Okay, so contractions ramped up at 2am on Tuesday morning and I walked and breathed through them until heading to the hospy at 8.30am. Rang Rory and booked him a flight for 9.30am. Had an internal which showed good signs with my cervix but she couldn't feel bubs head. Had a scan which showed Hayley as being transverse ...(which is lying sideways cradled in the pelvis, def not head down). If my waters broke at that point, the cord could birth first which is very dangerous. They would have to wheel me to theatre with a midwifes hand stuck up my vag to stop the head from pressing on the cord. Anyhoo...they rang theatre to see when we could get slotted in and they said now.
As I was only 2cm dilated and bubs was in the wrong position it was decided that c/s was the best and safest option. This all happened so quickly that Rory was in the air (50min flight) from the time they made the decision to when she was born. So the first msg he got when he got off the plane was a picture of Hayley taken in theatre.
Mum was my lucky support person and she was so thrilled and proud to be in there with me. Aynsley (my sister) got to be my midwife so it was a really great experience. I ended up with the shakes pretty badly so didn't too many cuddles to begin with cos I was afraid i'd drop her. She came into recovery with me and had a great feed before we got wheeled back up to our room and she met her daddy. Hayley has been feeding really well and sleeping awesome. All this is typed with one hand so its not a perfect recount but gives the basic overview lol.