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November Birth Story
Two previous difficult births, complicated by big babies, led to Jayne Davies' elective Caesarean third time roundDelivery day arrives
The date had been booked for 9th October, as I was having an elective Caesarean this time. My two daughters had been too big to fit through my pelvis, and there were complications during both labours resulting in third degree tears. As a result, my youngest has nerve damage to her arm.
My hubby Paul and I were admitted to the post-natal ward at 8am. It seemed strange to be in a room full of women and babies, as we gazed at the empty crib at the bottom of the bed. I unpacked my things and had various antenatal checks, including monitoring the baby's heartbeat.
The waiting was torture - we were both so nervous and sat there in silence holding hands. I tried reading a book but couldn't focus on the story at all. Paul took several trips to the coffee machine and hospital shop.
After what seemed like ages, I was instructed to have a shower and put on a gown. The midwife shaved me and I was told to stay in bed. At around 2.15pm, what seemed like a mass of women and men in blue overalls came to wheel the bed down to theatre. I was introduced to a midwife, student midwife, the anaesthetist and his assistant, several auxiliaries, paediatrician, the surgeon and her assistants.
It felt like a scene from a hospital drama as the bed was whisked down very long corridors with a pale and worried looking Paul following behind.
The team had decided that I was to have the combined spinal block and epidural to get the benefit of both types of pain relief, as it had been anticipated that there might be a bit of pulling needed to get the baby out.
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