The Labour

30th August 2006

So i guess for my first official entry i will start with the labour....
On Sunday 23rd July 2006 my waters broke, which was a unique day as it was our 1 year wedding anniversary. (what good timing Charlii had!)
I told Clint that my waters had broke & that i thought we should go to the hospital to make sure everything was ok (afterall she was 4 weeks early which would make her a premature baby), to which i got the response "your such a hypocondriac, let's go to Bunnings Hardware store." I couldn't believe it but after a laugh off we went to Bunnings.

When we got home Clint went to have a sleep (still thinking that i was making it all up) so mum & i took ourselves off to the hopital, they then confirmed that my waters had actually broken but only slightly. Boy was i shocked, it was all actually about to happen!
The doctors decided they wanted to keep me in overnight for observations on me & Charlii & by the next morning my waters had completely broken but i still wasn't in labour. They decided that on Tuesday morning i would be induced to reduce the risk of getting an infection & to kick start the labour.
So on Tuesday morning i was all hooked up to the drip & the contractions started to come, slowly but surely. I couldn't belive that i was in labour!

By 10pm Charlii was no where near coming out & by that stage i was starting to get tired & cranky so the nurses took me off the drip, let me have a sleep & told me we would start again back on the drip in the morning. They were hoping that my body would continue the contractions by myself...unfortunately it didn't.
So Tuesday came & we started again & at 12pm i had an epidural to help with the strong contractions. (which may i add the epidural absolutely killed!!) I had been poked & prodded so much i felt like a pin cushion!

By 4pm i had been in labour for 18hours & still nothing was happening, i was having good contractions but Charlii still didn't want to budge.......the nurses then told me it was time for an emergency cesar. (this was to get her out & to reduce the risk of infections)















The anethetist came in to top up the epidural that i had earlier so i was completely numb & as he put the local in the muscles in my back went into spasm it was hurting so much.
As all of this was happening i got quite upset & I got really scared especially when they were wheeling me into theatre, i began to shake quite badly. The doctor asked me if i wanted some pethadine to calm me down a bit & i quickly agreed.....from then on i cannot remember much.
Clint told me afterwards that when they began the procedure i didn't feel them do the cut but when they got deeper i started to feel everything they were doing.....the epidural didn't take properly.
Clint said that i started to shake even more so in order for the surgeon to get Charlii out & so i didn't go into shock they had to give me a general anathetic...he agreed.
They had to kick Clint out of theatre which was a bummer but it had to be done, they had to get Charlii out quick.
Just sitting outside waiting for it all to be over was the most nerve wrecking time for Clint & at 5:15pm on Wednesday 26th July 2006 Clint finally had his little angel in his arms.
Throughout the entire labour mum & dad were with me & helped me through the rough bits & throughout the labour & cesar Clint was an absolute rock to me, i could not have done it without him. He rubbed my back, got me drinks & resurred me when i was scared...i have got myself a damn good man.

So after a bit of a rough time Charlii Grace Perry was born at 5:15pm, Wednesday 26th July 2006 weighing in at 6lb, 8oz.