
Being Induced....never again thank you
Submitted by ohgee
I suffered from mild hypertension with my first pregnancy and towards the very end around my due date i started getting protein in my urine so the doctors decided to induce me on the 08th of February 2010.
I went into hospital at 8am in the morning and then checked my cervix which wasnt thinned or anything so they put in the first batch of prosteglandin gel. They left me to it and came back around 6pm that evening and again no progress so they put some more gel in.
On the saturday 09th February they checked me in the morning and there was a bit of progress, i did start to feel a bit uncomfortable....but nothing to beat the uncomfortablness of having them shove their hands in me every so often lol
By 3pm they checked me again and decided to put in the prosteglandin gel yet again and that evening i started feeling very mild contractions but mostly it felt like constant period pain, i didnt get much sleep.
On sunday 10th february they took me to the delivery suite to break my waters and put in the pitocin drip. Having my waters broken was the worst ever i screamed so bad and it made it worse to know my whole freaking family could hear me who were standing on the delivery suite balcony outside my room. About an hour into the drip and all things started to progress. I wasnt in real labour till about 1pm.
By 2pm i had had the pethedine and was constantly on the gas...loved the gas....and then by 3pm they had given me an epidural and out of nowhere i was in transition. Even though the pain wasnt as bad as before i could still feel all the pressure from wanting to push.
I pushed for 2 and a half hours before my midwife decided to get the doctor and i was rushed to emergency to have a episotomy and my daughter was pulled out at 7:05pm that evening. She was born facing up and not crying .....just looking around but main thing she was healthy and a fatty fat fat =)
My midwife on a scale of 1-10 was literally a 3. She was rude towards my partner and his mum (i suspected cos they are coloured) and she was no helpful or kind to me at all. she basically stood on the sidelines throughout my whole ordeal. Lied to me continuously about my progress. eg i asked at one point if the head was there she said no, but my mum and mum in law told me that it was. Then the midwife put her hand in me at one point to check the position of the head, pulled her hand out quickly and she ran to the sink to wash her hands. Her nails were LONG and painted red. My daughter was born with a small hole on her forehead.....
It was a very unpleasant experience but like any mother i would do it all again if i have to just to have my daughter in my life =)
I'm now pregnant with #2 due in 7weeks and going to be having her in another hospital. Mind you the hospital had my first girl in IS the best in the southern hemisphere for women and babies.
Everyone was really nice except for the midwife assigned to my labour.
Anyways i would never want to be induced again, i did not like being out of control having had the epidural so i pray for a totally natural birth this time around. Finger crossed =)

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