ok just managed to find time to sit down, baby aslp next to me and i thought its time i wrote my birth story…
i was fine, no contractions up until wednesday night, i at first thought it was something i ate that was giving me funny pains, it then happened every 45 mins, and i knew deep down i was having contractions…throughout the night, and into thursday it went on, every 15 mins, i was supposed to be induced anyway on thursday morning because of my gestational diabetes, however as i was alreasdy having contractions they didnt need to induce me…so thursday i was in hosp, contractions every 5mins, midwife checked me i was fully diallated, however bloody hospital didnt have any room in the labour ward…so had to wait around in the antenatal ward, my contractions were so painful however the sound effects i was making apparently were told to me were almost pornographich,the nurse kept twitiching my curtains to see if my and my hubby were not up to something! what the hell! LIKE i was even thinking of sex for gods sake, but anyway the nurses kept telling me to keep it down as i was making the wrong` sort of sound effect, my husband found this hilarious, to which he earned a few slaps…:]
ANYWAY, bless him he was with me throughout, original plan was i wanted my mum to be in the labour ward, however by the time i was having realllyyy excruciating pains both husband and mum were with me, they rushed me into a room in the labour ward, ( how they managed to find an empty one i dont know, ).
husband and mum in the same room with me, hardly any clothes on, not good.!However any ounce of sharam i may have originally felt, was gone, as the pain was too much. the baby although head down was face up, and for some reason she wasnt coming out, i was pushing wrong the midwife sdound, i was on gas/air however iut wasnt enough, too much pain, i was screaming bloody murder, husband one side, mum on the other side. i began crying. this whole process took 16 hours, believe it or not, just pushing and nothing happening. eventually the head started to show and the midwife asked my husband to have a look, to which he replied no thankyou…!!! he was shaking and terrified of what he may see…they then asked my mum to have a look oh look your grandaughters heads shwoing, come have a look …to which my mums response ?? she fainted…
so the midwife called someone to help my mum oput, my husband shaking, and im the one with all the pain, i think they mustve forogtten me for a moment asll attention was on my mother and husband…the midwife kept asking them if they wanted some tea/buscuits/cofee/water/etc …im like hellooooooooo, i think im in ever so slightly more pain over here…
anyway baby not coming out,20 hours gone, i just wanted it out and i was told by midwife to get up turn around and slide up and down on the bed ( like a pole dance) to get baby further down, oh my god, had i not been in that much pain, i wouidve laughed, i think my mum and husband woulve as well, seeing as i was naked and doing a pole dance-not good…but at that moment, nothing was funny…
in the end the docs came in, AND told me that they were gonna use ventouse, like a vaccum to suck her out, they cut a tear in me and out she popped in less than 5 mins…i lost a lot of blood, i was given an epidural, i remember the doc explaining the side effects of the epidural and to be frank she couldve told me the side effects were me putting on 15 stone, turning green, and growing an extra leg, and i still woulve happily signed it, it was too much pain at that time, in the operation theatre, it felt like they were taking a year to get the epidural ready, i was screaming at them to `f****** put it in will ya,* i now cringe when i remember how i was with them,
anyway i was then in heaven, as the epidural worked its magic…baby out in 5 mins..born 4am on the 1st oct…mashallah…husband was with me in the room. i lost 1000ml of blood, which they saiud was excessive blood loss…however other than that i was fine…cold and shaky but fine…baby weighed in at 6lbs 13…mashallah…
sigh
and tthere wer are…
but probably all worth it in the end i guess :=)
…its OVER!!!
