After delving in to the depths of the loft this weekend I dragged some of Beth’s baby photos.
I found out I was expecting Bethany at the age of 20! I had only been in a relationship with her dad for about 3 months…. Although I was young I believed I was ready …. is anyone???
Throughout my pregnancy I had no issues other than the dreaded morning sickness which lasted for nearly 6 months and looking back now I was the size of a house!
So as the 10th March and due date approached I was really excited .. however when the 13th, 14th and 15th passed by I was starting to get fed up. By the 23rd March I was sent in to hospital to see the consultant to have a sweep and while I was there they booked me in for an induction on Tuesday 27th March.
An hour after leaving the hospital I knew something was happening as I was getting tightening and felt quite nauseous. So after a fitful night that Friday night I expected things to progress, oh how wrong I could be! for the entire weekend I was in agony for an hour or 2 than it stopped for an hour. It was enough to drive me insane.
Monday morning I was exhausted and cranky and fed up! after getting up for a wee for the 4 forth time since midnight I was beyond peeved. After weeing for the 5th time I dropped into bed and got my sheet tangled and in temper I went to pull it up when I heard a ‘pop’ and then waters everywhere! … Beth’s dad jumping out of bed was highly amusing .. it still makes me giggle!
I waddled to the toilet with the sheet and asked Beth’s dad to run me a bath so I could clean up. After running me the bath he then proceeded to jump in it! … I believe at that point I was not holding back on the expletives with language so colourful I can honestly say I have never uttered such foulness from my mouth since.
After my bath .. eventually we went of to hospital and I progressed quickly, by lunch time I was well on my way to being fully dilated however by mid afternoon there had been no further progress and I was so shattered and they allowed me the epidural and said that it maybe best to have it.. knowing what I know now I should of known they thought trouble was ahead!
At 7 pm they were monitoring her blood oxygen level and cut her head to get and accurate measurement. At just after 8 I was told a section was the only option and I cried more with relief that there was an end in sight than anything else, I don’t think I actually took the severity on board.
At 9.25 pm Bethany was born weighing in at 9 lbs 8 ozs and I became a Mummy for the first time. It was a whole 3 1/2 days I will never ever forget!
Sounds like an exhausting labour. Ive been fortunate to have quick births so admire mums that have a couple of days in labour. Ive also linked uo my daughters birth story this week. Xx
yay cant wait to read honey xx it must be a birth story morning xx
Wow! That sounds exhausting! Amazing how worth it it all is at the end of it though!
it certainly was, but certainly worth it!
Exhausting but so worth it at the end!
My 19 year old was ten days late and took a couple of days to appear, that was a long spell in a room in the hospital.
T was bang on his due date, born in our old house. Labour a few hours.
D was 6 days early, born in our new house – almost on the floor, but that’s another story!
All very difficult but mind-blowingly awful
Sciatica in my legs for all three, which no pain relief would take away.
Lovely pictures j xx
How different where your labours!! You have my every empathy with the Sciatica.
Great magic moment – she was a big baby! Sounds like you had a pretty tiring time of it but it is so worth it when you hold them in your arms isn’t it. Great pictures too!
awww thanks honey, he sure was a big bugger! lol xx
Wowzers! Well done you. I had a 3-day labour myself first time round, so I totally understand the exhaustion and the relief when you finally get to the finish line! Great to read. Thanks for sharing. 🙂 xx
Thanks honey, i think it put me off having anymore .. 10 years between mine lol x
Congratulations for back then! We had something similar with Austin – a very long labour then a c-section. It’s so exhausting – and then you have to look after a new baby at the end of it. Madness!
major surgery then a new born its crazy really! you have my every empathies for yours too! x
I love birth stories. The seriousness of the emergency section didn’t really register with me either. It wasn’t until the next day that I got my head around it.
I love your pictures Jaime, especially the one of you both in bed looking at each others x
Thanks honey, i really was away with the faeries in the at picture lol
Phew-sounds exhausting! When I’m in labour I’m usually all ‘why the heck did I agree to this’ and then minute I’m holding that baby, I’m all ‘that was fab! let’s do that again soon’. Haha.
Holding your newborn is always the most magical moment-thanks for sharing this!
i have 10 yrs between mine and i now would have a house full and do it all again in heartbeat! xx
Oh, nothing like a birth story! It is the most incredible journey. I often think that people make so much drama out of the end of our lives, when actually the beginning is so incredibly dramatic, and damn heroic too frankly!
I agree totally! its a completely dramatic event! i think the emergency section put me off a little since there are 10 yrs between mine! lol x
Sounds very exhausting but worth it lovely photos x
thanks Lisa, they were dug out the loft yesterday! xx
i think it put me off as my son is 10 years younger lol x
Oh gosh exhausting!! But as everyone says,defo worth it!! Ive been lucky in that both mine have been quite quick!! Even though I was induced with my second x
i think in my head thats what i had expected with Beth! I wouldn’t have it any other way now thoug
Aww wow she looks so lovely, so do you straight after. I looked a complete mess!!
gosh i was thinking i looked dreadful! lol lol
Oh Jaime, I loved reading this. In fact, I love birth stories full stop. I can’t see to find the words to describe mine so I’ve never really wrote about them. They really are magic moments x
awww thanks Rachel, Beth’s birth was so traumatic compared to Joshua .. they were opposite ends of the spectrum x
Sounds exhausting Jaime. But she was so worth it, look at her – completely adorable. Have also written a birth post, but can’t quite bring myself to share it – even though it’s eighteen and a half years ago!!
I have been wanting to share mine for 10 yrs and just couldnt put it on paper, not sure i did it justice or not!
Sounds exhausting. Mine was less stop/start (although there was a bit of that) and took 27 hours which was timed so I missed 2 nights sleep. You do look a very young mum in the pictures, but hopefully that meant that you could cope better with the exhaustion and lack of sleep.
awww honey missing any sleep is bad enough but if i am honest i think i probably did cope better with the sleepless nights at 21 that i did with Joshua 10 years on
A great Magic Moment.
Thanks 🙂
Having a baby after such a short courtship is definitely initiation by fire!
it certainly was and it bit me badly x
wow that sounds an exhausting labour but well worth it in the end! What a great size she was 🙂 Can’t imagine how tiring your labour must have been, I was lucky and had a very fast labour but I was still shattered afterwards. thanks for hosting, love the linky I really do xx
Aww thanks honey, its always my pleasure to host xx
Phew! How exhausting is having a baby!? Amazing how we remember yet ‘forget’ when it’s time for the next! Love your birth stories – you’ve inspired me to write mine xx
awww thanks honey will be over to read! i love birth stories too!
Wow, that was a long labour! Worth it, but long 🙂 My first also ended with an emergency section, also taken into theatre about 8pm! Thankfully (?) it only took 20hrs to get to that point!
Sara you have my every empathy as it is such a horrific thing to be wheeled in for and emergency section! x
Oh my! 3 and a half days! I thought a day was bad enough. It is all worth it in the end though isn’t it?
thanks goodness it was so worth it! or if not we would only have 1! lol
Sounds so exhausting!!
it was honey! thanks goodness i dont have to do that again! lol
I cant tell you how relieved i actually was!! i thought i was dying! lol looking back i can laugh but not at the time x
I think it is more like exhaustion! xx
You could definitely tell you were pregnant. :0) You weren’t the size of a house though! Lovely to find and remember, even though it’s a horrible experience. Look what you got in return! :0) x x
awww thanks Charlotte your too kind! it really does feel like a lifetime ago!
What an amazing magic moment and well done you! What a great photo too 🙂
Thanks Charly 🙂
Oh my goodness me. You really had a tough time didn’t you?
Thank goodness she arrived safely in the end 🙂 xx
Thanks Lauren, it did put me off for another 10 years! xx
Such a special moment, one we all hold dear for ever.
It sure is 🙂 xx
Flipping ‘eck (as they say in Belper!) you were huge! lol
I thought my day and a half was bad enough! I felt the same relief when they said they were going to have to a section.
Glad everything turned out well in the end 🙂 xx
Thanks Shell, I think your Belper saying is very polite! lol xxx
I had to beg for a c section, the whole experience was a nightmare but we got there in the end! Posh Spice makes it look so easy. I would have to have another one if we ever decided to have a number two…
it totally put me off but i had an elective section with Joshua and it was so much nicer it was so calm and peaceful x