My birth story: Spoiler alert! I had a baby.
Dr Breanne Kunstler (BBiomedSci, BHealthSci, MPhysio, PhD). WARNING: Too much information for some people in some sections. Read with caution 😮 My daughter, Abby, is my first child and this was my first pregnancy. Abby arrived 2 weeks early on September 13, 2019, weighing 2.94kg and measuring 47.5cm. At 8pm on September 11, 2019, my waters spontaneously broke. Unlike what I thought, it doesn't just come in one gush (Image 1). I had at least 6 gushes over 2 hours (RIP 3x pants and undies!). This happened only 30 minutes after seeing the beginning of my mucus plug dislodge. I thought I was going to have much more time between these two events, wrong! So off to the hospital we went for confirmation that Abby was indeed on her way. The midwives were happy and the plan was to go home, let labour start, and to visit the hospital daily for monitoring. Image 1: What I thought my waters breaking would be like (credit: Reddit ) The next day we visited the hospital. Everything ...