Thursday, 3 November 2011
Labour and delivery!
I woke at 1am Sunday 9/10/11 with a contraction and some water down stairs ( we had previously joked that it would be funny if she decided to come on this date). I sat up and asked Dean what the time was, he replied and asked whats wrong. I said i think my waters have broken but im not sure, ill just get up and walk around a bit and see what happens. I got a second contraction about 7 mins later and a small gush of water. We called the family and i jumped in the shower for a bit. Mum and Dad came over and we decided to head to the hopital. I was so excited that it was happening all on its own and i would see my baby very soon. We arrived at the hopital and they put bands on my tummy to monitor the baby. They midwives didnt think i was in labour because my water hadnt fully broken but they soon noticed the contractions were coming regularly. I had to lay on the bed with the bands on my tummy for about 5 or 6 hours which was horrible because i wanted desperatly to get up and walk around to speed up the labour and cope better with the pain.
Myla's heart rate was slowing for too long after each contraction so they had to keep the bands on but eventually they put mobile bands on so i could walk around the room. By this stage the pain was quite intense, i was breathing through each contraction on my hands and knees while Dean massaged my back. i used the fit ball and heat packs. The pain got stronger so i got in the shower which helped a bit but standing was really wearing me out as i had only slept about two hours that night so i got in the bath. Meanwhile Myla was still in distress so they decided to give me a drug to speed up the contractions. I was only just coping with the pain so i tried the gas and air. It made me feel light headed and spacey but i persited for a couple of hours. Eventually the pain was unbearable and i asked for an epidural. It only took about 20 mins for the anethesist to get to me with the drugs but it was the longest 20 mins of my life=)
After that i felt great, still exhausted but definatley very excited. Then things started to get scary. They were loosing Myla's heart rate so they put a probe on her head to monitor it. I also wasnt dilated to what i should have been for that amount of time in labour and Myla was the wrong way round with her back to mine. So with all these things happening they started dicussing cesarean delivery with me. I was very scared and didnt want one so they told me i could have a go at pushing her out with the help of the vacuum in theatre and if i couldnt do it they would cut me open. I agrreed and from then it was rush rush rush. I was given the cesarean drug so i couldnt move at all, Dean suited up and we were rushed to theatre. It was very overwhelming and frieghtening and we couldnt stop crying. They told me to push and on the sixth push she was out. She cryed for 3 seconds then they put her on my chest and she stared up at us with her big eyes. She was so perfect!
The labour had its ups and downs but overall im very happy with the way i dealt with it. I used all the props i wanted to use in my birth plan and i didnt loose my temper.
Dean said he felt so helpless and scared for me but he was my rock, he really helped me through the whole thing.
Myla is the most beautiful thing in the whole world, we are the luckiest people alive=)
Myla's heart rate was slowing for too long after each contraction so they had to keep the bands on but eventually they put mobile bands on so i could walk around the room. By this stage the pain was quite intense, i was breathing through each contraction on my hands and knees while Dean massaged my back. i used the fit ball and heat packs. The pain got stronger so i got in the shower which helped a bit but standing was really wearing me out as i had only slept about two hours that night so i got in the bath. Meanwhile Myla was still in distress so they decided to give me a drug to speed up the contractions. I was only just coping with the pain so i tried the gas and air. It made me feel light headed and spacey but i persited for a couple of hours. Eventually the pain was unbearable and i asked for an epidural. It only took about 20 mins for the anethesist to get to me with the drugs but it was the longest 20 mins of my life=)
After that i felt great, still exhausted but definatley very excited. Then things started to get scary. They were loosing Myla's heart rate so they put a probe on her head to monitor it. I also wasnt dilated to what i should have been for that amount of time in labour and Myla was the wrong way round with her back to mine. So with all these things happening they started dicussing cesarean delivery with me. I was very scared and didnt want one so they told me i could have a go at pushing her out with the help of the vacuum in theatre and if i couldnt do it they would cut me open. I agrreed and from then it was rush rush rush. I was given the cesarean drug so i couldnt move at all, Dean suited up and we were rushed to theatre. It was very overwhelming and frieghtening and we couldnt stop crying. They told me to push and on the sixth push she was out. She cryed for 3 seconds then they put her on my chest and she stared up at us with her big eyes. She was so perfect!
The labour had its ups and downs but overall im very happy with the way i dealt with it. I used all the props i wanted to use in my birth plan and i didnt loose my temper.
Dean said he felt so helpless and scared for me but he was my rock, he really helped me through the whole thing.
Myla is the most beautiful thing in the whole world, we are the luckiest people alive=)
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