My EDD was 23/08/2024
My blue jet decided he wanted to ‘be outside’ earlier and arrived on 03/08/2024
I had quite a bearable pregnancy I’d say. I felt like I had terrible malaria between weeks 6 and 16.
After that I got almost all my mojo back but for some dizziness and extreme fatigue that surfaced during the 3rd trimester. And oh I could sleep. I neither experienced vomiting nor spitting.
On the 25th July I experienced some bleeding and rushed to the hospital. It was a bit more than a ‘ bloody show’ so drs suspected a number of things and said I ll be admitted till baby comes but after thorough assessment and scans I was discharged the following day with the assurance that I wasn’t in danger.
For some reason, I always felt baby will come at 37/38 weeks so I told hubby that after week 37 no traveling or staying at work for long
I guess it was my instincts kicking in.
On the dawn of 02 Aug, I woke up to my underwear completely soaked. Initially I thought it was urine but I kept leaking and upon assessing the fluid I concluded my water had broken. I called my doctor and mw Sally and they both said I should report immediately.
I arrived at the hospital at 2pm and when I was checked I was 3cm but I was surprised cos I felt absolutely no pain and wasn’t contracting. After about 6 hours, still no contractions and I was given medicines to augment the contractions. Then came the most painful physical pain I’ve ever experienced
. After more than 24 hours, and still leaking liquor with baby’s heart rate going higher than normal, I was taken in for a cs on account of failure to progress. In a few mins my baby was out and I smiled hearing his cry.
Somewhere deep within me I was mad at myself that I ended up at the theatre to the extent that I’ll skip anything that had to do with svd on social media and dealing with the pain post cs made me angrier. But I had to pep talk myself that it wasn’t my fault that things happened the way they did, and that God saved my life and my baby and that’s what matters most.
Thank you to all the midwives on here who made my journey worthwhile with all the valuable information shared.
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