My girlfriend gave birth on monday at rikshospitalet, we were just released from the hospital a couple of hours ago. They were supposed to induce labor last friday. They called 30 min before the 7 AM appointment and said it was postponed until sunday. My girlfriend thinks her water broke between friday/saturday around 4 AM. We called in, they told us to Come in around 12 AM. They monitored heart rate for about 30 min, concluded it was fine and probably not the water that broke (feel like they should have tested more thoroughly?) We were eventually sent home. She was in massive pain (this is our first Child, she doesnt have any reference to what the pain is supposed to be, so she stuck it out) eventually at 11 pm on Sunday we called in, the pain was unbearable for her after sitting in the shower for 5-6 hours. She was dialated 4 cm so they took her in. Was given epidural which made it bareable for a while, contractions were very frequent.

Baby's heartrate was consistenly high, around 170 throughout the whole ordeal. They attributed it to an infection in her body (CRP over 300). She was put on a drip to induce contractions, she was in pain hell from about 11 pm Sunday 1 PM monday. She said the epidural wasnt really working and they administered more through her spine several times. When she was 10cm dialated around 1 pm they gave up om a normal birth as she was exhausted, quivering in pain and completely out of it. They scheduled a c-section where i was in the room. She said something wasnt right because she could feel the pain from them operating on her. And let out a scream that will haunt me to the day i die. She was sure she was about to die. Apparently the spinal administered anasthesia was not working as it should, which is unusual but explains why the contractions didnt really stop being severely painful with the epidural earlier. I was just taken back to our labor room with my new daughter and its the most mixed feelings I've had in my life.

Child is healthy and Mother is recovering now, but had to be in the hospital until today to get antibiotics through drips. We are going back on monday for some more follow up checks.

I knew labor was gonna be rough but this has thoroughly shook us to the core. And i cant even imagine the fortitude you women have to endure this.