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My birth story 😊

jessi • Tue, May 17

Well, I guess it's more her birth story!!

It was a cold January day, I had been having twinges all day, until 2am when I lost the " plug" or "vag jelly fish"as my OH so charmingly named it.

Baby was presenting breech, and I was already 8cm dilated so off they took me to surgery for a c-section.

For some reason, the anasthetic didn't work, so I happened to feel when they started cutting into me, so they knocked me out completely because I was really freaking out and screaming the place down.

Remember waking up, in the bed, I remember not being able to feel my legs and when I looked down they were tightly wrapped in sheets, and I started panicking again, convinced they had turned me into a mermaid. ( effects of anesthesia)

Beautiful baby grace was born at 04.12 am on 18.01.16, weighing 2.358k at 35w 2d

Unfortunately due to the surgery incident, I am now suffering PTSD, had huge problems bonding with her at first, and am going through some intense therapy, but going strong and each day is a blessing with my angel