Birth stories

I`ve had 4 children but I won`t bore you with 4 birth stories, lol, it could take a while. Now let me think which was my easiest birth, ah, that was my second.

My partner had been fishing all weekend while I was blowing up like a canetoad with swelling, and wouldn`t ya know it, but as soon as he came home, my contractions started. 10 mins apart to 3 mins apart in 2 hours. So after I told myself `Well this is really happening, we all bundled into the car for the 1/2 hr trip to hospital, with me screaming all the way. When we got to the hospital Mum and Dad were already there waiting, lovies there are.

Well then it was all hands on deck apparently, I went a little gaga at this stage as it was happening so fast, they gave me gas, and I threw that hose across the room , I`ve been told, then when the midwive administered a drip, I got cranky at it, and apparently ripped it out, and blood was flying out of my arm everywhere, so they decided to give me an epidural, and after that I was fine and coherent again, the crazy woman left the building LOL.

No sooner had they given the epidural and I got back up on the bed properly, and the midwive said, Ok, thet`s go, you gunna be a mummy real soon, shouldn`t have had the epidural cos I couldn`t feel a thing when it came to pushing. But little Britt made a very quick entrance to the world, she just wanted to meet us all I reckon. So all told Britt`s labour was 4 and a half hours.

Needless to say, after that debarcle of a labour, the next 2 were drug free, and they too were much quicker than Britt`s. When it came to Jack, our last born, 2 hrs 45mins was all it took, I had to have him on the ward he came so fast. I must say though, I should feel blessed with having such short labours.

Child birth is a wonderful experience and i cant wait to go back!
My Labour couldnt have been better, i starting getting little pains about 7 pm and i just went alot with watering the lawn , eating dinner etc. About 9 pm i called my sis inlaw she is a midwife and she was going to deliver our son at the hospital.She said to me you sound like you are still in pre labour try and go to sleep WRONG…….. At 11.30pm i was in the shower hot water running on my back and i felt the urge to push!! i yelled to my hubby call your sister the baby is coming.

My sister inlaw was there within 20 mins. As soon as she got there she checked to see how dialted i was . When she checked my waters broke thats what the pushig feeling was and i was 10cm dialted she said to my hubby called the ambulance the baby is coming.

The ambulance were there in about 20mins my hubby had to follow the ambulance in our car as he couldnt fit in the ambulance. We didnt make it to the hospital i had our son 10 mins after leaving home very close.
I wanted a drug free natural labour and i got it along with some excitment. the only bad thing was that my hubby didnt get to share the expeirence of seeing our son be born.
Next time i will be straight at the hospital with the first sign of pain!! hehe

Isn`t it amazing how you get over what you went through in a pregnancy and giving birth, Bris. Can you imagine our population if it was men that had children?

Hi Redlox…good luck with TTC, exciting times ahead!

Here is the run down of my pregnancy…dont let it scare you off though…everyone is different.

With my pregnancy, I was aiming for a natural birth,, no pain killers or anything……all I can say is unforseen circumstances happen and you may need to throw that plan out the window…but it certainly doesnt make you any less of a woman or brilliant mum!!

I was bedridden for the first 3 months due to bleeding, so many times my doc thought I was miscarrying, so off to get an ultrasound and there was my lil bean beating away…then there was a blood heamorrahge in his sac, which thankfully disappeared, then the soft marker for downs @ 20 week ultrasound, then broke out in a rash for the last 3 months…then onto my labour story.

I finished work when I was 38 weeks pregnant….not a good idea….just before my 40 weeks were up I went to see my doctor for a regular checkup and she said I had high blood pressure, this could lead to pre-eclampsia..and she didnt want to risk it so I was whisked to hospital for observation….blood pressure was up and down up and down…so they booked me in for induction the next day.
Friday night I went in, got given stuff to hopefully bring on labour naturally…saturday by lunchtime nothing was happening, and though I did have slight natural contractions I wasnt dialating and waters werent broken, so they broke them for me (OUCH!! worst thing I ever felt…well so I thought)…slowly my contractions were coming on normally, but they still hooked me onto a drip which had hormones to bring on contractions more…contractions were coming one on top of the other (and yes they are herrendous…they were worse than i imagined!!)…i wasnt even hardly dialated..on the babies heart rate monitor his little beating heart was dropping…this completely panicked me!! I was so stressed out and was told that the best thing for me and baby was to get an epidural…which I did….his heart rate was still dropping so they thought it was the monitor, so they placed a monitor thingy on his head (dont know what its called)…yet his heart rate was still up and down through the whole night….by Sunday morning (6am), I was pretty much fully dialated, and they said I was ready to start pushing…I had the technique right, but my little one just wasnt moving…they then informed me that he was posterior (his head was down, but he was facing upwards), this makes it hard for the head to slide on easily as he was pretty much stuck in the cavity. When I was pushing I had this excrutiating pain on my left side and not even the epidural could get this pain away….I signed some paperwork and got prepped for the operating theatre for a vontouse (suction cup delivery)….they were super nice in there….I was stirruped up and they put a few local anisthetics where the pain was…still I could feel them running the ice over me…they said they were gonna take him out anyways and I had to deal with the pain….it freakin hurt sooo much and they still couldnt get him out….so I went under general anisthetic and had a emergency ceserean!!!!!
I was bed bound for 3 days and had bloated up double my size due to toxins from all the drugs….when I got out of bed I was a dead weight and could barely walk…for weeks my partner had to help me pull up my underwear and everything…my wound also re-opened so it took over 10 weeks to recover.
Even though I went through all of that, my child is a blessing and a miracle, and he is my world! <3! and I still want more kids….go figure!!

But hey I have a friend who was size 6, pushed out a 10 pound baby in less than 40 minutes whilst in a shower at home…and she hardly felt anything.

Merry Christmas to you too Redlox and good luck with everything – so glad that you have found all the advice here helpful 🙂 Best wishes xoxoxo

Hi Redlox, good luck with trying to conceive- don`t forget your folic acid! Blackmores make a good conception/pregnancy vitamin. Don`t worry too much about what type of birth you have, the main thing is to get the baby out safely. I had a c-section for medical reasons as I had a serious complication during the pregnancy but everything went fine and my recovery was very fast. I was out of bed the same day. Don`t get too hung up on the natural birth thing, do what works for you so that you are not too anxious and be guided by your obstetrician. I had a great one who worked through all decisions with me. Good luck with everything, having my son is the greatest joy I have ever experienced and I wish the same for you. 🙂

This feedback is very reassuring so thank you all for sharing. The output would certainly make everything well worth while (LOL at the teenagers remark!). Preparation classes would help or at least private research through books. I guess I have no choice but to see how it goes when it happens! Merry Christmas to you all!

Its not a horrendous experience……because we all go back for more….don`t we? 🙂 There is pain yes…….but during it, you are just so wanting that baby to be born, you kind of get past all the pain. When your baby is born……any memory of pain goes out the window and you enjoy just holding your baby. My advice, don`t listen to the Hollywood hype.

For anyone that is going to have a baby……enjoy the beautiful experience. Worth waiting for.
Actually on thinking of pain……..i think the pain is more worse when they turn teenagers lol. But I wouldn`t swap them for anything.

Hi Redlox and good luck with trying to conceive, can only imagine how thrilled and excited you will be when you discover you are pregnant one day 🙂 I had my daughter 6 years ago and the pregnancy was physically very good and very normal. I did not go to birthing classes however I did a lot of reading and listened to the advice of my mother and a few friends who had children which was very reassuring and comforting. My birth story is quite strange/funny. I went to the hopsital for my 38 week (last) antenatal appointment and whilst in the waiting room, I had some vague pain in my lower belly which I just passed off as cramps. When I saw my Doctor, she did an examination and revaled to me that I was actually in labour and I should make my way up to the birthing suites…I was with my then-partner and my father and none of us believed I was in labour however I trotted up to the birthing suites anyway. 3 hours later, after only 90 minutes of horrendous pain (I`m not going to lie, the pain is horrendous) my daughter was born 🙂 It was far too late for an epidural or for any drugs as I was too dialted so my birth was all natural. The only hiccup was that my placenta did not follow and I needed a manual removal – which I was given an epidural for AFTER I went through the birth naturally HAHAHA, ironic eh?!
What everyone else has said is correct, the minute you hold that beautiful baby in your arms, the pain and agony is forgotten about 🙂 Good luck with it all and best wishes xoxo

As Meaghan said, definately be prepared about all stages of child-birth. I couldn`t make it to lamaze classes for the birth of my 1st child, but I did a lot of reading at the library. All my 4 were natural drug-free births, but there is no shame in having painkillers, people have different levels of pain thresh-hold. Not only do you need to be prepared for child-birth, but also there`s a lot to deal with when bubs does arrive, especially emotionally. The best advice I could give is: “”Do not hesitate to ask for help””. Sorry Redlox, I hope I have not been too negative, as a baby is truly a gift.