About me, my last pregnancy ( very long)

Hi, I'm Steph.
Welcome to my blog.
I'm 25 and pregnant with my 2nd. I am married to one of the best but annoying man you'll ever meet. He is one of those guys you either get on with or you don't. He's 23, 24 next month. We've been married 3 years at the end of the month. Its gone surprisingly quick.
We meet through my sister when I was 17. I always told myself I've never date one of her friends and I ended up marrying one.
In June 2010 we decided that as it wasn't long before we were due to get married and we knew it wouldn't happen straight away, we'd start trying for our first. A few months after trying I was getting stomach pains, so I went to the doctor about them, as it was everyday I was getting them. My doctor sent me for a scan to find out what was going on and did some blood work. My bloods came back normal, but my scan showed I had PCO. I was told because of the it maybe tricky for me to get pregnant. We knew it would be because my periods were all over the place.
After we got married I started using ovulation tests, not very helpful when you don't know when your going to ovulate.

 After a year of trying, and 2 moves we went to my doctor (at this point it was a different doctor because of the move) We told him we had been trying a year and we still hadn't fallen pregnant. He sent my husband to do a sperm test and me to do some more blood work. My blood work came back normal, so my doctor said I don't have PCO. My husband's sperm test results came back normal also but the lower end of normal. My doctor then told us, if in a year we still hadn't fallen pregnant we were to go back and he do some more tests.

After Christmas 2011 I started doing some research to see what could help us fall pregnant without having to go to the doctors. I came across a few people talking about Conceive Plus lube. In February 2012 we tried the Conceive Plus, and I feel pregnant. When I saw a positive test result I was over the moon, so I did another 2, they came out positive as well. Only problem was all 3 were really faint and weren't getting darker. I was in so much pain for 2 weeks, and when I was shy of 5 weeks I lost my baby. Needless to say I was heartbroken. I knew something wasn't right when the lines weren't getting darker and because of the pain I was in.

I never went to the doctor about it because the line never got dark enough for me to go. That chemical pregnancy helped to regulate my periods, from that point I started having one every month.
In June that year, we tried using the lube again the whole time using ovulation tests. I was due on on my 24th birthday and never thought it would happen. we said it was going to be our last time trying and if this didn't work then instead of going to my doctor we'd go straight to our local fertility ward.

4 days before my birthday before going to bed I decided to use my last ovulation test. I had heard that it could also detect pregnancy. I was shocked to see it was positive, and a real strong one at that. So the next morning I did a pregnancy test. I did the test thinking nothing of it. while waiting for the time limit I started getting ready for work. When I went back to the test the biggest smile came across my face. It was positive. It was faint but it was there. I took a photo of the test and sent it to my husband. He says he went round showing everyone asking if they could see the line too.

When I got to work that day, I brought a load more pregnancy tests. I had to make sure that other brands came out positive as well. I brought enough to do one everyday for a week. I loved watching the lines get darker. And on the digital the words Pregnant 2-3 coming up. It was the best feeling ever.

The pregnancy went well. I had morning sickness but it wasn't that bad. I had nausea pretty much through out the pregnancy. I did have quite a bit of restless leg, by the end it just got to the point where I just wanted my baby, my back was in so much pain, most nights I was on all fours with my husband rubbing my back. I got to 34 weeks before there was a problem detected. My husband told my midwife that my bump had not grown in a month. When she measured my bump, it measured 29cm. 29 weeks. A week later I had a scan. My baby was measuring 33 weeks when he should have been measuring 35. I was sent to see a consultant a few days later. It was there I was told they wanted to induce me. A it was a Friday and I had to have steroids it would be at least the Wednesday before I would be induced. The weekend everyone went out and got us a load of tiny baby clothes. I re packed my hospital bag. On the Monday I had my first lot of steroids the Tuesday I had my second. On the Wednesday I went in to be induced. After a waiting a few hours, I get told that I couldn't get induced that day as there were no beds available for if my baby was to need.

On the Thursday, 36+4 weeks at 9am the process of induction was started. I joined by my husband 20 minutes later. I was told to help get things started walking up and down the stairs would help. So me and the husband went down to the shop they had there at the hospital. I got a Slush Puppy as I thought it would help when things got going. It was about 30 minutes to an hour before the pains started. At first it was just like period pains. They didn't come and go.
6 hours after having the first passerine I had the second. That really got things going. The pain got more intense, It felt like my hips were being ripped apart. The contractions start. Every 5 minutes or so. I had to have pethadean because the pain was that intense. It pretty much sent me to sleep for a little while. A few hours after waking up, About 9pm I was 2cm dilated, the midwife broke my waters. I was put onto a heart monitor where it would check my baby's heart rate.
The contractions got a lot closer together.  28 seconds apart to precise. About an hour after having my waters broken I was told I would have to have a C-section. My baby was getting distressed.
I was prepped for the section, it didn't feel like I was in there a long time. My first baby, A baby boy was born at 11:32pm on February 28th 2013, weighing 4lb 6oz. He was tiny. Even the tiny baby clothes that people had got didn't fit him.

Other then not being able to control his blood sugar levels and his temperature. They told me it was unlikely he's be coming home with me. Which I was heartbroken about. On the Saturday after the section both me and my baby boy came home. We spent a few days at my husband's parents while I recovered a little. When he was 2 weeks old we decided we wanted another. At my 6 week check up, we spoke to my doctor about trying again when our little boy was 3 months. I explained I had done some research about fallen pregnant after a section, and he gave us the go ahead.

To read about how long it took to fall pregnant and how the pregnancy so far has gone read my next blog.