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Shocking Labour

well mi waters broke at 9 am on monday morning. i went to the hospital and they told me i was 3 centre meters dilated and that i could go home so when i got home i started gettin contractions in my lower back so i rang my midwife back up and she said to back in so i did and then she said i was 5 centre meters dilated and that she had to take me to the birthing suite so we got up there and then i started to dilate realy slow so i went throw 13 hours of labour because i finally got to 9 centre meters when i wanted to start pushing but every time i started to push it went down to 8 centre meters then 7 then 6 and then my doctor and midwife told me i was bleeding internal and my sons heart rate was slowing down and that i had to go for an emergency c section at 1:10 am on tuesday monrning. so i went to thearter had me son at 2:21 am tuesday morning but then i started to bleed out i lost 4 litres of blood nd my son stoped breathing twice and then i neva got to see him for a day and thats my story

jade

funny and painful

This being my second child was happy once again and anxious for the baby to get here. I was ready for the ninth month to come and when it did I didn't expect half as much as I got. I woke up at 4 in the morning with contractions. I didn't pay any mind to them because I was just 38 weeks. Later on I realized they were still coming and they was gettin close. I was calling everyone letting them kno but the main person I couldn't get in touch with was the baby father...he was at work. So I had my cousin by my side. Soon they hit the 5 min apart so I'm on my way to the hospital. On mii way they ended up 2 min. I felt the baby pressing down on every thing...just ready to come out. I get in the hospital finally n they was trying to wheel me up. I couldn't sit for anything so I walked to my room. On my way to the room my water broke at the elevator. The doctor freaks out. LOL!! I finally get to my room and put my gown on. The doctor tells me to lay down n I went crazy. My baby is coming!!!...I yelled bout 3 times. So she calls for the table. Now I was screamin trying to close my legs n pushing. The doctors kept tellin me to push I told them no n I wasn't able. the doctors was doing to much feeling around so I started pushing them n throwing their hands away from me. Then I realized his head was right there n I had this cute white doctor by my side tellin me I could do it...so I quit yelling took a deep breath n pushed. His head popped out. Push one more time n Its A Boy every body yelled. Omg I cried all that pain for one special person. He was 7 lbs straight up n 20 inches.6 11 09!!!

Meka

Afraid

This is my first child. I am due in 3 weeks. I just found out that the baby is breech and will most likely require a c-section. More than anything, I wanted to give birth naturally without drugs. So, finding out that I wouldn't be able to give birth the way I felt comfortable has been hard to accept. Everyone keeps telling me to just accept it and get over it. No one seems to care that I'm afraid of this procedure. I have been trying to read up on the operation, but it just makes me more uncomfortable. I'm surrounded by lots of wonderful people who care deeply but I feel so alone. I feel wrong for feeling this way, like maybe I'm just being stupid. I just wish someone would listen to the way I felt.

Becky

Little Complication, all worth it

I'm a 16 year old mum. Best thing that has ever happened to me. I thought nothing of getting pregnant and wasn't too worried. Nana told me that my period was late, she always kept track of it. She called my mum and asked her to take me for a pregnancy test. Once I took the test we didn't have to wait long. It showed up positive and all I could do was laugh. Everyone else cryed. I had a normal pregnany and all went fine. After 9 long months of waiting, I was timing the contractions and they just started hitting me harder and harder. My original midwife wasn't on call that night and I had to call my back up midwife. We picked up my best friend on the way to the hospital, about 12 in the morning. When we got there everything happened too fast but too slow at the same time. Nobody told me I was running a fever. They threw everything they could at me and nothing seemed to work. I was a little high on th gas too. After a short 4 hours ad 48 minutes of labour, I had my beautiful baby girl, Ruby-Jane. I stood up an hour after, just wanting a shower and a whole litre of blood just gushed out of me. I blacked out and woke up on the bed. I got rushed to a different hospital and just wanted my baby but nobody would give her to me and I coudn't understand why as no one told me what was going on. I went under a while later, I remember it being dark and too hot, then too cold. I also remembered seeing my great nana. I never told my nana as I knew it would break her heart. It was like that for what seemed 5 minutes, but it was actually hours. Later I found out that they almost lost me. I spent 5 days in hospital, and then went home. It was very scary but I think that my baby girl was worth everything.

Kirsten

Birth

I thought my daughter would never come. 9 months seems like a very long time when you have to carry around all the extra weight. My water broke roughly aroun 2:30 A.M. I freaked out and had no idea what to do. Being a teen mom you have no expierence. I called the on person who was the furthest from me. My mother who lived about 50 miles away. I called her and said "My water just broke!" she said "OK why are you calling me? Go to the hospital." I could tell she was freaked out too. On the way I had one very very painful contraction. It was in my lower back. Once i got to the hospital I didn't feel any for an hour or two. When they started coming faster and harder i cried alot. I still hadn't had my mind set on the epidural yet. I thought about it and thought about it, until I just couldn't take it anymore. I told my nurse, "I want the epidural, and I want it now." Unfortunately I couldn't exactly have it "right now" I had to get the IV medicine to calm them down a little bit. Once I finally did get it I felt so relieved. I was alot calmer and less scared. The only part that really made me angry, was the fact my doctor was very careless. He made me start pushing when I was dilated to 8 and I ended up having her when I was at a 9. He didn't cut me, of course he let me rip. I didn't feel it then, but once they stitched me up I felt it all. He didn't numb me good enough before the stitching. But the 8 hours of labor was definately worth it. I got a beautiful and healty baby girl. Anahi (Ana-E) Maria. 6 Pounds 11 Ounces. 19 3/4 Inches. Today she is 6 months ol and growing like a weed. I can't help but smile when I look at her. Shes my little angel and I would do anything for her.

Lacey