Seond birth. Cannula nightmare!!

[BabyDragonz]

DS is now 4 so again this story is a lil late due to only recently having joined BB.

my venticular tachycardia had died down an returned to normal a few months after DD was born. It flared up again when i was 18wks pregnant with DS. I was again on the medication to lower my heart rate and DS was monitored regularly to make sure his heart rate didn't drop too low. the rest of the pregnancy continued with no further complications, but i had been sent to a register at a hospital an hours drive away to give birth there when the time came as the hospital i was going to were sure they couldn't tend to me if something were to go wrong with my heart during the birth.

the day i was due to give birth but had no sign of it i was sposed to recive a call from the far away hospital to orgnanise an induction but ever recieved it. that night my partner had gotten very drunk with his BIL an next door neighbour and of course i ended up having to tend to him for most of the night as well as keeping an eye on 18mnth old DD. i woke up around 8am the next morning in labour. i just knew i was in labour this time round but i checked the timing and had a nice warm shower. after i had been up for an hour i began working on waking my seriously hung over partner to get over to the closer hospital as i knew by that time i wasn't gonna make it to the further hospital. called the closer hospital an they told me to come straight in.

15 mins drive later was at the hospital and in the bithing suite having a heart monitor an baby monitor put on. by this point i was 10cm dialated and had begun pushing, when a nurse came over to my left arm to put in a cannula. she missed the first time and i was bleeding hevily from the area on my wrist. my partner carrying our 18mnth old DD was instructed to hold the cloth down tightly on my wrist to stop the bleeding while the nurse attempted another cannula further up my left arm and successfully putting it in. all the while i was pushing the whole time and feeling some what stressed out.

then a doctor entered the room casually and said we have an ambulance ready to take her to the hospital further away. a midwife stood up from keeping an eye on the how the birth was progressing an laughed at the doctor saying "your kidding right? this baby is coming now, if she leaves it will be an ambulance baby." 10 - 15 mins later DS was born happy and healthy.

my ventricular tachycardia got worse over the next year. i was shedueld for an ablation and wasn't long before the operation was over and seemed to have made a full recovery. to this day my heart hasn't missed a beat ^^

[onthefly]

Well done on the birth of your DS!
They really messed you around with that cannula! Ouch. Glad to hear your heart is beating so well now

[BabyDragonz]

thanks very much im currently a lil over a week late an have had 4 faint positives will be getting the blood test to confirm on monday. i hope 3rd time lucky and i wont have things like this to deal with. but i have the feeling this one may be worse than the previous 2 T.T

[HotI]

why did they have to put a cannula in during the pushing stage?

[BabyDragonz]

well when my partner asked that same question they told him it was incase they had to get fliuds or medication into me fast incase my heart failed or somthing.

[kristi14]

You dont take long to get to 10cms do you!!

Well done

[BabyDragonz]

lol apparently not. makes me wonder what i should be expecting this time round

[Oorki Galoorki]

what a nice quick birth for you.
cannulas can be tricky on a non squirmy person.. some one in labour can be even more tricky.

[SuperstarMumsy]

I have had ablation too! But for Wolf Parkinson White Syndrome :-)

[Tinsel]

Wow, what a quick delivery. I had a cannula nightmare too and I still get pins and needles feeling when I touch the area they tried to put it in...13 months later.

[BabyDragonz]

yeah i have a scar and it itches sometimes as well as feeling like there is a small lump.

[HotI]

well when my partner asked that same question they told him it was incase they had to get fliuds or medication into me fast incase my heart failed or somthing.

Did they need to use it?

I don't know much about your heart condition, but you can refuse permission to have a cannula put in 'just in case it is needed'.

[BabyDragonz]

no they never ended up using it at all after DS was out they removed the cannula and i went for my shower. i wish i had known that then i would have told the nurses not to T.T

[onthefly]

Well if your heart's all fixed now you shouldn't need it next time, right? Hope not anyway

[BabyDragonz]

i certainly hope i don't either. although my heart may be fixed this time my back will likely cause a problem. i was diagnosed with a petruding disc in my lower spine s1 l5 i think. an mri showed that the disc has inflamed to almost 3 tyimes normal size and is restricting my movement and causing alot of pain. an operation is booked for december in the second trimester when it is safest for me and baby. unless my back stays as it is or gets a little better due to the hormones the operation will go ahead. im hoping it can wait til after bub is born but it's a very big worry T.T