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    Posted: 20 October 2003 at 9:53am
There are many pregnant women out there anxious about giving birth....We want to hear your birth story so that we have some kind of expectation about labour and birth. Please tell us your story.
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Hi all oh well here goes. Alyssa was finally born 9 days overdue. I went to see the midwife on the monday at 9am(8 days overdue) so she could give me a sweep (its where they run a finger around the lip of you cervix to get your show to start). As i really didnt want to be induced and this was going to be the next step on the friday. Anyway she went to do the sweep and then had this kind of puzzled sound in her voice "have you been having any niggles?" I said no and she told me i was already 3 cm dilated and to go home and wait that labour wouldnt be too far away.

Well i got home and the show started, it wasnt that bad but i did have to wear a pad. The niggles started at about 2pm and I called my husband and one of my best friends who was going to be a support person as well. I think at this stage they were about 20 mins apart.

My midwife rang later that night and asked how things were going and we told her they were going good contractions about 15 mins apart but sometimes going down to five.

I was awake most of monday night with the contractions but also excitement. The contractions were now 5 mins to 2 mins apart. So at 7am i called the midwife thinking surely i must be nearly ready to go into hospital. The midwife came out and checked me i was still only 3 cm aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh how frustrating.

So my husband worked outside for a while and My friend and i went for 2 very long walks. Then i decided to have a hot bath, My back was killing me by this stage with all the contractions (using all the things id been told could help speed things up)

At 1pm on Tuesday i couldn't stand being at home any longer and the pain in my back was pretty intense (i am told this is because Alyssa was laying a bit posterior). So i phoned my midwife and told her i was going into hospital.

When i was admitted she checked me and woo hoo i was 5cm so it was good to know things were progressing. I jumped into the spa bath when it was available and stayed in there consuming heaps of cold water as well. By now i was also starting to vomit (with the back pain, Id just like to say that the contractions wern't that bad but those of you who have had the massive back pain with a posterior baby will know what im talking about).

I eventually got out of the bath and went back to my room so the midwife could check me (she had been monitoring the baby and my BP while i was in the bath.) And i was ready to push.

I was offered gas but took one puff and couldnt stand it. Once Alyssa's head had come down far enough and she had obviously turned into the right position the back pain stopped. So i started pusing at 4-30pm and Alyssa was born at 6pm weighing 8lb 6oz and 52cm. So all in all it was a fantastic labour. They took me as being in labour for 7 hours so thats not too bad for the first go.

I feel really positive about my labour and birth and what was great for me was having my friends and family there to support me, my husband, sister, and two of my closest friends. Also i totally trusted my midwife and anything she suggested i try i did.

I hope this hasnt put anyone off having a baby because it was truely the best day of my life, Sure it was hard at the time but i cant even really remember how sore it was now and it was only 6 months ago. I just had to go over the midwifes notes to write everthing down.

Goodluck with your births, Maria


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Must say that I had it pretty easy. Noticed a few little niggles bout 2am on Monday morning and so didn't get alot of sleep that day. Spent most of the day not doing alot, my back started to get a bit sore but nothing major. My waters broke at 6pm and about 6:30 we headed off to hospital. Contractions started really really heavy after that. Had gas and the only time I thought "Oh my God I can't do this" was when her head was through so it was all pretty easy after that. I was happy as I only needed 2 stiches and as I am only 5"2 and 50kgs and Angie was 8lbs 8 I thought that was pretty good. She was born at 8pm on Monday night.
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Hi there,

I had a good pregnancy except for alot of pelvis pain, especially towards the end as baby was getting heavy. I was 10 days overdue and had to be induced as baby's head would not engage. I got induced at 8 am Tuesday 11 June and then my waters broke about 3pm that afternoon. The problem still was that baby wouldn't fully engage so about 8.30pm that evening my obstetrician decided to do a c-section. I had an epidural so I would be concious for the birth and my husband was there in theater for support. There were no complications afterwards. A reason for baby not engaging was that his head was a bit big for my pelvis.

I had a healthy son, Yaqub, and he weighed 9.5 pounds

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Hi all,

It was a bit of a mission getting Maya into the world, she was posterior too. I felt the first contractions around 4pm on Wed 26 Feb but they just felt like bad gas (I was due 6 March). Had a bit of a show in thebath around 11pm, so I rang my midwife. She said to stay at home until they were 5 mins apart. I tried to sleep but was too excited and nervous, so I sat up and watched reruns on TV and ate toast all night. the midwife rang at 7am surprised that I hadn't called, but the contractions were still irregular.

By 4pm the contractions were getting serious, but still irregular, so I went to New World in my pyjamas to buy HOt X Buns. I ate the whole packet!! By 11pm the contractions were 5 mins apart, and I couldn't stand them, so I rang the midwife, and then my support person (my best friend Karen) picked me up and took me to the hospital.

I was 5cm dilated when I arrived at the hospital, and then at 1am I had an epidural, because I'm allergic to pethadene and the gas made me vomit. The doctor let the epidural wear off when I was 9 cm and at 7am I was ready to push.

Maya Grace Te Irirangi Marama was born on Friday 28 February, 6 days early at 8.11am, weighed 9lbs and was 54cm long. Her APGAR at birth was 10.

I had a really long labour (41 hrs from the first contraction, but 17 hours of clinical labour), because Maya was posterior, but she did turn while I was in labor. Looking back, it wasn't anywhere near as bad as friends had made it out to be (maybe because I had an epidural).. Would I do it all again? Hell yeah - my perfect baby girl is worth every minute of it!

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ok - well i have two to tell.....   so first....
When i was 8 1/2 months my husband and i moved from Tga to Auckland.... not good leaving a midwife that you had got to trust and love to nothing.. and trying to find someone who would take you soo far along... but with my sis in auckland looking for me it was not so bad.. i found one - which was a group of three.... i met them all the first day i was in auckland.. i immediately got on with 2 out of three.. on my next visit i requested that i not see or have the third (she was too old school for me - to pushing and we did not get on...) My mum was in napier at the time so she came up a week before i was due... to help things along.. she took me for VERY long walks through the botanical gardens everyday and to every shoppign mall and walked.. i was exashted after each day.. and one of those days i was walkign down the road and turned into our driveway and my Knee dislocated.. and i fell flat (well almost) on my tummy.. i was not too concerned but mum was - and that was on a sunday (by this time i was about 8 days overdue)so mum drove me to hospital and caled the midwife to say meet us there.. i was checked out and both me and bubs were ok... (it was the grandma that was in a mess... ) they keep me in overnight just to see if everythign was still ok.. and it was so they sent me home and said if i had not had it natually by the next sunday to go in to be induced... so next sunday came and i went in after lunch and the checked everythig out.. still ok but not even started.. so they started by putting some (excuse me for not knowing the correct terms) little bullet shaped things inside to help start "soften me up" i was not to move for about 1 hour while they "disolved" (fun) then mum took me on more long walks - this time around the hospital - around and around....   after tea that night and after i had a really nice long Deep bath the nurses put some more of those things in there and said this time don't get up (unless i had to go to the bathroom... ) My husband and mum both said they would see me in the morning.. and left...   all around me were ladies screaming because they were in laubour but not far enough along that they went into delivery suites... so it was not a good sleep... next mornign the dr and nurses checked me out again.. and still nothing.. (i think my baby wanted to stay there) so they said after lunch they would take me down to the delivery suite and break my waters... (yay) my mum and hubby came up after i had breaky and i was hooked up to the monitor to keep an eye on thigns.. after lunch as promised i was taken down to the suites... i was first layed on the bed and they broke my waters with a large crochet hook( i know that is not correct terms ) then the hooked me up to an epidurail so i could not move anywhere.. i also had a drip with some drug in it to get me "going" and i really need to go number ones.. and i said that i was busting... so the nurse put a catherder in - but it was so painful i really wanted to go and after about 5 mins of me complaining the nurse came back and said she would check it.. and she had not done it corectly and that was way it was more painful than just me 'busting'.. she fixed it and wow - she needed to change the bag... i was soo full...lol then they called my midwife..and who should turn up - but the one i hated.. the one that did not get along with me.... yay she was told that waters had been broken at 12 noon.. and that drugs had started.... around 5 pm i was really starting to feel it... my sis was called and she said that she would be there about 7.30pm.... i am glad we took a radio cause it was soo boring otherwise..   i remember that from 12noon to 8pm htey played "kung foo fighting" 7 times and i was beginning to hate the song... the midwife and the specialist were having a discussion as to weather i would have this baby natually or ceaser (because i am little 5'2 and my baby was big) well - after my sis got there things started heating up .. i tried the gas but that was gross so i just went for the eating ice - crunching down on something hard while getting some fluid into me.. and at 8.10pm my little girl came into this world... with my mum at the foot of the bed talking pics every couple of seconds.. to get the full effect(lol) and mym sis saying that she was glad that she did not have her children that way (nataral) and my husband just looking at my face and nothing else - otherwise he would have passed out        Well in all i hated my first birth - it was horrible... very "boring" with a person who was barking orders at me (the midwife) and i thought if they were all like this i would not do it again.....     at least not with that midwife in that hospital.
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now second -
we had moved to a new part of auckland.. and my doc (new doc aswell) suggested i try the midwife who is at the same practice... - yep i will give it a go.. well this midwife was amazing.. she was funny the whole way through pregnacy.. callign my baby george..and if it is a girl - it had to have the same name as her...lol....

On a sunny Saturday morning - early....
My waters broke while my husband and i were being intimate... mmmm not the nicest of things to happen during .. but anyway.. i was 3 weeks off due date... i phoned the midwife and she said thats good.. and that labour usually starts about 6 hours from water breaking - so to let her know... so we took my daughter to her dancing lession, told a firend of ours.. she was excited and wanted to kep informed.. yeah yeah we will blah balh - like you say to everyone....    and then we went shopping (lots of walkign again)   called our support person and she stayed the night in case things started then... i phoned my boss to let her know what was happening as i still had a week of work to go. i had little niggles before goign to bed..   but nothing major.. so went to sllep... midwife phoned to see what was happenign.. when i said nothing so far .. she said that was fine - meet her in the hospital @ 8am the next morning if nothing happed during the night.   8am came and we were at the hospital.. i was hooked up to a drip to pump antibitotics into me cause the water had been broken they did not want infection starting... after lunch the midwife came back and made a few jokes and said that if i was not to start soon she was going home... about 6pm the pain was getting too much for me so i asked for an epidural contractions were happenign but i cant recall how far apart.... after the epidural was in the midwife did a check and i was about 5cm... and she also noticed that the baby had moved the membraine around so the hole had been plugged so i still had half the water still inside.. (we think she broke it - then after a while thought - nup - and put her finger in it to stop anymore water from escaping ) so the midwife finished it off... with that crocet hook and then my epidural for some reason had stopped workign - she got in the anethistist.. and she checked it out and there was no reason why it was not working.. so she took that one out and did a new one.. normally they don't do it so far along but i could not do anything i was in so much pain... so they gave me an immediate pain killer so i could get into position fo rthe epidural... that made me nausus so they gave me something else for that so i would keep still and then they put the epidiral in - agian.   so when she was finished i was as high as a kite... - so much in la la land it was not funny....   when she was about to leave and jsut checking everything was in place.. i said to the midwife "i need to poo" - which really meant that the baby was pushign its way out.... the midwife said to wait until the anathestist had gone cause she hates that side of it... and once she was out of the room - midwife checked and said - yep push anytime now... and wow this one was easy.. she was born at 11.10pm 6 pound 8. unlike the first at 8 pound 10.   Dyon just "slipped out"   And i got to hold dyon as soon as she was born - tori i didn't until she was about 30 mins old.   So this birth was 500 times better than the first.. and this time - with my third i have that same midwife so things should go well...

It all depends on the midwife and your support team in the deliverly room...   if you trust and like them.. you won't notice the pain as much.. all i remmeber from this last one is the fun we had telling jokes and singing songs...
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heres my story:marsh was due 19th april nothing happened i got booked in to be induced 2weeks after that 3days before i was meant to be induced i started feeling contractions about 3pm happened every 15mins then got down to 10mins apart to 15mins so nothing major happening yet!!Around 8pm i started getting quite sore and the pains were every 10mins sometimes 5mins mainly 10mins so i called midwife she asked me if i would like to come in cause i lived in massey and i had to go to northshore hospital which is a far distance,so i called my nan she got ready and came from manukau to pick me up and take me to hospital.

Got to the hospital at about 9pm at 9.30pm midwife checked me not dilated yet!So she broke my waters and then everything from ther happened.I got up and walker around but i couldnt handle that i prefered laying down or sitting down.Mainly all my labour i was sitting in a rocking chair that was brilliant.started getting contractions every 10-5mins then midwife examined me again and ill admit it was uncomfortable,she said i was 3cm dilated so things were starting that was about 11/12 by then shanes mum and lil sister had arrived to be there and my sis and my mum was also there too.Time went by started getting abit sore so midwife done another check she said was fully dilated things were starting only my nan was in the room too everyone got back in my room and then at 0.450am marshall murdo mckenzie was born 7lbs 13oz through out my labour too i had pethidine first then epidural and the gas i didnt like the gas cause it made me think differrently and my labour was only 7hours.In the end i had about 4stitches didnt have much probs i just bleed abit for the day then i was fine i stayed in hospital for 3 days



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I forgot to say that I wentto Birthcare after Maya was born,a nd it was awesome - highly recommended. they have these spa baths there that are excellent after you've just had a baby. i stayed 3 days, and it was free - the government pays for it. When Maya was 2 weeks, I went to National Womens for 9 days with mastitis (breast abscess), and it just doesn't compare, so anyone having a baby in Auckland soon, check it out!
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Warning a good birth story and a not so good story!!

Well I thought I would add my birth story too!! Griffin was born 4 Jan 02

I was induced at 37 weeks due to toxemia. My original wife got sick and I had to have one that I had never met before so I was a bit nervous. I went in at 7am and had the gel applied, nothing happened so I stayed over night, didnt sleep at all, all worried and stressing.
7am I got a niggle and then 7.30 on they came at 5 min apart and they were bad!!
Went down to the delivery room and 12hrs later they broke my waters, that was very painful I must say. My midwife was very distant and not very supportive, quite cold infact, my partner felt he was the one incharge and was really scared, this was our first baby and would have liked some kind of support.
So then I started vomiting, went into shock, shaking and my temp and blood pressure sky rocketed and I kept losing conciousness (sp lol)
then at about midnight Griffins heart kept dropping very low during each contration so they got me to push, my silly midwife didnt check how dialated I was and I was only 6cm, so after 1 hr and no success Geoff my partner had enough and went and talked to the specialist. She came in, put a fetal clip on Griffin, checked me out, put me on a drip and did a blood test on Griffins head, Griffin was in fetal distress and had to come out NOW, so they gave me an epidural and rushed me into theatre, at 3.15 am Griffin was born at 6lb 7oz, he had cord wrapped around his leg, was posterior and wouldnt have fitted through my pelvis anyway. So I wasnt to impressed with my midwife who seemed to cause alot of stress and I feel put Griffin and my life at risk, we have written a letter to the hospital voicing our concerns so hopefully the next person wont go through that, she left about half way through the c/section and Ive never seen her again. But at the end I have my beautiful little boy.

Ok Lilly born on 9 Feb 03

Ok well I was booked in to have a repeat C/section on 11 March, well I guess it aint gonna happen lol!!!
Sat night went to a girly movie and sleep over at a friends, watched scarey movies all night and found I was kinda uncomfortable, I though baby must have shifted and was pressing on something funny. We all laughed and said how funny it would have been if I went into labour, well we werent far off!!!! Slept funny all night went home on Sunday and all was well, sat down at about 7pm to watch Michael Jackson special and got some niggles, well 30 min later they were coming every min and quite strong so rang my midwife, got her partner as Debbie was in delivery all night and sleeping, she told me it would be babies head engaging so not to worry, 15 min later Geoff rang her back as I was IN alot of pain and having contraction on top of contraction. So she said Debbie would meet me at the hosp, Geoffs step father came got us and took us to the hospital, and boy is it hard having contractions in a car, so just b4 9 we arrive and Debbie checks me and Im 5cm, said do u feel any pressue, nope I say, 2 seconds later Im pushing my little heart out! Bamm go the waters and 9.58pm out she came very quickly, I was TOTALLY amazed when Geoff says "hey its a boy without a winkle" lol, I had a baby GIRL, couldnt belive it, all prepared for a boy lol. Was the best suprise. No drugs, well a bit of gas, no rips or tears and was up having a shower and on the phone 20 min later!! It was the most amazing experience in my life and Im am so glad I have the best midwife and supportive partner (and friends of course). I cant belive it went so well and so quick and wasnt anywhere close to what I went thru with Griffin. So no c/section for me, and cant wait to get my little girl home, she wasnt breathing to well when she was born so was on oxygen for a while but is doing it all on her own now, shes 5lb 8oz and is a hairy little thing, she spent 2 weeks in hospital and is now a big 8kg 9mth old lol
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Knowing that on average a first baby is a week late I planned in my head that I was going to be a week late. I did not want to be sitting around for weeks wondering when I was going to pop. Having heard other people talking about being really uncomfortable and just wanting it over I expected to reach that stage as well. My mother kept asking if it felt like baby was sitting down before me, and my reply was always not yet.
The day before my due date arrived and I was feeling great. As I had finished all the projects I had been working on I decided to buy some wool and knit some booties and a hat. After all I probably had a weeks worth of time to use up. By the time I had walked to spotlight to get some wool and to the supermarket I had walked for a good two hours. A visit to my midwife that afternoon showed things to be progressing well. The head was now 3/5ths of the way down. I thought I would easily make it though the next 4 days till my midwife came back on duty. I was so wrong! At about midnight I started to have contractions. Just as well I had come to the conclusion earlier that week that it would be ok if I had her partner and not my main midwife. At first I just thought they were pratice contractions, as I had had a simular episode the previous day that lasted for about 30 minutes. I was sure the contractions were going to stop in a few minutes and I would be able to go to sleep. It wasn't till I had a show that I had to believe that I was in labor and that it wasn't a false start. Even once we had arrived at the hospital I continued to joke about the contractions stopping soon and been able to go to sleep.
After a check of baby's heartbeat the Midwife was ready to send me back home. From the way I was acting she thought at most that I would be 1-2 cm dialated. My midwife offered to check how dialated I was to give me an idea of how long I had to go. She couldn't believe when she checked that I was 6 – 7 cms dialated. I was really surprised too. I wasn't going back home after all.
As the contractions were starting to get a bit stronger I decided to try soaking in a bath. The midwife seemed to get enjoyment out of me now having to work a little harder during the contractions. I never made it into the bath as reached the pushing stage. It came as a real shock to me as I wasn't expecting to be ready to push for another hour or two (I dialated the last 3cm in an hour). An hour later my beautiful daughter was born .
Summary: 7 1/2 hours from first sign of labor starting till birth, born at 7:42am at Waitakere hospital, weight 4.225kg(over 9lbs) and 50cm long - a wee chubby.
I didn't use any pain medication except for the tens machine, which I kept forgetting to turn on and off. And I was lucky to not tear and so didn't need any stitches.
I think next time I'm going to have a home birth. I think it will be much nicer than a hospital birth.
Just to add my midwife/s are part of Maternity Matters and they were fantastic. I met 5 of the midwifes that work there and they were all really nice and very supportive. I would used the same midwife next time if I was still going to be in Auckland.
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I love reading all these stories.Everyone has such different experiances. When I had Evie at the end of June I had a really easy time until the pushing stage.
My waters broke early Friday morning and my contractions increased throughout the day.I carried on my day as normal and went shopping. By 5pm I was 5cm dilated. My mum and aunt arrived from the UK at 7pm, we had dinner and they went to bed with jet lagg. Hubbie and I went to the birthing centre at 11pm and I sailed through my labour. I went down in history as the first woman to read a book whilst in labour at the centre. At 3am I started pushing and found that bit the strangest and tiring as I had to concentrate. At 6.15 am I had an episiotomy and Evie shot out. A muscle in my cervix just wouldn't give so it had to be done. After a few stitches and a clean up my mum and aunt turned up and saw Evie just 15 mins after she was born. So it was really good timing and a really good drug free experiance. I am still shocked that I managed it.
Good luck everyone and I wish we could describe what it is like but there is just nothing to compare it to in the world with such a wonderful reward.
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I love reading these stories...   Great to hear most people "sail" through.
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Rachy wat a lovely birth story that was great sorry to hear about the first birth u had and very happy bout the 2nd lil girl.

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I was on the phone a few minutes after Maya was born too. The midwife asked if I wanted to ring Mayas slack daddy who wasn't at the birth but I said "I want to ring my mum!" Mum and dad were panicking coz they were both in Aussie and they knew how long I had been in labor for!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jfw0 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 October 2003 at 6:11pm
Maya - so was i... to my mum.. and then my sis - and then i rang my work.. and left a message, i still had a week to go.. so i could not continue....lol
They all said that was the best excuse for not coming to work on a monday morning.....
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Teenmummy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 October 2003 at 9:45am

Well i only made one phone call that was 2hours after birth i phone my use to be bestfriend that lives in napier to tell her i just given birth we no longer friends now though cause basically she said choose her or my bf and i choose my bf and she wouldnt have known i had a baby if i didnt call her so she wasnt a great friend anyway.

My nan went to work about 4 hours later and called up everyone that day,shanes mum called everyone she knew when marsh was born so i didnt have to call anyone my nan and mother in law done that all



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Maya Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 October 2003 at 12:48pm
I rang Mum and Dad in Sydney, and Mum was going to come over on Monday when I got out of hospital, but in the end she couldn't wait and came on Friday night instead. Then I rang her dad who was at work, and said we have a baby girl and she's 9lbs and he said, I have to go, I'm working, see you after work. What a dad - 41 hours of labour having his baby and he can't even leave work! then I rang my grandparents - Maya is their first great-grandchild so they were stoked. It was just me and my best friend Karen and the midwife there when I gave birth which was nice and quiet and not really like a hospital at all.
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When I was about 3 months pregnant, my mother had a dream.  She came to me and said that I would have a little boy and that he would be born on August 17.  She described exactly how he would look to me.
 
My due date was August 20, 2001.  I had an ante natal check up on August 16th at 8pm.  The midwife told me that he was definately nowhere near being engaged, and proceeded to book ante natal appts for the next 2 weeks.  I had been feeling strange within myself all afternoon, but she said it wasn't anything to worry about, and told me she expected my baby to go around 10 days overdue.
 
That night I started having period pain like twinges around 9.30pm.  Around 11pm they started getting stonger and more regular.  I went to the toilet and discovered a small show, then went back to bed to try to get some sleep.  By midnight, the contractions were coming every 5 minutes and were very strong so we phoned the hospital.  They said to come in if we wanted to, and being our first child, we shot right in.  As I walked down the stairs, I remember thinking - it's August 17 - My bloody F****** mother!!!
 
I was 2 cm when the midwife checked, even though my contractions were every 2 mins or so and very strong.  They decided to put me on a monitor to check out how Sean was going, but the dear wee child kept going to sleep, so they decided to keep the belt on all night to monitor him.
 
I asked for a bath, but wasn't allowed one, as they thought Sean was too sleepy, but said I could have a shower.  So I went to use the shower, but guess what?  It was broken.  So I was moved to another delivery room at 4am, which had a working shower.  At 6 am the midwife I had seen for my checkup came back on duty, and made the necessary checks.  I was still only 4cm dilated.  She decided to let me have a bath, as she thought it would help me dilate quicker.  I got into the bath at 9am, 4 1/2 cm dilated, and 45 minutes later I was 10cm.  I was surviving the pain with the hot water, and copious amounts of gas.  I went through 1 1/2 bottles!
 
Out of the bath then, and my water s broke just as I got back onto the bed.  It was such a relief to start pushing!  After 2 hours pushing though - still no baby!  The ob came in and I was given an episiotomy.  With one huge push, Sean was born at 12.17pm on August 17.  He had had his hand on the side of his face, which was why he couldn't fit out.
 
Mum was at the birth, and said that he looked exactly as she had dreamed.
 
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i had an awesome enjoyable pregnancy. my edd was 17/03 (st pats day!)
contractions for me started the moring of 15/03, coming every 8 - 11 mins. rang my mid wife who told me to call her when they were 3 - 5 mins apart. i spent most of that day in the bath. i got no sleep that night as my back was SO SORE (coby was posterior)
to cut a long story short, i had irregular contrations for 2 days with no sleep. i was exhausted, i was scared, i wanted this kid out!
early monday morning (17/03) my contractions starting coming every 5 or so minutes and I was in pure agony, my back felt like it was going to split in two. my partner woke up to find me moaning/crying at the end of the bed, asked me how far apart the contractions were, then decided to ring my midwife. we were to meet her at the hospital in half an hour, i took a hot shower before we left which helped a lot.
we got to the hospital, i was put on the fetal heart monitor, and we were disappointed to find that my contractions were back to being inconsistant - ranging from 4-9 mins. i jumped back into the shower, i remember thinking the contractions didnt hurt as bad under the hot stream of water.
my mid wife called my doctor who examined me and i was only 1cm dilated. i could have cried, all those contractions for nothing. to speed things along he broke my water. i spent the next hour watering the floor, i also lost what was left of my mucous plug.
fast forward a few hours, the pain is unbearable and my contractions are coming closer together. after 2 days of intense back labour and no sleep i break down and ask for pain relief, so i got an epidural. i started crying because i really wanted to have a drugfree birth, but once the epidural was in all my back pain disappeared and i was a lot happier.
my doc came back to check my progress a few hours later and announced i was 9 cms - i had gone from 1 cm to 9 cms in 4 hours. yay, i was going to have a baby soon!
once i hit 10 cms, my mid wife had me push. i mustered all the energy I could find and pushed...and pushed...and pushed. it seemed coby didnt want to budge, and his heart rate was dropping rapidly. my mid wife starts to worry and discusses things with my doc over the phone (he works at a medical center so he was in and out all day) she thinks I may have to have a c section so I get prepped for one just in case while we wait for my doc to come back and assess the situation.
my doc checks me and then gives me two optios:
1. i keep pushing but risk having a c section if hes not out soon
2. he uses forceps to get him out
i chose option 2. i was given more drugs which made my legs feel like concrete but i still could locate the right muscles to push. i was shaking like mad, i had never been so scared in my life.
pushing felt strange, i could feel coby being pulled out but there was no pain whatsoever. because forceps were used i was given an episiotomy - another thing I wanted to avoid.
at 6:22pm my boy was pulled out into the world and placed on my tummy where he opened his eyes and looked right at me, I will never forget that moment, he was beautiful. it turned out the cord was wrapped pretty tightly around his neck, the reason for the drop in his heart rate. my partner cut the cord and he was taken away to be suctioned, his APGAR was 9.
we spent 3 days in hospital mainly because we have been having b'feeding problems. after i had cobe i vowed to never have any more children, but i'd do it again in a heart beat :)

his stats:
coby jacob
born 6:22pm on st pats day
9lbs
51cms long, head 36cms



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