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yeah all the best Amanda.....get the mid wife to post up a couple of pics.

My wife took 16 hrs for the first one and 6 for the second.......but everyone is different I suppose.

Hope you have family support in the room.

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remember dont have it lying down...its a very un-natural way to give birth. On a mat on the floor on your knees. Get a chair to lean into. Stace delivered in 17minutes after water broke using this method. Gravity is your friend...use it.

All the best to bub and family.

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remember dont have it lying down...its a very un-natural way to give birth. On a mat on the floor on your knees. Get a chair to lean into. Stace delivered in 17minutes after water broke using this method. Gravity is your friend...use it.

All the best to bub and family.

If it was me, I'd just be lazy and use a vacuum cleaner

-D

Good luck Amanda!! They were talking about doing that with my wife but luckly Sienna decided to come along all by herself....17 hours later and she was out after emergency c section! All done with only gas and pethadene!!

It cannot be understated how much damage getting up 3-6 times a night to put dummy back in/comfort/change poopy nappy does to you .... luckily Carolyn gets up most times, but she jumps up in such a huff it normally wakes me up anyhow. :D

Enjoy sleep while you can get it.

Good luck Amanda!! They were talking about doing that with my wife but luckly Sienna decided to come along all by herself....17 hours later and she was out after emergency c section! All done with only gas and pethadene!!

she had an emergency c-section is that coz of how long labour was?

well 1st of we (me and Amber) are very lucky to be here, Amber especially.

March 24th- got to the hospital around 3.30pm, at about 4pm had Cervadil inserted (gel that'

she had an emergency c-section is that coz of how long labour was?

well 1st of we (me and Amber) are very lucky to be here, Amber especially.

March 24th- got to the hospital around 3.30pm, at about 4pm had Cervadil inserted (gel that'

Bianca had to have an emergency c section because her pelvis is to small for natural child birth + the size of Sienna (7 pound 6) and all that was happening everytime she pushed was Bianca was coning Sienna's head on her pelvis...After over an hour of that the doctor stepped in and said baby was in distress and she had to come out...So out she did about 15 mins later!!

stupid hospital net.

well 1st off we(me and Amber) are very lucky to be here, Amber especially.

March 24th- got to the hospital around 3.30pm, at about 4pm had Cervadil inserted(gel that's spose to ripen and open the cervix) then me and baby were monitored to see if we both accepted the Cervadil, which we did.

around 10pm that night i started getting really nasty period type pains.

March 25th was given some panedine forte which didn't help, pains started coming faster but still irregular so tried having a shower to see if that would help, nope. asked for a sleeping tablet around 1.30am, that did nothing. by now the pains put me in tears. was offered a shot of pethadine or an examination (if i was 3cm's she was going to break my waters), i went with the examination, was told i was 6cm's dilated, midwife then broke my waters (this was around 2.30am), in less than 20mins i went from being 6cm's- 10cm's dilated, i don''t remember much from here on in but i do remember my body going in to shock and then hearing them say baby is in distress.

i remember some1 telling me to push so i did then i heard them say baby is still quite high and to push again, nothing happenned. i was then rushed off for emergency c-section, all i remember was i felt the need to push, they said NO so i didn't but then my body started pushing without my help.

got to theatre, was put under general anaestetic abut 3.10am.

woke up in recovery, was there for about an hour, my mum told me Amber flat lined and they had to revive her then she told me they almost lost me. i hadn't seen Amber yet so trying not to cry asked if she was ok and when can i see her, she was alright, they kept her in the nursury for ages, i kept bugging mum to ask if i could see her. i finally got to see her for about 10mins, i don't remember much of what happened coz i was drugged up on Morphine for the pain.

so Amber Lee was bornn on March 25th at 3.17am, weighed 6pound 6.5ounces, 48cm's in length, head circumference(sp) 33.5cm

i will put up a few photos when i get home on either Sunday or Monday, have to stay in hospital for 5 days.

i shhould also mention i went through labour without any drugs, i had no idea i was in labour lol

Steve- nah not home yet, wish i was, the net at home is better lol.

Boof- after an hour geez, bet she was in a fair amount of pain after trying for that amount of time.

how is she feeling now after the section?

i'm friggin sore as, hate trying to walk and i'm def not looking forward to the drive home

wow that story sucks Amanda, but great to hear you are both ok. You would actually be surprised how many babies need to be revived after birth - a staggeringly high number .... but they normally seem to turn out fine.

Stay in hospital as long as you can - you have free food, no chores, visitors bringing gifts, and if anything else goes wrong you are safe. Definitely DON'T take up any offers of vouchers etc to go home early - just stay in there and take it easy for as long as you can. Once you are home you have to run around like a mad chook looking after Amber, and that is particularly hard for the 1st 6 weeks after a C-section.

Hope it all continues to go well! Our thought and prayers are with you.

Stay in hospital as long as you can - you have free food, no chores, visitors bringing gifts, and if anything else goes wrong you are safe. Definitely DON'T take up any offers of vouchers etc to go home early - just stay in there and take it easy for as long as you can. Once you are home you have to run around like a mad chook looking after Amber, and that is particularly hard for the 1st 6 weeks after a C-section.

Hope it all continues to go well! Our thought and prayers are with you.

couldn't agree more, especially being your 1st child.........if you have any questions or problems with feeding etc, a midwife is only a shout away (a bit like on-line assistance but instaneous).

And as Andrew said, our thoughts and prayers are with you & bubs.

^^^ As stated above Amanda. Stay in hospital as long as you can and need to. Being your first, its best to allow a long time for recovery. Moving about after a c-section will be a bitch. Glad to hear both you and bubs got over that hurdle.

May I ask (I haven't looked thru the other pages yet) what hospital you were taken too? If it was the WCH, chances are Tracy might have been a Theatre Orderly for your birth/c-section. She works in the Rogerson Theatres.

I hear alot of stories when Tracy gets home from work (some days are real tough for her) and I'm glad you got thru with bubs. :P

Tracy always jokes that when she has another baby, she's going to work right up to the labour. Finish the job she's doing, lie in a bed, and say "Right! My turn!" :P

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