I know this update is late, but better than never.
To fill everyone in, this was my eighth child, and the scan couldn't measure him, as he was off the scale.
I had my show on the sunday morning, so I knew things were starting to happen. Woke up around 4am Monday morning with contractions. At 6am I decided that as soon as they were 3-5 mins apart I would head to the hospital. By 6.30am, nothing, not a sign of a contraction.
By 4pm they had started again, but were not very consistant in intensity, with some being almost nothing, and others were very strong. Started to wonder if maybe the baby's head was not in the right position, so started doing gentle pelvic rotations in the hope of positioning the head correctly. By 8pm the contraction were around 5 mins apart and starting to get serious. Arrived at the hospital 8.45, and in the five minute trip, had had 3 contraction. When nurses checked I was 8cm dilated, which was a surprise, as I didn't really feel that the contraction were that effective. I didn't want them to break my waters, but after pushing for around another hour, without them breaking, I asked for them to be broken.
They found it very difficult to break them, and said that the membrane was like leather, it was so thick. Unfortunately when the head settled in, it also caught the cervic lip, and the pain was horrific. After another 45 mins of getting no where, the nurse finally calls the doctor, after finding out that I am going to have a big baby. My doctor was away on holidays. He discovers that the head not only has caught the cervic lip, but is also half turned. So he relases the lip, turns the head, and three pushes later, bub was born. All 10lb 14oz of him.
John Peter, 22/1/07 at 10.45pm.
Unfortuntely I haven't be able to feed him fully, and have had to start comping him. He still had around three complete feed from me a day so I can't complain too much.
My question is, what would have caused the membranes to be that thick? I haven't had this before. There was no way it was going to break on it's own, and as I hope to have another child, I would like to avoid this if possible.
John is a pure delight, and has completely smitten his sibblings.
Hopefully the picture that I posted is attached. If it is, this was taken an hour after he was born, and he is being held by big brother.
Tracey
To fill everyone in, this was my eighth child, and the scan couldn't measure him, as he was off the scale.
I had my show on the sunday morning, so I knew things were starting to happen. Woke up around 4am Monday morning with contractions. At 6am I decided that as soon as they were 3-5 mins apart I would head to the hospital. By 6.30am, nothing, not a sign of a contraction.
By 4pm they had started again, but were not very consistant in intensity, with some being almost nothing, and others were very strong. Started to wonder if maybe the baby's head was not in the right position, so started doing gentle pelvic rotations in the hope of positioning the head correctly. By 8pm the contraction were around 5 mins apart and starting to get serious. Arrived at the hospital 8.45, and in the five minute trip, had had 3 contraction. When nurses checked I was 8cm dilated, which was a surprise, as I didn't really feel that the contraction were that effective. I didn't want them to break my waters, but after pushing for around another hour, without them breaking, I asked for them to be broken.
They found it very difficult to break them, and said that the membrane was like leather, it was so thick. Unfortunately when the head settled in, it also caught the cervic lip, and the pain was horrific. After another 45 mins of getting no where, the nurse finally calls the doctor, after finding out that I am going to have a big baby. My doctor was away on holidays. He discovers that the head not only has caught the cervic lip, but is also half turned. So he relases the lip, turns the head, and three pushes later, bub was born. All 10lb 14oz of him.
John Peter, 22/1/07 at 10.45pm.
Unfortuntely I haven't be able to feed him fully, and have had to start comping him. He still had around three complete feed from me a day so I can't complain too much.
My question is, what would have caused the membranes to be that thick? I haven't had this before. There was no way it was going to break on it's own, and as I hope to have another child, I would like to avoid this if possible.
John is a pure delight, and has completely smitten his sibblings.
Hopefully the picture that I posted is attached. If it is, this was taken an hour after he was born, and he is being held by big brother.
Tracey
