A Normal Twin Delivery

10 Apr 2010 - 4:18pm 0 Comments
BCG, elective section, epidural, footling breech, induction of labour, mix feeding, normal delivery, paper airplanes, pre-eclampsia, RCM, SIDS, snoring, syntocinon, twins, waters

Hi Guys,

 

Wow! Remember the lovely positive thinking lady I met the other day? She was 38 weeks pregnant with DCDA twins and had a toddler at home? She had come in for an induction and I met her again today on the post-natal ward.

 

I chose the bay she was in purely because I had met her before.

 

I had met her the morning of the 8th and she was in to start the induction procedure. Her waters were artificially broken and she had a synt....

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Beccy

27 Jan 2010 - 10:35pm 0 Comments
birth, epidural, episiotomy, pre-eclampsia, protein, stitches, waters

My birth story... by Beccy

I was admitted at 10pm on Monday 6th March 2006, with severe swelling to my feet and ankles, which was later diagnosed as pre-eclampsia as my blood pressure was 160 over 106 and I had protein in my urine!

After a near sleepless night in a crowded antenatal ward the decision was made to induce me at 2pm the following day - I began contracting at tea time. The pains got stronger but I could manage with no pain relief. At 9pm I was moved to a side room so....

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