Do1nk, Congrats!!!!!
Short post to update on Cedric birth, then I will go back and read all the rest of the posts....
.... btw, Youpi, *wave* back if you are discharged from Mt A already... I was in my last hr of labour while you were being admitted for your induction on 25 Jul.
Ok stats first
Cedric born at around 4-ish pm on 25 Jul, length 51 cm, wgt 3.43 kg, assisted delivery with vacuum w/o drugs (no epi, no gas and no synthocin) *yaya face* change quickly to *greenish face* during the last phase of labour.
14 hours from 2am tp 4pm on 25 Jul
2am - HB was just off telecon w Mexico preparing to sleep. I woke up w sharp sharp pain in my vagina. No contractions, no blood, no waters, nothing. Tahan tahan tahan....
4am - Went into the shower to relieve the vagina pains
5am - Mucous plug came out
530am - Finally! Got show..... Called my doula then.
7am - doula arrives at home. relieves HB. HB flops on sofa and sleeps. zzzzzzzz.
9am - surges getting more and more frequent and intense, decide to go to Mt A. wake HB up. [.... and I m thinking, shucks, CTE ERP over already or not....
the thots that go thro the head]
10am - arrive at Mt A, VE shows 4 cm dilated. I feel pukey, doula makes me sniff peppermint oil.
12noon - order chicken porridge for lunch, eats 3 spoonfuls
2pm - VE shows still 4cm. ALAMAK! this is gonna take all day... discuss w doula and HB, I agree reluctantly to augment labour using the amniotic hook.
230pm - Gynae arrives. Pokes open my waterbag membranes, feel great gush of waters instead of prev slow trickles.... V intense surges.... No rest in between.....
3pm - I try all sorts of birthing positions. End up squatting. Gynae tells me he will vacuum in half an hour....
4-ish pm - Cedric is born.
BB boy crying for milk, update later