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Birth story: induction, but otherwise med-free

KateLouiseKateLouise member
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Hi ladies,
Just thought I'd share my "natural" birth story.
I was induced yesterday at 40 weeks due to gestational diabetes.
Timeline:
6.30pm Cervadil placed in
830pm Placed on monitoring 
9pm I ask to be taken off monitoring so I can get up to work through the contractions.
9.45pm hospital mw examines me and I'm 3cm dilated. She does a stretch and sweep of the membranes.
10.20pm I ring my husband to come up to the hospital (he'd been sent home off the ward at 8pm) I'm taken down to delivery
10.45pm husband arrives. 
11.pm waters are broken.
11.15 baby is delivered.
11.20pm placenta is delivered.

So about an hour and a half from being 3cm to baby being delivered. It was pretty intense, and baby was completely posterior which made pushing him out seriously hard work.

His cord was over a metre long, it was wrapped around his neck 3 times, and tangled around his arms, legs and body.

I'm thankful that the hospital staff didn't insist on constant monitoring, despite hospital protocol. In fact there's no way I would have been able to lie in a bed.

I did have some bleeding, but no tearing, and baby boy weighed 7lbs and 2 oz, which is little for me, after my last baby was 10lbs, and my first was 9lbs.

All is well and we are settling in nicely.
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Elizabeth 5yrs old Jane 3yrs old
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Re: Birth story: induction, but otherwise med-free

  • rooftoprooftop member
    congrats! great job mama

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  • KateLouiseKateLouise member
    @BostonTerrier2008 it's hospital policy that parters cannot be accommodated on the pre/post-natal wards except during visiting hours. So unless you're in active labour and in the delivery ward, DH's are expected to leave.

    Having said that, DH was never told to leave ad we simply read about this policy, and considering how accommodating and realistic the staff midwives were, I'm pretty sure that that policy is in place in case a partner is causing problems in someway and the staff can fall back on policy to have them leave.  Also I was in a private room, but if I was in a shared room, it could be uncomfortable with other people's partners chatting away at midnight.

    Anyway we expected a long night, so DH went home to get some rest. As it turned out, he was kind of lucky to make it back in time.
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  • brynmckennabrynmckenna member
    Just heard a similar birth story on this podcast https://www.thebirthhour.com/podcast/hear-motherhood
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