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Tyler Mercer Sex: boy Born: 18 May, 2008 Age: 1 years & 306 days Birthday in: 59 days Starsign: Taurus Development: See the 22 months page. Biggest achievement so far: standing on his own for a few seconds :)

Birth details

Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: 12 hours
Weight @ birth: 6lbs7oz
Length @ birth:

Tyler-Mercer-`s birthstory

about Midnight i went to bed to watch a film cuz i wasnt that tired n thought a film might help nod me off and i started getting a few slight contractions like id been feeing a couple of days before so i just assumed they`d let up after a while..by the time the movie had finished they were every 10 mins and abit painful so i decided id get up and move about .. after a few hours went by and they gradually got worse but were between 3-7 mins apart so they werent regular enough to do much about so i decided id get a long hot shower and was in there for a while and by the time i got out i couldnt get thro a contraction without grititng my teeth to get thro it so i phoned the hospital and asked just to be checked knowing they would proberly send me home but i just wanted to know what kind of progress i was making,.. just before i went to the hospital i had my bloody show.. so i got to the hospial about 5.45am and was out again by 6.10am and was really upset to be told i was only 1-2cm gone cuz i was in what i thought at the time... agony. lol. so by the time i got back home again i couldnt get thro a contraction without groaning abit in pain so i decided to get a nicre bath this time, i sat in a hot bath for like nearly 3 hours topping it up with hot water which i think really helped not so much the pain but my progression... after a while the contractions were 3 mins apart and were painful enough to make me sick during them and thats when i couldnt take any more i started crying . i phoned up the hospital again and said i couldnt take it anymore and i need something to help me as i was getting all worked up aswell so she told me to come in and it was about 9am by this point, i phoned a taxi to go to the hospital and i felt so sorry for that driver me crying in the back of his taxi very worked up, we got to a red light at the hospital which just wouldnt change so i started yelling at the traffic lights,,lol, they EVENTUALLY changed and we got to L&D as soon as i stood up out of the taxi my waters broke which was the strangest feeling EVER... then i encountered mega bitch on reception who told me to ` stop making that racket.. labour is meant to hurt` i swear to god if i wasnt in so much pain i would of put her in A&E! (ER) so i told her in my exact words ` im not being funny but im in fucking labour thank you` and went into the room, but thankfully my actual midwife was amazing and lovely aqnd i never encountered mega bitch again. because i was crying badly my breathing was all off so she wouldnt give me gas and air for about 30 mins cuz it proberly wouldnt of made me sick with my shallow breathing so with chris and her by my side and helping me control my breathing i managed to calm down and get on the gas and air.. what a feeling ill never forget lol i was absolutly monged out. she then got a chance to check me properly and i was 6-7cm so it was just a waiting game really i asked for an epidural and she managed to put me off it cuz of all the meds and stick to gas and air but after about 30mins the pain was just phenomenal (sp?) so i asked again but she suggested i try pethedine but explained its a sedative and would just barely keep me concious rather then kill all the pain but i was doing amazing in her words on gas and air so i just stopped asking basically but im glad she gave me tough love and i only gad gas and air...from about 9cm i was getitn the urge to push and i couldnt not push but because i was pushing his head was pressing on the cervix and making it swell, making it impossible basically. she said changing postions might help so i knelt on the bed but i wasnt comfy so she asked me how i felt about doing the rest stood up leaning on the bed for support so thats what i did, she got all the towels on the floor and a pillow, ready to catch him. so i stood up and i was that monged out by everything i didnt tell her i had to push, she heard me pushing as she was getting something and rushed over and his head was out lol, so chris helped keep me up and she said for me to be ready for baby to be passed to me and one more push and he came out :) so i leant back a little bit so i could lift him up and i turned around sat on the end of the bed and watched chris cut the cord... he got all cleaned and wrapped up and thats how my little PERFECT boy was brought into the world :)

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