severe bleeding & we were let home after being checked around 10am on the sunday morning.

He is thriving now and a true little star, he was worth eveything i had went through for 9 months & more - i love being a mummy again xx

good luck to all you girls still waiting its truly an amazing experience xx


By the way - i had taken rasperberry tea capules 5 a day for a week before & i am sure these helped me out, also i had a lovely tikka massala the night before i went into labour, i can also reccomend this to get you started image

[Modified by: coxley on 22 April 2008 22:06:32 ]

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  • Congratulation hun im hoping mine goes well getting nervous now enjoy your little chap what does you little girl think of him im on baba 2 another girl my daughter is 21months now not sure how she is going to take her little sisters arrival lol Sophie 39 wks today xx
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  • thanks sophie, i hope yours comes soon, its awful at the end ith the waiting, get some curry's eaten - lol x

    my daughter is ok, she's 2 and a half so a little bit jealous which is making her play up a little so hoping she settles down in a few days and doesnt get any worse, she is getting lots of presents when people come to see baby so think that is helping, and she loves helping me with him (well she thinks she is helping). sure yours wil be fine, think 21 months is prob a better age x good luck xx
  • i hope so lol thanks im running out of ideas to get her to arrive any quicker done everything curry, rasp tea, clary sage even resorted to sex and it isnt working im sooo frustrated now seen as tho ive been in slow labour for about 3 weeks now having contractions now they just aint amounting to anyrthing lol xx
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  • Congratulations, sounds like a lovely birth story - he was a good size!!!

    Oh and I'm soooo jealous! image xxxxx

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  • well done to you! xxxxx
  • congrats darling glad he arrived safely and to hear you ok now xx
    jem and josh
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