As promised, Benjamin Isaiah's birth story.
Ok so I woke up having irregular contractions on 20th of November so my husband and I went for a 2nd sweep which was scheduled for 4:30 on the 20th.. Immediately after the sweep, my contractions started to regulate themselves. So we went out for our last meal together before the baby came. I couldn't stay out long so we went back home....By 12, contractions were 7 minutes apart & I decided I needed gas & air, so we went to hospital.
The first midwife they saw refused to give me G&A; she said I must wait to see a doctor. This made me very upset, but it only got worse. The first doctors came and told me that I should have the baby cut out, but I refused. More doctors came and one tried to force us by threatening us with all sorts--from baby was in distress and going to die and it'll be my fault...to hospital solicitors {lawyers}. This went on the whole time I was in labor, even while I was contracting, but my husband and I remained a team. He kept saying to me, "Baby I love you, you can do this, and I would say, "I can do this, thank you for your faith in me."
By 6 o'clock I was 6 centimeters. The pain was too intense for me to pay any attention to them so they worked on my husband, but he didn't budge..
By 7, I was ready to face these awful people. I started pushing, and it took me awhile but I got there. All those people who doubted me were now telling me how impressed they were with me.. I screamed & my husband cried as my baby was born at 8 on the dot! He weighed 8lb 4oz.
After the baby was born, things went wrong with my placenta...they started pulling at it very hard and I started losing a lot of blood; my husband was so scared. I was taken away and given a blood transfusion, but by the grace of God, I am recovering well and the baby is nursing beautifully. My husband has a smile from ear to ear...
I would like say that I am so happy with all the advice given to me by all the beautiful mummas on this forum. If it wasn't for you all, I would never have had the courage to fight the system.
You don't need luck ladies, you're all blessed with knowledge...stay blessed, all of you. Hope your journeys are peaceful ones...bless you all...
Ok so I woke up having irregular contractions on 20th of November so my husband and I went for a 2nd sweep which was scheduled for 4:30 on the 20th.. Immediately after the sweep, my contractions started to regulate themselves. So we went out for our last meal together before the baby came. I couldn't stay out long so we went back home....By 12, contractions were 7 minutes apart & I decided I needed gas & air, so we went to hospital.
The first midwife they saw refused to give me G&A; she said I must wait to see a doctor. This made me very upset, but it only got worse. The first doctors came and told me that I should have the baby cut out, but I refused. More doctors came and one tried to force us by threatening us with all sorts--from baby was in distress and going to die and it'll be my fault...to hospital solicitors {lawyers}. This went on the whole time I was in labor, even while I was contracting, but my husband and I remained a team. He kept saying to me, "Baby I love you, you can do this, and I would say, "I can do this, thank you for your faith in me."
By 6 o'clock I was 6 centimeters. The pain was too intense for me to pay any attention to them so they worked on my husband, but he didn't budge..
By 7, I was ready to face these awful people. I started pushing, and it took me awhile but I got there. All those people who doubted me were now telling me how impressed they were with me.. I screamed & my husband cried as my baby was born at 8 on the dot! He weighed 8lb 4oz.
After the baby was born, things went wrong with my placenta...they started pulling at it very hard and I started losing a lot of blood; my husband was so scared. I was taken away and given a blood transfusion, but by the grace of God, I am recovering well and the baby is nursing beautifully. My husband has a smile from ear to ear...
I would like say that I am so happy with all the advice given to me by all the beautiful mummas on this forum. If it wasn't for you all, I would never have had the courage to fight the system.
You don't need luck ladies, you're all blessed with knowledge...stay blessed, all of you. Hope your journeys are peaceful ones...bless you all...