My labour story..

I won’t bore you to much with this story..

So on the Tuesday my friend becca and her little boy Thomas came down to see me in Fordingbridge I was cleaning the flat as we knew we were moving out so had to clean everything and everywhere and she is a proper deep cleaner and does it for a job! So who best over to help clean my bathroom while I took care of Thomas.

But first we chilled out, took a long walk over to the park and round and grabbed some lunch and heading back to the flat which is 4 flights of stairs may I add at 38 weeks pregnant this is a challenge 😂

So she got down and dirty and bleached and did god knows what else in their 🤷🏼‍♀️ but it was bloody fantastic 😂

I had Thomas to entertain which was brill.

It was getting to around 5ish and she thought better head home, so I walked her back to the bus stop and she went ahead and said wouldn’t it be funny is she came early💁🏼‍♀️😮

Well we laughed it off🤗

My husband came home from work with dinner and some whisky for himself obvs..

As his day offs are Wednesdays.

So we sat had dinner like normal he paid on the PS4 to watch Micky Flanagan’s new dvd.

While watching I was painting my nails baby pink.

No signs of labour what so ever.

Went to bed around 11.30.

I got kinky like in the first time in pregnancy I felt keen😂

So we did the deed🤷🏼‍♀️😮

Anyway I got up in the night to pee because in the third trimester you get up like, what 6-7 times a night 💁🏼‍♀️

I had a lot of discharge I didn’t think much of it as you normally get a bit after sex.

But little did I no that was my plug 😂

I got back into bed half hour of being led down I couldn’t get comfy, I hurt to lay flat I got up and walking to the bathroom and thought maybe I needed another wee.

It helped to sit rather than lay so I tried to go back to bed and lay down.

Didn’t work so I walked around the living room thinking maybe she was laying funny. So bounced around and wiggles trying to move her but then I started to get really bad braxton hicks.

I then started to panic🙃

My heart was going 100miles per hour.

I hesitated to ring the labour ward because I had another week to go.

I was booked in for the Friday for a planned c-section anyway but I just wasn’t ready for her right then and now😂

So I rang them and asked them what to do, the lady said about taking a bath and taking some paracetamol. It was like 2 in the morning but ok🤷🏼‍♀️😂

I then rang my mum as I told her to keep her phone on at night from 37 weeks luckily – which my brothers took advantage of and texted her nice and early some days😂

I was on the phone to my mum panicking and she wanted to no how far apart the braxton hicks were. I had no idea as I didn’t no what to do. So she said wake up kurt and get him to start timing.

She then said I better defrost the car ready and take that bath the labour ward lady recommended and start timing it ok and ring me when you have told the labour ward how far apart they are.

So I woke my husband which was half tipsy 😂

I was like ERM i think I’m in labour run me a bath

He jumped out of bed and was like what what the fuck😂

He started to the run the bath he got dressed and got everything ready for me🙌🏼

We started to time them.

They was like 5 minutes apart and I can’t even explain the feelings was so strange.

And then it was getting to like 3-4 minutes and we rang labour ward and they said come in and we will check you over.

So mum rang and we told her and she was getting in the car and on her way.

Struggling to get out the bath I got dressed and at this point me and my husband looked at each other and said it’s happening she’s coming 😍

Both shaking like mad we mad sure we had everything we needed for her arrival and for me after birth.

We waited outside our flat it was freezing.

The pain was getting worse and I kept having to crouch down😂

My mum pulled up at like 60mph🙄😂

I got in the car and Kurt chucked the bags in and my mum thought he had gotten in so she started to drive off to go round the roundabout I look back and Kurts not in the car😂

It was the funniest moment 😂

Anyway he hopped in and off we went to the labour ward. We kept timing them to make sure it didn’t slow down or stop.

I kept holding my breath as it fricken hurt and mum said to breath through them and it will ease the pain. Which it did 🙌🏼

Got the ward it world record time🙄 they then took me to this room where it was just us and put me on a monitor to check everything and her heartbeat was fine and everything looked perfect.

The midwife said I don’t think you’re in labour your are just experiencing bad braxton hicks. Which my face was like I’m pretty sure I am but ok.

So they monitored me for half hour, gave me painkillers which did nothing 😂 then a new midwife came in who would be my lady for the time I was their. She was lovely she said I’m going to examine you to see how far you are.

She was like oh,

I feel hair😂

I was 4cm nearly 5cm dilated

And she read my notes and was like did you still want a c-section or did you want to vaginal birth?

The fact I was having a c-section was because of my medial condition and I was worried I would damage my hip or pelvis.

I nearly went for natural but I was more worried I would damage myself and not be able to take care of my baby.

So the surgeon who we met 4 days ago to confirm the c-section came in and said you just couldn’t wait 2 more days could you😂

He was just amazing and made me feel so at ease.

I put my sexy gown on and waddled to the operation theatre.

They popped a needle in my wrist for antibiotics and pain relief.

Then they had to try get a epidural in my back while having contractions was a right nightmare. But the ladies doing it was so lovely and kept me laughing.

I was shitting myself.

They gave me a pillow so I could mean on and sit forward and they said as soon as one passes tell me and I’ll go for it.

They was so close together it was so hard but we did it and after she popped the needle in I started to get a contraction and I was going numb and the pain disappeared and oh my it was beautiful 😂

They laid me down and told me everything that was going on, and then my husband Kurt was aloud in and he was all dressed up😂 he came close to me and said I am crapping myself. I grabbed his hand and said same babe.

The surgeon came in and spoke to Kurt and said what song choice would you prefer😂 we had ABBA and Eminem 😂 he was rapping along while cutting me open it was just so relaxed and calm it was fantastic.

He was telling me what he was doing and what was coming and he said you will feel tugging and some pressure, tbh I barely felt anything apart from when he got her head out.

First thing he said was dam she’s got a ton of hair, and when he pulled her out completely I felt pressure and he said she’s tiny, my heart stopped with worry and then she started to scream.

Then Kurt got asked to cut the cord and he tried and it would cut and the surgeon said it’s tougher than you thought isn’t it, give it a good snip🤣

She got weighed and she was 5lb 7oz I then worried she was prem. but the midwife said everything is perfectly fine.

I said I wanted my husband to have skin on skin first as I was worried I’d drop her while drugged up😂

Here’s some photos.

She was perfect. Best day of my life along side my wedding day.

Phoebe Rose Ladd. Born 14th or March 5.27am 5lb 7oz.

Love you baby girl.

Thanks for reading.

Take care.