My Birth Story

Baby Arlo born the 18th of august 2018 at 7:03am weighing 8lbs 8oz

It only seems right that my first post be about birth as thats right where motherhood begins! Baby Arlo was born on august 18th at 7:03am but my actual due date was the 8th so when i had arlo i was actually 10 days overdue, i had to be induced after having THREE failed sweeps which i have to say was beyond uncomfortable! I went in for my induction at 8 am and to be honest not alot happened i was but on a CTG machine to monitor the baby and his movements. Now i am a very impatient person at the best of times and by now it was 11-12 and i wasnt even 1cm dialated and a midwife looking after the women in the induction suite came in and said i could break your waters but we have no midwifes available to look after you.. which as you can imagine was very frustarting espeically when your already 10 days overdue !      Eventually at 4pm!! i was taken to labour ward and into my delivery room and had my waters broken. Arlo's fathers mother didnt live far from the hospital and i was told it could be a slow process and where he hadnt eaten i said why dont you quickly pop there have something to eat and come back, but things after he left seemed to come on really quickkly i was having just gas and air and it just was not helping alot after a little while.. i was told that due to having to have a hormone drip the contractions would be more painful but in the end i decided to have an epidural, i had in my head before i went in i was going to have one.Arlos dad was still not back at this point and by the time he got back i had already had it and was just in my own little bubble watching eastenders on my phone lol. by 12 oclock i was still only 3cm! so i was a good way off and the midwfie said she would check again at 4 and she thought id be about 6-7 at a push fingers crossed,at 4 when she checked me she said was 10cm! but i had to wait an hour before pushing, i found it very hard to start with due to the edpidural i couldnt feel to push but i got there in the end and he was born at 7;03am. Arlo must have been on my chest for maybe a mintue or so and i thought i was going to be sick and i had this horrfic pain far worse than contractions and considering i had had an epidural the pain was blinding so his dad had to quickly take him from me and i was being sick and just crying in pain for atleast half an hour before one of the midwifes finally decided they best get a doctor! i was scanned in the end and given fentanoll through my epidural and it slowley started to work. The first time i got to hold arlo properly was at 9am almost 2 hours after i had him which was really upsetting i hadnt even got to dress him . Besides what happened after i had him i LOVED giving birth and i would relive it everyday i really really enjoyed it,the moment your baby is put on you,you just never forget.. Thank you so much for reading about my birth experaince i know everyones experiance is different although my labour and birth had to be brought on rather than starting naturally i found my whole experiance so beautiful.