Baby_P's rather dramatic entrance into the world!

[Mrs_P]

My daughter has arrived safe and sound although not without her fair share of drama! Isabelle Alice joined our family at 1:45am on 01/07, she is absolutely perfect in every way and looks just like her brothers.

Her birth story:

Saturday morning i started loosing what i thought was my plug in parts throughout the day and had been feeling quite crampy but then sunday day passed really uneventfully and all my thoughts of impending labor from the saturday disappeared. I sat down at about 8:30pm and started with really mild contractions every 10 mins or so for an hour but presumed they'd go as i'd been having them on and off for days. Decided to get an early night and had a bath as my boys had gotten me up the last few nights as they were all ill. They got more regular and i lost more of plug but by 10:00 they were still really mild so i went to bed.

Literally five mins after i got in bed i felt this huge gush and thought my waters had gone, got to the bathroom and there was dark red blood everywhere it looked like a horror movie scene. My husband called the hospital and they told him to ring an ambulance who were fab and there in just over 5 minutes. We were rushed to hospital but had no idea what to expect, the baby wasn't moving (and hadn't been for a good hour or so) and i'd bled through three packs of maternity grade pads waiting for the ambulance, i was so scared we'd lost her.

The hospital were brilliant too we had 6 people all waiting for us and whilst three of them prep'd for surgery the others scanned me to see what was going on with her and put a drip in me etc. Thank god; they found her heart beat straight away but they couldn't see where all the blood was coming from. They checked me and i was 2cm dilated and the contractions had got much stronger so they decided to try to break my waters (which has left my poor little lady with all scratches on her head) and monitor her whilst they looked for the bleed source. This was 12:00am and things were progressing so fast so i was allowed to labor naturally as the bleed had slowed (although stuck to the bed and monitors).

She was born at 1:45am after a really fast labor. We never did find the cause of the blood loss but they think as my placenta was low at 34 weeks but ok at 37 weeks that part of it hadn't moved properly and detached during labor. There was massive blood clot that came out after her and my placenta delivered in pieces really awkwardly but she was safe which was the most important thing.

She gave us another scare later on that day though when she started vomiting brown blood and blood clots so they kept us in for two days for observation but she managed to clear it; they think she ingested it during delivery.

[Dreamofpink]

Oh my goodness, what a story!!! I'm sooo glad that you're both safe, well and home now. Huge congratulations on the birth of Isabelle Alice - what a stunning name!! I hope DS3 stays well for you now and the worrisome first few weeks past by uneventfully.
Welcome to the world Isabelle Alice P!

[Dreamofpink]

BTW it must be wonderful to say "my daughter"! I expect you'll never tire of it Enjoy every precious minute with her!

[Soar]

Wow that is a serious birth story! So glad you and Isabelle are doing well! Enjoy your miracle!

[Wanting-a-girl]

Congrats

[dloui128]

Wow glad everything is ok with you and your little girl, congratulations

[deaks66]

Gosh what a scare! Congratulations and thank goodness all was ok in the end

[thehappypixi]

Holy crap! That is so utterly traumatic, thank goodness you are all OK!!

Massive congrats, lets see some pictures missus!! Xxxx

[minimatron]

Wow what a dramatic and scary time. Congratulations of the birth of your daughter. I'm glad to hear you're both safe and sound x

[EmmyRoo]

Goodness how scary for you all! I'm so glad it all worked out though, and what a beautiful name! Enjoy your daughter and your 'complete' family. X