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Hi there everyone, I though it was about time I wrote a little bit about me....My name is Heather and I'm from the U.K. I'm 34 and very happily married to my AMAZING husband Steven. We have 2 sons...Evan 8 and Xander 5. They are my whole entire life and what makes my heart beat.....
My pregnancy with Evan went well until about 7 months (ish) when I started to get pre-eclampsia....my B.P was too high and I had protein in my urine, saw flashing lights and swelled up like a balloon with big-time water retention....but I was oblivious to how dangerous this can be and just bounced along quite merrily waiting for my baby....for the last 4 weeks of my pregnancy I was a day patient in the maternity ward where they monitored me very closely.
When I was 7 days overdue they took me in for an induction. I will admit that unfortunately for me the midwife was a touch brutal and quite disinterested in being gentle...anyway my contractions started almost instantly after......and I was shifted to a labour room. I had an epidural, diamorphine and lots of gas. It turns out that I am allergic to diamorphine as it made me itch from head to toe- to the point that I wanted to rip all my skin off.....and I puked my guts out and had projectile diahorrea!!! Anyway the epidural was awesome...lol!
When I was at 9cm the midwife decided to 'push' the last 1cm out of the way so I could start pushing....labour so far had been roughly 27 hours.....with tears in my eyes I begged my husband to go and find a doctor, the midwife wasn't listening to me, after nearly 3 hours of pushing!!
I was taken to theater for a section....the doc decided to give it a bash with the old forceps first though and lo and behold out came my boy...9lb1.5oz.(posterior and head at a funny angle) he was perfect.....
I was transferred to the high dependancy unit for 24 hour observation and hubby went off to make all the phonecalls.....
As I lay in my bed I felt a rush of warmth flow over me....the next minute I woke up and found about 10 docs all working frantically and arguing over stuff....this bit is hazy....I had had a PPH (post-partum haemorrage) and my B.P had dropped very very low. The doc was talking to me but I couldn't hear him, it was like being under water...then my ears popped! The bed was tipped at a steep angle with my head at the floor end and my feet in the air!! and there were machines attached to all my visible bits of flesh...the nurse whispered 'don't worry love you just gave us a wee fright' I had been unconcsious for about 20mins and hubby was still away blethering on the phone!! I glanced around and saw the defibrilator all warmed up ready to zap me....it was very scary!!
When hubby came back in the room he got the fright of his life as he saw a large amount of the red stuff flooding the area around me and all over the floor.....
Apparently my uterus would not contract back down and they were not sure if there was still placenta inside me.....they put me on meds to stop the bleeding and kept me in the high dependancy unit for the rest of the night.
The next day I was transfered to another ward and was asked if I wanted to go for a shower...bent nearly double, I hobbled along to do as I was told...while in the shower a red blob about the size of a grapefruit fell out of me and I nearly wet myself with fright...I thought it was another baby or something worse!!! I buzzed for the nurse who took it away for testing....it was a clot, but big enough to warrant a scan....they found another one about the size of a water melon just waiting to be passed....meds were started to aid the breakdown of it. At this point I still looked about 7 months pregnant and as yet my uterus had not started to contract down.....too much junk in the way I suppose....later in the middle of the night I felt something coming....I did it in the bidet so the docs could see it....it was massive!! not quite the water melon more like a honey dew....lol! It didn't hurt at all because it had the consistency of jelly!
5 days later I was sent home with my baby,with enough meds to sink a ship....I passed smaller clots for around 8 weeks and only then did my uterus start to shrink...
I can laugh about all this now but at the time it was quite frightening....I had nearly died after having my baby...he of course was totally fine...but it took me some time to be able to digest what had happened.They never managed to explain to me what caused this but I reckon it's self explanitory....big baby, long labour, pushing before totally dilated, aggressive use of forceps and a mother who was beyond exhuastion and not in perfect health towards the end of the pregnancy!
My family all wanted me to never have anymore children....
When I became pregnant again I was delighted!! nearly 3 years had passed and the bad dreams had become less frequent...lol! My pregnancy went well apart from the fact that I got massive very quickly!! Also as a result of the very very fast weight gain at the end of my first pregnancy my stomach muscles had separated totally and not yet come back to where they should be....therefore I had no front support for the growing bump....If I lay flat on the floor and just lifted my head you could see the whole bump pop out of my abdomen....great party trick to freak out your mates!!! I wore a special support for the duration of the pregnancy....and my back was in ALOT of pain throughout! for the last 5 months any walking or movement was very very uncomfortable, my pelvis separated and everytime I moved I felt as though the baby's head was actually out already....
I was concerned about another big baby and went for a growth scan....the estimated delivery weight was 7lb 14oz......LMAO!!!!
I had changed my hospital for this baby as I felt very anxious about being in the same hospital as before. At a routine antenatal appointment at 36 weeks I was discussing labour options with the junior doctor and felt myself welling up when he said the 'induction' word...he was obviously not good with ladies bawling their eyes out so he chucked me a box of tissues and ran away.....5 minutes later the head consultant appeared....
Dr Thomson in my opinion is the nicest kindest most gentlemanly doctor ever born. He is an old man and reminded me of my grandfather....he had the most calming air about him.....' Heather' he said ' far be it from me- a mere man- to try and tell you how to have your baby....just know this, we know how scared you are and we are going to take very special care of you, remember no 2 deliveries are the same...and we know that you had a very bad experience before, but we will work with you and do what ever makes you comfortable, you will not have to ask for anything twice in my hospital, If you decide to have an induction and then when we are just about to do it you change your mind....no problem, we will whip you in for a section'
Oh my God...to hear those words....to be re-assured like that!!!
He booked me in for an Induction at term + 8 days. When I arrived the nurse showed me to my bed and said she would be back in 5 minutes to give me the gel. Then when she came back Dr Thomson was with her....he did the induction and I never felt a thing! Ladies if you have the option, get a man to do any internals...they have longer fingers and so don't have to push so hard!!
Labour came on immediately and I was transferred downstairs. There was no time for an epidural and I couldn't have the diamorphine so I laboured for about 5 hours with gas only. Then I felt the most almighty whooosh....and a baby shot out of me at the speed of light!! they caught him as he nearly went off the end of the bed....'it's a boy...all fine....10 fingers 10toes...' .....' yeah great' I yelled ' get him on the f***ing scales'
9lbs5.5oz!!
Lets just say there was some needlework required!
Xander was very bashed and bruised, both his eyes were totally black where they should have been white and his nose was kinda over to one side....I asked the paediatrician about it and he gave it a wiggle and said..'yeah it'll be fine'.....
I felt elated that it had gone so well compared to the first time....yes I felt a bit like I'd been hit by a truck....but all in I couldn't have been better looked after!
So now I have 2 beautiful, amazing, happy, wild boys and have just found out that my 3rd is waiting in the wings. I love him with all my heart already! I kinda know he will be big and have booked into my favourite hospital in the world....I cried when I went back....very emotional!
Unfortunately Dr Thomson has since retired, but I keep the faith....
3 Comments on a little bit about me so far....
*babylicious* - Thursday, 7 Aug
Wow!Just read your story and it's pretty amazing! I keep trying not to think about what might happen as I know deep down what will be will be and that I don't really have much control over how things will go - which kinda makes me a little sad. But I know how worth it it will be in the end and that makes everything ok! Not long for you now hun?
Please keep in touch as I'd love to know how you get on. I wish you all the best and you will be in my thoughts and prayers over the next few weeks!!
Take care, lots of love. xxxx
shaunac - Tuesday, 29 Jul
Holy freaking crap....what a story. I hemmoraged as well with my 2nd. My dumb ass Dr pulled out my placenta cuz he was in a rush to delivery another baby. I just got a shot and I stopped instantly. Nonetheless, I am worried about it happening again. I don't have the same Dr and my new Doc already knows what happened. The stupid man ended up losing his practice soon after me cuz he cut a baby's head during a c-section. Isn't that lovely? Anyway, you went thru way more than me but I still feel like I relate. And we're the same age and due at the same time with #3:)
FirstTimePreggersNJ - Monday, 14 Apr
Heti- You are a brave brave woman
| 14-4-2008 - a little bit about me so far.... |  My mood while writing this blog:happy happy happy! |
Hi there everyone, I though it was about time I wrote a little bit about me....My name is Heather and I'm from the U.K. I'm 34 and very happily married to my AMAZING husband Steven. We have 2 sons...Evan 8 and Xander 5. They are my whole entire life and what makes my heart beat.....
My pregnancy with Evan went well until about 7 months (ish) when I started to get pre-eclampsia....my B.P was too high and I had protein in my urine, saw flashing lights and swelled up like a balloon with big-time water retention....but I was oblivious to how dangerous this can be and just bounced along quite merrily waiting for my baby....for the last 4 weeks of my pregnancy I was a day patient in the maternity ward where they monitored me very closely.
When I was 7 days overdue they took me in for an induction. I will admit that unfortunately for me the midwife was a touch brutal and quite disinterested in being gentle...anyway my contractions started almost instantly after......and I was shifted to a labour room. I had an epidural, diamorphine and lots of gas. It turns out that I am allergic to diamorphine as it made me itch from head to toe- to the point that I wanted to rip all my skin off.....and I puked my guts out and had projectile diahorrea!!! Anyway the epidural was awesome...lol!
When I was at 9cm the midwife decided to 'push' the last 1cm out of the way so I could start pushing....labour so far had been roughly 27 hours.....with tears in my eyes I begged my husband to go and find a doctor, the midwife wasn't listening to me, after nearly 3 hours of pushing!!
I was taken to theater for a section....the doc decided to give it a bash with the old forceps first though and lo and behold out came my boy...9lb1.5oz.(posterior and head at a funny angle) he was perfect.....
I was transferred to the high dependancy unit for 24 hour observation and hubby went off to make all the phonecalls.....
As I lay in my bed I felt a rush of warmth flow over me....the next minute I woke up and found about 10 docs all working frantically and arguing over stuff....this bit is hazy....I had had a PPH (post-partum haemorrage) and my B.P had dropped very very low. The doc was talking to me but I couldn't hear him, it was like being under water...then my ears popped! The bed was tipped at a steep angle with my head at the floor end and my feet in the air!! and there were machines attached to all my visible bits of flesh...the nurse whispered 'don't worry love you just gave us a wee fright' I had been unconcsious for about 20mins and hubby was still away blethering on the phone!! I glanced around and saw the defibrilator all warmed up ready to zap me....it was very scary!!
When hubby came back in the room he got the fright of his life as he saw a large amount of the red stuff flooding the area around me and all over the floor.....
Apparently my uterus would not contract back down and they were not sure if there was still placenta inside me.....they put me on meds to stop the bleeding and kept me in the high dependancy unit for the rest of the night.
The next day I was transfered to another ward and was asked if I wanted to go for a shower...bent nearly double, I hobbled along to do as I was told...while in the shower a red blob about the size of a grapefruit fell out of me and I nearly wet myself with fright...I thought it was another baby or something worse!!! I buzzed for the nurse who took it away for testing....it was a clot, but big enough to warrant a scan....they found another one about the size of a water melon just waiting to be passed....meds were started to aid the breakdown of it. At this point I still looked about 7 months pregnant and as yet my uterus had not started to contract down.....too much junk in the way I suppose....later in the middle of the night I felt something coming....I did it in the bidet so the docs could see it....it was massive!! not quite the water melon more like a honey dew....lol! It didn't hurt at all because it had the consistency of jelly!
5 days later I was sent home with my baby,with enough meds to sink a ship....I passed smaller clots for around 8 weeks and only then did my uterus start to shrink...
I can laugh about all this now but at the time it was quite frightening....I had nearly died after having my baby...he of course was totally fine...but it took me some time to be able to digest what had happened.They never managed to explain to me what caused this but I reckon it's self explanitory....big baby, long labour, pushing before totally dilated, aggressive use of forceps and a mother who was beyond exhuastion and not in perfect health towards the end of the pregnancy!
My family all wanted me to never have anymore children....
When I became pregnant again I was delighted!! nearly 3 years had passed and the bad dreams had become less frequent...lol! My pregnancy went well apart from the fact that I got massive very quickly!! Also as a result of the very very fast weight gain at the end of my first pregnancy my stomach muscles had separated totally and not yet come back to where they should be....therefore I had no front support for the growing bump....If I lay flat on the floor and just lifted my head you could see the whole bump pop out of my abdomen....great party trick to freak out your mates!!! I wore a special support for the duration of the pregnancy....and my back was in ALOT of pain throughout! for the last 5 months any walking or movement was very very uncomfortable, my pelvis separated and everytime I moved I felt as though the baby's head was actually out already....
I was concerned about another big baby and went for a growth scan....the estimated delivery weight was 7lb 14oz......LMAO!!!!
I had changed my hospital for this baby as I felt very anxious about being in the same hospital as before. At a routine antenatal appointment at 36 weeks I was discussing labour options with the junior doctor and felt myself welling up when he said the 'induction' word...he was obviously not good with ladies bawling their eyes out so he chucked me a box of tissues and ran away.....5 minutes later the head consultant appeared....
Dr Thomson in my opinion is the nicest kindest most gentlemanly doctor ever born. He is an old man and reminded me of my grandfather....he had the most calming air about him.....' Heather' he said ' far be it from me- a mere man- to try and tell you how to have your baby....just know this, we know how scared you are and we are going to take very special care of you, remember no 2 deliveries are the same...and we know that you had a very bad experience before, but we will work with you and do what ever makes you comfortable, you will not have to ask for anything twice in my hospital, If you decide to have an induction and then when we are just about to do it you change your mind....no problem, we will whip you in for a section'
Oh my God...to hear those words....to be re-assured like that!!!
He booked me in for an Induction at term + 8 days. When I arrived the nurse showed me to my bed and said she would be back in 5 minutes to give me the gel. Then when she came back Dr Thomson was with her....he did the induction and I never felt a thing! Ladies if you have the option, get a man to do any internals...they have longer fingers and so don't have to push so hard!!
Labour came on immediately and I was transferred downstairs. There was no time for an epidural and I couldn't have the diamorphine so I laboured for about 5 hours with gas only. Then I felt the most almighty whooosh....and a baby shot out of me at the speed of light!! they caught him as he nearly went off the end of the bed....'it's a boy...all fine....10 fingers 10toes...' .....' yeah great' I yelled ' get him on the f***ing scales'
9lbs5.5oz!!
Lets just say there was some needlework required!
Xander was very bashed and bruised, both his eyes were totally black where they should have been white and his nose was kinda over to one side....I asked the paediatrician about it and he gave it a wiggle and said..'yeah it'll be fine'.....
I felt elated that it had gone so well compared to the first time....yes I felt a bit like I'd been hit by a truck....but all in I couldn't have been better looked after!
So now I have 2 beautiful, amazing, happy, wild boys and have just found out that my 3rd is waiting in the wings. I love him with all my heart already! I kinda know he will be big and have booked into my favourite hospital in the world....I cried when I went back....very emotional!
Unfortunately Dr Thomson has since retired, but I keep the faith....
3 Comments on a little bit about me so far....
*babylicious* - Thursday, 7 Aug
Wow!Just read your story and it's pretty amazing! I keep trying not to think about what might happen as I know deep down what will be will be and that I don't really have much control over how things will go - which kinda makes me a little sad. But I know how worth it it will be in the end and that makes everything ok! Not long for you now hun?
Please keep in touch as I'd love to know how you get on. I wish you all the best and you will be in my thoughts and prayers over the next few weeks!!
Take care, lots of love. xxxx
shaunac - Tuesday, 29 Jul
Holy freaking crap....what a story. I hemmoraged as well with my 2nd. My dumb ass Dr pulled out my placenta cuz he was in a rush to delivery another baby. I just got a shot and I stopped instantly. Nonetheless, I am worried about it happening again. I don't have the same Dr and my new Doc already knows what happened. The stupid man ended up losing his practice soon after me cuz he cut a baby's head during a c-section. Isn't that lovely? Anyway, you went thru way more than me but I still feel like I relate. And we're the same age and due at the same time with #3:)
FirstTimePreggersNJ - Monday, 14 Apr
Heti- You are a brave brave woman
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