Lara's Birth of Cooper

I just came across this website and would love to share the birth story of my son who is now 9 months old...

From 11 weeks i new something was ‘off’ about this pregnancy (my second) as i started to get Braxton hicks at 11 weeks which worried us and our doctor because it was unusual for them to start so early.. i had some tests done and it turned out i had irritable uterous symdrome, which ment that any pokes, prods, baby kicking, constipation ect would set off small contractions... i was told to just keep an eye on my cervix by feeling it daily.

I continued through my pregnancy perfectly doing this, the Braxton hicks got worse and worse as bub got bigger and started kicking but i was no longer stressed about it. We found out at 20 weeks we were having a boy and named him cooper...

At 27 weeks i was going for a walk with my inlaws when i felt a sudden drop and lots of pain around my bladder... off to the doctors we went and Cooper had engaged but we were told not to stress as it can happen and bubs still don’t come till their due date, during my cervix check i could feel his head moving around through the wall of my vagina... this was very odd feeling!! At 33 weeks i started to lose my plug but again my doctor told me don’t stress ect ect.... i could feel something was off though, the tightening got worse and would ripple up through my back, but still my doc would send me on my way every time i would go see him... i swear he thought i was full of it...

At 35 weeks and 4 days i was in so much pain and could hardly move so off to the doctors i went again with my then 18 month old daughter who was tired and cranky cos she was due for a sleep. I had to have her on my lap while waiting at the doctors, i was in tears cos i was in so much pain.... the doc  called me in and i explained to him what was happening so he put me up on the bed and had a feel of my belly and while he was doing this i got a contraction which he brushed off saying ‘wow you have really strong Braxton hicks’ (UMMM DERRR i have been telling you this for AGES now loser!!!) anyway... he told me i was over reacting and sent me on my way once again... i got home and called my hubby in tears and explained it all... he told me to llay down and get some rest, but an hour after getting home from the docs  i got a sudden burst of energy and started the house work... i lent over my bed to change the sheets and *POP* waters broke all over my bed.... they were gushing out... so i called my hubby but got through to his boss who sent him on his way and called my mother in law who lives in Darwin and was ment to be at the birth... she hopped on a plane but didn’t make the birth... i had no way of getting to the emergency so had to wait an hour for my hubby to get home from work. We then went down to the emergency room and my doc got called and when he walked in his face dropped and he was profusely apoligising... all i could say was ‘i told you!!! You should have listened!!’ and still they insisted on doing a test on the liquid coming out of me to make sure it was my waters and not urine, when they told me this i was in shock, i said to them um i don’t think i can wee for 2 F%#@&@ hours!!!!! And low and behold,,,it was my waters....

 so they gave me some drugs to slow the labour down and into a ambulance we got for the 2.5 hour drive to perth....

got to my hospital and things started back up and got moving, i was about 7 cm dilated and Cooper was right down in my pelvis when the little bugger got hiccups!! OMG worst feeling EVER whilst in labour!!!!!! I got the urge to push when this happened and the pressure was unbearable! The midwife wouldn’t let me push though but i didn’t listen so she had to get her hand in there and stretch me a further 2 cm and when she did this he just slid out... lol...and we welcome our perfect 5 weeks early exactly 7 pounder to the world...

the next few days he spent in ICU due to having some fluid on his lungs but we got out of hospital on day 4....

J we had a stressful run... but this story tought me something.... ALWAYS TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS!!!!!

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