3/3/13...

I went in for an induction on Sunday 3/3/13. I got to the hospital at 9.30 and around 10 I was put on the monitor. They saw Mason was quite sleepy and weren’t happy with it. They left me on for an hour saw a couple of accelerations but that was it. The decision was made to send me straight up to labour ward with no pessaries etc to break my waters and deliver him sooner rather than later.

I got up to labour ward and told them I wanted a water birth. Got told a short monitor and breaking my waters would tell them if that was possible. When my waters were broken she mentioned there was quite thick meconium in my waters so a water birth was out of the question as I needed constant monitoring. I was given an hour to start dilating or they would put me on the drip. In that time the monitoring was showing Masons heart rate was too high (as it had been on previous CTGs that they were aware of) so they got a registrar to come in. He said that if I was dilated 4cm+ then I could attempt a vaginal delivery as they would be able to take some blood from Masons head and keep a closer eye on him if not 4cm+ dilated then as I wasn’t dilating myself and because of the high trace and meconium the safest thing was to have an emergency section.
He examined me himself (WOW men do NOT understand the pain!!!) and as I knew, I wasn’t dilated so it was set I was to have a section. Got told it was going to be about an hour away but in the end I was in theatre and been given a spinal block within 10 minutes. When the spinal took effect I panicked a lot. I started shaking uncontrollably and crying. Dave was amazing and calmed me down quickly and from then on in I was so calm I could have fallen asleep. I felt nothing as they cut me open and I only felt something when I was been "tugged" at and I heard Masons cry straight away. Well the big girl I am burst into loud movie style sobs!! I had tears streaming down my face! I could hear everyone commenting that he was huge and how he is going to be a rugby player. The midwife then showed me him and took him to be weighed. Then she brought him back and laid him across me so I had first cuddles and a tiny bit of skin to skin. After that he went to Daddy for cuddles until I had been stitched up and on the bed I was going to be in on the ward. I got him back and gave him his first feed.

Mason John McIntyre Nimmo, 3/3/13, 14.18, 10lb7oz of pure perfection ♥ ♥

First Picture Seconds Old

First Cuddles

On The Recovery Ward

First Family Photo

Just Before Coming Home