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SCARLETT Is Born! Pregnancy , Delivery & Beyond
- Michelle
- Mar 14, 2016
- 5 min read
Through any Pregnancy and Delivery your always going to be told different stories that's why I'm here to reassure you ladies who are pregnant or due to be a Mummy for the 1st time, Don't listen to others only you know your own body and if your in pain or know something is not right?! Then keep making a fuss until your heard and feel more comfortable. I was told around the age of 21 i couldn't have children & that IVF wouldn't help in the matter so i just got on with life, A bit after that i was told i have "Poly Cystic Ovaries" and that also played a factor, So in time i just ignored what i was told as i was upset and carried on enjoying my life! In April 2015 i met my partner Adam who i went to school with not seen him for a great number of years but we met up ended up going to festivals going on dates and enjoying life together , After a festival i felt quite poorly i thought to myself i cant still be hungover with old age can i? so i grinned and bared it and tried to rest and wait a few days to see if it would clear, I asked Adam to come round to my house and i explained to him how iv been! We decided to get a pregnancy test and see what the results were? So i did the test and waited a few minutes we both checked and it came up with "PREGNANT" my life from 21 i was told i couldn't have babies i was in shock i didn't know what to do or how to react! Obviously i was in shock and i was happy that i made a little miracle but id only been with Adam 3 months i kept saying to myself well at least i know him from school and hes not a weirdo! So from there we decided to go ahead with the pregnancy. Saying i was sick would be a understatement i had Severe "Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG)" I was so physically and mentally unwell with it the hospital was like my second home the more ill i got the more i kept going there for drips, medication & scans. During my pregnancy i had a lot of help from My Family which i will always be blessed for. I also had stress from certain individuals which never helped throughout my pregnancy but i got there in the end! I Had to be induced a week early it was quite painful at first i kept telling the midwives something is up they reassured me i was fine and to rest! A few hours went by my mum and Adam had gone to get some rest, Then an hour went by the midwives finally listened after i was persistent and i was told i had to have the pessary out which was to induce me as i was becoming more and more dilated! So my mum and Adam had to come straight back and i was rushed down to delivery room, i had all sorts of tests done and i was in so much pain i didn't want an epidural due to a slipped disc from a car crash years ago, But i was told i had to have one as i was worrying the other pregnant mothers! so in the end i had an epidural and gas and air and other medicines, I tried to drink lucozade for energy but kept vomiting it up, Time went by and i was was in more and more pain, I remember some silly doctor coming in the room looking and realizing the more i pushed the less my daughter was coming out i was bleeding out and becoming more and more cold and out of it by the minute, The next minute the doctor said cant we do an "Emergency C Section" and the other nurses replied are you crazy? shes too far in the birth canal! So the doctor then got forceps and starting pulling when i wasn't contracting i had to have my epidural turned off and no medicine, I was in so much pain i thought i was going to die! i shouted to the doctor to stop pulling when i was contracting and she didn't understand so the next i remember feeling faint and i felt i passed out the next minute i remember hearing an alarm going off, Above me i seen a orange flashing light and the next minute 16 doctors and nurses ran in the room, I had nurses and other doctors disagreeing with what the doctor had said and done i remember being cut more and i remember hearing how i was bleeding out and that my daughter was stuck in the birth canal! Adam was behind a curtain deeply upset as he seen the whole thing in action and thought he was going to loose me and our daughter! i remember saying to my mum I'm going and she replied your not going anywhere i had a nurse holding my hand and another slapping my cheek to keep me awake! i was told that a nurse had to do the "McRoberts Maneuver" and pull my daughter out, She was finally out but not breathing or crying she was blue & limp i kept trying to see her and asking is she ok i was hysterical i was saying inside please god take me and give my daughter a chance iv lived 27 years, Shes yet to begin! The next minute she started crying and she was put on my chest for a few seconds but then was taken away to go to the "Special Baby Care Unit" I thanked god for saving us both and i then went to a room to rest and knew i had to get myself better and strong for the sake of my daughter and to walk down to the Unit to keep my daughter company, Finally i was able to do so my daughter was in a incubator with wires all on her so innocent and poorly, gradually day by day she become more awake and got better and was taken to the "Neonatal Unit" to recover, They thought she had a dislocated shoulder but it was just bruised and we had to attend physio for months to get her to move her arm so she was able to crawl among other things, My daughter was born on the 14th March 2016, That was the best day of my life and the most emotional day iv ever experienced , To become a Mother to Protect, Care & Guard this small little person for the rest of my life was the best gift i was given! My little princess was named "Scarlett" & to this day she is a Happy,Cheeky,Funny,Beautiful,Caring,Loving Little Girl & I'm in so much love with her i cant even describe!
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