What a great article. As someone who got the long dramatic story, and the slice n dice special, I will be filing this for future reference. Although the inner pessimist in me says "Sometimes no amount of preparation or candlelit baths or whatever can save you from the scalpel". Sometimes things happen which are beyond our control, sadly.
This is true for my with my first labour. I went to bed on the saturday night at about 9pm and had tiny twinges that came and went, took note of them but didn't get too excited. Slept until 2am and when i woke they were slightly stronger and still coming and going. I was not timing anything. I went to the toilet and had a show. I then lay there for about an hour before i told DH. I think i made a phone call to the hospital and they told me to rest which i did do. I dozed on and off while i had tummy tightenings. I slept with my tummy to DH's back and he felt them too. Once morning came we got up and it was clear that things were happening but i refused to be taken to the hospital for fear of being sent home again. Eventaully at about 1pm i gave in as i'd started vomiting and was starting to be in a fair bit of pain. DS was still not born for another 12 hours. Off the top of my head i think it was 12:49am on the Monday morning.
So yes it began during the night for me, and i did relax as best as i could and not wake DH because i knew he'd panic straight away and it turned out to be 23 hours of actual labour. I do also put this down to it being my first labour and i had no idea what i was doing. The very little knowledge i had was from the pre-natal classes. By the end of it i was losing hope that i could even do it, begging for it to be over saying i can't do this anymore. We got there eventually
Can i email this article to a friend of mine who is about to have her first bub?
My labour with my first actually began around 8:30am! But it went for 19 hours so it took me well into the following night - that was mainly due to an epidural that slowed down what had been quite a progressive labour. I was glad that most of my labour (I did the first 11 or so hours at home with no pain relief) took place during the day because there was something about being in labour during the day that helped me to focus and not freak out.
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and it turned out to be 23 hours of actual labour. I do also put this down to it being my first labour and i had no idea what i was doing. The very little knowledge i had was from the pre-natal classes. By the end of it i was losing hope that i could even do it, begging for it to be over saying i can't do this anymore. We got there eventually
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