[Shellby]

I thought I would share my positive birth experince.

My waters broke early at 1am Tuesday 3rd of September which made me so excited as it meant my baby was coming early. However by 8am the Wednesday we were still waiting for something to happen so the doctor decided to induce me.

At 3.30pm that day they started the drip. I didn' feel my first contraction until 6pm that evening. They started off being about 5 minutes apart and coming down to 1 minute apart in 3 hours. By the 4th hour I decided I needed something for the contractions, tried gas and threw up so I went for the ped. and fell asleep for the next 3 hours, when I finally woke up it was time to push already after 7 hours. They told me because I was so relaxed I dilated quicker.

Once the pushing stage began the pain from the contractions left and it wasnt as bad as I had imaged. After an hour and half James was born. It only felt like 30 minutes.

James was 8 pound and 4 oz and born at 2.13am 5th September.

I found the whole experince very positive and sometimes wonder what I was scared of. I'll do it again one day.

Shell.....



<text color=blue>~*Shell*~</text>

[texidee]

Hi Shell,
Short n' sweet eh?!
Well done you! The labour part is all a bit of a blur now isn't it? All that build up then wham baby makes 3 ... (or in our case 4)Now it's feeding winding changing and all the many other baby stuff the day soaks up!

Hope you and Matt are getting some semblence of a routine now, I'm only up to entering the 3rd week so it's all still a bit blaaaaaaah at the moment! hehe

Best wishes to you!
Dee
xxx

DH Texinick (tag)<BR>DS Connor 21.6.95<BR>DD Rosabella 22.9.02<BR>

[uniqua]

Dear Shell,
That was a nice sweet and to the point story and I love to hear positive induction stories!! I was so nervous about the possiblity of being induced in December and with every positive induction story I read I feel that much better about the whole process. Congratulation on the birth of little James and hope that all is well and that you have settled in to motherhood with ease.

DD-Ainsley-21/05/98
DD-Makenna-02/02/00
DD-Gracie-16/12/02 EDD

Best wishes to all, Monica

[mumsangel16]

hi there
l was induced with my only child and was scared at the thought of it.. Alot easier then l imagined. the induction started at 9 am and by 3 pm l was dialated enough for them to break my waters. After that my contractions were coming strong . l had a drip and given plenty of gas but it made me sick. it relaxed me a little but not much. l need something more for the pain so i was given pethadine. that didnt feel like it was working so l opted for an epidural..HEAVEN.. after that it felt like l was in labor for an hour. all up from 3.30pm it took 8 and a half hours.
good luck

mum to NATASHA born 26th may 2002