Date written 10/03/2010 14:54:09
I think its nice to add a positive brith and labour story as you read and hear all about the not so nice ones all the time.
Our little girl was 4 days over due when she decided to grace us with her presence on Jan 12th 2010.
I had been feeling very tired and had extremely severe scatica (lower back pain), so my midwife suggested a stretch and sweep (the tried and true ancient and natural method for getting labour started). I went to see her in the morning on the Monday and she discovered I was 2cm dialated anyway, so she suggested that I probably would be going into labour sometime soon regardless of having the stretch and sweep. Anyway I had the stretch and sweep and felt nothing all day, started to feel a bit tight in the evening, but since I had been feeling rather tight for a month or two didn't really register that this could be labour, but in hindsight I was a bit naive to it, I guess you always will be your first time! My husband needed to send some money to his parents in Samoa urgently, so at 8:30pm we travelled to a dairy in Mt Roskill, which we knew was open late (we live in Henderson). While waiting for his sister to complete the transaction I started feeling pain and found it difficult to sit in the car, also really needed to go to the toilet (or so I thought!!!). Driving home I told Simon thta he would have to stop at my Mums as I desperately needed to pee! At 9:30pm as I got out of the car at my mums my water broke all over her front doorstep, and continued to break all over her (luckily) wooden floors as I hobbled inside to the toilet. I noticed the waters were green and knew that this was micconium (baby had pooed, and this can mean baby is in distress, it didn't in our case, but they are always hyper-vigilant with micconium) so after ringing the midwife it was off the hospital. Arriving at the hospital at 10pm I was set up in a room and at about 11:30pm I was given some pethidine and tramadol and told to sleep ~ HAHA! My midwife went off the catch some zzzz's and my husband was given a massive beanbag in the room to rest on. I laboured all night unable to lie down or sit down and spent most of my time sitting on the toilet or leaning on the bathroom sink while having contractions. At about 5am Tuesday my midwife came in to check on me and strap me down to monitor babys hearbeat and contractions (only downside to the birth was getting these belts strapped on because of the micconium ~ they were normal and good the whole labour). At 6:15am I felt the urge to push and after about 5 or 6 pushes little Norah Maselina Malia emerged 15 minutes later!!! Giving birth is never going to be delightful but our birth was straight forward. I hope this helps some of those women who're either waiting to give birth and feeling a bit anxious or those women who've had difficult labours. Remember if you're giving birth anytime soon, that it is inevitable that it will painful and challenging but that it is going to happen so there is no point in stressing about it, I told myslef this all through my pregnancy and found it really helped ~ a little bit of mind over matter.
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