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Location: Lennoxtown, near Glasgow
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 202
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well i have one child and 3 dogs
speaks volumes that.I had a perfect preganancy, a bit of nausea at first, no cravings or anything else i was just huge, the docs thought i would have a 10llb + baby. Kyle was due on the 30th sept. He thought otherwise. I was taken in on the 18th oct. and induced. I was given the gel, about 4 pm yup it started me but with some twinges, got more gel, no use. Had the best bath of my life, the midwife said it would be a while to get some sleep, i couldn't. So next morning my waters were broke with what looked like a giant crochet hook ( I remember seeing the plants being suported with these
) contraction got stronger but i didn't dilate, so they gave me the dripabout 5 pm bad idea
i took an allergic reaction to it and kyle's heartbeat was a bit erratic,I was given an epidural that went wrong, it took 3 of them before it sited only to find out after it took hold and the anaethetist had one off shift it only worked on one side of my body, it turned out i had been given a spinal block and would need another one sited. they tried other things before i went into shock with the drip, Then they decided an emergency c- section, wow was i so relieved as i had full blown contractions from 8 am. so off to theartre and kyle was delivered 27 & 1/2 hours later. Everything was fine until i had an urge to go to the loo a few hours later which the nurse dismmissed, as they had catherterised me for the op. After nagging her for about 10 mins with legs closed tight i got to go, and promptly haemoraged about 4 pts of blood. so back to theartre to stop the bleeding no time for anaesthetic i was up in the clouds anyway, there was gas and air but that made me sick, Got the bleeding stopped, and i stayed in high dependency for a while ( i was so out of it i can't remember how long, and kyle went to the s.c.b.u. as he was jaundiced. I had to have several transfusions. The hospital allowed me to sign myself out after 7 days but only if i agrreed to a doctor, health visitor and midwife visiting every day. Kyle weighed 8llb 2 oz and was 1cm short of 2 feet long
no wonder he couldn't get out lol i'm only a wee soul at 5"3 lol. They should use me for contraceptive advice in school lol. It hasn't really put me off having kids, i'm just not a maternal person and it's not the hosps. fault, i'm atopic and allergic to a heck of a lot of drugs and food. I'm glad i'm fine with animals which is odd