I"m also new to this site, but giving birth to my own children is what has inspired me to become a midwife.

On DS my waters broke 40+3, at my brothers 21st birthday party
within minutes contractions started at 3 mins apart lasting 30 seconds, within an hour I couldn't tell where they begun and where they ended so we went to the hospital. On assessment my midwife commented on how much hair my baby had.....totally freaked me out as I thought I was going to give birth to a furry animal! I got an epidural anad went straight to 8 cm and 10cm within half an hour which is when my contractions stopped and the oxytocin went up. DS was born after an hour of pushing (4.5 hours from waters breaking), all 7lbs 13 oz and I had 2 stitches. I did develop Bells Palsy which started as soon as I went into labour and worsned over 72 hours but thankfully I got a full recovery after 8 weeks. He is now 4.5 yo


My daughter was born at 40+6, 4 hours before I was due for a RoM induction. I woke up in bed at 4am, after the 3rd contraction I had the urge to push and had to get into the car and pant all the way to stop me pushing and she was born 12mins after we arrived at the hospital at 4.45am, 8lbs 15oz, no stitches this time! I think I went into shock that evening, I couldn't believe how close I was to giving birth in the car on the side of the road!! she is now 11 months