My birth story from the 20th to the 25 September...went in hospital to be induced Saturday morning 8am had no idea what to expect just I knew it might take a while, was in antenatal ward and checked and I was 1cm and 100% effaced so they couldn't do the pessary and I had to wait for a room in labour ward, so I waited all of Saturday and the Sunday came and I said look what's going on because these girls around me are having the pessarys and then progressing then going up to labour ward so I'm not even sure why I'm here I'm not even progressing by myself I need help, of course they all just ignored me until finally a midwife said to me I'm not sure why they letting you carry on like this I'll go see if I can put the pessary in, so she did at 1am Monday morning so I had wasted time there, at around 6am I woke up starting to get some pains which then progressed onto big contractions at around 8am started on some gas and air got checked I was 2-3cm then at 10 contractions got worse and waters broke, got checked around 12 I was 7 cm and got taken down to labour ward, still on the gas and air they checked and said I was 10 and to push with contractions, I was getting bad pains in my hips and back and didn't feel right to push I was just pooing everywere, they even took the gas and air off me to concentrate so I was in agony trying to push for an hour with all the contractions and pain in my back and bum so it was unbearable I couldn't even move they tried to make me go on all fours but it was agony, they said I wasent pushing but I was trying my hardest but it felt so wrong I didn't get the urge to push my back felt like it was getting broke it half, after an hour and a half I said please give me an epidural I can't do it by this point I thought I was going to pass out from the pain, they gave me gas and air which I sucked the life out of it whilst they was saying his heart rates dropping someone else came in and checked and said I was only 9 cm and baby was distressed I needed to go to theartre now, I had the epidural, sitting on my bum keeping as still as possible with contractions shooting up my bum and back was complete agony but I needed the relief quickly, he started to do it then I felt an electric shock down my left leg which then made me move, he said he's had to take it out and do it again, once it was done I started to feel completely relaxed and numb even my arms were going numb and my speech started to get effected which now makes me think I prob had a spinal block as u couldn't move atall, I went to theartre they said there either going to try forecepts or put me to sleep or c section I said just please get him out safe, I was just happy I was numb but just wanted him out, I was on my own for a while I figured my oh would be in soon and eventually he came in blue outfit and sat next to me while my legs were in huge stirrups, there was a lot of time passed then eventually baby got pulled out with forecepts and put on me I was relieved, he got cleaned up and handed to oh I was so happy but so out of it I couldn't cry my eyes just about opened, after what seemed like forever stitching me up, I was wheeled down to recovery room were i finally woke up a bit more and has tea and toast, later on that the anethasist came round to see how I was doing I said fine but got a bit of a headache then she gave me info about epidural headaches, then the next day I eventually got all the symptoms bad head stuff neck sensitive to lights nausea, the anethasist explained when I moved it could of caused a puncture so I prob had a leak, I said well i didn't move but I felt an electric shock down one leg, (so wasent even my fault he caught a nerve) so I then had to have a blood patch test which is were they take blood inject in it the spinal fluid to try blood clot if I has a puncture hole, had bed rest for 24 hours still felt pain in head and neck whenever I stood or layed up but I went away when in laying down which is a classic symptom, got discharged yesterday evening but to come back if they stayed the same or got worse, been layed in bed since yesterday only getting up to go to the toilet and then my banging headache comes back, so not only can I not look after my own baby luckily oh and my mum has been complete angels looking after me and baby, I can't sit up to hold him or feed him, I had episiotomy so my stitches are complete agony even with painkillers, I'm always crying with the pain and the fact I just want to feel better and spend time with my baby, I'm so upset because I know even if my headache went away my stitches are gonna be week before I can even sit down or move propley, had an awful experience but looking at my baby he's totally worth all the pain he's gorgeous
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