Hi all,
Sorry haven't been on here for ages! I had a baby boy on the 24th July at 06:28am. The exact time and same date as my husband who turned 30!
Anyway my 2nd birth experience was much more positive than my first! I got induced on the 23rd July and things started off very slowly, then they decided to break my waters at 8pm on the 23rd and things started to move very quickly! I had also done a hypno birthing course which I would thoroughly reccommend. The relaxation and breathing that the classes taugh me really helped when I was in labour.
I found the whole experience much easier second time around. I felt much calmer and knew what to expect. The midwifes were fantastic with my sliding scale and made sure I had hourly bm's which was great as its difficult to sense hypos whilst in labour.
The labour itself seemed much easier too and Arthur arrived within 5 pushes in around 15 minutes . Whilst it was great for me it did make Arthur a little bruised on his face as he made such a quick arrival!
Anyway all in all my experience was much more positive, I had a natural delivery and no instruments were used (thank god as my 1st labour I need forceps and vontouse )
Arthur's blood sugars were also all ok, he had two taken in total and both were in normal range.
So anyone considering a second pregnancy, I would say I did find it easier, but it's defiantly still very hard work. I would reccommend getting a good HBA1c and going to preconception clinic as this really helped me.
Sorry haven't been on here for ages! I had a baby boy on the 24th July at 06:28am. The exact time and same date as my husband who turned 30!
Anyway my 2nd birth experience was much more positive than my first! I got induced on the 23rd July and things started off very slowly, then they decided to break my waters at 8pm on the 23rd and things started to move very quickly! I had also done a hypno birthing course which I would thoroughly reccommend. The relaxation and breathing that the classes taugh me really helped when I was in labour.
I found the whole experience much easier second time around. I felt much calmer and knew what to expect. The midwifes were fantastic with my sliding scale and made sure I had hourly bm's which was great as its difficult to sense hypos whilst in labour.
The labour itself seemed much easier too and Arthur arrived within 5 pushes in around 15 minutes . Whilst it was great for me it did make Arthur a little bruised on his face as he made such a quick arrival!
Anyway all in all my experience was much more positive, I had a natural delivery and no instruments were used (thank god as my 1st labour I need forceps and vontouse )
Arthur's blood sugars were also all ok, he had two taken in total and both were in normal range.
So anyone considering a second pregnancy, I would say I did find it easier, but it's defiantly still very hard work. I would reccommend getting a good HBA1c and going to preconception clinic as this really helped me.
Glad to hear all went well!
