Gatt Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 All I would lik to announce the birth of my son Daniel John Wilson born this morning at 07:06 by emergency c-section Both mother & baby are fine - NOW At approx 2am this moring my partner suffered a sever asmtha attack whilst labouring, this was firther complicataed by the onset of a panick attack and an anxiety attack. This resulted in her being unable to breathe unaided, and her blood pressure being raised to dangerous levels & the baby was found to be in distress She was rushed to theatre where the managed to stabalise her, but the baby was still in distress. The only solution was a c-section, but that could not be done at that time (approx 4am) due to the fact that hayley came close to further asthma attacks when lay on her back. It looked at one stage that I could lose either Hayley or Daniel or both. Fortunately they found hayley to be 7cm dilated and the baby's heart was stable so they decided to wait and see if labour could proceed naturally. However, by 0630 the babys heart was in distress again, but hayley's breathing was stable so a c-section was performed Daniel was born slightly groggy, and weighed 7lb 12oz but with an APGAR score of 1!! this increased to 9 within a few minutes after some immdetiate resus. Hayley is now recovering in Oldham's High Dependency Unit overnight, whilst Daniel is in the neo-natal unit for obs. A very traumatic day for all. I'm bo****ed so am off for a kip for a few hours in the mean time here is Daniel..
mattx Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Congrats - not sure if this is your first but one bit advice - Calpol is a god send.....
enjay Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Congrats Craig, I'm glad everything is okay now, and hope that the upward progress continues.
witch Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Congratulations - it sounds like you went through absolute hell. As an asthmatic myself - a small point - if you DO decide to go through it again, ask for a planned induction and epidural, WHATEVER they say! Glad it all went well though Give our regards to your partner
enjay Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 As an asthmatic myself - a small point - if you DO decide to go through it again, ask for a planned induction and epidural, WHATEVER they say! Do you know, I had never really thought about the asthma problem, although I can see it being one - my wife is severely asthmatic (was hospitalised with it for 5 days 18 months ago), so we'll definitely need to consider that if/when the time arises.
plexer Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Congrats to all glad everyone is doing well. Reading that made my heart go out to you mate as I can imagine what it would be like to be in that situation. Our second Grace was only just born in the delivery suite it was very nearly in the corridor between the ward and delivery suite. Ben
Gatt Posted May 24, 2007 Author Posted May 24, 2007 Congratulations - it sounds like you went through absolute hell. As an asthmatic myself - a small point - if you DO decide to go through it again, ask for a planned induction and epidural, WHATEVER they say! Glad it all went well though Give our regards to your partner This was a planned induction - well kind of... She was admitted on Sunday night with suspect pre-ecplampsia which by tuesday was pretty much confirmed so booked her for induction yesterday. the idea being that an epidural would be applied asap Problem was, they werent going to do it until the pains from the induction drug (prostin) had worn off and "true" labour pains had begun - which was the case at about 0130 this morning - she was 5cm dilated. then all hell broke loose But thankfully all is ok - i've tried to sleep the last couple of hours but keep waking up in tears - of both joy and anguish
witch Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Honestly, some hospitals! - I had the epidural and THEN they gave me the inducing drug - so don't let them tell you any different next time (never, I hear you say!) You will be very shocked yourself - have you got someone (other than Hayley) to talk to? You need to cry, or laugh or whatever and maybe articulate how awful it was for you without feeling that you are making a fuss as it must have been worse for Hayley (not necessarily, anyway). Do not try to be a brave guy about this - it sounds a dreadful experience and you can allow yourself to be upset, scared, relieved and every other emotion there is. There you are, y'see - once you are a parent you try and look after everyone! Sarah
Dos_Box Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 yay!! Well done BTW, get used to the b*****ed thing. You've seen the last of sleep for a couple of years.
CHR1S Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Congratulations, glad to hear everything turned out ok and fingers crossed all carries on that way
Netman Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Congratulations Craig.... that must have been scary - our latest slept through at 12 weeks so it's all downhill now
daveyboy Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 congrats.................. Look in your wallet - soon there will be photo of little one where the money once was......
bishopsgarthstockton Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Congrats He must get his good lucks from his mother
elsiegee40 Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Congratulations! And do try to get some sleep before they come home! If you think you're tired now... All the best to all three of you Lin
GrumbleDook Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Dancing Rodentia Hope that you are all feeling well and that you enjoy every moment you get as a family.
MyDejaVu Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Congratulations, and enjoy all this brand new experience for you, do not worry about things at school, I kind of have everything under control, but it would not be a bad idea if you bring your son to help out to fix some problems that I have trying to change domain to machine , or he could help me with a problem to convert RIS images to WIM format........ anyway, see you soon Ricardo Moorside High
projector1 Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 congrats matey! life is never going to be the same again! all the best
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