For those that were interested I had my little girl yesterday, weighing in at 9lbs exactly. It was a very difficult week as I spent Monday to Thursday night in early labour without dilating more than 2cms. I went in to the hospital for a third time on Thursday night asking them to let me in for the night so I could get some pethidine and finally some sleep (had barely had a few hours rest since Monday night). Thankfully they agreed but I'd only been asleep for an hour before my waters broke and the pains got worse. I was loving the entonox tho! After a few hours of that and still getting nowhere I was put on a drip with an epidural. But even with high strength Syntocin for 4 hours I had only dilated another centimetre. At 11.00am I was offered C-section as I was totally knackered and clearly we still had a long way to go. So I went for that, and she was born 1.5 hours later. She is absolutely perfect and we are very proud!
Congratulations, meglet! I've been wondering on and off since you posted saying you had "eye-watering pains"! I'm glad all went safely, if slowly. Well done and just enjoy xx
That's wonderful news. Sounds like you had a pretty horrible time and I know you were reluctant to have a c-section so I hope you are ok. Best wishes to you and your new family.
congrats! with a similarly arduous labour myself (almost 21 yrs ago now!!) i duly sympathise - make sure you sleep lots over the next couple of weeks and let dad and others lighten the load as much as possible. i stayed at my mother in laws for 14 days after birth.....it was heaven! take good care of yourself x