Every day I wake up and think about what I am going to be doing and what would happen if I went into labour in any of those situations! It seems from reading most birth stories that people go into labour at home, during the night but does anyone have any unusual, cool or interesting stories about their labour or even a friend or family member?
When I went into labour with DD it wasn't that dramatic but I wasn't at home - I was at my SIL's ready to have dinner. I was sitting on the couch laughing at the fact about 15 mins prior I had pranked my sister so she though we were in labour, when I felt some wetness, Bolted to the toilet and my waters well and truly broke! Needed 2 towels! After checking in at hospital we went home for about 4 hours until contractions started getting close and went back.
Tell us your cool stories! Anyone go into labour at the shops or somewhere really embarrassing? Did you get stuck - who helped you? etc. etc.!
My sister was at home, her DH had gone to Albany (400k's) for work for the night. Our dad was there fixing something for her, and she bent over to pick something up, and went POP!! She reckons she's never seen anyone go so pale so fast
Out of my 4 labours...i reckon 2 of mine have been pretty eventful....
BIRTH #2
Felt pains in the morning (4 days past EDD) , thought nothing of them, DH went to work. By 8am pains were stronger. Called DH - he a fireman, so had to re-arrange a backup. Pains fast and furious by 10am, but still thought i had plenty of time. Asked DH to put kettle on for a cuppa...i was in bedroom deciding what to wear, when my waters broke all over my bedroom floor. DH got car ready "i will be there in a sec' i yelled out. I thought i needed to go to loo and do a #2...on way to toilet i thought to myself...'you dont wanna do a poo, you wanna push your baby out'!!!. Ran to car, and yelled and screamed the whole way to the hospital. I yelled at DH at one stage to pull over (in the gutter) as i wanted to push baby out. He kept driving. Arrived at emergency dept. They wheeled me straight into theatre. Pumpkin patch skirt still on, knickers still on (for the time being...) and shoes still on. THey didnt know my name, they had no time to take me upstairs. Medical students working in emergency were allowed to look in - not very often do they get a birth in emergency i was later told. 2 pushes and DD#2 was out. SHoes and skirt still on .......i guess you could say we just made it.
BIRTH #3
16 Sept 2007 - DD#1 turned 4. We had her birthday party at mcdonalds. I wasnt due until 20 Sept with child #3. Day turned out well, party was fun. My family, DH family was there. Afterwards a few friends came back to our home to check out the new trampoline. My sister gave me a pedicure. In the middle of the pedicure i suddenly felt ill....i wanted to vomit, i also wanted everyone to leave. They did. Was in bed by 630pm - up again at 7pm for a vomit. Back to bed. Up again at 730pm for a vomit. Back in bed. 8pm DD#1 (the birthday girl) started vomitting. Im on bathroom floor vomitting. DH running inbetween. At 1am (still vomitting) i started to get contractions. Rang hossi, they said with all my vomitting, it has prob sent baby into labour. Decided the 5 loads of sheets me and daughter had just vomitted on could wait. We got to hossi about 3am. i was 7cm or something like that....whilst pushing i was also vomitting....DD was born 17 Sept at around 5am..found out later more than half of my family and DH family were up all night vomitting.....some bug we had caught at mcdonalds...needless to say we didnt have many visitors whilst in hospital....
M-bear I was about to reply "cool" but then thought maybe the second story not so cool!! Poor thing! Your first story is amazing - I'm so scared that I won't have time to pack last things, organise Mackenzie and get to hospital in time! Fingers crossed!
Cool or Interesting labour stories!
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i guess you could say we just made it.
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