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my induction birth on Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:38 pm
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on tuesday the 6th of january i went to my hospital for a prenatal check due too my high blood pressure i was 38 weeks.they found my blood pressure was high and my protein was high in my urine.They called the specialist in she rang me back at home and told me to come in for an induction at at 7:30 am.The next day i went and booked in.They had lost my paperwork and it was not until 10:30 they found it. at this time we had a midwife called karen.When they had figured out that i was too be induced today theychecked with the dr and that my notes said i did not need the gel as i was already a few cms dialated and that they would get straight into breaking my waters. dr christina and another trainee doctor came in too see me.karen told me they expect to have an afternoon baby and that idea was very appealing to me. They asked if it was ok that the trainee was there i said sure (why not everyone had seen me anyway)the trainee doctor did an internal exam first and then christina did one all while having a conversation about my nether parts as if i wasn't there, the midwife stood at my side and cracked a joke about it.Christina broke my waters with the hook and there was a discussion as too weather she had actually got the bag,christina disappeared. karen did not think so they put a sheet over me and let me lay there for a while, it was the most disguisting thing i felt like i was constantly peeing myself.karen came in and asked me how i felt and i told her i felt wet, and she had a look and noted that christina definently broke the bag there was fluid everywhere. i went off too the toilet to put a pad on( which lasted about ten minutes) everytime i stood up i made a puddle on the flood. they hooked me up too the monitor for a long time before they let me move around again they proceeded to monitor me regularly.Dr patty the trainee came in to do some blood and too put my drip in.we cracked jokes about my bad veins in the end i had 4 needles before it was all done the iv freaked me out too see blood running all the way down my arm.with the Syntocinon started i began to get niggly tightenings every now and then. the induction was started at 11:05.We sat down and played 500 and yatzee for quite a while nicolle and nick timed my contractions. at about 2 the contractions stopped completely by this time we had another midwife.i told the midwife that my contractions had stopped and she upped the dosage.my mum arrived at 2:30 at this time my contractions were picking up fast and were getting painfull.i kept wanting to move around and they were finding it hard to monitor my baby so they put a monitor on the babys head therefore i could move around freely.at around six my contractions were very painfull and i had a new midwife debbie.She offered me the gas and i accepted.the babies heart beat was slightly irregular and they got a doctor to come and have a look but he said that the baby was picking up after every contraction so there was no need for a c-section.Debbie had me sitting on a birthign stool to try and speed things up, in my opinion this did nothing but make me extremely incomfortable (note i was also not able to have a shower or bath because i was induced)by nine oclock i was in horrible pain and sucking on the gas for dear life and it was helping conciderably. nick was rubbing my back constantly and i couldn't work out if i wanted to move around or lay on the bed.it kept on this way until ten 30 slowly getting more painfull.it was around this time i asked for pain relief because i couldn't handle it and they offered me pethadine, i can't even remember getting the needle.it took them ages to give it too me because they had to find a doctor to sign off on it.The pethadine did not help my pain at all, all it did was make me fall asleep inbetween contractions and i was so tired and had never been in so much pain. i kept waking up talking half asleep having a contraction and going to sleep again.i moved myself onto the bed without thinking about it really, and i remember her telling me to push with the contractions . at first i didnt want too because it hurt too much and then it became the only way to stop the pain was to get her out so i pushed it became so painfull i didn't have seperate contractions it was just 20 minutes of continuous pain she kept asking me if i was having a contraction and i told her it was all one big contraction.at some point she asked me too stop pushing but i didn't hear her nick kept telling me she was getting closer to coming out and i was nearly there i thought i was going to die.when her head was coming out i thought i was splitting in too i remember screaming i didn't want too do this and it wasn't natural. when her head finally came out there was a second of relief until the shoulders got stuck i remember hearing dr patty say " but the shoulders are stuck (it became apparent to me just how much of a trainee he was) and she told him to just pull the baby out. when her shoulders were out all the pain stopped and i couldn't believe it.it was such a relief.. they asked us if we wanted to cut the cord and we said no its ok i remember asking nick if it was a girl and he said it was.they told me she was beautifull and i made a crack" what would you say if she wasn't" and debbie said" when the babies are ugly you don't say anything"they put her on my chest and i just sat there and looked at her while until the god damn big needle to bring the contractions on was jamed into me and god that hurt i wasn't expecting that one and i told her it was probably a good thing she didn't tell me she was giving me that.they massaged my belly and got the placentea out asked us if we wanted too look and it and we said no.she was born at 11:56pm. they told me i needed stitches and i asked them if it was better not too stich and they told me it was a good idea .all during this time they tried to get her to latch on and couldn't.they had to go get a doctor to come in because the tearing was bad and he couldn't do it.they gave me 4 local anasthetics and there was blood everywhere(apparently) mum told me not too look at the floor it took them 45 minutes to stitch me up.in the end i went and had a shower and afterwards i felt so much better when i came out they were measuring her and they had her dressed in a little pink gown.debbie kept saying how beautifull she was and my mum also i think this was mostly due too the fact that she did not have most of the characteristics of a newborn she was not red or wrinkled or puffy she was just perfect.i remember seeing nick holding her hand when i came out of the shower and they told me she was 7 p 6oz and all the other measurements we had too wait a little while till a room was free and then we pushed her in the baby jail looking thing lol down the hall to my room , room six by this time it was 3:20 in the morning nick and mum headed home a breastfeeding lady came and helped me latch i fell asleep with her( i assume this is why she put the bar up on the bed) it felt like hours but really i had only 5 minutes sleep.so there is my birth story.
on tuesday the 6th of january i went to my hospital for a prenatal check due too my high blood pressure i was 38 weeks.they found my blood pressure was high and my protein was high in my urine.They called the specialist in she rang me back at home and told me to come in for an induction at at 7:30 am.The next day i went and booked in.They had lost my paperwork and it was not until 10:30 they found it. at this time we had a midwife called karen.When they had figured out that i was too be induced today theychecked with the dr and that my notes said i did not need the gel as i was already a few cms dialated and that they would get straight into breaking my waters. dr christina and another trainee doctor came in too see me.karen told me they expect to have an afternoon baby and that idea was very appealing to me. They asked if it was ok that the trainee was there i said sure (why not everyone had seen me anyway)the trainee doctor did an internal exam first and then christina did one all while having a conversation about my nether parts as if i wasn't there, the midwife stood at my side and cracked a joke about it.Christina broke my waters with the hook and there was a discussion as too weather she had actually got the bag,christina disappeared. karen did not think so they put a sheet over me and let me lay there for a while, it was the most disguisting thing i felt like i was constantly peeing myself.karen came in and asked me how i felt and i told her i felt wet, and she had a look and noted that christina definently broke the bag there was fluid everywhere. i went off too the toilet to put a pad on( which lasted about ten minutes) everytime i stood up i made a puddle on the flood. they hooked me up too the monitor for a long time before they let me move around again they proceeded to monitor me regularly.Dr patty the trainee came in to do some blood and too put my drip in.we cracked jokes about my bad veins in the end i had 4 needles before it was all done the iv freaked me out too see blood running all the way down my arm.with the Syntocinon started i began to get niggly tightenings every now and then. the induction was started at 11:05.We sat down and played 500 and yatzee for quite a while nicolle and nick timed my contractions. at about 2 the contractions stopped completely by this time we had another midwife.i told the midwife that my contractions had stopped and she upped the dosage.my mum arrived at 2:30 at this time my contractions were picking up fast and were getting painfull.i kept wanting to move around and they were finding it hard to monitor my baby so they put a monitor on the babys head therefore i could move around freely.at around six my contractions were very painfull and i had a new midwife debbie.She offered me the gas and i accepted.the babies heart beat was slightly irregular and they got a doctor to come and have a look but he said that the baby was picking up after every contraction so there was no need for a c-section.Debbie had me sitting on a birthign stool to try and speed things up, in my opinion this did nothing but make me extremely incomfortable (note i was also not able to have a shower or bath because i was induced)by nine oclock i was in horrible pain and sucking on the gas for dear life and it was helping conciderably. nick was rubbing my back constantly and i couldn't work out if i wanted to move around or lay on the bed.it kept on this way until ten 30 slowly getting more painfull.it was around this time i asked for pain relief because i couldn't handle it and they offered me pethadine, i can't even remember getting the needle.it took them ages to give it too me because they had to find a doctor to sign off on it.The pethadine did not help my pain at all, all it did was make me fall asleep inbetween contractions and i was so tired and had never been in so much pain. i kept waking up talking half asleep having a contraction and going to sleep again.i moved myself onto the bed without thinking about it really, and i remember her telling me to push with the contractions . at first i didnt want too because it hurt too much and then it became the only way to stop the pain was to get her out so i pushed it became so painfull i didn't have seperate contractions it was just 20 minutes of continuous pain she kept asking me if i was having a contraction and i told her it was all one big contraction.at some point she asked me too stop pushing but i didn't hear her nick kept telling me she was getting closer to coming out and i was nearly there i thought i was going to die.when her head was coming out i thought i was splitting in too i remember screaming i didn't want too do this and it wasn't natural. when her head finally came out there was a second of relief until the shoulders got stuck i remember hearing dr patty say " but the shoulders are stuck (it became apparent to me just how much of a trainee he was) and she told him to just pull the baby out. when her shoulders were out all the pain stopped and i couldn't believe it.it was such a relief.. they asked us if we wanted to cut the cord and we said no its ok i remember asking nick if it was a girl and he said it was.they told me she was beautifull and i made a crack" what would you say if she wasn't" and debbie said" when the babies are ugly you don't say anything"they put her on my chest and i just sat there and looked at her while until the god damn big needle to bring the contractions on was jamed into me and god that hurt i wasn't expecting that one and i told her it was probably a good thing she didn't tell me she was giving me that.they massaged my belly and got the placentea out asked us if we wanted too look and it and we said no.she was born at 11:56pm. they told me i needed stitches and i asked them if it was better not too stich and they told me it was a good idea .all during this time they tried to get her to latch on and couldn't.they had to go get a doctor to come in because the tearing was bad and he couldn't do it.they gave me 4 local anasthetics and there was blood everywhere(apparently) mum told me not too look at the floor it took them 45 minutes to stitch me up.in the end i went and had a shower and afterwards i felt so much better when i came out they were measuring her and they had her dressed in a little pink gown.debbie kept saying how beautifull she was and my mum also i think this was mostly due too the fact that she did not have most of the characteristics of a newborn she was not red or wrinkled or puffy she was just perfect.i remember seeing nick holding her hand when i came out of the shower and they told me she was 7 p 6oz and all the other measurements we had too wait a little while till a room was free and then we pushed her in the baby jail looking thing lol down the hall to my room , room six by this time it was 3:20 in the morning nick and mum headed home a breastfeeding lady came and helped me latch i fell asleep with her( i assume this is why she put the bar up on the bed) it felt like hours but really i had only 5 minutes sleep.so there is my birth story.
