Beth Eveleigh - two boys, two very different births and carb loading!

Beth and her husband decided they were ready to start a family after they got married, so after getting her Implanon (4cm contraceptive stick in the arm) removed, they conceived relatively quickly having fun over the festive season of 2016 (hello, September baby!).

Her pregnancy was pretty smooth sailing with no issues, but unbeknownst to Beth she was carrying quite a big baby. She had quite a tough, long labour with Oscar, and after soldiering on for a while asked for the epidural. When it was time to push, Oscars heart rate kept dropping, and so they tried forceps to try and get him out. Again, the forceps were unsuccessful so they had to do an emergency C-section. When Oscar came into the world, he wasn’t breathing, and was whisked away for special care. They said he swallowed meconium on his way out which was why. Oscar's face was bruised across his eye for a few days as a result of the forceps, but luckily went away without any trace.

Beth and her husband were in two minds about having another baby due to covid and the unknowns, but of course fell pregnant before deciding they definitely wanted to. She was nauseous throughout the first trimester with her second, kept active and was too preoccupied with Oscar to feel sorry for herself!

She had a completely polar opposite experience of birth with Reggie. She had a scheduled c-section, meaning she checked into hospital, knew when he would be arriving, and ultimately didn’t experience the same trauma as last time. The obstetrician cut out her existing scar, delivered the baby, and made a new small scar.

Beth was delighted her second was a boy because her first said he would cry every day if it was a girl! He took on the big brother role really well, with a lot of thanks to the 'gift' Reggie got Oscar when he was born.

Beth is English and so her family are in the UK, her husbands a few hours away, and thankfully was told about a community organisation that helps support new mothers by having volunteers come to your home and help with daily chores.

Join me for this story of two opposite births, the struggles of having a family away from your own family and much, much more! Huge thank you to Beth for sharing her incredible story.

And remember you are not alone; it's OK to not be OK. We're in this together and Mumma, YOU got this!

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Community organisation for support: https://3bridges.org.au/

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