To continue my Birth Storys feature I'm pleased to share today my lovely pal AK's story of her first born Finn Eduard, AK blogs over at My Buggy Junction
I
had my first sweep on Wednesday 28th
when I was 10 days overdue and the MW told me I was 1-2 cm dilated.
Thursday I was
meant to come in but I decided that I want to wait another day (just
in case bump decided to finally come out!!) to see if something would
happened on its own, already done all of the pineapple and curry
eating I could stomach over the last week!
So on Friday
afternoon I reluctantly went to the birth centre again after a
convincing and rather comical phone call I had earlier in the morning
with “Idiaky” the Spanish male MW who told me I got 2 choices I
can stay at home and pray for a wonder that the baby will come out
before the induction or I will have to have all the drugs in the
world and a slow long labor to get this baby finally out on the
weekend. Followed by a question if I tried making love to my babies
daddy yet which I replied no because my mother is here so rather to
the amusement of Mr. C. he told me to put him on loudspeaker to tell
my mum to walk around the block 3 times!
When we got
there Idiaky and a student MW welcomed us and she did the 2. Sweep on
me, like agreed beforehand I let him check me after she done the
sweep just to be 100% sure she was right and he confirmed that I was
3-4 cm dilated by that point (I am sure it had something to do with
his big hand!!)
With the
induction day glooming (scheduled for Saturday) my hopes for a
“normal” water birth slowly slid away and I try to get use to the
fact that I might have a long day ahead of labor ahead of me.
Friday evening i
had some of the family around and after dinner my mum suggested a
walk (which we did religiously up to 3 times a day since my mum
arrived on bumps due date.
A few minutes
into the walk i could feel contractions coming and going and timed
them lasting 30sec every 8min. Mr. C.´s Family just thought it was
nothing but I defiantly didn’t have those kind of period like pains
before in the last few days so I took it as a positive sign that the
sweep might have done the trick and something is slowly moving
forward.
After a bath and
a call to the birth centre i was ready to leave at 0.30am in the
morning with my contractions being 3 in 10min apart. Whilst I stood
in the doorway ready to leave the house Mr. C. stood in front of the
Wardrobe and couldn't decided what t-shirt to put in with his shorts
(and they say woman take long to get ready!) I just flipped (overdue
pregnant woman are allowed to do so) and told him that its not a
bloody fashion show and to get on with it I am having a baby!!!
After finally
arriving at the birth centre (just if you are wondering Mr. C.
decided on a brown t-shirt) I got examined to be told I was 5 cm
dilated. At 2pm i got into the pool and after the first contraction
the midwife ask me if i want to have any gas & air, brave as I
wanted to sound said no thank you I try without it.
Yeah right! 2
seconds later with the next contraction coming on I was hooked on
that stuff and no I didn't share it with Mr. C. although it would
have maybe helped him calm down a bit he was pretty nervous not
knowing what will be next.
Just after 3pm
my water broke (my brain was a sieve by then but luckily mum is my
walking diary when it came to times in my labor) and I had this
instant urge to push not knowing if I am allowed to just as it
happens non of my 3 attending midwifes where in the room at that time
to tell me what to do. Once they returned and checked me again she
told me to go for it because I am fully dilated.
I was really
glad they examined me in the water because I think I wouldn't have
handled “dry land” by that point well at all!
After a long 1 ½
hrs of pushing and what seemed like a lifetime to me our baby finally
arrived and after I fished it out of the water we saw that we where
proud parents to a baby BOY!! After cuddles and kisses Finn took it
up to himself just minutes old to say hello to his Daddy with
gripping his tiny hand around his finger.
After all the
hard work Mr. C. needed to have a sit down on the floor and a strong
coffee to get over the shock of ME giving birth!
Finn
took onto my breast straight away and he feed for 1 hour and had a
good sleep afterwards unlike me who couldn’t stop looking at him
and worrying if I would fall asleep I might not hear him waking up.
Iam
still chuffed to pieces, overwhelmed and cant believe Iam the mum of
this sweet little thing.
We tend to call
him little king Finn now after having 3 midwifes my mum and me
present when he arrived on this earth he couldn't ask for more girls
attention in his first few minutes of his life!!
Finn Eduard born
31.07.2010 at 4.28am * 8lbs 11 ½ oz * 56 cm
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What a lovely birth story. I always wanted a water birth but it never worked out for me, I was induced both times. Horrible experiences and there are few things that make me like the idea of having another baby but if I could guarantee the birth I wanted then I'd do it like a shot. But as I can't, we'll stick with two!xx
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