Well DS1's labour was the longest out of all of them - 22 hrs (so far, still got one to go!)...had been contracting since 1am that morning, by 10am couldnt take it anymore so off to hossy...contractions were getting intense and I was panting and groaning through them all in the front seat of the car, DP got distracted by me doing this and ran straight into the back of another car...a BMW no less....got out to let the other driver know what was happening and told him to follow us to the hosp, which was only 500m up the road...so I was left to get into hossy by myself whilst DP swapped details!! Thankfully no one was hurt and DS1 was out by 10pm that night!
DD1 was 5 days past her due date...I was at home alone and was letting DS1 (a toddler then) have a play outside with our dog.....dog was thirsty so I went to refill his water bowl. Couldnt see my feet as I was so big, managed to trip up a step with full water bowl in my hands...bowl went flying, put my hands out in front of myself to stop me landing on my belly, managed to land on my hands and knees and turn myself around. Had some grazes on my hands but belly was alright...got a heck of a fright though! 5 hours later, I was on my way to hosp in labour, she was born another 6 hours after I arrived....I reckon if I hadnt of had that fall and fright I may have ended up being induced!
DD2 was pretty boring, 11 days past due date, very little fluid, got induced....6 hours labour...oh, I did manage to throw up over a poor midwife...had no warning it was coming! I felt so bad for her
And as for no.4, well hes due any day now so hopefully Ill have something cool to post about his arrival soon
my SIL had an interesting VERY unplanned home birth for her first (about nine years ago now). She was 29weeks pg and stuck out on a property with her husband because of flooding. He delivered the baby with directions over the phone from emergency services, they then had a midwife and paramedic 'airdropped' in to their property an hour or so after the actual birth, to check out mum and her premmie, and had to wait for flood waters to receed abit before a helicopter could land anywhere to airlift them out. The paramedic found what turned out to be my BIL's wedding ring amongst all the mud near the helicopter - he had lost it 10months earlier whilst working on the farm. My nephew spent nearly two months in the NICU at John Hunter hosipital before he was able to go home.
Personally I am extremely glad my birthing experiences have been relatively non-eventful, I couldn' imagine anything more stressful then what my SIL went through.
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