Birth of Daisy Faith, 16-06-2011
Sorry it’s a bit of a novel!
I had been having heaps of Braxton hicks and cramping for a few weeks now, and was getting so impatient!
I woke up the morning of my due date and hubby asked if he should go to work that day. I felt a bit ‘funny’ and had a bit of cramping so told him nah, stay home. So we got up, I had a shower, washed my hair, put makeup on and got dressed for the day.
The cramping was getting a little worse by 7 am and I started thinking that maybe it was it, so I rang my birth team (my mum, MIL, sister, and SIL x 2) and they all came over to have breakfast and hang out with me. The contractions at that stage weren’t painful and I was still chatting through them, playing with Hamish, and got him dressed and such. About 8 am I noticed that I was having to stop and breathe through them and because I had a quick labour with Hamish we decided to head to hospital, about 8.30. The hospital is about 10 mins from our house.
DH was in such a panic on the way to hospital he wasn’t paying attention to the road and didn’t see a huge big road closure sign in the middle of the road, and crashed straight through it whilst I was in the middle of a contraction. Wasn’t too impressed!!!
So we get to hospital at 8.40 or so after checking the damage on our poor car (bumper half hanging off!) and because I wasn’t making a scene and my contractions were totally manageable and only lasting for about 45 seconds each they left me standing in reception for half an hour! They also weren’t impressed that I had brought an entourage with me and I was getting some dirty looks lol. Anyway they finally checked me out about 9.15 and I was 6 cms, the midwife asked if she could break my waters, I said no, she said “oops” and discovered meconium in my waters..
So they finally take me to a delivery suite at 9.30, make me get on the bed and strap me to a ctg machine which was SO uncomfortable, I kept asking if I could get up and they kept saying no. I felt myself starting to shake and shiver and knew I was going through transition, I told the midwives and they ignored me. I then said I was feeling heaps of pressure, they ignored me. My body started to push on its own, I told them and they ignored me. Then at about 9.50 am I yelled out “BABY IS CROWNING!!” which got them running over and gloving up lol, 10 minutes later and 2 pushes she was out!! I didn’t tear at all which im happy about, but my goodness I would have been so much more comfortable being upright to push, being on my back totally sucked!!! My tailbone was KILLING ME!
So Daisy weighed in at 10 pound 1 ounce, and she was born at 1 minute past 10, on her due date! Pretty awesome, and my labour and birth was quick but not intense at all, I had no need for any pain relief, the only bit where I had to yell out was the birth of her head! And it was so quick that I didn’t have time to break out in a sweat- so my hair was all nice and makeup still on for the after delivery photos haha.
And she is just lovely, so chunky and cuddly, and feeds and sleeps like a champion!
me (nicola) 23
DH (tom) 24
DS (hamish) 30-01-2010
DD (daisy) 16-06-2011