3 a.m. Eternal
Anyone alive in the 80’s should get that title. Anyhoo, after all the talk about waiting to be induced at 40 weeks, guess whose bloody waters broke at 3 in the morning?
I’d nodded off on the settee watching a film so after a good 5 to 10 minutes of Amanda shaking me and saying “My waters have broken” and me nodding, pausing then saying “What?” then repeating the whole thing about 25 times it all became clear.
We headed off to Oldham Maternity and they hooked Amanda up to a monitor. At about 6 they had a bed ready for her and packed me off home.
I came home had an hours kip then went back down. Despite the waters breaking, nothing is moving. However, because the waters have broken and this increases the risk of infection they are keeping Amanda in.
We saw the Doc and agreed a plan - Amanda will be put on an Anitbiotic drip tomorrow at 8AM (to combat possible infection) and will have a pessary to get things going. If nothing happens after about 4-5 hours, they will move her to the delivery suite and put her on a drip which brings it all on.
So……hopefully Ruby will be here by tomorrow night.
The best things in life are worth waiting for.
Word.
Chris