With just 16 days until my due date and I had already been wiping brown blood for 3 days but then it changed to bright red blood. I was getting constant back ache so I decided to go to hospital and get checked out. They told me it was my plug and that I was dilating but only at 1cm she she gave me the sweep to speed things along and I got sent home.
Then 3 days before my due date I began to experience mild contractions but they were irregular so I carried on with my normal day to day tasks. I went to asda and had a huge contraction which left me keeled over crying in the middle of a curry isle. I can assure you I had some strange looks that day. My mum took me straight to hospital where I was told I was only 2cm but was very dehydrated and baby was little distressed so they kept me in over night on a saline drip and monitors.
They sent me home 10am next day still 2cm, then Sunday the 4th at 11pm I was told to try nipple stimulation for half hour and my contraction were every 20mins. Then at 2am they were every 7 mins at 5am they were becoming quite bad so I woke my partner up and told him this is it we were going to meet our little girl today and I was now in a lot of pain he was still half asleep and told me to take my pillow and watch tv on the sofa so I hit him and said loudly ‘I’m in labour”
He soon jumped up then. I decided to wait a little longer and at 8am my mum picked us up and we arrived at the hospital by 9am I was 4cm.
I was then taken down to the main delivery suite and given gas and air at 1pm I needed to have my waters broken by then I was 6cm. I then asked for a pethadine shot which made me sleepy all I remember then is at 3.15pm I told the midwife I needed to fart .She told me I needed to start pushing.
My 8lb 10oz little princess was born at 3:31pm. I ended up needing 10 stitches and I held my baby for 5mins before I fell unconscious my blood pressure went to 44 over 66 (dangerously low) I could see but I couldn’t respond I can just remember seeing my mum and mother in law being rushed out the room.
My other half and new born baby shoved in a seat in the corner and 7 doctors around me wires and masks everywhere. I panicked the next thing I remember was it being 7:15pm and I was feeling ok I was taken to the ward but had to stay in for 3 days and had 2 blood transfusions.
My little girl is now 6months old and my other half finally shared his feelings the otherday about that moment he was petrefied hewas going to loose the love of his life and his child’s mother . He sat and cried his eyes out. I am currently 7weeks pregnant with our second and I hope to god this labour is different.
We have a large collection of real life birth stories right here on the blog, if you would like to share your own, please contact me
About The Real Supermum
Blood Transfusions After Labour – Real Birth Story http://t.co/GLRCKw3r
Thank god every was ok in the end good luck with your pregnancy x
awww no glad all ok and i hope this pregnancy is easier for u good luck and congrats xxxxx
Glad all turned out ok… i can kind of relate to t his story with the birth of my daughter which was fairly traumatic and very close to ending very badly for both of us….
Hope all is easier with your next one hun xxxxxxxx
hi , i had a very similar birth to you with my first child, i just wanted to let you know i went on to have 2 more babies without needing horrendous stiching and blood transfusions , i was given medicine in my second labour that prevents heavy bleeding but from my first to my second the labours had a massive difference and i would even say i enjoyed my second as much as you can when in pain lol very good luck to you and i hope ive given you a little peace of mind
xx
Glad everyone was fine in the end xx
im really glad you and the baby r ok
so glad everything worked out in then end big hugs hunny n congrats n best wishes on the new bubs x
I needed a blood transfusion with my second. I had PPH. I think I lost something like 1.8 litres of blood that day. When I had my third they told me I had to be monitored throughout labour and was on a drip to stop PPH as well. I never got it again.
If you make sure your midwife knows about what happened to you in your last pregnancy, they will take all the steps necessary in order to prevent you needing a blood transfusion again. Best of luck love. X X
Hope everything goes ok for you in this labour x x
Glad everything was ok in the end. Hope this one is better for you. Good luck. x
Blood Transfusions After Labour – Real Birth Story http://t.co/f51bXGqN
glad everything turned out well in the end hun. hope all goes well this time xx
Awww hun sounds like a very traumatic time. Im so glad your ok now and I hope all goes well this time. Im sure the doctors have got a plan to help things run smoothly xx
very scary bless you. and congrats on baby no. 2 xx
Glad everything was ok x
this must have been so scary for you and your oh hun fingers crossed everything is fine this time and glad you are ok now xx
o god how scary, bless your oh for opening up about how he felt tho.. glad you and baby was ok and hope everything goes ok this pregnancy too xx
Good luck for second time a good one
Sounds terrifying! thank god you were all okay:). Hope your next birth is a less traumatic one!x
thank goodness you were all okay xxxxx sounds terrifying <3
must have been so scary for you and your partner. All the best for your 2nd labour xx
i bet for all the people watching thtwas a very scarything to see, i am glad tht everything was ok with u n ur baby xx
glad everything was ok
Glad everything was fine in the end!! Xx