When Sarah met Grayson
My birth was beautiful, exhausting but beautiful!
I was induced at 38 weeks due to reduced movements! I will tell you, my body wasn’t ready and Grayson wasn’t ready. I had no idea what was ahead! I got induced on the Friday and after a few days of trying a few different methods! The midwives could finally break my waters on Sunday afternoon! Labour came very quickly after that! After 11 hours of labour I met my sweet baby boy!
Due to having a heart condition I was only given a small period of time to push! After 35 mins of pushing, he was here!!
Vacuum instrument was used, but they more so used this to stop him coming so quickly. Little guy was very keen to meet his mum & dad!! With the vacuum came an episiotomy. That certainly wasn’t ideal!
After 2 weeks that was all healed and I settled into motherhood nicely.
What do you wish you knew before birth?
I wish I knew more about the induction process.
If you could, would you do anything differently?
I wouldn’t do anything different
What did your partner do that really helped during labour/birth?
Ensured there was always good vibes and laughs all round
What advice/honest truth would give a mama-to-be about birth?
What one mum might find traumatic, you might not & vice versa!