Birth story of DD :)

Thursday 14th October 10:45am- I was 39+5.



I had a clinic appt to see how things were going, was told by my midwife the week before that they might talk delivery, (hence they didnt), while we were waiting in the antenatal clinic I was having lower back pain that was coming and going.

So we (DP, tk1999 & I) went into a room, doctor writes on my yellow card, clicks through my file..checks blood pressure, it was 110/70. So doctor got me to get up on the bed so he could have a feel around for Eboni and at one stage he pushed down and it fricken hurt almost made me cry (well i think it did), He soon stopped once I cringed. Baby Eboni was head down and celphalic(sp?), head engaged. So i get off the bed and sit down and he starts talking to me about having an appt with the FMAU(feotal maternal assessment unit) on tuesday 19th oct (3days after due date) And i was to have an VE to see if i was dialated and then to talk delivery. He then orders more bloods to check platelets etc.. So we leave appt and im feeling pretty crapola, tk1999 asks me if i want to get bloods done or wait til tomorrow, i wanted to get them the next day but i went and got them done...



We leave the hospital and TK asks what i want for lunch to make me feel better, at that point i couldnt care less what i ate, she suggested pancakes on the rocks, so i agreed, we had pancakes on the rocks for lunch, made me feel better, we are done there and go back to Tk's place, the day before i sent her a picture of our pa polley as i wanted a picture of him so i could talk to him or him be there with me as we were close. She had printed the picture off and gave it to me, Then the lower back pain was getting more annoying, so i was up walking around the loungeroom, at one stage my neice was following me around. DP and I were dropped home around 1(ish)pm, I laid down in bed with a heat pack resting on my right buttocks, had to keep warming it up but it actually help ease the pain i didnt move from the bed from the time i got dropped home til about 8pm, Went down the shop with my mum as i felt like i need to do some walking.



We come home its back to bed for me and my heat pack friend, I get up about half n hour after we get home, go into the kitchen to talk to my mum, I'm standing there when i feel a gush of something so off i wadde to the loo get about halfway down the hallway when a contraction starts, it was OUCHIES!! I yell out to my mum " Call tk NOW! i think something is starting" Mum then yells out to dad "CALL TK" so dad calls her saying something along the lines off " get your butt over here now somethings starting" then tk says " She cant come over for awhile as her DP took her car to get pizza, she came around about 9.45pm. We all rushed out to the car, but we werent leaving just yet, as tk ad pizza to eat...



I was getting contractions regularly, tk suggested a shower to help, so i got in the shower and it was HEAVEN! it helped alot!! not sure how long i was in there for, DP was in there with me, everytime a contraction cam i yelled out TIME and then STOP once it was done.. Got out of shower incase we needed the hot water again, got dressed walked around the house then tried walking around the street, decided rockeing through contractions was REALLY helpful :)

Here i was standing in the middle of the street rocking back and forth, side to side with DP. And BANG!! another contraction, they were coming and going now. I kept saying I can't do this anymore, take me to hospital so i can get cut and get her out!. We went back inside put grease on to try and distract me worked for awhile, i was singing the songs, rocking through contractions.



Dad being dad, made a comment about putting grease on in the loungeroom & I basically yelled at him (which isnt normal). DP made a comment about us dancing I soon told him to pee off!! I tried sitting down on a chair with my mate heat pack on back, helped for awhile we went outside again to try and walk/rock through the contractions. We were outside for awhile trying to get me in the car when a car pulled into the street it pulls up next to us you'll never guess who it was...... t was a police car!! One of the neighbours called the police someone had complained that i was fighting with tk asked if everything was okay.. Tk just said " I (me) was in labour it helped i had a contraction while they were here :hooray: they said goodluck and went on their merry way. I joked with DP and TK they could have atleast gave me an escort!! So i then said call the ambos they'll get me there quicker but will cost $$ then said get a helicopter to land in the street and take me!! Tk asked where it would land.. I said in the middle of the street where there was a tree. Tk asked how i was going to remove it.. Walked towards it ( I could have karate chopped it with all the energy i had)..



I spewed before getting in the car ( some people empty their bowels i spewed..) I 'tried' (being the word) to get in the back of the car took awhile (i'm sure tk can say how long it took) so we tried the front seat. BINGO i got in the car and TK shut the door so i couldnt get out.... Just had to make a pit stop at Tk's place so we could drop BM off for her DD incase she woke during the night. Now we were on our merry way to the hospital, My Pa Polley really helped me through contractions on the way, I kept telling him i loved him and i could hear him say to me " I love you too sweetie. You ca do this! I'm so proud of you". I then hummed "summer lovin" from grease. I kept saying to myself " i can't do this pa, i just can't" he'd say back to me " you can do this sweetie again told me he was proud of me".



We get to the hospital (was the longest drive ever!!) I get out of the car without shoes on and tk and dp told me to put my shoes on i was protesting in the end i put them on. We walk to emergency to get an escort to delivery, while waiting for the escort i get a contraction push my hands up against the wall i cuddled up to dp rocked & grunted through the contraction (people in the room were staring someone said oh i think she is in labour..) We get escort they asked if i wanted a wheelchair and i said no i need to talk, we had to stop/start a few times.. as we are walking i kept saying take me to theatre and cut her out!!! We get to delivery MW meets us at door and we go into a assessment room MW asks me to get up on bed so she can hook me up to the CTG. I did not want to get on the bed as i was in pain again i was on the "cut me open and get her out". Took 20 minutes to get me on the bed got hooked up got a few contractions while hooked up on the CTG, then got told I had to have an internal (my very first in this PG) MW says we need your pants off so off come the pants... knees and legs are bent and WOAH!!! she sticks whats seems to be her whole hand up there (sorry for the TMI) felt a warm gush , Its established i was 9cm dialated all was done AT home!! Get off bed and walk to delivery room & i'm more worried about leaking everywhere, so MW grabs a handful of pads and tells me to open my legs and whacks the pads there so im waddling to the room.



Get in the room abd u beed to wee so i get on the loo and feel i need to push, so i ask if i can push MW and TK tell me to go with it. One stage i was asking for my mummy. After sitting on the loo for awhile i get up and go to the bed TK is on one side DP is next to me giving me icy cold water to drink, contractions are soming so i grab my sister's hands and bear down grunting and turing into a banchee lady!! This goes for awhile I then get on the bed feeling the need to push so i push Mw keeps telling me to push ( i was getting tired) So my wonderful sister suggested pushing until she counted to 10 which really helped. It was now time to get serious i'd been pushing for awhile now MW tells me one more push, I push and out came her head and far out it stung!! and her body followed. DP watched the whole thing. Our baby girl was here finally!! DP cut the cord, During the labour/birth i only had the gas and my sister monitored(sp?) how much i had. Eboni is now placed on my chest she is the most precious human being i'd seen (besides myself of course haha) DP gives me a kiss and said congratulations. TK says she is so proud of me. Now it was time for the placenta to be delivered i say " aren't you meant to give me that injection first?" turns out i was given it.. didn't feel it.. Placenta is out.. She tells me she needs to get the doctor to have a look at me as i tore i ask "did i tear myself a new one? haha I infact had a 3rd degree tear, photos were taken and sent to the close relatives. (i'd wanted a water birth but sadly didnt get that but in the end)



Then the MW stuck her finger up my butt... WOAH what the heck was she doing (DP said she hasnt bought you dinner yet and you let her do that... such a funny man) I went to theatre got stitched up. In recovery when i came to first thing i said was when can i see my baby! (i'd gone to theatre about 3am?) and then was taken to maternity about 5am DP and DD were still in delivery till 6, the MW who delivered DD said oh your still here your partner is in maternity.. so at 6am they came into see me. We were both over the moon we didnt sleep for 2 days, well I had little sleeps (between visitors).

We'd established BFing with some ouchiness to my nipples but i stuck to it.. I wasn't giving up! My labour was 3hrs..



We were in hossy for almost 4 days. It was so hard saying cya to DP at the end of the night. he'd stay till about 10pm (lucky he was staying with family close by)



So here I'm happy to announce the birth of our beautiful babygirl!!



Details are:



Name:Eboni Florence Norma P******

D.O.B: 15/10/2010

T.O.B (time of birth): 1.15am

Weight: 8pd 11oz

Length: 52.5cm

HC: 36.5cm



P.S. I wanted to get my haircut the friday i had DD and during the birth i was more worried about getting my haircut and cancelling my appt at the FMAU on the tuesday (19th oct).



Hope you all enjoyed reading this! and it made you laugh!! :) Also took me almost 4 months to type this up!

What a beautiful (funny) birth story, thanks for sharing.

Regards,
Dianne

Congratulations and thank you for sharing Eboni's birth story with us. :)

Welcome Eboni! Awesome story thanks for sharing :-)

Aww that's lovely!! good job at getting to 9cms at home!!

But did I miss WHY the MW stuck her finger up your bum?!?! WT?

beautiful story retrogal!!!

That was one awesome birth story. Yes very funny and very amazing also. Well done and congratulations!

I was out of it when she did it.. i think she just needed to check something??

Check what???
Maybe for an internal tear or something.

yeah i think so. as i had a 3rd degree tear..

Huge congrats huni...you did amazing xox

Thanks for sharing darling little sister. It was such a privilege and honour to be able to share in Miss E's birth with you and your DP.

It took a long time to get you into the car but I think that was for a reason as I know you would have gone stir crazy being at the hospital all that time... we had fun at home LOL

Well done and a belated Congratulations :D