Just checking in...
We had a bit of a hard time with the labour resulting in an emergency C-section after 20+ hrs of active labour and a day or so of false labour before that. The crux of it, baby didn’t respond well to the induction drug but didn’t progress without it and was in a very awkward position to come down. Because there were no waters the infection risk got higher as time passed. She became distressed at various stages, buttons being pressed and doctors rushing in then it being ok again until it got to a point where she was very distressed and needed to come out.
We then had to stay in for a few days which wasn’t very nice tbh baby girl had trouble with feeding but the care from the hospital post labour was absolutely awful and made the experience quite traumatic.
I’m sure the last thing pregnant ladies need to hear are all the details so ultimately we had a safe delivery of a healthy baby girl At 39+2, 7lb. She’s a little dot and absolutely perfect, the rush of love that I was worried I wouldn’t get after a difficult pregnancy and struggling to connect to it, was instantaneous. Hearing her cry for the first time was life changing.
Lots of post pregnancy emotions are kicking in now she’s been here a week, it’s tough, but she makes it all better.
Top tip if you’re not going for pain relief is to take a handheld fan and water spray. Absolute God send.
My epidural pump broke halfway through, we didn’t realise, thought it was normal to have that pain so went with it for quite a while before investigating. I absolutely don’t understand why anyone would want to do it naturally. It’s hell on earth!
My pp bleeding has been like a heavy period for the first 2 days and a light period since. I’d read horror stories, took massive maternity pads and inco pants, stocked up. Didn’t need them. Perhaps if you have Amazon prime see how you go yourself before buying lots of supplies and get them next day if you suffer badly.
I’ve just received my letters - my midwife appointment over the phone is on 3rd March and my scan is 27th March. I was hoping to have the scan before Mother’s Day (14th) so we could tell our parents then, but I don’t think they’d change it for that reason. My partner did say we’ll probably get a better view of the baby by that week too.
I had my early scan with window to the womb booked for Valentine’s Day, but after speaking to them this morning they’ve suggested pushing by it back a few weeks. I’m now thinking about having it on the week of the 1st or 8th March, so we have a scan pic and can still tell our parents with on Mother’s Day like we planned. It would also be less of a big gap then for us between the two scans.
I’ll be 11 weeks on Mother’s Day - has anyone else told their parents at that point? We were going to wait until we’d had the NHS scan but as that will only be two weeks after I’m wondering how much could change in that time?
I don’t want to
tit on your scan excitement but don’t forget NHS scans are for health screening, need to be at certain date/stages and can have serious consequences, changing them so you can tell your parents or get a better view is a bad idea.
That said, there’s a massive difference what you can see at 10 weeks vs 12, 12 looks like a baby, 10 not so much
i cant wait for second trimester!
Sorry it wasn’t all plain sailing for you, but glad your little girl arrived safely x