Ooops! When you think you need the bathroom but you’re really in labour
Many pregnant women are liken to the sensation of going to the loo to do number two, so its no wonder that this new mom made this 'boo boo'.
Poor Billie Ward looked relieved after giving birth in her bathroom at home while medics checked over her beautiful newborn.
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Her birth came as a shock to her because she had been told it was unlikely that she would give birth on her due date. After being in pain for around an hour she called 999 and was told she was most likely in labour.
Billie is now speaking out to urge other expectant mums to listen to their bodies and to not put off going into hospital.
Billie, said:
I called 999 and said 'I'm really sorry to ring you. I'm due to give birth but I do think it might be a poo'. [The call handler] just said 'you're going to have to get off the toilet because I don't think it's going to be a poo'. I was going to the toilet, being sick and trying to push this poo out. My mum took so many photos. There's some where I'm thinking 'oh my god, what is happening? This is not a poo, this is a baby'.
My message [to other mums] would be 'listen to your body'. Your body is doing what it's meant to do. It will take over. People get so overwhelmed but your body is an amazing thing. Let it take its course. Don't go to hospital too early - but definitely don't leave it too late. It's a mess you don't want to be cleaning up. The number of towels we went through was insane. It was the most amazing experience of my life - so much so I'm planning a second home birth. It's a good story to tell when Arete's older.
Billie had been told by midwife Arete, that she would most likely give birth late and that she was most likely to be induced in February.
On the 22 January, she began to experience pains, which worsened as the night went on. Billie called the maternity unit but because her water had not broken, she stayed at home because she didn't think it was that serious.
I came downstairs at 3.45am. I was biting down on the sofa because I could feel this pain and genuinely thought it was a poo. By this point, no waters had broken. Every time I pushed, I thought 'I don't know what that was'. I'd never had a baby.
She came out in her sack and my waters didn't break. That's why I couldn't understand why it didn't feel like a head. I got in the bath around 4am and I realised I was bleeding a bit.
Things started to become more serious and Billie was forced to call an ambulance but she still wasn't sure if she was in full labour.
It was only when she was on the phone being coached by call handlers that she was told to 'go for it' if she needed to push.
Imagine!
I rang 999 at 4.45am, it was not okay. I was biting down and scratching myself because I was in so much pain. My mum had four C-sections so she'd never had a contraction either. I said to the ambulance woman 'I'm not sure, this could be a poo. But I'm in a lot of pain'. My husband [Josh] said 'do you want me to take you to hospital?' They said 'let her stay at home where she is'. It's not great living in the middle of nowhere. My husband rang my mum and said 'I think she's giving birth' and she rushed over. Luckily, she only lives down the road so she drove up. I asked Josh to look and he said 'no, there's nothing there' and my mum said 'I can feel something but it doesn't feel like a head'. The paramedics said 'keep yourself calm. If you need to push, just go for it'.
Medics arrived on the scene at 5.05 am, Billie was lying on the bathroom floor, and she gave birth at 5.10 am. A pretty close call if you ask us.
The woman ran up the stairs and said 'if you give one push, the baby's going to be here'. She gave me gas and air after I gave birth as my body was in shock, I was shaking. Because of how quickly I went into labour, my waters didn't break. My body wasn't prepared. The paramedic just pulled the sac away from her. Apparently, it's quite lucky to have a baby on their due date and still in their sac. The first thing Josh said was 'I think I need to get a coffee'. I think he was in so much shock. He was like 'oh my god, what has just happened in my bathroom. I've been awake 10 minutes'.
After giving birth, Billie was taken to hospital where she was stitched up and sent home the same day.
We are so glad that Billie was able to bring such a beautiful soul into the world safely.
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