This is the concluding part of my birth story, following on from HELLP Syndrome Part One and Part Two… The maternity ward was quite a shock to the system. After having five whole days constantly with a midwife every second of every day and night, and having not been capable of doing much at all for myself, […]
Midwife
HELLP Syndrome Part 2
Following on from HELLP Syndrome Part 1 (This is part 3 of The Gory Birth Story!) Whilst I’m not entirely sure what day I had the first blood transfusion (I think it was day three), I remember the panic surrounding it. Doctors, anaesthetists, consultants and numerous midwives kept coming in to ask me questions and […]
The Gory Birth Story
Induction 13th May 2012… We arrive at the hospital at 10:00 am for my induction and spend 3 hours waiting around as they sent us to the wrong ward and we had to wait for a room on the delivery suite. Once there, things got moving quickly, my obs were taken, I was examined as 2 […]
Wind and Wee
I never in a million years thought I’d be writing a blog post about wind. And I’m not talking a fresh breeze across your face or a gust of wind blowing through your hair and making you look like a model standing in front of a giant fan. I’m talking about flatulence… Or in my […]