My due date was the 24th November 2007.
On the 20th November I woke up with pains, I rang my mam to come in cos I thought "this was it". The pains were on and off sometimes more painful than others. I was speaking to my aunt on the phone and she was saying there's no point going to hospital now until the pains were worse just do as much activity as I could, so off I went and did the dishes.
A few hours later the pains were still there so mam said we'd go to the hospital and get checked. The midwife did a trace and gave me and internal and said I wasn't dialated but I'd be back before the end of the night.
So off back home we went. My parents stayed for a few hours and they headed home I had no sooner got into bed and dh was asleep when my waters broke
Rang my parents to come back in again. Dh rang hospital to say we were on the way the midwife said oh no panic is she sure she didn't just wet herself
. I had a shower got changed and off we went. My dad was driving he was michael shumaker driving he broke every red light I think he thought I'd have the baby in the car.The pains were so sore. After I got checked in by the midwife I got moved to my room and got the trace put on my. Oh go I thought I was going to die with the pains. I asked for pain relive so I got pethidine which did nothing for me. The only thing that helped my pains was if I kept rocking. My contraction were coming every 2 minutes so they they coming on top of each other.
I got moved to the labour ward cos so I could use the gas and air. The midwife wanted my mam to come in with me cos she was helping my rubbing my back etc while poor dh waited out in the coridor with my dad petrified of what was happening
I've never ever felt pain as bad, I asked the midwife the next time she checked my just pull the baby out
I ended up getting the epidural and it was brilliant I really reccomend it. It let me get some sleep and I felt nothing until it was time to push.
Dh had come in by this time cos I didn't want him to miss the birth. He held my hand the whole way through and counted while I held my breath for 10.
The baby was nearly out but he need a bit of help so they had to use the vacum on him. I had to be stitched as I torn internally.
I was so relieved to have ot all over and done with.
At the time I thought it would never be over and it was the worst pain in the worl but now I can't remember anything about it
It's the best feeling in the world to hold that little baby you carried around for 9 months
