【一起学英语】第29期|General questions regarding past pregnancies

P:I managed at first for a little while using gas and air but after that it really because too painful and I had to have an epidural.

D:Did you start labour by yourself or did they have to give you some help?

P:No, it began by itself, although I remember some of the other women in the ward having to get started off.

D:Do you remember how long the labour went on for？

P:It was quite long. It was at least 24 hours.

D:And the delivery itself; was it a caesarean, a forceps or was it  normal？

P:Well, in the end they had to use forceps to help get the baby out because he was beginning to get a bit tired as well.

D:Did you have any problems after that?

P:He went to the special care unit just for a few hours because I think he was a little bit tired, and after that his head leaned to one side for a week or two but then he was all right.

D:What kind of feeding did you use for the first child? Did you  breast-feed or bottle-feed him?

P:He was breast-fed for the first six weeks but after that he didn't seem to be getting enough milk and the health visitor suggested we top him up with bottles. Eventually we just gradually changed him over to bottle-feeding. I also had to express milk for a while because after he'd tried the bottle   he was lazy about sucking at the breast.