Where has the time gone?

I was posting on a babyandbump today and realised Noah is 5 months today! Where has the time gone? It seems like only yesterday I was being rushed off to theatre for an emergency section, so I thought I would share my birth story I wrote just after he was born


Ok so a few vital stats to start us off.

Noah Sebastian was born on the 22nd October at 1.55 am, weighing a healthy 7lbs 9oz (so nothing like the humongous baby we thought he was!

Now grab a as this is long....... ive tried to be concise but I was pretty out of it so hopefully it's all in order.

On Monday 22nd I went into hospital at 8am for a planned early induction. I was 39 weeks but with BP problems, excess fluid and an expected big baby, oh and being on blood thinners. The planned induction was to reduce risks to mummy and baby.

So we go down to delivery suite and I was examined. The midwife said things looked favourable as cervix was soft and I was 1cm dilated, so gel was inserted and back off to the ward for things to happen. Nothing happened all day and they were too busy to repeat the gel.

So we get to tuesday and another gel is put in place as not much as happened to my cervix overnight. So another day sat on the ward. OH put the tens on me as I was contracting, but nothing too uncomfortable. By late evening the contractions although not strong were every 3 minutes so back down to delivery to be checked. My cervix was still only 1 1/2 cm but couldn't have another gel as I was contracting too much. There went back to the ward to see if either the contractions would stop or if they'd progress and i'd dilate. I spent quite a few hours uncomfortable and loving my tens machine. The contractions slowly stopped overnight. I was getting a little frustrated by now.

Wednesday came and I was taken to delivery again. No progression so we expected another gel but next minute the doctor is saying i've broken your waters. I was upset this wasn't discussed with us, my oh was livid that she didnt discuss anything with us. This now meant I was to stay on delivery and be given a drip to get things going.

So my labour 'starts' at 11.55 am and the drip brings the contractions fast and irregular, they keep altering the drip amount but after every couple of contractions they were doubling in intensity. After several hours of the contractions varying they started coming every minute. I was struggling with just the tens but the midwife said she didn't recommend anything else as pain relief yet. She said G&A was best after 7cm So i'm lying there contracting by the minute zapping myself with the boost on my tens thinking surely i'm dilating with all these contractions. I'm suffering from faint spells and vomiting but more drugs to settle them help. Baby seems ok but HB drops occasionally on some contractions.

So its time to examine me again and i'm hopeful as these contractions, boy I know the drip makes them intense but im sure this type of strong frequency was due to come in the later stages. When examined i've dilated only another 1/2 cm and people seem more concerned about how this is going. A consultant anaesthetist comes to see me and gives me drugs to try stop the vomiting and he advises for an epidural (the last thing I wanted) but at this point i'd been contracting almost all day at a hard pace and was getting exhausted The epi helps loads and I feel contractions but pain is almost gone.

2-3 hours pass by and i'm in agony (looks like the epi has failed) its rechecked and its slipped slightly but should still work. Its topped up with stronger drugs and i re-examined. Now im still only 3cms. Doctors come in to discuss possible options and as baby still seems happy they say they will leave me to contract until 11.30pm and reassess then. As the time approaches im hoping and wishing things will be progressing, the epi still not working so im on G&A. Then everything changed I develop chest pains as though im being crushed. The room is suddenly full of doctors, midwifes and anaesthetist. Im re-examined, ECG is done, more bloods. Its all a bit of a whirlwind. Then I hear the last thing I want to. I need a section now.

They had to phone my family as father had anaesthetic problems before and they wanted to cover all bases in case I needed more than the epi.

I'm rushed to theatre, and they start to top up the epi but its patchy. They give me most drugs they can but its not working. They get all the sheets up but I can feel the tweezers pinchiing me, They say I cant have a spinal as they dont think it will work. This means a general aneasetic. I was distraught, poor oh was taken out of theatre and im knocked out. We both knew I was bleeding easier due to the blood thinners i'd been on and the doctors had already been through the possible need for blood transfusions or worst case scenario a hysterectomy if they couldn't stop any bleeding.

I find out when im in recovery afterwards Noah was floppy when born and they had to get him breathing and when they had knocked me out they struggled to intubate me so for several minutes I managed to cause a bit of a flurry as they tried to get a tube down. (I now have it in all my notes if I need a general its to be done with a consultant anaesthetist

So poor oh has been through the wringer not knowing if we would both make it. Thankfully both mummy and baby are fine and even though it was beyond painful and scary. Noah is the most wonderful precious little man.



So here is a picture of Noah the day we brough him home from hospital and this second picture was taken yesterday.

Nappies

Well i'm one of 'those' mums as some people would say, you know the eco conscious cloth nappy breast feeding mummies.

Anyway I tried a new type of nappy this week.The Bumgenius flip. Now i've been using flips a few weeks now and love them but I took a delivery of the disposable flip inserts and i'd heard some bad things about them so was dubious about trying them. I was impressed when I unpacked one, lovely and soft and even though it gets throuwn away it didnt feel at all like a sposie nappy. So in I popped it and fed my little man. Anyway 3 hours later we chaned the nappy and it held up very well. Noah is a heavy wetter but this insert stood the test, it didnt smell bad, it didnt look saturated and hadn't bunched up or leaked. I'm quite impressed. So i'm loving my flip nappies although so not as cute as my itti bittis.


I need to keep a control of my nappy love as im sure it's becoming an obsession, although my latest purchase isn't a nappy it's these gorgeous reusable wipes and funky bag by Monkey Foot. *drools*

Good Morning world

Well i'm sat here trying to be motivated to clean the house and managing to be completely unsuccessful. I took delivery of Dan's new purchase today a lovely Nikon D90 and a new lens. Must say wasn't impressed at first when he told me what he bought (dont think the stress of unpaid maternity leave is doing me any favours) Anyway camera has already arrived and only me is here so battery is on charge and i've already been playing with the new lens (have to check it works right) lol he did say I could im not that evil.

So all ive managed to do today is play online, read a few forums and hunt down some good blogs so if you fancy a good read and some good giveaways check out these blogs

Sunnydaytodaymama

Currently doing a give away of mummy milk rocks goodies, might have to buy some BFing promotional goodies.

Iheartfaces

Just discovered this blog too, full of info on taking photo's general hints and tips and photo challenges, go take alook.

Right time for more work (ie surfing)

Mothers Day

Well Happy Mothers Day to all the mummies out there, its my first one. This time last year Noah was just a tiny bean growing inside me, but today he is a thriving baby who has been giving his mummy lots of special cuddles. Although i'm guessing these are for his teething pains and not for his mummy's special day (lol I can dream) Anyway we were up nearly all night as this teething lark is taking its toll. Im bloody knackered today but it's worth it. It doesn't help we all have colds and Dan his stuck at work. He has the worst cold of all of us and is still being worked stupidly hard.
So for now mothers day is postponed, would love a lie in one day but Noah loves being an early riser, so all I can do is keep busy to keep myself busy. So i've gutted the washing and making homemade lasagne for dinner.
I've also been checking out how to make 'mumsicles' these look fab go take a look, i'll have to find a way to make them im thinking an unused dummy as the stick and some sort of pot, will post pics of first attempts when I do them

Noah has been crazily bouncing in his jumperoo today, i'll post videos when I can get blogger to upload them *work will you!!!!*

Right time for more cuddles xxx

Rough

Gosh why is it when you least need it you get hit by a bug??? Dan has a horrid cold, Noah has caught it and my throat feels like ive been attempting sword swallowing and not doing it very well. Yesterday even though Noah was unwell he was a super happy baby. He does giggly baby very well. I'm amazed how much he grows everyday. He was sat up on the sofa having lunch yesterday and he seems so grown up compared to even just a week ago. Here's a video of lunch time......

aaarrrrg cant get the video to upload will pop a link instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgr_5rlRSlo

I so dont feel like doing anything today, i've managed to get nappies in the wash but other than that motivation is escaping me. Definately not looking forward to Dan going to work later as I feel a lot worse today than yesterday :( Being a mummy really is much harder work than my day job lol, more rewarding though so cant grumble (well I can because i'm ill)

Yikes

Ok so I hit 31 yesterday, so im now on the slippery slope towards 40. Years off I know but im finding now i'm a mum time seems to just fly by without taking me along for the ride! So I figured at this grand old age (I feel old) I should document a little about me. Many a blog I have had but with Noah here I would like to look back and reminisce on him growing up.

So me, i'm 31 live up north and have a beautiful baby and a quirky partner. Im sure as I write more the exploits of my family will show lots about us.

Well i'm feeling a little sleep deprived at the moment and its not even down to the baby. He is sleeping through so well, im just rubbish at staying asleep at the moment. Maybe i should look up some sleep rememdies.

I got a lovely new camera for my birthday yesterday, OH does spoil in the gift department. So now I dont have to take my DSLR everywhere I can go. Love that Dan thought this would be good in the change bag. It's those little thoughts to detail that make me love him.

Right a pic of me looking rough this morning (I had my hair chopped off yesterday, it was stupidly long before so now its just long lol)

I'm hoping to be updating this blog daily, i've tried on several occasions to keep blogs but i'm a bit rubbish, I do sometimes wonder where my mother finding my diary when I was a teenage and discovering I was having sex put me off the diary keeping lark but im not a teenager now (although can still imagine my mother telling em off if she read this - I have one of 'those' mothers much loved but interfering)