Hi everyone. Finally got home from hospital after 11 days!!
Had Jessica at 22.05 on the 8th Jan and she weighed 7lb 1. Labour was awful. They did 2 days of blood transfusions. Which didnt really do much. The only put the platelets up into the 50's. Then they started the prostin gel. Had 3 lots. And on the 8th they took me down to the labour room. Was started on the drip to get induced. Contractions started pretty quick, and OMG the pain!!! This pain was nothing like the previous 2 labours. They said apparently thats what being induced does makes it sorer etc. Wish they had mentioned that sooner. All this started about 8am. Got to 9pm and I just couldnt take it anymore and they were finding it very difficult to get the babies heartbeat. They couldnt do the foetal scalp monitoring cause of the platelets so i was taken for an emer c-section. But cause of the platelets i had to have it under a general anasthetic. Woke up around 23.30, and there was my gorgeous wee girl... Unfortunately cause it was a general daddy wasnt allowed in for the birth.
The pain over the following days was awful. But thankfully after the staples were removed a few days ago i feel heaps better. And my platelets are now back in the normal range!
Jessica unfortunately wasnt so good. Her platelets were very low. If id had a normal delivery she prob wouldnt have made it. She had a brain scan and and they found no bleeds

But unfortunately she had to go to the special care baby unit for 3 days and have blood transfusions. This only put her platelets up to 62. But they are hoping now her body will take over and fight the bad antibodies in her system. SHe has an outpatient app at the special care unit on tues to have her bloods checked again, and fingers x they will have gone up again. But they say it could b3 6 months b4 they are normal. But as long as they havent gone down thats all that matters.
So we are home and shes a really good baby. Waking every 3 hours for a feed. Hoping to get her to start going 4 hours soon. Last nite she did go 5 hours between a feed which was good.
Sorry its so long but i did try n cut most of it right down.
And on a happier note. Weighed myself and ive lost all the baby weight already and am now just over half a stone lighter than i was when i fell pregnant which is FAB!!! Thats what 11 days of hospital food does for u.......