Your child's birth - comparing notes

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OK, i will start. Will also keep it short.

Planned homebirth. Non eventful. No bleeding, no morning sickness, no

twinges.

Day of birth - incompetent midwives.

I lost confidence in them and we went to hospital.

22 hours later baby born (month overdue) by emergency caes, 4

epidurals, and god knows what else.can't remember, doped up. He

apparently got " stuck " . (this runs in our family) 9lb 4oz. During C-

section, midwife actually straddling my lower torso and legs trying to

push the baby back up into the womb so they could cut him out. (this is

apparently common!)

8 and 9 apgar score. Baby was very " red " very unhappy, wouldnt feed,

and was trying to stick his whole hand in his mouth as if he was in

pain. Cried for weeks, breastfed for 2 months.

Never again!