While the world we are living in seems a little scary right now I thought it might be encouraging to hear a POSITIVE birth story. Abbie from Plymouth has very kindly agreed to share her positive birth story after giving birth at Derriford Hospital.
A positive birth story written by Abbie:
On Tuesday evening at 6:30pm I put my eldest to bed. I went to sit on the sofa and my contractions began to start. Being 10 – 13 minutes apart I knew I had a while to go but had to get my son to my brother just incase.
He comes and picks him up and settles him at his house for bed. Off I go to bed to build up the energy I was going to need for childbirth. Every 10 minutes another contraction happens so I don’t sleep at all.
Wednesday morning comes and wake my other half (who annoyingly was able to sleep!) and said I need to get up as my contractions were 5 minutes apart. I have a cuppa (priorities and all that)! My brother came to pick us up and take us to the hospital (best brother ever)!
I ring the hospital. She said because I could breath through the contractions she was happy for me to stay home a little longer. So I sit on the sofa and last only 20 minutes and ring them again and say I have to go up as its all progressing too fast.
I get to the hospital at 12:20am and have my assessment. I get told I am 6cm dilated. My contractions are now every 3 – 4 minutes so I get rushed to the labour ward. I get on gas and air and all of a sudden I am in full blown labour.
The midwife was absolutely fantastic and kept me calm throughout the scary time. They had so many precautions in place and me and my boyfriend could not fault them at all.
At 3:00am my waters break and my little man was born at 3:31am. So fast and it only took 4 pushes in 4 minutes and he was here.
I got offered to leave the labour ward as everything went amazingly. My boyfriend was allowed to stay with me the whole time afterwards. We were home by 8:00am which shocked all the midwives!
They supported me so much throughout my time in hospital (even though it was a short one). The only time my boyfriend was not allowed to be with me was on triage while I was assessed. He was allowed to wait in reception until I was finished and then came with me as I got moved to labour ward.
Absolutely outstanding and a welcoming calming atmosphere. From the midwife on the phone, to the midwife who delivered Oscar, I can not praise and thank them enough. They were all amazing and it made a scary time so much less scary!
A massive thank you to Abbie for sharing her positive birth story with us. I hope that it can be an encouragement to others. If you have had a positive birth experience during this pandemic I would love to feature you. Please get in touch! Or follow my Facebook page for my latest news and updates!
