My pregnancy and birth story!

I have seen a few people post their pregnancy and birth stories, and I though it is a beautiful thing to share. So here goes my story...

The scan photo.

I fell pregnant at the age of 17, and had my daughter when I was 18 years old. I completed my A-Levels while heavily pregnant too! And managed to get a CDE which under the circumstances I was very proud of those results. 

I had a healthy normal pregnancy up until around 29 weeks, and I was under going tests for pre-eclampsia. When I got to 38/9 weeks in my pregnancy my pre-eclampsia was worsening, and I was having to go to the hospital every morning for the whole morning to be monitored etc. This was happening until I was 6 days over due. 
On August 14th 2010, I reported to the hospital as usual to be monitored etc. When I was being monitored the monitor had picked up very slight weak contractions, and I thought nothing of it as I had been having those pains for a few weeks. So at around 12.00pm i went home with the information that my pre-eclampsia was getting quite dangerous and I was to come back tomorrow morning at 9.00am to be induced straight away and with that information I went home and carried on with my day. I then started having 'regular' contraction type pains, and I was getting worried about the pains, so I phoned my mum who was also being my birthing partner and kept her updated with what was going on. 

I then called the labour ward and they told me to get into the bath to try and get the contractions closer together and stronger. By this time it was around 17.30pm, and my contractions were coming every 3 minutes, so I called my mum and told her this is it. And we were to make our way to the hospital! 
At the time my partner and I were living in a maisonette and I had left my pregnancy notes and birth plan on the dining room table, and my partners key fob was not letting him into our building, so true spiderman style he had to climb up through our balcony and in trough the back door to retrieve my notes. 

Maisy-Jane and her daddy.

When we arrived at the hospital the midwife told me that she didn't think I was in labour as I was too happy and smiley to be in labour. And upon examining me she sounded surprised that I was already 8cm dilated and I had to be rushed around to go into the delivery suite. 

After around an hour and a half to two hours of strong contractions with a back to back labour I felt the urge to push around 10.40pm. The midwifes were telling me to push. And then a strange buzzer went off and there was all of a sudden a lot of midwives and doctors in the room, and they tried explaining to me as calmly as possible that the babies heart rate had dropped to almost nothing and I needed to push this baby out right now. And then after having an episiotomy and a few strong pushes Maisy-Jane was delivered at 10.52pm. 
After the birth I was still in a lot of pain, and I then delivered around 20-25 large blot clots, and I was also bleeding a lot. So I had to have a 'drip' to stop me from bleeding. 

After the birth I had to stay in hospital for four days because of my large bleed, and to monitor the blood clot loss. It was quite traumatic but i'm proud to say that I managed to deliver my daughter with no pain relief, and with the most support from my mother and my partner as my birthing partners. Without them I don't think I could have done it.  

Home from hospital, FINALLY. 

AB X