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i4eva:
Congrats once more on your L.Os arrival. I really enjoyed your B.S. hope you still have hair left on your head though

Lol thank you, didn't pull off a single braid and luckily my scalp doesn't hurt

Jennykoko3009:
Ok. Congrats in a big way. I just want to no cos dat was ur fear accding to scans

Yeah scan actually said 3.9kg so I was hoping for the -200g and I got it lol.

Jennykoko3009:
Giddyperson dis ur bs make sense oo, asin d drama feels real. Bt u didnt tell us ur babys weight at birth

I was thinking I'd type a part 6 b4 baby duty called. She weighed 3.7 kg.

BS part 5

The contractions were not giving me breathing space again. I was groaning in tongues that cannot be interpreted in human language . The nurses were like 'stop screaming your strength away, you would need it for delivery'. As if that's what I was thinking at that point.

I wanted to kneel down or stand during the contractions but the nurses won't let me ägain cuz they said my baby might fall out as if it's that easy.

Having to lie down through that pain was just indescribably hard. I was pulling my hair so hard. The midwife was telling me 'if you need to pull something, pull the window or the bed, you would injure yourself if you keep pulling your hair'. I tried grabbing the iron at the head of the bed but it was so cold and lifeless that I left it and grabbed the midwife. Lol after that she let me grab my hair in peace.

Hubby was just sitting there like a helpless onlooker. He had tried to touch me several times but I was screaming 'don't touch me' at everyone both doctor, midwife, husband. I heard them tell the nurse to put the oxytocin and get me ready for the theatre.

I couldn't even protest again cuz I heard theatre and I was happy the crazy pain would soon be over. They made me get down and we walked to the theatre. When we got there on doctor was working on some woman's vagina and she was screaming, the screaming both scared and irritated me. They told my hubby to stay out cuz there was another woman in the theatre. He seemed relieved to go.

They made me climb a table then asked me to hold my ankles, look at my navel and push when there's a contraction. I could see many hands just poking and pulling my jajaina, I started screaming 'leave me alone what are you doing', cuz it felt like they were all ankle deep in my jajaina. I was sitting up to push their hands away.

The other doctor in the theatre started shouting at them that 'How come you people can't control your patient and you are letting her control you' He now proceeded to come and give them a lecture on how to control me, which involved strapping my feet to the theatre table . They then went and called my hubby and said I wasn't co-operating. That one came and was saying 'baby you are doing so good, just cooperate it would soon be over'.

I was screaming 'Tell them to untie me, if they untie me, I'd cooperate' . He asked them to unstrap my legs and they did. They then repeated that I should hold my ankles, look at my navel and push at the next contraction. In my mind I was like how would I manage all these instructions in the midst of this crazy pain. I didn't even have energy to keep my ankle in place talk more hold it with my hand, I started screaming 'please tie me back' They started laughing and strapped me back sharp sharp.

Then I started pushing. Didn't feel like I was doing much but they were saying 'you are doing good, we can see the head...' , so I pushed like 3 times. I felt her cutting me at two different contractions. So I started screaming 'I'm pushing stop cutting me'. She was like 'I'm not cutting you'. Yet her scissors was still in her hand. I pushed once more and felt so much relieve with that push.

They told me to stop pushing that the baby's head is out. They brought everything else out by themselves. The rest of the body, the placenta, they put their hands in, used the lady sept pads to mop the blood. I was just wondering how these big things were managing to enter and come and from my body.

She gave me my baby to hold and I just couldn't believe it was over. They bathed her and gave her to my hubby to carry while I waited to be stitched.

BS part 4
Then out of nowhere I started shivering uncontrollable. I was sweating and I was shivering like it was winter.

Oh before this I forgot to mention that hubby was back with the bags and he was in the room with me saying opposite of everything I say. When I say 'Nurse please don't put that drip' he would say 'Nurse you don't have to listen to her, put the drip if it would help her' like nigga whose side are you on.

So when I started shivering, the nurse put off the fan and AC. I was like I'm not cold pls put on the fan, she did and hubby was like 'But she's shivering, put off the fan'. They checked my blood pressure and it was going high and higher. The contractions were getting way closer together, giving me no breathing space. That was when the real drama started.

BS part 3
(I'd just have to rush through this bs else I'd never do it. I'd have a more detailed version in my diary later)

So we got to the hospital and I was still trying to go through the normal routine of seeing a doctor when one nurse saw me trying to manage one contraction and asked if that was a contraction. I said yes and she quickly rushed me to one of the nearby treatment rooms where she got a doctor to check me. The doctor said I was 5cm.

Maybe it was the supernatural childbirth I read the night before but the contractions really weren't bad. It gave me enough time to recover in between and I used that time to chat on nairaland and all my social media.

They later took me upstairs to one room with other patients. Each patient was partitioned by a curtain. They assigned a nurse to me then two midwives came. They were laughing because the doctor told them that I was a first time mum and 5cm. They were kinda saying it sarcastically as if they were sure the doctor didn't check me well. One of them now proceeded to check and she screamed 'Jesus shes's 6cm, and she's not making a sound'.

Soon after that the contractions got harder. When they hit, I'd stand up and hold one cupboard thing in the room or I'd kneel and clutch the bed and when they left I'd climb back on the bed and continue chatting on my phone. I just wasn't finding the contractions to be that unbearable cuz all I had to do was clutch something and wait for relieve.

Soon after that I started feeling nauseous and they gave me a bowl to throw up in. I hadn't had breakfast so I was throwing up what looked like my stomach acids. The nurse said if I continued that way I won't have energy for delivery. So she put me on a drip.

After that a doctor that was on rounds came around and said he was gonna check me. As soon as he put his hand and started to check, my water broke and the whole bed was flooded. They brought one plate thingy and tried to collect the water from soaking the bed . He said I was 6-7cm dilated and he said 'don't worry, everything would speed up from here'.

He then asked the nurse to add some oxytocin to my drip. I heard oxytocin and my ears stood up. The popular hot drip that have driven many mamas before me crazy. That was when my 'supernatural delivery' faith that was working so well for me flew out the window and fear took over'. For some reason the only thing I could think about from then was Ahnie's birth story that I read long ago where I think she grabbed her drip stand and ran outside naked .

As soon as the doctor left, the nurse brought a different drip and I started telling her 'please don't put me on that thing'. I really didn't see the need for the oxytocin tho. I thought it was for people that weren't dilating fast enough. I had only been at the hospital 4 hours and had just 3cm more to go. The nurse seemed to agree with me and went and called the midwife who asked her to hold on to it just a little.

dharyor1234:
Now at the hospital, I was just been checked and 5cn already. The nurse gave me one injection like that, she said its for softening the cervix

Hi teamie, I'm guessing lo is here by now, waiting for the BA

Olukunle5:
To the glory of God we were blessed with a very beautiful girl today.

I went from a closed cervix on Friday morning to having a baby on Saturday at 10am. Baby was born vaginally with very little tear that was closed in one stitch.

I will share birth story later. My entire family is grateful for this bundle of joy. Baby was born 4 5 days early.

Congrats Teamie, God bless your lil one. Team April we are almost at the finish line, everyone is dropping it like it's hot

imurboss:
Congratulations to all mamas that have birthed may God bless & keep the babies. To the remaining April mamas, may it be easy for you all.

Anyone still awake? Sleep has refused to come o

Hi

zimunachimdi:
Where was I when my sis Giddyperson delivered. CONGRATS dear and God bless Giddybaby.

congrats to Olukunle5 and other mamas that have delivered.

Thanks dear

These EBF nazis are killing me. It's like you are talking one thing and they are hearing another thing. So breastmilk is not flowing well for now and everyone is acting like it's somehow my fault that the baby has to take NAN. I don't even have energy to narrate drama, let me just use this opportunity to complete my bs.

My BS part 2
Woke up on the 20th morning with an urgent urge to poo. Infact what woke me up was a contraction. I had been having contractions for so long but they were never serious, Cuz whenever I poo/pee they would disappear. Ran into the toilet thinking I was just paying the price for the mountain of Eba and vegetable soup I made hubby buy for me the previous night.

After pooing, the contractions were still there. Was chatting with my mum on whatsapp while in the toilet and she was busy preaching against induction. Had my bath and was preparing for ANC but the contractions were still there and hitting me like every 5-10 mins, wanted to time it but part of me was sure it was false as usual so I didn't. My mum called some mins later to pray against induction and while she was busy canceling all the witchcraft from the North East South and West, the contractions were getting more intense, I started getting scared i'd born at home .
The prayers finally came to an end, and we started to get ready for the hospital.

I told hubby I was in labour but he didn't believe me cuz I was still joking around. Even me didn't believe myself sef but I kinda knew these contractions were stronger and different. It was so hard to get hubby out of the house cuz he didn't feel there was an emergency, he even refused to carry the baby bags because he thought I was trying to scam him into an induction, . He said if we get to the hospital and it's labour, he would come back for the bags, so we finally left for the hospital without the bags

hunniesuzie:
Haha, here for this. Enjoy the sleepy days oh, they won't last forever. This is how babies scam you

Haha I know it's a scam, no one is that calm, I'm just waiting for her true colour

BS Part 1

So EDD was 13th April, and I watched it come and go but I wasn't too upset cuz I was also eyeing 20th April which is my friend's birthday. On the 13th of April at my ANC, I asked the doctor to schedule my induction date for 20th, which is a bit earlier than their 10 day policy and he agreed so I was happy.

No one in my family sha wanted to hear induction so they all came out with advice on how to induce labour. Hubby suggested we start doing evening walks and I agreed. The first and the last day we took a walk together, I made hubby walk for so long he got scared, I was leading the walk and he just didn't get how I had so much energy. He refused to go for walks again and said we would focus on stairs climbing, the first day we climbed stairs, I did so many rounds he got scared again and said no more stairs . So I was over active all through pregnancy, he was constantly banning me from doing stuff that I'd secretly do anyway, like cleaning.

On the 18th I swept and mopped the whole house then cooked jollof rice for dinner, when I was done, my baby's weight felt so low I had to crawl on all fours for the rest of the night and that night's sleep was terrible. On the 19th I respected myself and bed rested all day to recover. I was just counting down for my 20th induction date.

Mil had called on the 18th and told hubby and I to avoid going for induction, Infact she said I shouldn't go to the hospital again until my water breaks. Hubby and I said ok and after the call ended we laughed over it and I still continued my count down. Just for hubby to call me from work on the 19th saying he googled this induction thing, and it doesn't sound like a good idea and bla bla bla. He sha said that since the hospital policy for induction is 10 days, we should push up the date to 23rd and still keep trying to go into labour naturally.

I was a bit disappointed to hear that cuz I wanted 20th but I was also a bit relieved cuz I was low-key scared of induction and Didn't mind post poning the pain for 3 more days so I agreed that we would still keep our 20th appointment with the doctor but only to go and ask for 3 more days. But man proposes...

Haven't slept for 3 nights now and I'm not even doing vigilante yet, sleep has just decided to desert me, like not even one wink, I'm always thinking of if baby is ok, can't believe I've finally born. All she does is sleeeep and even bluntly refuses to wake up to be fed, I hope she remains like this. Breast milk still elusive tho trickling out.

Thanks to everyone for your good wishes on my BA, the love from this thread is overwhelming, and thanks to the peepers too who came out to say congrats. I want to kiss y'all but the kiss smiley has disappeared again. Let me use my sleepless night and type BS before vigilante begins.

ahnie:
Please help me....dont read and pass I can barely walk.now crawling on all fours.And serious Braxton hicks.my tommy assumes different type of shapes.sometime it culd look like trapezium,sometimes in triangular form,Crescent form.and it really HURTS.and am always groaning in pains and panting for breathe and as if my waist wants to dissect itself from my body.

Please.what should I do?
Cc all mamas.
Finally managed to pack my hospital bag today.

Lol pele, I can imagine you crawling. This was me few days ago. What helps is to give yourself bed rest, spend tomorrow in bed and let Zino bother Mr. Alex. It would get better, on the bright side, labour is near

zaynie:
This was what I did.
Sitzbath: warm water with salt and savlon. Sit so that the site touches the water. You can sit for like 5-10 minutes. Then swipe with cotton wool and savlon to dry up the place. Do the sitzbath like 3ce daily.
Use your pain relieving drugs and antibiotics religiously.
Try to sit on a flat hard surface. It helps for when you want to get up.
Everytime you use the bathroom or change pads(which should be often so it doesn't get too wet or doesn't stay to long in there) use hot water and savlon to spray and super with cotton wool and savlon again.
Remember to wash from front to back when you poop and then spray and swipe again.

I did this and I was healed in like 8 days. And I had serious tears plus episiotomy.



Another thing, pooping might be kinda dicey right now, so chill on taking those omugwo akpu and pounded yam , instead opt for very light foods such as pap, tea and if you take swallows do so in small quantity with plenty of vegetables... Plenty.
Also just be guzzling all the fruits you can.
Hard poop plus episiotomy can send you to hell and back
Till your episiotomy heals... Then you can chow all you want

Ok thanks a lot, I'd follow this religiously cuz I'd like to be healed in 8 days too. Was so scared to pee yesterday but strangely it doesn't hurt.

My bumbum is story for another day, it's so painful I can't even sit, I did the whole pounded yam thing yesterday as an Igbo girl with Igbo inlaws but I agree with you, I'd start soft food for soft poo or I'm screwed.

nicoleswizzi:
Once its full plz chcnge it ....bcs of ur episionomy... So it cn be clean and also kept dry...that way healing bcms fast

Thanks for a reply finally, was thinking I should count in hours cuz mine never gets full. Maybe the doctor sewed the place shut

zaynie:
Whoop Whoop!
And Giddybaby lands!
Where's my powder, let me rub o!
Congrats babe! Welcome to motherhood
May your child always make you happy and proud. Amin.




Now will you breathe again?

Lol thanks Love

Please remind me how to take care of episiotomy site, had my bath after delivery without Savlon. Should I rinse again with Savlon tonight?

Thanks so much everyone for the good wishes, they are overwhelming, don't even know where to start replying

Pls how often do I change this lady septs, no energy to go and be checking it

To announce the royal arrival of Giddybaby thru VD at 1:15pm today after 7 hours of manual labour, weighing 3.7 kg. The midwives cut my honeypot. Daddy and baby alive, healthy and happy. Mother extremely tired.

6cm, this shyt is no child's play

dharyor1234:
Cappo Giddyperson It is well with you even as you for your induction today, it will end in praise and the Almighty God shall strengthen you, be with you and make it complications free in Jesus name.

Love ya, remember dont be scared..

Thanks, no induction o, was already 5cm when I got to the hospital. These contractions are no child's play

bryanarchie:
will I have a scar? the pain after the cs is it much?

There's no easy way out, except birth control

That being said, I'm off to the hospital, having the worst contractions ever, they are painful asf and about 5 mins apart, did u people say they would ask you to push during contractions? How can anyone do anything during this. Sha pray for me, I'd finally see my lil nugget soon

Kingharzyz:
Alhamdulilah... my lovely wife just put to bed, my prince make a grand entry after 72hrs of labour. expect my BS soon.
Alhamdulilah.

Congrats our only DH teamie, 72 hours of labour kwa. I'm expecting BS. God bless you little one.

suzy:
my big gal
1st pic a day old
2nd pic 3 moths

So cute

I'm literally peeing every five mins

kemifemi:
My world shattered. Oh Jesus! After all the stress,sleepness night, my baby returned to king Jesus this morning.

The first fruit of my womb gave me a short lived joy. He was so cute. Am sad, my world is upside down.

I experienced d joy of motherhood for few days.

Hummn! It is well, it is well with my soul

So sorry for your loss, God would console you and your family.

dharyor1234:
Cappo Giddyperson, yet to see roll call for week 3...let other months know we are the one reigning...

#TeamApril members wey no dey answer roll call is that one teamie or benchwarmer

Lol I thought of that yesterday but I wanted to wait until weekend so I can add my own BA . I also need to identify those owing BS, not an easy job when you're trying to save battery but there would def be a roll call b4 d week runs out.

opejulie10:
pls team April, where is Sansa143 na? pls do try and fish her out, this her quietness, I no like am... she is always active her? why is she suddenly like this ehn?

She's fine, she's just in birthing mode right now. As if you don't know belle is heavy at this stage

dharyor1234:
Serious deliverance session...which pastor are we going to invite like this...cos e leyin gidi gaan

TB Joshua So they can vomit it

ahnie:
Anc business z very lucrative if Na lie ask poshestmina.giddyperson this one that your alter-ego(sansa)has gone MIA so....hope all z well with her?

Well maybe it's the price the DHs have to pay for not attending antenatal. But why are you wasting your time, Zino would still expose your piggybank. Sansa is good I think, she left a comment yesterday.

poshestmina:
LOL.cappo ,we are waiting 4 ur BA .

Lol better go and wait for your own lemme wait for my own, are we not in the same boat

dharyor1234:
Feeling what cappo? i yam not a feeler ooo...

just lemme on my own lane, jejely counting down to 25th, Edd according to LMP..7days to go

no let your witchy witchy and captain jazz (wey mama Zaynie dash you) carry me pass April oo

Lool you even dashed yourself 5 days more and I was busy thinking you'd be my new birth mate since Sansa143 has gone AWOL on me.