Two very different births - Real Mum story on MoM

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So my first pregnancy was ideal, I ended up with no complications & had a pretty normal natural delivery & gave birth to a healthy baby girl. I admit the actual birth was horrendous, 25+ hours in labour, gas, epidural, in the bath, out of the bath, lost heart beat, found heart beat, few stitches & long recovery “down there” but the experience of it all was amazing & I felt that I really worked for it.

Our second child, a different story – difficult pregnancy, high blood pressure & breech meant I ended up with a ceasarian at 38weeks. I was completely freaked out by the whole process, sterile theatre & all the people in the room. After the spinal block I even tried to get off the operating table as I couldnt stand sensation. The recovery however was much faster than the natural birth & I have war wound to remind me of it! My main issue with it was that when they passed my beautiful baby boy to me it felt like a present, such an odd feeling that didnt pass for a number of weeks.

Posted by kejohno, 28th February 2013

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 15 Oct 2016
    1:18 pm
Totally different birth experiences – no two are the same.

- - mom81879 said
  - 06 Nov 2015
    3:41 pm
It’s funny how things can be so different even when the essential ingredients are the same. Same mum, dad, environment etc yet completely different children and births :/

- - mom113055 said
  - 18 Oct 2015
    3:54 pm
natural delivery

- - dannsbuild said
  - 26 Sep 2015
    3:41 pm
Thank you for sharing this. Very interesting reading!

- - mom113055 said
  - 22 Sep 2015
    3:37 pm
two very differnt births

- - mom94125 said
  - 20 Jun 2015
    1:52 pm
yep and every child is different. it is amazing when you have the same parents for both and the kids are nothing like either of you lol

- - mom57522 said
  - 26 Oct 2014
    8:05 pm
My 2 labours were quick and uneventful. No horror stories here.

- - kozack said
  - 03 May 2014
    7:00 pm
i’ve had premature birth for first,emergency ceaser then all natural for second post pregnancy after first birth suffered bad high blood pressure felt like laa laa land for few days,then second post birth suffered hemorrhaging,but have two beautiful children both healthy that was most important.