My birth story, A POSITIVE induction.
People are always quick to tell you how horrendous giving birth
was or how they had an induction or know someone that had one and it was the
most horrific thing in the world but they are never quick at giving you the
good stories so I wanted to share mine because although it was long it was a
lot less stressful than my spontaneous labour..and ALOT less painful.
In the last month or so of my
pregnancy Archie decided to be very lazy just like his big brother but it
started a lot earlier than when it did with Albie. So I was in and out of
hospital being monitored and having scans. Everything was always ok and as
usual as soon as we were put on the monitor to listen to his heartbeat etc. he
would kick off like he was having a dance off. In the end it was decided it was
much safer to have him out then in as we couldn’t work out what was going on. I
was 38 weeks pregnant and by the time the induction would come around I would
be at least 39 weeks. I went into hospital eventually on a Thursday when I was
38+6.
When I received the phone call
ash did what the most important thing was and went and got us all a KFC so we
could have some food with Albie before he went off with ash mum as she was
going to look after him for us while I was in hospital. Was the best KFC ever
as I knew I probably wouldn’t be eating much (how wrong I was! haha). When we
got in we went straight to our bed and there was 3 other women on the ward
being induced too. I was given the first pessary and left to see how we
progressed. Within a couple of hours I was getting contractions which were
coming slowly but I wasn’t dilating very much when I was checked. It got to
about 6 and ash went and got us a subway and we went for a little walk to see
if we could get things moving. (More food!) The contractions started coming
quite thick and fast so I went and took a shower which felt like the longest
shower in the world but it was the only thing helping me. I went back to bed
and tried to get a little nap in. They started to die down in the night but I couldn’t
sleep because my anxiety mixed with excitement was just sky high! So I managed
to watch a film on Netflix which eventually made me fall asleep. Poor ash
hardly had any sleep because he was sleeping on normal hospital chair which didn’t
recline may I add haha. Everyone else on the ward was asleep and luckily for us
one couple snored like they were dinosaurs so that was nice to be woken up by
haha. My contractions started to slow down early morning but when I was checked
I was told they could break my waters and I wouldn’t need any more pessaries
which were a bonus. The worst part of it all for me was the amount on internal
exams. They were not comfortable and now I was starting to get some pain.
It felt like everything was
progressing so slowly but we were going in the right direction. I was woken up
about 1:30/2pm for another internal exam so ash said he was going to walk and
get some lunch in town. When I was checked the midwife said I hope he’s taken
his phone because you need to start pushing in the next few minutes! My mum
called him and luckily enough for some reason he got so far and turned
back and was already walking into the lift! As soon as he came in the room that
was it! I was pushing for around an hour, I am so glad I managed to get some
sleep. I was oblivious to the next part as I was just concentrating on getting
him out as I kept looking at the monitor and seeing his heart rate go up and
down so my eyes were shut and I was just listening to the midwife. Lots of
doctors and extra midwifes came rushing in and also a resuscitation table.
Archie had the cord hooked under his head and round his neck so they needed to
get him out so carefully, but quickly! Luckily the midwife was incredible and
did it all without worrying me once. Thank god for Ash being right by my side and my mum for being the calming voice again haha!
My beautiful baby boy was born
on 20th October at 3:31pm weighing 8lbs 7oz, so he was a pound heavier than his
big bro!
Once he was born I had the tea
and toast that tasted like heaven and then 20 minutes later I ate a plate of
green beans (don’t ask they tasted amazing!)
Although it was a long 3 days it was worth it and for me it wasn’t
any more painful than Albies' spontaneous labour, there weren't any complications and i didn't need any intervention like forceps or cutting etc.
Hope this helps someone that’s
got to be induced or has the option and has only heard the bad stories!
Lots of love
Xxx
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