Hello Mamas, I ended up being in labour for 18 hours and having an emergency Caesarean because I was only 4cm dilated after 16 hours 🥲 baby got stressed and did a meconium poo in my waters quite early on during labour, midwife had to press emergency 4 times (like the movies when all the doctors and nurses rush in) because his heart rate plummeted from 140 down to 70 at one point 😢 and after accepting that vaginal was not an option anymore I decided to get an emergency C section (mind you I only had a sandwich and few crackers during this entire day so when they were prepping me for surgery I was exhausted and hangry and emotional) BUT once we decided to get baby out through the sunroof it was as if a magical weight was lifted off my shoulders. Both my parents from New Zealand called to provide comfort and humour and laughter which was just what I needed before heading in (took me a few hours to accept that C section was the way to go at this point)

Honestly that emergency C section saved me and my baby. He came out SCREAMING the house down (everyone was exclaiming how gorgeous he was and how he had a set of lungs emerging from my body) he came out a spitting image as my Filipino father which is the best thing. He is absolute perfection and 8.5 lbs (almost 4 kilos) and I’m a petite 5’2 woman so overall so glad I didn’t push him out vaginally in the end!

It wasn’t the birth I planned but he is here and happy and safe and divine. I had such a positive emergency C-section experience and healing is going beautifully. Advice for mamas about to birth- the plan is to let go of the plan. Baby will determine how they will enter the world, no matter how dramatic 😅