Taane's Birth
Our boy Taane decided to come into this world on Monday the 13th of July to share his birthday with his grandmother (my mum).
Taane was born in the Nelson hospital which wasn't our original plan. We were looking forward to have a water birth in the Motueka maternity unit but due to the circumstances we had to readjust few things along the way.
I finished working on Friday, 2 weeks before my due date and was hoping to get some quiet time for myself before the little one arrives. But he had a different idea. The very next morning at 9 am my water broke and I was expecting to get into labour soon. But this didn't happen until later the next day. On Sunday afternoon, more than 24 hours later I started to feel some surges but these were weak and irregular.
Our midwife came to see me on Sunday morning and suggested it would be better not to have the water birth due to the risk of infection-it was too long between the release of membranes and the birth. Later on that day they classified our birth as risky and wouldn't admit us into the Motueka maternity unit.
At 10 pm on Sunday my uterine surges started to get stronger and regular 5 minutes apart so we called our midwife and got ready for the journey to the Nelson hospital.
During the night in the hospital things were not moving along very fast. The skills I learned in the hypnobirthing classes-the breathing, visualisation and of course great support from my partner Adam helped me a lot to get through the surges with just a little discomfort. With my breathing techniques I managed to stay calm and focused even through the very slow progress.
Later on that night, after many hours of labour my surges started to slow down and I even had a nap. My body was getting tired.
I wasn't planning to have any interventions to our natural birth but after discussing it with our midwife we decided to get a dose of synthetic oxytocin. I refused an epidural but as the surges got stronger I used some help of the gas.
On Monday morning I finally started to breathe our baby down and was thinking that he would be born within the next hour or two. Four hours later, our midwife and Adam could already see his head but my uterine muscles got weaker and the surges slowed down again. At the end, after a consultation with our midwife we decided to call in the obstetrician and have a forceps birth.
Our boy Taane was born on Monday at 11 am, 50 hours after the release of membranes.
The birth didn't go as we planned but with all the knowledge we gained at the hypnobirthing classes we could make our own decisions along the way without loosing power.
We are very pleased with how things went under the circumstances thanks to you Anna and our midwife Clare who is familiar with the hypnobirthing techniques.
We are looking forward to give Taane little brother or sister in the future.
Taane was born in the Nelson hospital which wasn't our original plan. We were looking forward to have a water birth in the Motueka maternity unit but due to the circumstances we had to readjust few things along the way.
I finished working on Friday, 2 weeks before my due date and was hoping to get some quiet time for myself before the little one arrives. But he had a different idea. The very next morning at 9 am my water broke and I was expecting to get into labour soon. But this didn't happen until later the next day. On Sunday afternoon, more than 24 hours later I started to feel some surges but these were weak and irregular.
Our midwife came to see me on Sunday morning and suggested it would be better not to have the water birth due to the risk of infection-it was too long between the release of membranes and the birth. Later on that day they classified our birth as risky and wouldn't admit us into the Motueka maternity unit.
At 10 pm on Sunday my uterine surges started to get stronger and regular 5 minutes apart so we called our midwife and got ready for the journey to the Nelson hospital.
During the night in the hospital things were not moving along very fast. The skills I learned in the hypnobirthing classes-the breathing, visualisation and of course great support from my partner Adam helped me a lot to get through the surges with just a little discomfort. With my breathing techniques I managed to stay calm and focused even through the very slow progress.
Later on that night, after many hours of labour my surges started to slow down and I even had a nap. My body was getting tired.
I wasn't planning to have any interventions to our natural birth but after discussing it with our midwife we decided to get a dose of synthetic oxytocin. I refused an epidural but as the surges got stronger I used some help of the gas.
On Monday morning I finally started to breathe our baby down and was thinking that he would be born within the next hour or two. Four hours later, our midwife and Adam could already see his head but my uterine muscles got weaker and the surges slowed down again. At the end, after a consultation with our midwife we decided to call in the obstetrician and have a forceps birth.
Our boy Taane was born on Monday at 11 am, 50 hours after the release of membranes.
The birth didn't go as we planned but with all the knowledge we gained at the hypnobirthing classes we could make our own decisions along the way without loosing power.
We are very pleased with how things went under the circumstances thanks to you Anna and our midwife Clare who is familiar with the hypnobirthing techniques.
We are looking forward to give Taane little brother or sister in the future.
