Aaah the memories…

One thing about your 3rd pregnancy, is having time to reminisce about your previous pregnancies and what you did/didn’t enjoy and what you would/wouldn’t do again – so many decisions!

I really wasn’t a fan of the heartburn, constipation, morning sickness, nose bleeds and back pain and I’m not sure why I’m expecting this pregnancy to be any different, so all I can do is be prepared!! Check out the Ails & Cures category for ways I’ve dealt with these issues and be reminded – it is only my opinion!

One thing I totally wasn’t prepared for the first time around, apart from the obvious labour pains, was having to have a caesarian. After 19 hours of good hard labour, slogging it out, it was decided that a caesarian had to happen because I “wasn’t progressing”. What that means is that my cervix was only dilated to 6cm instead of 10cm and wasn’t going to dilate any time soon and the baby was under alot of stress.

You would think that having a caesarian would be great as there is no pain due to having an anaesthetic but strangely enough, I wanted to feel the pain of having labour and giving birth naturally to feel like I’ve done my job properly. So I kind of felt short-changed! But in saying that, we ended up with a healthy baby, so no matter how it happens, that’s all that matters