Delice & Baby Harlow

To start with i had an irritable uterus so i was in and out of labour for a few weeks suffering full on contractions and dilation but it would stop after about 12 hours so there was maybe 2 times even the midwives were convinced it would be the real thing then turns out it wouldn’t which emotionally was so hard to go through and feeling like my body was failing. fast forward to 39w1d i went in for the third time for reduced movement and we decided for a induction just manually breaking waters (as i was already 3cm dilated and fully effaced) the next morning but decided to also do a stretch and sweep while there to see if we could get it going but this just triggered my irritable uterus bringing in contractions at 4pm but very mild, i then continued my night and went to bed at 9pm then woke up at 10pm with strong contractions. i dealt with them just breathing then at 11pm i used the tens machine for an hour till 12am when i decided to wake my partner and get in the bath. i was in and out of the bath for 3.5 hours dealing with intense irregular contractions it got too full on i called MW and said im going to the hospital now so she got ready to meet me there, i was unfortunately still only a 3 after labouring for 5 hours and the OB wouldn’t let them induce me any earlier than 8am so i had to just continue as i was. i opted for the gas for pain relief and was in and out of the shower to help the insane back labour pain i was having. fast foward to 8am they were able to break my waters and checked me and i was still sadly a 3 so 10 hours with 0 progression which is a really defeating feeling and you’re thinking well why am i going through this pain?? due to only having 1 hour sleep we decided on the morphine shot to help get some relief which did work between contractions, at this point i was on the bed completely out of it i genuinely felt unconscious until another contraction come on. at about 10am so 2 hours later i was throwing my legs around saying there’s so much pressure so when the midwife came back i let her know and she asked if i wanted to be checked but she wasn’t hopeful and the whole team truly thought i would be labouring ann day and very slowly, but nonetheless she checked me and her words were “oh shit your about a 9.5, honey if you wanna push you can start pushing” i was like thank god i knew he was ready to come out so we started the pushing stage and at 10:44 he was born beautiful and healthy and the rest of the experience was very positive which i am so grateful for. overall i would say i had a very positive experience but for the first week or so it was actually very traumatic to think about and re put myself in that memory as the pain i was under i genuinely can not describe and i didn’t think the level of pain was even possible, so going through all of that at 19 was full on but i cannot wait to experience it all again i find birth so incredibly beautiful.