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gnant i think it actually gets worse once you have your baby my ability to remember things is ridiculous so i went into this pregnancy initially thinking i wanted to get a c section my preconception of going into labour and giving birth was of utter horror and never could i imagine myself going through that kind of pain and agony when i brought this up with my partner we had a long discussion around natural vs c section he wanted me to try and go through a natural birth as he thinks it is the natural and normal way for women to give birth he agrees with a c section only if its needed and required i sat thinking about this dilemma of being scared to death about labour and birthing and doing what i thought was right for my baby everybody has their own concept of what is right for their own child my partner convinced me start researching about labour and births and to find some good stories around labour as opposed to holding onto the bad stories i had heard so i did i googled and looked at blogs and spoke to other mothers to get a wider variety of stories i also began our antenatal classes which was also very informative and factual about birthing and labouring until one day after all that researching and listening i felt confident i felt confident that i could do it and i went from hating the thought of it to looking forward to this once in a lifetime experience i also had my partner by my side who gives me the strength and support that i need so there it was i had made my decision to go natural i began looking at ways to give birth i wanted to have an active labour i practised positions to help me through the contractions looked at various positions to give birth was adamant that i would labour at home as long as possible according to what i read it makes for a faster labour so 11pm on monday night 2 june i had my first contraction it felt like a bad period pain and i hadn t had that kind of pain throughout my pregnancy i remember just holding my tummy until the pain went away i had no idea at the time it was a contraction i went about my business when about 30 mins later the same pain came back i knew something was going on i went to the bathroom and had some blood show i freaked out at that point and called my hospital at this point in time i was 41 3 days so i knew labour was imminent as i explained to the midwife the pain and length of it she then said to me that is a contraction even though i knew it was going to happen any day now hearing those words still sent me into shock it was actually happening now she said to me feel free to call me as they get stronger and closer together we recommend you come in when the contractions are 1 minute in length and 5 minutes apart so began my labouring at home since it was about 1am i thought i could get in a sleep before the contractions got worse so i went to bed the contractions were getting stronger so while i was laying down and trying to fall asleep a contraction would come and i would slowly moan through the pain obviously this would wake up my partner and i thought there isn t any point for the 2 of us to get no sleep so i went to the living room the contractions began getting stronger and closer together and i started recording the time they started coming and the length my partner couldn t sleep anyways as he was worried about me and i guess the reality of a baby really coming hit him at the same time so he came and checked on me throughout the morning finally at about 1pm on tuesday 3 june the contractions were about 45 sec 1 min in length and 5 mins apart we called the hospital and let them know we were on our way so that turned out to be 14 hours of labouring at home the contractions were definitely stronger and more painful and i was gripping and groaning harder to get through them i was convinced that given how long i laboured at home i should be about 5cm dilated and shouldn t have long to go to deliver my baby we get to the hospital and the midwife plugs me into their monitors and checks baby heartbeat which was perfectly normal and strong i just wanted them to check how dilated i was as i needed to call my parents once i was 5cm the midwife checked me and said you are about 2cm dilated i was shocked i said to her that can t be right but she was adamant and i knew she obviously knew what she was talking about but i was really upset knowing that i was so far away from delivering this baby and i was so exhausted already since i didn t get any sleep the night before and with the pains stronger and closer together now there was no way i could get any sleep the midwife suggested having a warm bath and walking around more to get the labour going so that s what i did the midwife said she would check in on me in a couple of hours and see how i was going by this time i had to start using the gas to get through my contractions and it helped to get the edge off the contractions at the beginning at about 7 30pm the midwife came back to check on me and it was 4 hours later from when she first checked on me i was convinced that she was going to say 5 7cm dilated i was anxious to call my parents but kept on waiting until i heard i was further along she checked me again and she said you are barely 3cm i wanted to cry at this stage from the frustration pain exhaustion and pure anxiousness of why things were not moving along even though i felt i was doing all the right things the midwife called my ob and told him my status he spoke to me on the phone and asked how long i had been labouring for by that stage it was 20 hours he said he would come into the hospital and check for himself how dilated i was as after 20 hours i should have been further along by this stage the pain was much worse and the gas was not giving me the kick it was before but i was still holding on and trying to get through them my ob checked and confirmed that i was only 2 3cm dilated he said my options were a break my waters and induce me or b go for a c section now i looked at my partner and whilst i was tempted to take option b i thought we have come this far along we might as well try option a first he warned me that the pain after breaking my waters and inducing me would get more intense and so i requested an epidural because i knew i couldn t handle the pain much worse than now my ob broke my waters and said he would check back on me in 2 hours and see how much i have moved so the pain was at the point where i really really needed an epidural the anaesthetist was in a c section delivery and wasn t going to be able to get to me for another 45 mins 1 hour i take my hat off to those women out there who have been able to go through a drug free birth because for me personally it was one of the most excruciating pains i have ever been through finally the anaesthetist arrives and i worry that because my contractions are so close and i m in so much pain that i wouldn t be able to sit still for the needle i ask the anaesthetist if this will take the pain away he assures me that it would and that i would even be able to sleep for a bit which is what i really need after being awake for over 20 hours the needle goes in and he says it should kick in within the next 10 20 mins and so i wait i had 2 or 3 contractions that tapered down and i thought finally it is kicking in then the 4th contraction comes in and its even worse than all the previous ones and more and more contractions come i m telling everyone at this point that its not working and the anaesthetist puts up the dosage and nothing still the contractions were even more painful and closer together the anaesthetist couldn t believe it wasn t working and didn t really know what to do next the epidural failed by that time over 2 hours had gone by and my ob came back to check on me to see how dilated i was once again he checked and confirmed what i didn t want to hear you haven t dilated since i last checked i just wanted to cry at that point by that time the ob checked on the baby and saw some distress and made the decision that i needed a caesarean as he didn t want to put the baby under any further stress so off they want to prep me for surgery by that time my only concern was the baby and the need for me to go through a natural labour went out the door i just wanted a healthy baby any which way they had to do it a feeling of calm came over me knowing there was some sort of solution and that it was going to happen very soon they took me into surgery gave me a spinal tap and i couldn t feel a thing my eyes were wide open and for the first time in what seemed forever i was able to breathe properly and just relax my partner held my hand next to me and i knew everything was going to be ok the caesarean was fast and painless and at 1 15am they delivered my gorgeous baby girl after 26 hours of labouring it all came down to this extraordinary moment at that moment all i could do was cry to finally have her in my arms so whilst my plan of going through a vaginal birth didn t happen and no matter how much work and prepping i put into trying to have a natural birth the circumstances that happened for my labour wasn t conducive in putting my plan into action at the end of the day the most important thing was that i delivered a healthy baby girl and whilst a part of me is upset that i didn t get the chance to go through the experience of having a natural labour i am grateful that i was able to feel the intensity and the pain of contractions because i can only imagine how it feels when you go through the pushing stage my only advice i could give after my experience is to keep an open mind about your labour because things can happen that are out of your control and you need to be in a level headed frame of mind to take the curve balls and roll with it i wouldn t change my experience for anything in the world birth c section caesarean contractions epidural labour pregnancy pregnant spinal tap 4 comments 30 may 2014 babymoon is it worth it posted in uncategorized by ftmguide before i fell pregnant i have never ever heard of a babymoon once pregnant through mother forums i started hearing about a babymoon and had to google it because i had no idea what it meant then i came across the below definition a relaxing or romantic holiday taken by parents to be before their baby is born at first i thought the concept was ridiculous but then as the months of pregnancy went on i started realising things like this is the last period in our lives for a while where it s just me and my partner and as the months went on the baby started consuming my life everything i did was around the baby looking at what products i need to buy for baby going to baby stores researching online looking into information around labour what i can and can t do whilst pregnant and so on and so forth the baby had already consumed both of our lives and the baby hasn t even arrived yet the concept of the babymoon started to make sense it was an opportunity for me and my partner to be together just the two of us away from everything baby related i thought for our relationship it was the perfect thing we could do now i know not a lot of people are in the financial position to do something like this but if you can i found it one of the most amazing things we could have done now upon researching taking a babymoon i was surprised to see that there were hotels and resorts out there that actually have babymoon packages one of the many examples below midweek babymoon stay 2 nights indulge 1 evening dining on the edge dinner for two 1 full body pregnancy massage for mum to be 1455 per couple surrender to complete relaxation before your new baby arrives with a babymoon stay 2 nights in a luxury suite overlooking the rain forest and ocean private dining on the edge one evening 3 course chefs menu dinner for two dinner for two includes welcome beverage surrender one hour full body pregnancy massage for mother to be gourmet breakfast supplies home blend toasted muesli premium yogurt smoked salmon eggs bread muffins medium roast plunger coffee tea herbal tea fruit juice mineral water sparkling wine cheese roasted mixed nuts and a sweet treat sparkling wine dining on the edge may also be served as a private lunch a babymoon less than an hours drive from sydney cbd is perfect for parents to enjoy a little time out before baby arrives now for 1455 for 2 nights we were not prepared to pay so i just looked at it as a weekend getaway and looked at hotels resorts at a cheaper price timing i think something to take into account when booking your babymoon is how far along the pregnancy you should book it especially if your babymoon involves flying there are many airlines that don t allow women after a certain point in their pregnancy to fly most airlines have a policy of not allowing women to fly anywhere between 32 37 weeks this is just due to the probability of you going into labour and airplanes not equipped to deliver a baby secondly is taking into account that the further along the pregnancy you are the more uncomfortable you tend to get and also the more tired you get so if you are planning a babymoon with the idea of doing some activities then you don t want to leave going so late in your pregnancy that you re too tired my suggestion would be to go when you are in your second trimester this as mentioned in my previous post is the most energetic and well you will feel out of all three trimesters every woman is different but this is usually the case we went away when i was 6 month pregnant and for me it was the perfect timing location due to cost and timing reasons my partner couldn t take too much time off work we decided to go somewhere where it was within driving distance also it was summertime so going somewhere along the coast and in front of the beach was where we wanted to go i jumped onto http www lastminute com au which is great for cheap hotel deals and you can also search per area you are looking at going if you don t have a particular hotel in mind we came across the crowne plaza terrigal http www crowneplazaterrigal com au the location was perfect and it was only 1 5 hr drive from sydney we booked in a 3 night 4 day stay and it was perfect we had ocean views and we could hear the rolling of the ocean from our bedroom which was so peaceful and amazing we were just across the road from the beach at 6 months i didn t feel too big to be lying in the sun and getting some much needed vitamin d and soaking in the fresh air i still managed to fit into my one piece swimming costume which was great the trip was so good for the both of us i made a conscientious effort to not talk about the baby too much and really we just focused on each other we went out for dinner we walked along the beach we lied in bed watching tv we talked about work and about our friends we laughed and relaxed and i felt so light so at ease and at peace and i could see that my partner also felt the same i think at times because you do 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