What that last post didn’t say
Written (but not published, for obvious reasons) Weds 21st @ 7.30am
What I didn’t write in the last post (because we agreed not to make it public) was that not only did the consultant put the kibosh on the home birth, she also booked us in to be induced next Wednesday. It was a bit weird, we felt pretty railroaded and unhappy. Nothing was really explained, and we left pretty confused as to why they’d want to do a procedure with so many risks attached to it, if the baby was fine. It took another lovely midwife (I’m becoming a big fan of midwives here by the way) to explain that if the water level continued to drop there were risks of the placenta becoming less effective (or something), so we left feeling a little better, if still really dissapointed, and a bit worried about next week.
But now it looks as though that isn’t going to matter. About half six last night Sions started talking about pains, but we weren’t 100%. I sorted out some work for school just in case and we went to bed thinking that things were kicking off. They were! Bless her, she hasn’t slept (needless to say, I managed 40 winks ;0) ) and contractions are now coming every three minutes or so. We’ve phoned the hospital, who told us to have a bath and phone back at 8 (by we, I mean Sions), and she’s just getting herself sorted while I type this.
Maybe the baby didn’t fancy being induced either!
Update: 5.3o pm
We’ve gone from ‘we might have a baby by lunchtime’ to ‘we might have a baby by Christmas as this rate’. After her bath, Sionedwyn’s contractions slowed down and eased up, and we’ve spent the rest of the day just waiting around. They’re still coming, each one lasting between 30 seconds and a minute, but they’re not regular and she can talk through them, which is apparently one of the measures that midwives use. We’ve walked down to Spar and back, fitted the car seat, and now Sions is dozing. Luckly she can sleep between contractions, so hopefully she’ll keep her energy for when things get harder.
So now we’re playing a waiting game. If things stay the same for the next 12 hours or so I’ll go to work in the morning, as Sions would rather have me around after the baby comes. Very strange sensation, know that things have started, but not knowing how long it’ll be until baby time.
Update: 8.30pm
The game appears to be afoot. Water’s went about an hour ago. Hospital told us we could either go in and wait or stay at home and phone again about 9.30. Needless to say, we chose the latter. Contractions are coming more frequently and getting more hardcore. She’s tens machined up. I’ve put the kettle on. See you on the other side :0)
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