Cervical/internal checks in 3rd trimester

[Maybebabie]

i do know how you feel Karmarine.

My waters broke at 35wks and after intially being told i would be on bed rest for 1-5wks by the admitting midwives. The ob in the moring delcared i would actually be giving birth.

From memory i was 3cm @7am. He never gave my a chioce about being out on the iv and due to short staffing and a mini baby boom no one actually explained the process to me (hadn't completed birthing classes either). There was some confusion as to what my gbs results were as well which confused the process even more.

So i went with the flow and didn't ask many questions as i was concerned about the fact dd was preterm. I had a pretty strightforward vag birth. Now i relise that the drugs given to me can contribute to jaundice (which dd got). But that being said if you go from waters breaking to birth it was about 20hrs and i only started the iv at 10am so maybe i just wasn't going to go into labour ( i wasn't actually having contractions even morning after waters broke).

So i am left with lots of ques but overall happy with the result. Now as i approch 30wks I know i have lots of ques to pose to the ob and i won't leave them till my 36wks appt.

I should add that i was not offered a epidural as part of the process. Infact i was only offered pethadine @3pm when i was 7cm. I was told now or nothing at all. Taking it was a decision i regretted as it made me violently ill but hey who knew how i would react to pethadine as this was only my 2nd time in hosp since being born. the first only a year earlier so hosp and drugs is very unfamiliar to me.

[Kamarine]

You guys are amazing, I should have posted more from when I first joined a year ago!!


Maybebabie - I did the same thing! I just ate everything they told me. I had to be induced. I had to have my waters broken. I had hours to go. I couldnt have drugs cause this labour wasn't really labour. (They gave me panadeine forte like 3 hours before DD was born. I didn't feel a change at all? So I guess I don't count it as pain medication.) Going with the flow seemed the best way.
I mean, I got what I wanted, a vaginal birth and a healthy daughter. But I feel like it was at their schedule not mine?

Im TTC and DF and I are determined to be more in control and know what to expect this time